The Rosetta Stone, and the decipherment of the Egyptian language. Tough, 10 Qns, tnrees,
Sep 15 21
Category:
Miscellaneous
The Rosetta Stone, and the decipherment of the Egyptian language.
A quiz on British pre-history.
Very Difficult, 10 Qns, tnrees,
Dec 11 06
Category:
Pre-History
A lot of Rameses and several other pharaohs. A quiz on the kings from Dynasty 20 to Dynasty 24. There is a question on each king that Peter Clayton's 'Chronicle of the Pharaohs' gives enough information for me to create a question on.
Difficult, 10 Qns, tnrees,
Jun 03 08
Category:
Pharaohs
Mostly about real people but some questions on myths and animals.
Tough, 15 Qns, tnrees,
Sep 16 09
Category:
Scientists & Inventors
On living things with dino or deino in their names (or to be pedantic din if precedes a vowel). Dino comes from the Latin or Greek for terrible (as in inspiring terror).
Just select the correct definition.
Very Difficult, 10 Qns, tnrees,
Jun 14 05
Category:
Biology
This quiz is on battles where a significant number of English (or Anglo-Saxons) fought a significant number of Scots - not necessarily battles between England and Scotland.
Very Difficult, 10 Qns, tnrees,
Mar 13 09
Category:
British Battles
A quiz on the early kings of Egypt (from dynasty four to dynasty six). There is a question on each king that Peter Clayton's 'Chronicle of the Pharaohs' provides enough information on. Quiz Two in the series.
Difficult, 10 Qns, tnrees,
May 27 08
Category:
Pharaohs
A quiz on the early kings from mid dynasty 18 to dynasty 19. There is a question on each king that Peter Claytons 'Chronicle of the Pharaohs' gives enough information for me to do a question on. Quiz 5 of 8.
Average, 10 Qns, tnrees,
May 30 12
Category:
Pharaohs
Most palaeontology for non-experts seems to be dinosaurs (with Mesozoic sea reptiles and pterosaurs), mammoths or prehistoric men so this quiz is not about them.
Tough, 10 Qns, tnrees,
Oct 19 13
Category:
Paleontology
A quiz on some facts about ancient Egypt I hope will be interesting.
Difficult, 15 Qns, TNREES,
Jan 15 24
Category:
Ancient Egypt
The story of the "Anglo-Scottish Border Reivers" in the 16th century (and just after).
This quiz was inspired by George McDonald Fraser's book of the same name.
Tough, 10 Qns, TNREES,
Mar 02 10
Category:
Tudor Period
A quiz on the kings from dynasties 25 to 30 - and the early Persians. There is a question on each king that Peter Clayton's 'Chronicle of the Pharaohs' gives enough information for me to do a qu
Tough, 10 Qns, tnrees,
Jun 11 08
Category:
Pharaohs
A quiz on the non-Egyptian kings who ruled Egypt as pharaohs up to the suppression of Egyptian Religion. Quiz 8 of 8.
Difficult, 10 Qns, tnrees,
Dec 29 18
Category:
Pharaohs
A quiz about the Anglo-Scottish border in the 16th century. One borderer said of his fellows 'If Jesus Crist were amongst them, they would deceave him if he woulde here (hear), trust and follow ther wicked Councells'.
Tough, 10 Qns, tnrees,
Aug 12 05
Category:
Tudor Period
I hope you will find this collection of miscellaneous bits of trivia that I have picked up at various times interesting too.
Impossible, 10 Qns, tnrees,
May 22 14
Category:
Mixed UK
A quiz on the kings from Dynasty 13 to Dynasty 18. There is a question on each king that Peter Clayton's 'Chronicle of the Pharaohs' gives enough information for me to formulate a question on. Quiz 4 in the series.
Tough, 10 Qns, tnrees,
May 23 08
Category:
Pharaohs
This quiz on entries that were dropped from "The Discworld Companion" by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Briggs between the 1994 edition and the 2003 edition.
Average, 10 Qns, tnrees,
May 02 09
Category:
Pratchett, Terry
This quiz is drawn primarily from the book "The Medieval Kingdoms of Nubia" by Derek A. Welsby, supplemented by some internet research.
Difficult, 10 Qns, tnrees,
May 07 09
Category:
African
This quiz is on Volume 1 of Henry Mayhew's great study of poverty and the 'criminal classes'. It was produced between 1849 and 1851. This volume is mostly on the lives of street salespeople.
Note that 1d is one old penny (1/240th of a pound).
Difficult, 10 Qns, tnrees,
Jan 01 07
Category:
1800s UK History
In Terry Pratchett's Discworld there is an 'Egregious Professor of Cruel and Unusual Geography'. This quiz about him and the Unseen University where he resides.
Average, 10 Qns, tnrees,
Aug 18 09
Category:
Characters of Discworld
A quiz on Terry Pratchett and Stephen Briggs' (with illustrations by Paul Kidby) 2007 "Discworld" diary. Some knowledge of 'Going Postal' is also needed.
Difficult, 10 Qns, tnrees,
Sep 24 16
Category:
Discworld Miscellany
There are numerous elements which form part of English place names. This quiz is on the meaning of some of them.
Difficult, 10 Qns, tnrees,
Jun 16 09
Category:
Place Names
From dynasty zero or one (depending on who you read) to dynasty three. There is a question on each king that Peter Claytons 'Chronicle of the Pharaohs' gives enough information for me to ask a question on.
Quiz 1 of 8
Very Difficult, 10 Qns, tnrees,
Jun 13 08
Category:
Pharaohs
Archaeological sites you see on a cruise on Lake Nubia (Nasser).
Tough, 10 Qns, tnrees,
Sep 24 18
Category:
Mixed Sites in Africa
A quiz on the fairly early kings from dynasty seven to dynasty twelve. There is a question on each king that Peter Clayton's 'Chronicle of the Pharaohs' gives enough information for me to do a question on. Quiz 3 in the series.
Difficult, 10 Qns, tnrees,
May 27 08
Category:
Pharaohs
This is the 2008 "Discworld" yearbook by Terry Pratchett with Stephen Briggs.
Average, 10 Qns, tnrees,
Apr 24 08
Category:
Pratchett, Terry
Life and Times of Ahmose Son of Abana, Justified: this quiz on ancient Egypt is about or connected with the biography of Ahmose in his tomb.
Tough, 10 Qns, tnrees,
Jul 24 06
Category:
Pharaohs
These questions were inspired by an article in BES (Bulletin of the Egyptian Society UK) by Mark Fletcher who lent me a 1954 biography by Alex Wood and Frank Oldham.
A natural philosopher is approximately what we now call a scientist
Tough, 10 Qns, tnrees,
Apr 19 11
Category:
Young, Thomas
A quiz on animals that are approximately contemporary with the dinosaurs.
Difficult, 10 Qns, tnrees,
Oct 18 16
Category:
Paleontology
As given in his book 'Pyramid of Secrets'. I have tried to give something but leave enough out of the interesting information so that I do not do him out of royalties because you think you do not need to read his book.
Average, 10 Qns, tnrees,
Aug 19 11
Category:
Non-Fiction
About the book by Terry Pratchett OBE, creator of the "Diskworld" series, and Bernard Pearson, the cunning artificer.
Tough, 10 Qns, tnrees,
Sep 27 05
Category:
Pratchett, Terry
This quiz is based on the book of the same name by one of the crew - L.C.Reynolds, DSC.
Difficult, 15 Qns, tnrees,
Oct 13 08
Category:
WW2 Maritime
If Thomas Young (1773-1829) is now remembered it is probably only for his work on Egyptian Hieroglyphs but he is one of the last people about who it has been claimed that he was an expert in every branch of science.
Tough, 10 Qns, tnrees,
Oct 07 12
Category:
Young, Thomas