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
It's high time a quiz was written about this American Christmas classic by Truman Capote, author of 'Breakfast At Tiffany's' and 'In Cold Blood'. It ranks with Thomas' 'Child's Christmas in Wales'. I'll take it over Dickens any Christmas!
Average, 20 Qns, tjoebigham,
Sep 14 18
Category:
Capote, Truman
One of Fitzgerald's early stories is this satirical allegory about wealth and its great price.
Average, 15 Qns, tjoebigham,
Apr 17 05
Category:
Fitzgerald, F. Scott
Dada was the 20th-Century 'anti-art' art movement that foreshadowed Surrealism, Pop Art and many other movements.
Average, 10 Qns, tjoebigham,
Jun 11 18
Category:
20th Century Art
The oeuvre of Man Ray is a unique contribution to 20th Century art.
Average, 20 Qns, tjoebigham,
Jul 21 09
Category:
People Q-S
I've written on Melville's masterwork. Now I'm writing on the 1956 John Huston version, a favorite of my late father, to whom I dedicate this quiz.
Tough, 20 Qns, tjoebigham,
Feb 17 14
Category:
Moby Dick
These 10 questions conclude my quiz on the classic Judy Garland vehicle (restored in 1983).
Tough, 10 Qns, tjoebigham,
Jan 13 06
Category:
Star is Born, A
These are the mysterious 'cases' alluded to in Conan Doyle's immortal Sherlock Holmes stories.
Tough, 10 Qns, tjoebigham,
Jan 05 17
Category:
Sherlock Holmes Mixture
G. K. Chesterton's 'Father Brown' series, about a crime-solving Catholic priest, is almost as famous as the Sherlock Holmes canon. (Warning: some SPOILERS ahead, though not about the murderers!)
Tough, 15 Qns, tjoebigham,
Nov 14 03
Category:
C
Bestselling novelist Sebastian Faulks wrote this Bond novel to celebrate the centennial of the birth of Ian Fleming. Some spoilers.
Average, 15 Qns, tjoebigham,
Aug 18 09
Category:
Fleming, Ian
This spoof of the Creation story is one of my all-time favorite works in the Twain canon.
Tough, 15 Qns, tjoebigham,
May 15 06
Category:
Twain, Mark
Here are seven movies about crime in Boston and three about law in the Bay State's capital.
Tough, 10 Qns, tjoebigham,
Jul 13 06
Category:
Common Locations
Besides writing such classics of humor as "The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty", James Thurber is as well known for his unique cartoons, often lunatic situations depicted in his deadpan style. Here's an overview of some of his best-known drawings.
Tough, 15 Qns, tjoebigham,
Jul 19 14
Category:
Thurber, James
A quiz on that grinning idiot who graces the covers of 'MAD Magazine'.
Tough, 10 Qns, tjoebigham,
Mar 30 06
Category:
Comics L-R
Vexillology is the study of flags. Here are ten terms from it.
Tough, 10 Qns, tjoebigham,
Apr 25 18
Category:
World Flags
Frank Lloyd Wright changed American architecture forever.
Average, 15 Qns, tjoebigham,
May 10 17
Category:
Wright, Frank Lloyd
Next to FunTrivia, one of my favorite websites is Spizzerinctum, home to many a sesquipedalian word (that is, a long one!). Here are 25 from the site; see if you can guess their meanings!
Tough, 25 Qns, tjoebigham,
May 19 19
Category:
Very Long Words
You probably know all about 'Moby Dick' trouble is, most people think Melville begins and ends with that classic. But Melville ranged far and wide in his work, and in almost every form. See how much Melville you really know!
Average, 10 Qns, tjoebigham,
Apr 25 14
Category:
Melville, Herman
This 2000 Christmas TV cartoon by the Phil Roman studio is based on the classic novelty song by Randy Brooks.
Average, 10 Qns, tjoebigham,
Dec 02 05
Category:
G
Childe Hassam pioneered French Impressionism in American painting.
Tough, 15 Qns, tjoebigham,
Mar 09 22
Category:
People H-J
I was born a Bay Stater, and now you can match your knowledge against mine!
Tough, 10 Qns, tjoebigham,
Apr 02 23
Category:
Massachusetts
The title refers to a joke about Kipling's name: 'Do you like Kipling?' 'I don't know, I've never Kippled' The quiz offers an overview of his life and work.
Tough, 20 Qns, tjoebigham,
Nov 23 22
Category:
People K-L
The title describes how these twenty questions are organized.
Very Difficult, 20 Qns, tjoebigham,
Jun 01 06
Category:
Mixed 20 Q. Very Difficult
Of all the looney songs from the 'Monty Python' troupe, this, from the 'Holy Grail' movie, is my all-time favorite.
Average, 5 Qns, tjoebigham,
Nov 02 02
Category:
Holy Grail .
Warning! Spoilers abound in this quiz on the 1955 story collection by the great Ellery Queen.
Tough, 15 Qns, tjoebigham,
Jan 01 21
Category:
Queen, Ellery
My third degrees quiz links 40's sex symbol Rita Hayworth with 9 of her contemporaries.
Average, 10 Qns, tjoebigham,
Jul 11 23
Category:
Hayworth, Rita
Back in the 1930's pulp heroes were all the rage. Millions thrilled to their improbable exploits and they influenced the comic superheroes to come. Return with me to those thrilling days of adventure!
Tough, 10 Qns, tjoebigham,
Nov 29 22
Category:
Superheroes/ Sidekicks Mixture
Best known for his nine symphonies, Beethoven wrote only one opera.
Average, 10 Qns, tjoebigham,
Nov 15 21
Category:
Beethoven, Ludwig van
My third quiz of questions arranged as the title says.
Difficult, 20 Qns, tjoebigham,
Jan 07 06
Category:
Mixed 20 Q. Difficult
Among my collections are sea shells. They have been popular for some time now. So gather round, you amateur conchologists!
Average, 15 Qns, tjoebigham,
Feb 20 18
Category:
Collectibles
A short overview of the French Dadaist who influenced the Op and Pop Art of the 1960s.
Average, 10 Qns, tjoebigham,
Apr 12 15
Category:
People C-D
Stevenson's stories have been a part of childhood for generations. And many adults love him, too. See how much you know of this great Scottish author.
Tough, 10 Qns, tjoebigham,
Jun 16 18
Category:
Stevenson, Robert Louis
They don't make writers like Hecht anymore! Journalist, playwright, screenwriter, novelist...he was a legend in his own time, but forgotten now. Good luck!
Average, 20 Qns, tjoebigham,
Jan 23 15
Category:
People H-J
This is the first part of a quiz on one of the all-time Hollywood classics. George Cukor's musical remake is superior to the 1937 original, and the wretched Streisand version. Judy Garland would never again have a plum movie like this!
Average, 15 Qns, tjoebigham,
May 14 05
Category:
Star is Born, A
From its beginnings in the early 30s to its end in the late 50s, RKO Radio Pictures made its individual mark on Hollywood.
Tough, 20 Qns, tjoebigham,
Dec 03 20
Category:
Film: Industry and Craft
Hemingway's famed novel about the post-World War One 'lost generation' of expatriate Americans.
Average, 15 Qns, tjoebigham,
Feb 07 11
Category:
Hemingway, Ernest
Harryhausen's stop motion creatures have made him a specials effects legend.
Tough, 15 Qns, tjoebigham,
Jan 11 03
Category:
H - People Themed
Samuel Fuller was a one-of-a-kind film maker. He willingly toiled in the B-movie ghetto so he could make HIS own movies HIS way! The facts here are from his posthumous autobiography "A Third Face".
Tough, 25 Qns, tjoebigham,
Jun 15 23
Category:
Celebrities E-G
'Cavalleria Rusticana' and 'I Pagliacci' were among the first of a new style of opera called 'verismo'.
Average, 20 Qns, tjoebigham,
Sep 21 21
Category:
Opera
The sequel to my first mixed trivia quiz.
Very Difficult, 10 Qns, tjoebigham,
Aug 31 11
Category:
10 Qn Mix For Experts A
From 1955 came this landmark film noir based on Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer bestseller.
Tough, 20 Qns, tjoebigham,
Sep 05 08
Category:
K
The sci-fi tales of H. G. Wells have been fodder for the Hollywood fantasy machine. This quiz compares their book and movie versions.
Tough, 15 Qns, tjoebigham,
Apr 21 12
Category:
Wells, H. G.
"9 Chickweed Lane" : a quiz on a little-known, but witty strip with a devoted following.
Average, 10 Qns, tjoebigham,
Aug 21 07
Category:
Comics L-R
Michael Powell was one of the most groundbreaking filmmakers in English history. He is one of my favorites, and this quiz is my valentine to the late great artist.
Average, 15 Qns, tjoebigham,
May 31 09
Category:
Celebrities M-P
My first "Degrees of Separation" quiz is about the great James Cagney, eight other stars, and one special personality who lived long before the movies were born, but has a special relationship with two stars as you'll see!
Tough, 10 Qns, tjoebigham,
Aug 07 20
Category:
Degrees - Tough
This hilarious short spoofs Lucas' "Star Wars" series and "Shakespeare In Love"!
Average, 10 Qns, tjoebigham,
Feb 11 05
Category:
Ga - Gm Movies
Before Dali or Warhol, James Whistler was the first artist to make himself better known as a celebrity than for his works (though they're renowned also). Oh, and nothing about that old lady!
Tough, 15 Qns, tjoebigham,
Aug 22 12
Category:
People T-Z
This is mostly about the men of Ed McBain's 87th Precinct, still the best police procedural series of all!
Average, 10 Qns, tjoebigham,
Mar 02 09
Category:
McBain, Ed
She made only 24 films in her life, is best known for one, but today is an icon of the 'Roaring Twenties', along with F. Scott Fitzgerald and John Held, Jr.
Tough, 10 Qns, tjoebigham,
Jun 11 10
Category:
Celebrities A-B
Robert Flaherty's 1922 benchmark documentary blazed the path for many a later nonfiction films.
Average, 15 Qns, tjoebigham,
Aug 06 13
Category:
Nanook of the North