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Here are some questions based on my favorite sport: channel surfing! You and your trusty remote control will take a tour of some of the channels on your cable box, hopefully learning something along the way.

See how well you do with this quiz about opera's main man!

I love Westerns! Here are a few questions about some of my favorites.

Here are some questions about my favorite James Bond film, "Goldfinger."

Poet's Corner in London's Westminster Abbey is the final resting place for some of England's greatest poets, novelists, playwrights, musicians and actors. I will give you a description of an individual buried there; you name them.

Depression is a disorder which affects millions of people from all walks of life. Here is a quiz on a few people who accomplished much in their lives despite being affected by this debilitating mental illness.

This quiz takes a look at U.S. military history through the eyes of the motion picture. There is one question each about a war the United States has been involved in. You guess either the film or the actor.

Here is a quiz about the macabre side of the Golden State. Take it with the lights on!

"La Boheme" is the most popular opera ever written. Here some questions about Puccini's romantic masterpiece.

Composers have never had an easy life. When not starving, they are faced with scorn and ridicule, even by other composers. Here are some questions based upon some specific criticisms even the greatest of composers had to face.

Gustav Mahler's music was never very popular in his lifetime. Mahler predicted, however, that "my time will come." His time has come indeed.

Wagner's magnum opus, "Der Ring des Nibelungen", is one of the most amazing achievements in operatic history. Here are some questions I hope you will enjoy about this masterpiece.

"Aida" is one of the most performed of all operas, and for good reason. It has sublime music and a very dramatic plot. Here are ten questions about this masterpiece.

Ten characters from opera who behave less than nobly will describe themselves. You guess who they are.

Here's a look at the musicals of Rodgers and Hammerstein.

The United States has been a magnet for European composers for some time. I'll describe the composer and you give me his name.

Have fun with this quiz about the great English duo of Gilbert and Sullivan.

I give you the names of the pieces and their composers, you supply the work's nickname.

Here's a quiz on some curious facts on a variety of subjects.

I will describe the situation and character, you name the aria.

There are many films which feature opera sequences. See how well you do with a few questions featuring movies and opera.