Author Biography: lones78

1.

  Cooking with Chilis is Always Caliente    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

LeoDaVinci has turned up the heat for the Four Winds (Lones78, zorba-scank, shuehorn & JanIQ). No cool breezes here, only some of the hottest and spiciest food in the world!

Average, 10 Qns, lones78, Aug 16 13

Category: International Cuisine

Average
lones78
5430 plays

2.

  As easy as 1-2-3    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Each question relates to a number from one to ten, with only one maths question involved!

Easier, 10 Qns, lones78, Jun 10 23

Recommended for grades: 3,4,5

Category: Numbers for Kids

Easier
lones78
Jun 10 23
10358 plays

3.

  At the Watering Hole    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Many wild animals thrive near ponds all over the world. What do you know about the following animals?

Easier, 10 Qns, lones78, Jun 13 18

Recommended for grades: 6,7,8,9,10,11,12

Category: Mixed Animal Trivia

Easier
lones78
Jun 13 18
3874 plays

4.

  Fashion Impossible!    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

We should all know from past experience that fashion trends change. What we think looks impossibly good today may look impossibly bad tomorrow...

Easier, 10 Qns, lones78, Jun 29 21

Category: Fashion & Beauty Mixture

Easier
lones78
Jun 29 21
5110 plays

5.

  Breezing through the 2010s    

Match Quiz

 10 Qns

Instead of a match the event with the date quiz, we give you some notable events of the 2010s. Join them suitably to complete the quiz.

Very Easy, 10 Qns, lones78, Aug 31 20

Recommended for grades: 8,9,10

Category: 2010s History

Very Easy
lones78
Aug 31 20
1715 plays

6.

  Ten Minutes Until Impact    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

If the crash test dummy had a brain, it would probably be scared out of its vinyl skin ten minutes before impact! This quiz covers the history and development of the crash test dummy.

Average, 10 Qns, lones78, Jun 29 23

Category: General Technology

Average
lones78
Jun 29 23
7772 plays

7.

  Any Way the Wind Blows    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

As the Four Winds hurtle towards the finish line, here are ten beautiful locations spread across the world where you may want to take a more leisurely trip.

Very Easy, 10 Qns, lones78, Feb 24 12

Recommended for grades: 6,7,8

Category: Mixed World Geography for Kids

Very Easy
lones78
4347 plays

8.

  Where did this Happen?: 1980s Edition    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Many changes in many countries during the 1980s reverberated around the world, leaving lasting impressions of both tragedy and hope. Do you know where the events in this quiz took place?

Easier, 10 Qns, lones78, Apr 05 19

Category: 1980s History

Easier
lones78
Apr 05 19
1315 plays

9.

  Breezing Down the Aisle    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

The Four Winds (Lones78, Shuehorn, JanIQ, zorba_scank) have now amazingly raced into the entertaining world of weddings.

Average, 10 Qns, lones78, Oct 02 12

Category: Fire, Air, Earth, Water in Entertainment

Average
lones78
5665 plays

10.

  When Nature Hits Back    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Thanks to a suggestion from srini701, the Four Winds (Lones78, Zorba_scank, Shuehorn and JanIQ) are hitting back at nature.

Average, 10 Qns, lones78, Aug 26 17

Category: Thematic Nature

Average
lones78
Aug 26 17
4618 plays

11.

  Oh Come All Yemen (And Women)    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Yemen is one of those small countries that you don't hear much about. So join The Four Winds (Lones78, Shuehorn, JanIQ and zorba_scank) as we learn more about this amazing desert country.

Average, 10 Qns, lones78, Apr 25 14

Category: Yemen

Average
lones78
5266 plays

12.

  Turtle Soup 1    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Turtle soup is like alphabet soup in that you can make lots of words using its letters. How many of these words do you know?

Average, 10 Qns, lones78, Feb 20 11

Category: Words in Words for Kids

Average
lones78
6085 plays

13.

  Role Playing is a Breeze    

Match Quiz

 10 Qns

The Four Winds are on an amazing race through Fun Trivia. It's now time for us to get into some relaxation and video games - role-playing games are the choice for today, can you match the character to the correct game?

Easier, 10 Qns, lones78, Mar 14 17

Category: Role-Playing Video Games

Easier
lones78
1336 plays

14.

  Fathers and Sons    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Fathers and sons, mothers and daughters. Whilst parent/child stars don't make up the bulk of Hollywood, you don't have to look far to find them. Can you figure out who the parent/child partners are from a list of their movies?

Easier, 10 Qns, lones78, Dec 23 19

Category: Name the Player

Easier
lones78
Dec 23 19
1508 plays

15.

  The Black Knight    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Our villainous black knight has decided he wants to become a chivalrous white knight (it seems he's having a little trouble with the ladies - being a bad guy and all). Can you follow the story and help our black knight to become white?

Easier, 10 Qns, lones78, Jun 06 14

Category: Letter Quizzes

Easier
lones78
2865 plays

16.

  And That's Why the Chicken Crossed the Road    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

This quiz asks about how some of the greatest minds would have answered the question 'Why did the Chicken Cross the Road?'

Average, 10 Qns, lones78, Feb 27 10

Category: Other People

Average
lones78
2740 plays

17.

  Deciphering the menu    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

My husband took me out for dinner for my birthday and we had the tasting menu (7 course meal matched with wine). The serving staff explaining each dish to us turned out to be a good thing as I didn't really have a clue as to what was actually on the menu

Average, 10 Qns, lones78, Sep 15 09

Category: French Foods

Average
lones78
2431 plays

18.

  Winding Our Way Through Greek Culture    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Join the Four Winds as we find ourselves blown through various elements of Greek culture.

Average, 10 Qns, lones78, Mar 08 17

Category: European Cultures

Average
lones78
1584 plays

19.

  Laugh Along the Wave    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

The Four Winds bring you ten different television comedies with each question having something to do with water. Take a dive in and have fun.

Average, 10 Qns, lones78, Dec 31 14

Category: Comedy Mixture - Average

Average
lones78
2786 plays

20.

  Take this Crocodile Dundee Quiz    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

The Four Winds have gone back in time to the movies to see 'Crocodile Dundee' - released in 1986 - was it really that long ago?

Average, 10 Qns, lones78, Jun 17 21

Category: Cr - Cz Movies

Average
lones78
Jun 17 21
2363 plays

21.

  Look What I Can C    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

This quiz was written as a result of Quiz Commission VII (Double or Nothing). All questions relate to an animal starting with the letter 'C'.

Very Easy, 10 Qns, lones78, Feb 15 10

Recommended for grades: 3,4,5

Category: Thematic By Name

Very Easy
lones78
2388 plays

22.

  Magical things: Black cats, witches & cauldrons    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Eye of newt and tail of lizard - I'm not putting either of those in my gizzard! Can you guess the magical item from the description given?

Very Easy, 10 Qns, lones78, Dec 06 13

Recommended for grades: 1,2,3,4

Category: Topics for Kids

Very Easy
lones78
1575 plays

23.

  The Letter    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Add a letter to make a new word. All words start with the same letter - giving you the magic letter!

Very Easy, 10 Qns, lones78, Jun 25 12

Recommended for grades: 4,5,6

Category: Add a Letter for Kids

Very Easy
lones78
3418 plays

24.

  A Finish for the Four Winds    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

There are lots of things in life that you can finish. Can you pick the things that the Four Winds team finished in a day to get through their final quiz for the Amazing Race 3?

Very Easy, 10 Qns, lones78, Mar 18 17

Category: Topics for Kids

Very Easy
lones78
1421 plays

25.

  Things I Didn't See at the Park    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

You may not have seen these animals at your local park but all of them were either there and you didn't see them, or they can be seen at other parks throughout the world.

Very Easy, 10 Qns, lones78, Nov 05 10

Recommended for grades: 3,4,5

Category: What Animal Am I?

Very Easy
lones78
1898 plays

26.

  Welcome to the Jungle    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Can you figure out the animals from the clues provided?

Very Easy, 10 Qns, lones78, Nov 12 10

Recommended for grades: 4,5,6

Category: What Animal Am I?

Very Easy
lones78
2029 plays

27.

  First Time, Last Time    

Match Quiz

 10 Qns

They say there's a first time for everything, but there can also be a last time for everything. Can you match up these firsts and lasts?

Average, 10 Qns, lones78, Apr 21 19

Category: First, Second, Third and Last

Average
lones78
Apr 21 19
451 plays

28.

  Inspirational Australian Women    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Whether making a difference to their sport, native peoples, or just people in general, each of these women has inspired a new generation of women to learn that they can do anything they set their mind to.

Average, 10 Qns, lones78, Nov 20 22

Category: Australians

Average
lones78
Nov 20 22
857 plays

29.

  Missing food    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Food is a marvellous thing - it's the fuel that keeps us going. However sometimes there are things that are missing that throw us into disarray. Can you figure out what's missing?

Easier, 10 Qns, lones78, Apr 17 19

Category: Mixed Food and Drink

Easier
lones78
Apr 17 19
895 plays

30.

  Can You Please Focus?    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Do you know much about cameras and photography? I didn't until I wrote this quiz!

Average, 10 Qns, lones78, Jun 30 18

Category: Photography

Average
lones78
Jun 30 18
1835 plays

31.

  Dropping Anchor in Europe    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

The Four Winds have decided to visit various European port cities for the next leg of the Amazing Trivia Race 2.

Average, 10 Qns, lones78, Mar 16 14

Category: Europe

Average
lones78
1847 plays

32.

  Men With Hats    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Once upon a time, men used to wear hats...

Average, 10 Qns, lones78, Oct 31 21

Category: Thematic Hats

Average
lones78
Oct 31 21
1332 plays

33.

  Oh, Lula!    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

You may know a lot about Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum novels but how much do you know about her faithful 'sometimes' sidekick, Lula? (Covers books in the series up to 'Finger Lickin' Fifteen' and may contain spoilers).

Easier, 10 Qns, lones78, Jan 05 17

Category: Stephanie Plum Mixture

Easier
lones78
522 plays

34.

  Lyophilize - Freeze or Preserve?    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Lyophilization is the process of freeze-drying perishables. Which other methods of food preservation are you familiar with?

Easier, 10 Qns, lones78, Feb 29 24

Category: Cooking and Baking

Easier
lones78
Feb 29 24
828 plays

35.

  The Four Winds Strike Again    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

The Four Winds have created a common bond quiz for the Amazing Race 4. The common theme you're looking for here is related to the weather.

Easier, 10 Qns, lones78, Nov 21 21

Category: 10Q CB Easy

Easier
lones78
Nov 21 21
533 plays

36.

  Oh No! My Wife Took the Kids!    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

But she's only taken them for the day. It's school holidays you see and they're driving us nuts! I'll take my turn with the kids next week but I need to take them to places they haven't been already. Guess where I'm thinking of taking the kids next.

Very Easy, 10 Qns, lones78, Jun 30 11

Recommended for grades: 1,2

Category: Out and About

Very Easy
lones78
1768 plays

37.

  A Prayer in the Hand...    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

... is worth two in the bush, isn't it? Well not quite - my Ascension Quest challenge is now challenging you to figure out the word in these sayings that has been replaced by the word 'prayer'.

Very Easy, 10 Qns, lones78, Jul 02 13

Recommended for grades: 8,9

Category: Idiom Wordplay

Very Easy
lones78
1225 plays

38.

  The Breezy Existence of the Snow Leopard    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

The Four Winds (Lones78, JanIQ, zorba_scank and shuehorn) are racing through another quiz writing competition, and this time we've set our sights on a wondrous animal, the snow leopard. Let's see how much you know about this fabulous species.

Average, 10 Qns, lones78, Apr 17 21

Category: Leopards

Average
lones78
Apr 17 21
1499 plays

39.

  True Blue    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

You can't fit into the Australian way of life if you don't know the language. Try some of these fair dinkum, you-beaut, true blue idioms on for size!

Average, 10 Qns, lones78, Oct 20 18

Category: Australian Lingo

Average
lones78
Oct 20 18
2855 plays

40.

  You Put WHAT In It?!    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Inspired by both the Ascension Quest and my daughter's birthday cake wish, I found some very interesting things that go into cakes, baked goods and sweets.

Average, 10 Qns, lones78, Sep 05 13

Category: Cakes

Average
lones78
911 plays

41.

  Disaster    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

There have been plenty of disastrous cyclones in Australia's history. All these cyclones share their name with someone famous. Can you make the right match, or will this quiz end in disaster?

Easier, 10 Qns, lones78, Oct 09 17

Category: Weather Disasters

Easier
lones78
Oct 09 17
606 plays

42.

  Windy & Winding Toys    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

The Four Winds have taken a step (or two) back in time to remember these toys requiring either wind or winding. Join us in our journey back through time!

Easier, 10 Qns, lones78, Sep 06 18

Category: Other Games & Toys

Easier
lones78
Sep 06 18
529 plays

43.

  I've Got Two Legs    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

To which taxonomical family do the following bipedal (and limited bipedal) animals belong?

Average, 10 Qns, lones78, Jun 09 14

Category: Taxonomy and Scientific Names

Average
lones78
3615 plays

44.

  Young, Gifted, and Black    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

With five men and five women athletes, all outstanding on the track, some were dogged by controversy and scandal. Yet, all were at one stage, 'young, gifted, and black'.

Average, 10 Qns, lones78, May 17 10

Category: Track & Field

Average
lones78
2878 plays

45.

  A Lion and a Half    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Some of these lions were 'lion-ing' up to make it into this quiz, others I just found 'lion' around...

Easier, 10 Qns, lones78, Apr 14 22

Category: Thematic Big Cats

Easier
lones78
Apr 14 22
679 plays

46.

  Stephanie's Supporting Cast Members    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum series contains all sort of weird and wonderful characters. How much do you know about these less-known characters?

Average, 10 Qns, lones78, Jan 05 17

Category: Stephanie Plum Mixture

Average
lones78
461 plays

47.

  Domestic Duties    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

It's school holidays, and I'm home looking after the kids and their injured Dad (who would've figured he'd hurt himself playing sport at his age?) We have lots of chores to get done so we can spend the day out tomorrow and leave dad at home by himself.

Very Easy, 10 Qns, lones78, Aug 23 22

Recommended for grades: 2,3,4,5

Category: Around the House

Very Easy
lones78
Aug 23 22
1618 plays

48.

  Alternative Religions    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

As a person who is not particularly religious, I found out (whilst writing this quiz) that there are some non-mainstream religions out there that aren't quite as scary as others may have you believe...

Average, 10 Qns, lones78, Nov 16 09

Category: Alternative Religions

Average
lones78
914 plays

49.

  Lovers the Winds Whisked Away    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Can you pick the leading men that Julia Roberts has blown away in this small sampling of her films?

Average, 10 Qns, lones78, Jun 20 23

Category: Roberts, Julia

Average
lones78
Jun 20 23
2328 plays

50.

  Why is Wendy out in the wind?    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

The rain has cleared up but it's windy outside. Wendy has been cooped up indoors for most of the weekend and she's finally been sent out to play. With no Xbox to entertain her (it is the 1950s!), can you figure out which toys Wendy has to choose from?

Easier, 10 Qns, lones78, Sep 07 18

Category: Toys by Decade

Easier
lones78
Sep 07 18
567 plays