About the recently debuted Disney Channel cartoon series.
Easier, 15 Qns, tjoebigham,
Apr 26 05
Category:
Kim Possible
The title says it all in this classic 1936 Stooge short. My third Stooge quiz.
Average, 15 Qns, tjoebigham,
Sep 17 23
Category:
The Three Stooges
Soup has long been one of the world's favorite foods. Test your knowledge of the subject.
Average, 10 Qns, tjoebigham,
Jul 09 19
Category:
Soups
Twenty Questions:Game Shows
- 20 questions
- 4 mins
For my 20th quiz, I'm asking 20 questions, inspired by a recent "TV GUIDE" article on classic game shows. Average, 20 Qns, tjoebigham,
Nov 23 21
Category:
Mixture: Game Shows
Made between 'Vertigo' and 'Psycho', this classic comedy-thriller is one of Hitchcock's most beloved films.
Average, 25 Qns, tjoebigham,
Sep 01 14
Category:
North by Northwest
My second match quiz is about matching the hats to the fictional characters or real-life entertainers they belong to.
Average, 10 Qns, tjoebigham,
Nov 06 17
Category:
Clothing in Entertainment
Lewis Carroll was an extraordinary person under his mundane exterior!
Average, 25 Qns, tjoebigham,
Jun 03 21
Recommended for grades: 6,7,8,9
Category:
Carroll, Lewis
I've done quizzes on 'Melville sans Moby' and Whales and Whaling. Now I'm ready to take on the White Whale himself!
Tough, 25 Qns, tjoebigham,
Dec 01 19
Recommended for grades: 11,12
Category:
Melville, Herman
Best known as Inspector Clouseau, the world's worst detective, Peter Sellers created a gallery of characterizations unique in movie comedy.
Average, 10 Qns, tjoebigham,
May 22 13
Category:
Sellers, Peter
Oy! Yiddish!
- 10 questions
- 3 mins
Yiddish is now an inseparable part of our lexicon. See how much you know, oy gevalt! Average, 10 Qns, tjoebigham,
Dec 29 22
Category:
Borrowed Words and Phrases
Britspeak
- 20 questions
- 4 mins
Shaw called England and America two countries separated by the same language. This quiz will show it's really different idioms to blame! Average, 20 Qns, tjoebigham,
May 21 23
Category:
Cross-Atlantic Differences
Back in the 60s, Gerry Anderson's puppet shows were among the most popular British imports.
Average, 15 Qns, tjoebigham,
Jan 28 18
Category:
UK Classic TV
Most Fitzgerald quizzes are about "The Great Gatsby". For a change, I decided to make one about one of the book's supporting characters: Jordan Baker.
Average, 15 Qns, tjoebigham,
Aug 18 09
Recommended for grades: 9,10,11
Category:
Fitzgerald, F. Scott
Sea World Orlando
- 10 questions
- 2 mins
My brothers and I visited this Florida theme park on a vacation there. This is a short overview of this oceanic wonderland. Easier, 10 Qns, tjoebigham,
Aug 22 05
Category:
Coasters & Theme Parks
My first "Seinfeld" quiz is about the infamous last episode of the seventh season.
Average, 10 Qns, tjoebigham,
Apr 15 07
Category:
'Seinfeld' - Season 7
The Gold-Bug
- 15 questions
- 4 mins
As is generally known, while he is best known for his tales of terror, Poe also invented the "whodunit" genre and this benchmark cryptographic story. Average, 15 Qns, tjoebigham,
Sep 24 10
Category:
Poe, Edgar Allan
Classic Fractures
- 10 questions
- 6 mins
For my first Movie Fractures quiz, I choose some films from the 60s and 70s mostly, with some older ones thrown in. Average, 10 Qns, tjoebigham,
Aug 19 13
Category:
Movie Fractures
A quiz on the original 1930 novel by Dashiell Hammett that is a cornerstone of the hard-boiled crime novel.
Average, 20 Qns, tjoebigham,
Dec 21 17
Category:
Hammett, Dashiell
My first match quiz concerns lesser-known novels and stories by these famous writers; you must match these works with authors.
Average, 15 Qns, tjoebigham,
Apr 25 17
Category:
Less Familiar Works
The Original "Men in Black"
- 15 questions
- 4 mins
Long before Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones assumed that title, the Three Stooges used it for one of their looniest shorts, where they turn a hospital into a madhouse! Average, 15 Qns, tjoebigham,
Jan 20 21
Category:
The Three Stooges
My second Disney Channel Quiz concerns the newest animated series, a sword-and-sorcery spoof.
Easier, 10 Qns, tjoebigham,
Sep 11 04
Category:
Dave the Barbarian
Wayne is best known for his films with John Ford, but here are five he did with the equally legendary Howard Hawks.
Average, 25 Qns, tjoebigham,
May 30 23
Category:
Wayne, John
10 Degrees of Jennifer Jones
- 10 questions
- 4 mins
My fourth Degrees quiz is about actress Jennifer Jones, a star of the 40s and 50s, and how the actors link up with her again. Average, 10 Qns, tjoebigham,
Nov 07 16
Category:
J - People Themed
Kubla Khan
- 10 questions
- 3 mins
About Coleridge's most famous poem after 'The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner'. Average, 10 Qns, tjoebigham,
Mar 11 06
Category:
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor
Logos, Slogans and Brand Names
- 15 questions
- 6 mins
For my third marketing quiz, I've included the origins of some well-known slogans and brand names along with a few logos. Also, it will have more true or false questions than my other quizzes. Difficult, 15 Qns, tjoebigham,
Mar 11 13
Category:
Marketing
Jazz Giants
- 10 questions
- 3 mins
If you dig the great jazz giants, this quiz is for you,cat! Average, 10 Qns, tjoebigham,
Dec 12 17
Category:
Jazz
Alexander Graham Bell
- 10 questions
- 4 mins
Most people think Bell only invented the telephone. If your'e one of them, this quiz may hand you a surprise! Tough, 10 Qns, tjoebigham,
Mar 25 13
Category:
Bell, Alexander Graham
Know Beans About Boston?
- 15 questions
- 4 mins
Boston has its own special cachet among the capital cities of the world. If you're a Bostonian, this quiz should be a snap! But even Londoners or New Yorkers can learn something here! Average, 15 Qns, tjoebigham,
Feb 23 18
Category:
Boston
My first Fields quiz is about his 1940 farce masterpiece. All questions are based on scenes from the movie.
Average, 15 Qns, tjoebigham,
Feb 26 10
Category:
Ba - Bd Movies
25 Assault on Precinct 13 Questions
- 25 questions
- 5 mins
After "Dark Star", John Carpenter made his name with this 1976 urban horror tale about a police station besieged by a murderous street gang. Next came "Halloween"...and fame! Average, 25 Qns, tjoebigham,
Feb 17 05
Category:
Assault on Precinct 13
Where, What, Who and How 4
- 20 questions
- 5 mins
My fourth "Where, What, Who and How" quiz. Difficult, 20 Qns, tjoebigham,
Jun 10 23
Category:
Mixed 20 Q. Difficult
Movie Props
- 10 questions
- 5 mins
Like those on the stage, movie props (short for "properties") are material objects used by the characters, such as clothing, weaponry, etc., and sometimes help to tell the story. Tough, 10 Qns, tjoebigham,
May 19 20
Category:
Name the Movie
"TV Guide's" Best and Worst
- 25 questions
- 7 mins
In May 2002, "TV Guide" published its 50 All-Time Best TV shows. And in July 2002 it ran its 50 All-Time Worst TV shows. This quiz is about a selection from this 100. "TV Guide" fanatics should breeze through it! Difficult, 25 Qns, tjoebigham,
Nov 19 22
Category:
TV Trivia for Experts
Where, What, Who and How 2
- 20 questions
- 6 mins
My second "Where, What, Who and How" quiz. Again, the title describes how the 20 questions are arranged. Difficult, 20 Qns, tjoebigham,
Jul 22 23
Category:
Mixed 20 Q. Difficult
Polanski's 'Chinatown'
- 10 questions
- 3 mins
Roman Polanski's 'Chinatown' is one of my all-time favorites. Test how much you know of this Watergate-era gem set in the Thirties. Average, 10 Qns, tjoebigham,
May 18 04
Category:
Cg - Cl Movies
Ten Famous Epitaphs
- 10 questions
- 4 mins
Ten memorable inscriptions on the graves of famous people (and one fictional character's). Tough, 10 Qns, tjoebigham,
Sep 16 13
Category:
Last Words & Epitaphs
Here are some more advertising logos from the past, some no longer with us.
Difficult, 15 Qns, tjoebigham,
Oct 27 03
Category:
U.S. Commercials
Brute Force
- 15 questions
- 5 mins
Think "Shawshank Redemption" was a tough prison flick? It was a fairy tale compared with Jules Dassin's 1947 classic starring Burt Lancaster! Tough, 15 Qns, tjoebigham,
Sep 06 07
Category:
Br - Bz Movies
'White Heat' is one of James Cagney's greatest films and an all-time classic!
Average, 15 Qns, tjoebigham,
Apr 25 04
Category:
White Heat
Whales and Whaling
- 15 questions
- 3 mins
Before petroleum was discovered, the world depended on whale oil for its needs. See how much you know about whales and whaling. Average, 15 Qns, tjoebigham,
Apr 25 19
Category:
Cetaceans and Sirenians
Ted Healy, the Man Behind the Stooges
- 15 questions
- 6 mins
This is about the true founder of the Three Stooges, a once-famed comedian who is largely forgotten today. Difficult, 15 Qns, tjoebigham,
Nov 26 21
Category:
The Three Stooges
Ten Famous Sonnets
- 10 questions
- 4 mins
Here are ten famous examples of the world's best known and most loved poetic form, the sonnet. Average, 10 Qns, tjoebigham,
Dec 25 16
Category:
Poetic Genres
For my first quiz on a foreign film, I choose this early German sound classic, still a suspense masterwork.
Average, 20 Qns, tjoebigham,
Jun 20 19
Category:
Ma - Md Movies
Frederick Forsyth's "The Shepherd"
- 15 questions
- 4 mins
From the author of "Day of the Jackal" and "Odessa File" comes this novellette of an RAF pilot's Christmas Eve flight home. Average, 15 Qns, tjoebigham,
Apr 25 14
Category:
Forsyth, Frederick
Businesses the world over are indebted to Chester Carlson, the man who gave us the Xerox copier!
Average, 15 Qns, tjoebigham,
Apr 19 11
Category:
People C-D
Gents Without Cents
- 10 questions
- 3 mins
'Gents Without Cents' is one of the Stooges' finest shorts. Average, 10 Qns, tjoebigham,
Jul 25 05
Category:
The Three Stooges
Debussy
- 15 questions
- 4 mins
Composer Claude Debussy was in the forefront of early 20th Century composers who took music into the modern age. Average, 15 Qns, tjoebigham,
Nov 15 21
Category:
Debussy, Claude
More Jazz Giants
- 15 questions
- 4 mins
OK, cats, here's some more jazz trivia for ya! Average, 15 Qns, tjoebigham,
Oct 29 12
Category:
Jazz
The late Helene Hanff burst on the literary scene with this collection of letters she wrote for two decades to a used book store. Now it's a minor classic.
Tough, 20 Qns, tjoebigham,
Aug 23 20
Category:
Hanff, Helen