151.

  Some Samples Of English Dialect    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Dialectal words are often totally incomprehensible to outsiders. In this quiz you find some 'local words' which might not be totally unintelligible to other English-speakers.

Tough, 10 Qns, flem-ish, May 23 16

Category: British Slang and Dialects

Tough
flem-ish
2486 plays

152.

  Basic Scottish Terminology    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

To understand the Scots, one has to know a few 'Scotticisms' - terms used in Scotland and less frequently used in the other parts of the U.K. Check your Scottish proficiency.

Tough, 10 Qns, flem-ish, Jul 04 13

Category: Scottish English

Tough
flem-ish
1233 plays

153.

  Famous Defeats of the French    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

You cannot win them all. So even the French, who more or less invented the essence of knighthood, chivalry, etc., had their "Waterloos". Check your knowledge about their less splendid moments.

Tough, 10 Qns, flem-ish, Sep 15 08

Category: French

Tough
flem-ish
1382 plays

154.

  Take this Africa Quiz    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Is it an incorrect impression that in our quest for geographic knowledge Africa alas remains one of the darker spots? Economically and culturally a forgotten continent? - Check how expert you are on some aspects of the Black Continent.

Tough, 10 Qns, flem-ish, Nov 11 22

Category: Africa

Tough
flem-ish
Nov 11 22
4052 plays

155.

  More Latin Phrases    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

When education was still a more elitist matter, it was seen as 'good style' to spice up one's letters, speeches and writings with a few Latin phrases. In this quiz you find a few relics of such more Latin-minded ages.

Tough, 10 Qns, flem-ish, Apr 28 21

Category: Latin

Tough
flem-ish
Apr 28 21
2350 plays

156.

  Romans In Britain: Claudius    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

As Caesar's expedition to Britain had not really been a full success, it took nearly a century before the Romans made another attempt to conquer the 'white island' off the Gaulish coast.This quiz tests your knowledge about this 'second conquest'.

Tough, 10 Qns, flem-ish, Aug 15 05

Category: Romans in Britain

Tough
flem-ish
1309 plays

157.

  Trifles from British History    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

This is not a quiz about major events in history, battles, political issues, but about things that shaped daily life, minor matters, traditional customs.

Difficult, 10 Qns, flem-ish, Mar 10 13

Category: Medieval History

Difficult
flem-ish
3144 plays

158.

  People In Art And Fashion    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

It's a world of people. People that rule ..people that fight to survive. But also people that create. This quiz is about creators in the worlds of Art and Fashion.

Average, 10 Qns, flem-ish, Oct 14 13

Category: Art World Figures

Average
flem-ish
1943 plays

159.

  Historic Kaleidoscope    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

In June 1815 Copenhagen went to Brussels. Do you know what for? If not, you better take this quiz. - It's about a whole batch of funny, strange, surprising and exciting historical facts.

Difficult, 10 Qns, flem-ish, Dec 28 10

Category: World History for Experts

Difficult
flem-ish
3917 plays

160.

  Placenames in Britain    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

With just a little bit of basic background knowledge, the place names on a map of Britain become suddenly so transparent. This quiz invites you to decode some of the more common 'etymologies'.

Tough, 10 Qns, flem-ish, Feb 11 17

Category: Place Names

Tough
flem-ish
992 plays

161.

  Classic Hemingway Novels    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

This quiz deals with 'The Sun Also Rises' , 'A Farewell to Arms' and 'The Old Man and the Sea', three Hemingway Classics.

Tough, 10 Qns, flem-ish, Jul 06 06

Category: Hemingway, Ernest

Tough
flem-ish
1221 plays

162.

  European Politicians After 1945    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Politicians and political events succeed each other in rapid succession. Many of those who wielded power in the decades after Second World War are half-forgotten already. Check which of these survived in your memory.

Difficult, 10 Qns, flem-ish, Mar 12 12

Category: Government

Difficult
flem-ish
1745 plays

163.

  Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

One of the most successful plays in the post-Second World War American theatre was definitely Edward Albee's "Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf". The Burton-Taylor film version still added to that success. How well do you remember the plot?

Average, 10 Qns, flem-ish, Jun 20 20

Category: Albee, Edward

Average
flem-ish
Jun 20 20
924 plays

164.

  Scottish English    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Scottish English derives from Germanic and not from Celtic. It is however certainly not degraded Standard English. This quiz is more about some similarities rather than about the differences.

Average, 10 Qns, flem-ish, Nov 13 21

Category: Scottish English

Average
flem-ish
Nov 13 21
1572 plays

165.

  Kipling    

Multiple Choice

 20 Qns

How well do you know Kipling? Answers are to be found in his works. All spellings are as used by him, strictly for READERS of Kipling, or for people taking an interest in India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, or Kipling's American experiences.

Difficult, 20 Qns, flem-ish, Nov 05 06

Category: Kipling, Rudyard

Difficult
flem-ish
715 plays

166.

  Classic American Novels    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

This quiz deals with such classic American novelists as Herman Melville, Scott Fitzgerald, John Steinbeck.

Tough, 10 Qns, flem-ish, Dec 07 14

Category: American Literature

Tough
flem-ish
3169 plays

167.

  Colour Terms In Browsers    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

There is no end of names for shades of colour. In the context of browsers, and in order to avoid vagueness, a whole set of more or less standardised and technically precise colourterms had to be developed. Check if you master that code.

Average, 10 Qns, flem-ish, May 28 23

Category: Vocabulary

Average
flem-ish
May 28 23
1537 plays

168.

  Origins Underground Station Names    

Multiple Choice

 20 Qns

London's past often lives on in its street names, and occasionally also in the names of her Underground Stations. In this quiz as a rule three out of four explanations are mere fiction. One is fact or at least supported by scholarly sources.

Tough, 20 Qns, flem-ish, Sep 17 12

Category: London Underground

Tough
flem-ish
1228 plays

169.

  Test Your Dutch    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Some real sense of Dutch vocabulary is required for this quiz as you have to select from 4 options the one that comes closest to the literal meaning of a given Dutch saying. Comparison with English proverbs in the notes.

Average, 10 Qns, flem-ish, Feb 12 19

Category: Dutch

Average
flem-ish
Feb 12 19
2169 plays

170.

  Rabelais    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Literary analysts have made it clearer and clearer how much more recent authors - from Sterne to Joyce and Irving a.o. - owe to the great French Renaissance author Francois Rabelais. See how well you know the basics of his most popular works.

Difficult, 10 Qns, flem-ish, Jul 23 03

Category: R

Difficult
flem-ish
233 plays

171.

  Word Families    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

When learning a language, it matters that one recognizes related words. Sometimes appearances are deceptive. See which of the four words is "the unrelated outsider".

Tough, 10 Qns, flem-ish, Dec 16 14

Category: Etymology

Tough
flem-ish
920 plays

172.

  Literary Forms, Tricks and Games: Terminology.    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

What do you know about the terminology of classic stylistics, poetry and "wordgames"?

Tough, 10 Qns, flem-ish, Feb 08 14

Category: Literary Terminology

Tough
flem-ish
621 plays

173.

  From the Lives of English-writing Authors    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

This quiz is about anecdotes and facts from the lives of British, and occasionally American, Irish or other authors writing in English.

Tough, 10 Qns, flem-ish, Jul 30 14

Category: Writers & Authors

Tough
flem-ish
866 plays

174.

  Quotes From Statesmen And Politicians    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Politicians and statesmen do a lot of talking. Sometimes what they say becomes part of history. This quiz deals with such 'historic', or at least 'remarkable', words.

Tough, 10 Qns, flem-ish, Aug 26 21

Category: Political Science & History

Tough
flem-ish
Aug 26 21
3111 plays

175.

  Women In The Lives of Artists    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

"En toute chose cherchez la femme d'abord". - Always first look for "the woman behind the artist". This quiz is about the wives and the women in the lives of painters and musicians.

Tough, 10 Qns, flem-ish, Jan 26 24

Category: Art World Figures

Tough
flem-ish
Jan 26 24
738 plays

176.

  Popular Classics    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

It need not be "pop music" to be popular. Some classic works and especially fragments of classic works had conquered the world long before there were any charts. Check your knowledge.

Average, 10 Qns, flem-ish, Oct 05 18

Category: Classical Music

Average
flem-ish
Oct 05 18
1398 plays

177.

  Language Tricks And Parlour Games    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

This quiz deals with terminology in the field of what could be called word games, but is also partially in the periphery of literary techniques and linguistic effects. Come in and see for yourself.

Tough, 10 Qns, flem-ish, Aug 01 22

Category: Language Use

Tough
flem-ish
Aug 01 22
1832 plays

178.

  Idiomatic Language: Flowers, Fruits, Etc.    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

The names of "flowers, fruits, nuts and other plants" often get secondary meanings or occur in idioms. Check how familiar you are with those "secondary meanings".

Average, 10 Qns, flem-ish, Oct 15 22

Category: Vocabulary

Average
flem-ish
Oct 15 22
2053 plays

179.

  Animal Related Names And Phrases    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

What does the 'ship of the desert' mean? What US city has been called the 'Hog Butcher of the World'? What sports team calls itself the Penguins ? Such items are what this quiz deals with. Birds and fish count as animals.

Average, 10 Qns, flem-ish, Aug 17 20

Category: Thematic Animals

Average
flem-ish
Aug 17 20
2417 plays

180.

  When the Saints Go Marching In    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Saints' lives and symbols referring to saints used to be quite well known. Maybe not all is forgotten yet about the people who were held up for imitation by "the Church" or "the Churches".

Average, 10 Qns, flem-ish, Aug 28 21

Category: Saints by Symbol

Average
flem-ish
Aug 28 21
1052 plays

181.

  Nicknames    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

In this quiz you have to identify who some popular nicknames were given to. Mostly celebrities from past or present, but there is also the occasional exception, in one case even an animal nickname. Good luck..

Tough, 10 Qns, flem-ish, Dec 18 16

Category: Nicknames & Aliases

Tough
flem-ish
1315 plays

182.

  Russian History    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Now that traveling to Russia is no longer a problem, it might help to check your knowledge on a few people, events, etc. that were important in the history of that great country.

Tough, 10 Qns, flem-ish, Aug 23 14

Category: Russian

Tough
flem-ish
2694 plays

183.

  More About Moscow    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Every visitor to any of the 'world capitals' carries home his own memories of such a city. What facts must be considered 'basic'is to some extent a matter of taste. This quiz deals with such a 'subjective' choice of 'essentials'.

Average, 10 Qns, flem-ish, Dec 05 07

Category: Moscow

Average
flem-ish
840 plays

184.

  Arrigo Beyle, Milanese - aka Stendhal    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

He wrote in the 19th century, found his readership in the 20th and even today still has to be discovered by many as one of the real top classic authors of world literature.

Tough, 10 Qns, flem-ish, Jul 30 03

Category: S

Tough
flem-ish
168 plays

185.

  Popular Opera Characters And Arias    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

The arias of Mozart's and nineteenth century opera are often so seductive that many people know the tunes even without knowing either the characters or the plot. This quiz is about such backgrounds.

Average, 10 Qns, flem-ish, Nov 22 18

Category: Opera

Average
flem-ish
Nov 22 18
480 plays

186.

  Same Sound Words 2    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Same sound, different orthography and different meaning is what is typical of the words asked for in this quiz. Blanks to be filled in. Number of letters given as a hint.

Average, 10 Qns, flem-ish, Nov 06 09

Category: Homonyms and Homophones

Average
flem-ish
4768 plays

187.

  Odd Facts From French History    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Odd things happen in history. Which of these statements are historic fact and which are fiction? You have one chance out of two to guess right, because you can answer with F (False) or T (True).

Tough, 10 Qns, flem-ish, Sep 09 04

Category: French

Tough
flem-ish
2171 plays

188.

  What Did They Say ?    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Check whether you could complete the missing parts in these quotations. You get four possible options.- As great minds think alike, you certainly have a real chance to find what these wits originally said , thought or referred to.

Tough, 10 Qns, flem-ish, Dec 15 17

Category: Complete The Quote

Tough
flem-ish
Dec 15 17
3732 plays

189.

  Going Dutch In English    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

When English goes Dutch, it's seldom to praise the 'Hollanders'. This quiz is about English expressions that include the word 'Dutch'. And NO, they don't all have negative connotations.

Tough, 10 Qns, flem-ish, Apr 02 23

Category: Idioms with a Common Word

Tough
flem-ish
Apr 02 23
2222 plays

190.

  French Operas    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

French Operas may have been more popular in nineteenth century than these days, but still they were a major contribution to the history of the genre. Some names are definitely worth remembering. Check for yourself.

Average, 10 Qns, flem-ish, Oct 23 23

Category: Opera by Region

Average
flem-ish
Oct 23 23
795 plays

191.

  Belgian Inventors, Scientists and Entrepreneurs    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Even the natives of small countries occasionally make an international career. This quiz is about Belgians who -inside or outside their own country- made some major contribution to scientific or other progress.

Difficult, 10 Qns, flem-ish, Sep 15 13

Category: Belgium People

Difficult
flem-ish
516 plays

192.

  Italian sculptors    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Italy is without any doubt the great centre of European sculpture, especially when it comes to Renaissance and Baroque art. And it did not stop there.Check what you remember of your art experiences in "la bella Italia".

Average, 10 Qns, flem-ish, Jan 31 23

Category: Sculpture

Average
flem-ish
Jan 31 23
847 plays

193.

  Japanese Life Style    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

In this quiz you get ten statements about the Japanese way of building houses, temples, shrines, about traditions in art, sports, special ways of dressing, etc. It's up to you to decide which are false and which are true. Answer with T or F.

Average, 10 Qns, flem-ish, Feb 02 04

Category: Japan

Average
flem-ish
2132 plays

194.

  Post-War British Literature    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

After the Second World War there were important changes in British Literature. There were the Angry Young Men. There were the voices from the ex-Empire. See for yourself what you still remember of those recent 'past times'.

Tough, 10 Qns, flem-ish, Nov 02 19

Category: British Literature

Tough
flem-ish
Nov 02 19
1295 plays

195.

  Newspapers of the World    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

"Tell me what paper you read, and I will tell you who you are", might be a slight exaggeration, but the name of the paper you read will at least give some hint about where you are from. More on newspapers of the world in this quiz.

Average, 10 Qns, flem-ish, Jul 14 17

Category: Newspapers & Magazines

Average
flem-ish
Jul 14 17
1523 plays

196.

  History of Burgundy    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Burgundy was certainly more than just a province of the Kingdom of France. For a long time it was a rival to the power of that Kingdom. The quiz starts with the Romans and goes up to the present-day.

Tough, 10 Qns, flem-ish, Aug 03 01

Category: French

Tough
flem-ish
656 plays

197.

  Placenames In French Literature    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Some authors choose a specific town or area as a recurrent theme in their works.In other cases 'where they are from' has a clear link with 'what they write about'.See if you can find those links in this quiz.

Tough, 10 Qns, flem-ish, Apr 27 21

Category: French Literature

Tough
flem-ish
Apr 27 21
958 plays

198.

  Celebrities From Scottish History    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Though being 'numerically' a small nation, the Scots have done great deeds in many fields. See how well aware you are of Scottish greatness.

Tough, 10 Qns, flem-ish, Mar 19 15

Category: Scotland

Tough
flem-ish
886 plays

199.

  International Sports    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

As the number of sports that are internationally practised is too wide in range for one culture to survey them all, it may be helpful to pick up some knowledge about what the 'neighbours' like to call sports. So there is a bit of everything in this quiz.

Tough, 10 Qns, flem-ish, Jul 28 09

Category: WWoS Tough

Tough
flem-ish
1071 plays

200.

  Features of Life in Japan    

Multiple Choice

 20 Qns

What do you know about sports in Japan, etiquette, the language, popular games, the arts, literature, local customs , etc.??

Tough, 20 Qns, flem-ish, Mar 23 24

Category: Japan

Tough
flem-ish
Mar 23 24
1790 plays