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kevinatilusa has been a FunTrivia author since Feb 19 02 and has written 30 quizzes. kevinatilusa writes for many different categories, but is most active in Literature, Music, and Sci / Tech, and has won 5 Editor's Choice awards on submitted quizzes.

  • has earned 3,581 excellent quiz ratings from quiz takers.
  • last seen online Apr 14 24, and most recent quiz went online May 27 19.
Bio: I'm currently an Associate Professor of Teaching Mathematics in Riverside, CA [making the IL part of my name rather inaccurate]. When I'm not playing trivia, I enjoy playing bridge and singing in more than one local chorale, as well as mangling various pieces of piano music at my keyboard.
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Quizzes / Other Works Authored by kevinatilusa
1.
  A History Lesson from Billy Joel editor best quiz   best quiz  
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
'We Didn't Start the Fire' is a history lesson in song, listing events from the years 1948-1986. Unfortunately, he only gives a list, without any explanation as to what the events ARE! Here are some questions on the historical events mentioned there.
Tough, 15 Qns, kevinatilusa, Aug 27 13
Category: 19th, 20th & 21st Centuries
Tough
kevinatilusa
24529 plays
2.
  The Doomsday Clock is Ticking editor best quiz   best quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
The Doomsday Clock was created more than 60 years ago to represent how close we are to destroying our civilization. This quiz will cover some of the history behind the clock as well as some events that have led to the clock's hands being moved.
Easier, 10 Qns, kevinatilusa, Nov 04 12
Category: 19th, 20th & 21st Centuries
Easier
kevinatilusa
12843 plays
3.
  Gee, I'm a Tree! editor best quiz    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
For each question, I will give a description of either a plane shape or a solid. You must give the MOST GENERAL shape which fits the description.
Difficult, 10 Qns, kevinatilusa, Dec 05 13
Category: Geometry
Difficult
kevinatilusa
11577 plays
4.
  Visualizing the Fourth Dimension editor best quiz    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
If the world we see is only 3-dimensional, how can we visualize 4 (or more) dimensions? One way is by analogy. Picture versions of an object in 1, then 2, then 3 dimensions. Whatever patterns you see may give you clues about the 4th dimension.
Tough, 10 Qns, kevinatilusa, Aug 05 18
Category: Geometry
Tough
kevinatilusa
Aug 05 18
1345 plays
5.
  The Death of a Mathematician editor best quiz   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
In addition to interesting proofs and theorems, mathematics has been the scene of many interesting deaths, some of which have become lost in the fabric of legend.
Difficult, 10 Qns, kevinatilusa, Apr 19 11
Category: Mathematicians
Difficult
kevinatilusa
2722 plays
6.
  The Labors of Herakles   top quiz  
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
Herakles (or Hercules, as he is known to the Romans) was one of the great problem solvers of Greek Myth. Faced with a seemingly insurmountable series of twelve tasks, he nevertheless completed them and emerged a legend.
Average, 15 Qns, kevinatilusa, Aug 03 23
Category: Herakles
Average
kevinatilusa
Aug 03 23
6621 plays
7.
  History of Ireland   top quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This quiz (mostly) covers Irish history from 1690 to the inception of the Irish Republic.
Average, 10 Qns, kevinatilusa, Jul 06 09
Category: Irish
Average
kevinatilusa
6055 plays
8.
  Musical Forms   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Music has changed much over the course of the last several hundreds of years. Nevertheless, several fixed forms of music have served to unite the music of various eras.
Average, 10 Qns, kevinatilusa, Feb 12 04
Category: History of Music
Average
kevinatilusa
2084 plays
9.
  The U.S. Election of 1860   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
The 1860 election featured no fewer than 4 candidates. By the time the dust cleared and the winning candidate was seated, America was about to be caught in a Civil War. Here are ten questions about the candidates, votes, and events of that campaign.
Average, 10 Qns, kevinatilusa, Jan 27 17
Category: Campaigns & Elections
Average
kevinatilusa
1815 plays
10.
  The Rules of the (Card) Game    
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
Given a line from the rules of a card game, match it to the corresponding game. All quotes are taken from the publisher's official rules unless noted otherwise.
Easier, 10 Qns, kevinatilusa, Dec 27 17
Category: Card Games
Easier
kevinatilusa
Dec 27 17
484 plays
11.
  Sean Bean's Many On-Screen Deaths   popular trivia quiz  
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
Sean Bean's characters have died on-screen more than 20 times. This quiz focuses on 10 of them. Given a death, name the film (or in one case, TV series) where it occurred. (Needless to say, this quiz contains spoilers!)
Average, 10 Qns, kevinatilusa, Jun 27 19
Category: Bean, Sean
Average
kevinatilusa
Jun 27 19
309 plays
12.
  Dystopias in Literature   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Sometimes the future just isn't all that it was made out to be.
Average, 10 Qns, kevinatilusa, Mar 03 05
Category: Science Fiction
Average
kevinatilusa
2321 plays
13.
  I Say a Little Prayer   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
The lights go dim and a man lifts his voice in tuneful prayer to God. Or maybe it's a woman...or a whole choir of them! In this quiz you'll be given a description of such a scene, and must identify from which musical it came.
Average, 10 Qns, kevinatilusa, Nov 11 13
Category: Something in Common
Average
kevinatilusa
874 plays
14.
  Speculative Science Fiction   top quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Speculative science fiction is a type of work which focuses more on a fascinating setting or situation than on characters or plot details. In each question you will be given one of these situations, and must identify the work or author from which it cam
Average, 10 Qns, kevinatilusa, Dec 15 15
Category: Science Fiction
Average
kevinatilusa
2116 plays
15.
  What Are YOU Looking At?   top quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
It has sometimes been said that the eyes are a window into the soul. That may or may not be true, but the eyes are often a window into the heart of a work of art.
Average, 10 Qns, kevinatilusa, Dec 21 17
Category: Art By Subject
Average
kevinatilusa
Dec 21 17
913 plays
16.
  Borderlines   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
In each set of answers you will be given a list of four countries. Exactly one country on that list will border all the other countries on the list, and that country is the correct example.
Tough, 10 Qns, kevinatilusa, May 25 16
Category: Borders
Tough
kevinatilusa
6094 plays
17.
  Irish Literary Figures   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
I will give a pair of works by an Irish literary figure. You need to give the novelist, playwright, or poet who wrote both of those works.
Average, 10 Qns, kevinatilusa, Mar 17 06
Category: Irish Literature
Average
kevinatilusa
1807 plays
18.
  The poetry of W.B. Yeats    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
The 1923 Nobel Laureate in Literature, Yeats wrote poetry which chronicled both Ireland's rise to independence and its legend and myth. His poems have also found their way into more modern settings.
Difficult, 10 Qns, kevinatilusa, Nov 12 15
Category: Yeats, William Butler
Difficult
kevinatilusa
1210 plays
19.
  Scrabble Scoring    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
For each question you will be given a word played, adjacent words or crossing words, and any bonus squares the word was played on. You must give the score the play receives. (Assume the American English version of Scrabble is being used).
Tough, 10 Qns, kevinatilusa, Aug 26 02
Category: Scrabble
Tough
kevinatilusa
1534 plays
20.
  Calculus Fundamentals    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
There's a lot more to Calculus than just integrating and differentiating mindlessly. This quiz will cover some of the theorems and concepts behind the area. Some questions are hard, but you shouldn't need to do any actual computations.
Very Difficult, 10 Qns, kevinatilusa, Mar 26 03
Category: Calculus
Very Difficult
kevinatilusa
3710 plays
21.
  The Poetry of War    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
The horrors of war have served as the inspiration for many a poem. This quiz covers ten of those poems, from the 17th through the 20th century.
Tough, 10 Qns, kevinatilusa, Feb 04 07
Category: War Poetry
Tough
kevinatilusa
703 plays
22.
  Music for the Human Voice    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
From the 11th century motets of Hildegarde von Bingen to the Masses of J.S. Bach to the works of modern composers like Britten and Vaughn Williams, choral and operatic music has provided some of the most powerful and beautiful pieces in existence today.
Average, 10 Qns, kevinatilusa, May 15 03
Category: Classical Music
Average
kevinatilusa
732 plays
23.
  The Works of Jack London   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
John Griffith London, better known to us as Jack, was an oyster pirate, gold prospector, and rancher who somehow found time in between to write a few books here and there, and not just "dog stories" either.
Average, 10 Qns, kevinatilusa, Jun 24 07
Category: London, Jack
Average
kevinatilusa
602 plays
24.
  James Joyce's 'Dubliners'   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
'Dubliners' is perhaps the most accessible of Joyce's works. Joyce claimed he wrote this collection to expose what he referred to as the 'paralysis' permeating Dublin. Interestingly, most of the stories were written while Joyce lived outside Ireland.
Tough, 10 Qns, kevinatilusa, Jul 30 04
Recommended for grades: 11,12
Category: Joyce, James
Tough
kevinatilusa
738 plays
25.
  The Many References of Mumford & Sons    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Mumford & Sons have referenced everything from literature to religion to geography in their lyrics. This quiz focuses on some of these references from their first three albums.
Average, 10 Qns, kevinatilusa, Oct 10 18
Category: Mumford & Sons
Average
kevinatilusa
Oct 10 18
91 plays
26.
  Variations on a Piece by Paganini    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Niccolo Paganini's 1805 collection of Caprices are among of the most virtuosic pieces written for any instrument. The last of these Caprices, a theme with 12 variations, has served as the inspiration for many later composers.
Average, 10 Qns, kevinatilusa, Nov 15 21
Category: P
Average
kevinatilusa
Nov 15 21
386 plays
27.
  Introduction to Cryptography and its History   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
In some sense cryptography can be viewed as a battle. New technology allows new codes to be made, but also allows new methods of breaking codes. This quiz traces some of the history of these codes, from Caesar to today's modern algorithms.
Tough, 10 Qns, kevinatilusa, Dec 08 23
Category: Espionage & Codebreaking
Tough
kevinatilusa
Dec 08 23
918 plays
28.
  Million Dollar Math    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
There are 7 current problems in mathematics, that if solved, would net you a cool 1 million dollars. An eighth problem was also worth a million dollars but went unsolved. Don't worry, you don't have to solve any of them here, just identify the problems
Very Difficult, 10 Qns, kevinatilusa, Apr 12 13
Category: Mixed Math
Very Difficult
kevinatilusa
2122 plays
29.
  The Limitations of Science    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
While scientists have obtained many fascinating results and discoveries in the last century, some of the most surprising results have been those which state precisely what we cannot possibly accomplish. Here are 10 questions on some of those discoveries
Difficult, 10 Qns, kevinatilusa, Apr 19 11
Category: Scientists
Difficult
kevinatilusa
612 plays
30.
  Winter Olympic Sports    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Identify the Winter Olympic sport after being given a brief description of it. No, bribing judges is not yet an official sport.
Average, 10 Qns, kevinatilusa, Dec 12 09
Category: Olympic Winter Games
Average
kevinatilusa
1242 plays