In "2 Henry IV" Shakespeare's well-fed character Falstaff is sued by the tavern hostess, because "he hath eaten [her] out of house and home!" (2.1.74) What can we learn from Falstaff about the history of food in 14th-16th century England?

The songwriter left his heart in San Francisco, but hearts can be found elsewhere, too. Find these hearts that have been left on the landscape of our Earth by humans or nature.

These European explorers often did not do what they set out to do. But sometimes they didn't not do--they did. Identify these explorers based on what they did and didn't do.

Identify these people who could handle the truth and live to tell about it. Well, some of them are dead, but the truth didn't kill them. The first question is different from the others and may be a bit harder, but hang in there!

Remember the alphabetical jump rope game that begins "A, My Name is Alice" (or something else that begins with A)? This quiz is about people and characters surrounding people and characters named Alice, NOT Alice herself.

In "Charlotte's Web" E.B. White shows us the power of words and the power of friendship, using animal characters who seem very real. How much do you remember about the animal characters in "Charlotte's Web"? Recommended for grades: 3,4,5

Remember the "Introduction to Literature" anthology from your high school or college days? While new poems are added with each new edition, some appear over and over. These perennials may sound familiar.

If former English teacher nannywoo bought a farm, she might need an interpreter. See if you can identify these words ending in -tious, -cious, and -ceous.

Team Faithful and True has members from many parts of the world. While we all have eclectic tastes, can you match up our regions with their unique foods?

For girls as well as boys, this quiz is about sticks, bats, foils, stones, etc., wielded in sports around the world. See if you can match the stick (or other equipment) with the sport.

Sometimes a previously uncommon name crops up everywhere from television and movies to history books. See how many of these Monroe / Munro people, characters, and place names you know.

You may think this quiz will be about zephyrs and hurricanes, but think again! This one relates to the verb "wind" (move in or take a twisting or spiral course). Check your thesaurus and unwind the CRYPTIC clues.

This quiz is about dreams and those who dream them, both fictional characters and historical persons, with questions from several different categories.

Keys - and the doors and gates they open - have long been important symbols in spiritual and religious contexts around the world. Can you find the keys to unlock the doors in these questions?

Fill in each blank with two rhyming words (and sometimes another word like "a" or "he") about things we wear to keep our hands warm. Word lengths and other hints are given.

John Milton used the words "darkness visible" to describe a total absence of light. Can you "see" these dark images that "show up" in various religions?

Start with a word for making a chain and end with a word for making a chain, with unrelated links in-between. Each word begins with the last three letters of the preceding word.