Author Biography: dellastreet

1.

  A Ghost and a Prince Meet    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Works Inspired by "Hamlet"

Hamlet, Prince of Denmark or Gloomy Dane, turns up in many places. This quiz deals with some of them.

Average, 10 Qns, dellastreet, Jun 27 24

Category: Entertainment by Themes

Average
dellastreet
Jun 27 24
316 plays

2.

  I Don't Like Spiders and Snakes    

Classification Quiz

 15 Qns

No, I don't like spiders or snakes, and I don't care for sharks much either. Which of these nightmares belongs in which category?

Very Easy, 15 Qns, dellastreet, Jul 19 23

Category: Identify the Animal

Very Easy
dellastreet
Jul 19 23
1429 plays

3.

  Hey Mr. We're Sisters    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

In fact, we're all kinds of sisters - how many of us can you identify?

Average, 10 Qns, dellastreet, Jul 09 17

Category: Thematic Family Members

Average
dellastreet
1587 plays

4.

  No New Tale To Tell    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Writing a musical is hard enough without having to come up with an original plot. These shows all recycled ideas that had been used before.

Average, 10 Qns, dellastreet, Oct 21 23

Category: Origins of Musicals

Average
dellastreet
Oct 21 23
989 plays

5.

  Edward G Robinson    

Fun Fill-It

 20 Qns

Edward G. Robinson's movie career spanned more than 50 years. This adopted quiz covers some of the highlights of his long life.

Very Easy, 20 Qns, dellastreet, May 20 24

Category: Robinson, Edward G.

Very Easy
dellastreet
May 20 24
335 plays

6.

  Unknown Quantities    

Ordering Quiz

 10 Qns

Some of these quantities are less unknown than others. Find them all and rank them in ascending order.

Average, 10 Qns, dellastreet, Jan 11 25

Category: By The Numbers

Average
dellastreet
Jan 11 25
351 plays

7.

  One Singular Sensation    

Match Quiz

 10 Qns

Sports stars' alliterative aliases

Awesome athletes elicit exciting epithets. Match maestro to moniker.

Easier, 10 Qns, dellastreet, Mar 23 24

Category: Sports Persons

Easier
dellastreet
Mar 23 24
339 plays

8.

  Famous Playwrights    

Match Quiz

 10 Qns

Simply match the play with the correct playwright.

Easier, 10 Qns, dellastreet, Jun 11 23

Category: Plays

Easier
dellastreet
Jun 11 23
776 plays

9.

  Encyclopedic Knowledge    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

This adopted quiz, previously entitled "I Stumbled Upon All This Knowledge", was inspired by author sampras' childhood browsing of the World Book Encyclopedia.

Average, 10 Qns, dellastreet, Feb 10 25

Category: In the Encyclopedia

Average
dellastreet
Feb 10 25
3148 plays

10.

  Twentieth Century Classical Favourites    

Match Quiz

 10 Qns

All composed in the first half of the twentieth century and all still popular - match the piece to the composer.

Very Easy, 10 Qns, dellastreet, Mar 25 23

Category: Twentieth-Century Classical Music

Very Easy
dellastreet
Mar 25 23
251 plays

11.

  Straits and Narrows    

Match Quiz

 10 Qns

Match each strait to the landmasses it separates.

Easier, 10 Qns, dellastreet, May 05 23

Recommended for grades: 11,12

Category: Straits

Easier
dellastreet
May 05 23
313 plays

12.

  Paddling the River Cam    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

The River Cam flows through Cambridge, England. These people are associated with the city, whether they paddled there or not.

Easier, 10 Qns, dellastreet, Apr 16 23

Category: U.K. People

Easier
dellastreet
Apr 16 23
290 plays

13.

  Suite Dreams Are Made of This    

Match Quiz

 10 Qns

Match the suite to its composer.

Easier, 10 Qns, dellastreet, May 07 23

Recommended for grades: 9,10,11,12

Category: Classical Music

Easier
dellastreet
May 07 23
224 plays

14.

  Islam 101    

Match Quiz

 10 Qns

This is a quiz on the basics of Islam. Match the terms and the definitions.

Easier, 10 Qns, dellastreet, Jul 14 22

Category: Islam

Easier
dellastreet
Jul 14 22
793 plays

15.

  They Came to Grief    

Ordering Quiz

 10 Qns

Dates of Famous Shipwrecks

These vessels and/or their passengers all came to grief. Can you put the disasters in the right order?

Easier, 10 Qns, dellastreet, May 28 23

Category: Maritime Disasters

Easier
dellastreet
May 28 23
201 plays

16.

  Girls on Film    

Match Quiz

 10 Qns

Ten films with "girl" in the title need to be matched with the actresses who appeared in them.

Easier, 10 Qns, dellastreet, Nov 09 20

Category: Common Titles

Easier
dellastreet
Nov 09 20
713 plays

17.

  Queens of the Centre Court    

Match Quiz

 10 Qns

These players were the first representing their countries to win the Wimbledon Ladies' Singles Championship. Match the winner with her nationality.

Very Easy, 10 Qns, dellastreet, Jun 17 22

Category: Wimbledon

Very Easy
dellastreet
Jun 17 22
319 plays

18.

  What X Did Next    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Mysterious strangers feature in many a fairy tale or fable. Here are a few of them to identify.

Very Easy, 10 Qns, dellastreet, Dec 14 15

Category: Fables and Fairy Tales

Very Easy
dellastreet
2036 plays

19.

  Prisons and Convicts    

Match Quiz

 10 Qns

Match the prisons to the prisoners, some of them infamous, others merely famous.

Easier, 10 Qns, dellastreet, Jul 10 17

Category: Prisons

Easier
dellastreet
560 plays

20.

  Zippy Descriptions of Things Beginning with 'Z'    

Match Quiz

 10 Qns

Match these 'Z'-words to the two-word descriptions.

Easier, 10 Qns, dellastreet, Jul 05 20

Category: Y - Z

Easier
dellastreet
Jul 05 20
888 plays

21.

  'A' is for Eponym    

Match Quiz

 10 Qns

An eponymous character is one whose name appears in the title of a work. Match these eponyms with their creators.

Easier, 10 Qns, dellastreet, Jun 20 21

Category: Eponymous Characters

Easier
dellastreet
Jun 20 21
534 plays

22.

  It's A Long Story    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Many well-known books first appeared in serial form. These novels all took their earliest readers a long time to finish.

Easier, 10 Qns, dellastreet, Mar 28 15

Category: Literature: Something in Common

Easier
dellastreet
658 plays

23.

  I Dream Of Green    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Golfers dream of wearing the green jacket presented to the winner of the US Masters Tournament. This quiz salutes some of those whose brilliance on the putting green made the dream come true.

Average, 10 Qns, dellastreet, Jul 10 15

Category: US Masters

Average
dellastreet
2030 plays

24.

  Common or Garden Varieties    

Match Quiz

 10 Qns

In a temperate climate all these fruits and vegetables can be grown in the garden. Match the varieties to the relevant crop.

Easier, 10 Qns, dellastreet, Oct 21 21

Category: Fruit and Vegetables

Easier
dellastreet
Oct 21 21
504 plays

25.

  Green Eggs and Spam    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

UK Wartime Food Rationing

Green eggs were off the menu, but the outbreak of war in 1939 did lead to many changes to the British diet. Spam may have been involved.

Average, 10 Qns, dellastreet, Dec 07 22

Category: 1900s UK History

Average
dellastreet
Dec 07 22
622 plays

26.

  Transatlantic TV Stars    

Match Quiz

 10 Qns

These TV stars appeared on shows filmed on both sides of the Atlantic. Match the star to the shows.

Easier, 10 Qns, dellastreet, Jul 01 17

Category: Characters and Actors

Easier
dellastreet
594 plays

27.

  Prequel: the Sequel    

Match Quiz

 15 Qns

Originals, prequels, sequels, standalone spin-offs and even prequels to sequels, all these UK shows need pairing up.

Average, 15 Qns, dellastreet, Aug 09 20

Category: Spin-Offs

Average
dellastreet
Aug 09 20
186 plays

28.

  Courses for Horses    

Match Quiz

 10 Qns

Ten highlights of the British horse racing calendar and ten British racecourses - which one goes with which?

Average, 10 Qns, dellastreet, Jul 29 19

Category: UK

Average
dellastreet
Jul 29 19
294 plays

29.

  10 UK Female Firsts    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

These women were pioneers in very different fields.

Average, 10 Qns, dellastreet, Jul 17 14

Category: U.K. People

Average
dellastreet
795 plays

30.

  Looking East    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Take a journey along the east coast of England, travelling from north to south.

Easier, 10 Qns, dellastreet, Jun 22 15

Category: England

Easier
dellastreet
872 plays

31.

  Everything Happens in Yorkshire    

Match Quiz

 10 Qns

Whether it be military, sporting, or cultural history, it all happens in Yorkshire!

Easier, 10 Qns, dellastreet, Oct 25 24

Category: British Local History

Easier
dellastreet
Oct 25 24
334 plays

32.

  A Lulu of a Singer    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

A recording star in her teens, Lulu has had a career lasting over half a century.

Average, 10 Qns, dellastreet, May 02 22

Category: Celebrities K-L

Average
dellastreet
May 02 22
261 plays

33.

  Help! I've Gotta Horse!    

Match Quiz

 10 Qns

Match the artists with the films in which they appeared. There is a small amount of overlap, but only one correct solution.

Average, 10 Qns, dellastreet, Jul 12 21

Category: Musician Movies

Average
dellastreet
Jul 12 21
343 plays

34.

  What Manner of Creature Am I?    

Match Quiz

 10 Qns

We all appeared first in books. Can you match us up?

Easier, 10 Qns, dellastreet, May 02 21

Recommended for grades: 4,5,6

Category: Animals in Kids Books

Easier
dellastreet
May 02 21
777 plays

35.

  When Money Grows On Trees    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Isn't it annoying when you have more money than you could ever hope to spend? This quiz suggests ways of dealing with an all-too-uncommon problem.

Average, 10 Qns, dellastreet, Aug 25 17

Category: Thematic Story Time

Average
dellastreet
589 plays

36.

  Hey Duggee - Squirrels and Friends    

Match Quiz

 10 Qns

The members of Duggee's Squirrel Club aren't really squirrels. Match them and their friends to the animals they really are.

Average, 10 Qns, dellastreet, Oct 09 21

Recommended for grades: 6,7,8,9,10

Category: TV for Kids D-H

Average
dellastreet
Oct 09 21
363 plays

37.

  The Good Life: Ways To Avoid Sin And Evil    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Whatever your religion, the keys to living a good life can be quite similar.

Average, 10 Qns, dellastreet, Jan 11 15

Category: Good and Evil

Average
dellastreet
758 plays

38.

  As Heard On British TV    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

The songs in this quiz were associated with classic British TV shows.

Average, 10 Qns, dellastreet, Aug 29 17

Category: TV Theme Songs

Average
dellastreet
430 plays

39.

  Grain of Britain    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

A quiz dealing with British regional specialities, most of them made with flour

Average, 10 Qns, dellastreet, Jan 20 16

Category: British Foods

Average
dellastreet
513 plays

40.

  The Boys From Syracuse    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

In the eighth and seventh centuries BC a number of Greek colonies were established along the coast of Sicily and Southern Italy. The greatest of these was Syracuse.

Average, 10 Qns, dellastreet, Jul 02 14

Category: Ancient Greece

Average
dellastreet
227 plays

41.

  Fashionably Late    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

These arbiters of fashion may have passed on, but their legacy remains.

Average, 10 Qns, dellastreet, Jun 05 16

Category: Other People

Average
dellastreet
287 plays

42.

  Panto Is Magical! Oh Yes It Is!    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Pantomime, or "panto", is an enduring and continually evolving part of British popular culture.

Average, 10 Qns, dellastreet, Nov 19 14

Category: Entertainment Other

Average
dellastreet
299 plays

43.

  A Quiz About Wizard Lizards    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

With thousands of species to choose from, it takes something special to make a lizard stand out. Here's how some lizards achieved superstardom.

Average, 10 Qns, dellastreet, Jun 06 19

Category: Lizards

Average
dellastreet
Jun 06 19
302 plays

44.

  Take Me To Your Lieder!    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

This quiz explores different ways of spending the evening, each of them involving borrowed vocabulary.

Average, 10 Qns, dellastreet, Apr 20 16

Category: Borrowed Words and Phrases

Average
dellastreet
554 plays

45.

  Bruce Forsyth - Didn't He Do Well?    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

King of the catchphrase and all-round entertainer, Sir Bruce Forsyth long reigned over the weekend TV schedules.

Average, 10 Qns, dellastreet, Mar 22 18

Category: Forsyth, Bruce

Average
dellastreet
222 plays

46.

  And The Winner Isn't    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Not every star got the chance to shine on "Strictly Come Dancing". This quiz remembers those who left early in series 1 to 10.

Average, 10 Qns, dellastreet, Mar 05 14

Category: Strictly Come Dancing

Average
dellastreet
283 plays

47.

  After the Party    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Founded in 1920, the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) disbanded in 1991. The people in this quiz either joined and then left the Party, or grew up in Communist families.

Average, 10 Qns, dellastreet, Sep 28 21

Category: U.K. Government

Average
dellastreet
Sep 28 21
133 plays

48.

  I've never been to Fazakerley    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Fazakerley is more than a place to me: it's 10 places I've never been to. I'll spell it out for you.

Average, 10 Qns, dellastreet, Jul 31 14

Category: Global Trivia

Average
dellastreet
365 plays

49.

  When I Found He'd Left Me In The Lurch    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Most music hall songs were quickly forgotten, but here are some that stood the test of time. See if you can play along without singing along.

Average, 10 Qns, dellastreet, Aug 13 15

Category: 1930s Music and before

Average
dellastreet
245 plays

50.

  Films of Robert Donat    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

In a film career restricted by ill-health, Robert Donat turned in a number of memorable performances. How many of his films do you recognise?

Average, 10 Qns, dellastreet, Oct 27 14

Category: D - People Themed

Average
dellastreet
249 plays