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uglybird has been a FunTrivia author since Dec 05 03 and has written 151 quizzes. uglybird writes for many different categories, but is most active in Humanities, General Knowledge, and Sci / Tech, and has won 10 Editor's Choice awards on submitted quizzes.

  • has earned 22,444 excellent quiz ratings from quiz takers.
Bio: It's really not my fault! You see, my daughter was on her high school quiz team in 2003, and had been told to practice at this "Funtrivia.com" website. I was only helping out... next thing I knew I was hooked. Everything I heard, each new tidbit of knowledge I gained just turned into a quiz question! Maybe it was a little out of hand. Then in 2007 my wife died; I remarried; I drifted away. Now I'm retired 37 weeks of the year, my wife is still working and I'm ready to write! Did I mention I'm inclined to write crazy quizzes?
Hobbies: My hobbies include Kayaking, walking and reading.
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1.
  Clichés Taken Literally editor best quiz best quiz - 10 questions - 7 mins
You know the meaning of the cliché but how about the meaning of the individual words? Demonstrate your mastery of the vocabulary of clichés as you answer questions dependent on the literal meanings of the individual words (utilizing my GENEROUS HINTS).
Tough, 10 Qns, uglybird, Oct 28 17
Category: Cliches
Tough
uglybird
Oct 28 17
14350 plays
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  Official State Vegetables editor best quiz best quiz - 10 questions - 6 mins
Any trivia novice should know the state capitals. A trivia expert might know the state flowers. But are you ready to take the ULTIMATE TRIVIA CHALLENGE? Do you know your state vegetables? (Generous clues are provided within each question.)
Average, 10 Qns, uglybird, Dec 14 20
Category: U.S. State Symbols
Average
uglybird
Dec 14 20
11664 plays
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  Original Objects editor best quiz best quiz - 10 questions - 7 mins
The meaning of these prepositional phrases has evolved over time. Do you know the original "object" of the preposition? I'll PLANT a hint for the next question in each question the way I've PLANTED a hint for my first question in this sentence.
Tough, 10 Qns, uglybird, Sep 30 11
Category: Idioms and Proverbs
Tough
uglybird
9158 plays
4.
  Unofficial FunTrivia Symbols: A Trivial Proposal editor best quiz top quiz - 10 questions - 6 mins
Should FunTrivia remain bereft of official symbols and other trappings? Embrace the trivial choice; heed the obvious clues, as you navigate my nominees for everything from official FunTrivia motto to official FunTrivia vegetable.
Average, 10 Qns, uglybird, Apr 04 23
Category: Mixed
Average
uglybird
Apr 04 23
8006 plays
5.
  Boston to Berkeley: American Musical Protests editor best quiz best quiz - 10 questions - 7 mins
Civil rights, the Vietnam War, nuclear power... a guy trapped on a public transit system. Test your knowledge of America's music of dissent in the mid-twentieth century.
Average, 10 Qns, Uglybird, Dec 16 16
Category: USA Music
Average
Uglybird
Dec 16 16
4511 plays
6.
  The Graham Island Affair editor best quiz best quiz - 10 questions - 7 mins
What do you suppose would happen if an Island erupted from the sea in the midst of a major Mediterranean shipping lane in 1831? Well, one did; and I'm betting you'll have little trouble guessing how 19th century Europeans responded.
Average, 10 Qns, uglybird, Feb 26 13
Category: Historical Geography
Average
uglybird
4547 plays
7.
  Da Bums of Summer editor best quiz great trivia quiz - 10 questions - 5 mins
Travel back with me to a time long ago, in the faraway land of Brooklyn, where a band of baseball heroes emerged to battle Giants and Yankees, fighting an uphill and largely unsuccessful battle that would earn them an immortal name.
Average, 10 Qns, uglybird, Jul 18 07
Category: Los Angeles Dodgers
Average
uglybird
2130 plays
8.
  The Life Cycle of a Little Red Balloon editor best quiz top quiz - 10 questions - 8 mins
Each year millions of innocent balloons are created, inflated, used frivolously, casually destroyed, then heartlessly discarded. Are you versed in the technological and ecological issues of balloon manufacture? (Warning: some humorous content.)
Difficult, 10 Qns, uglybird, Nov 29 12
Category: Environment
Difficult
uglybird
4236 plays
9.
  Stonehenge: Historical and Etymological Aspects editor best quiz best quiz - 10 questions - 7 mins
A long time ago some people stuck some very big rocks in the ground and piled others on top of them. Many other people have spent a lot of time guessing how and why they did it and inventing big words to describe their speculations. What fun!
Tough, 10 Qns, uglybird, Nov 21 13
Category: Buildings & Landmarks
Tough
uglybird
3204 plays
10.
  Make Mynah Quiz editor best quiz popular trivia quiz - 10 questions - 8 mins
In Hawaii we noted peculiar looking hopping birds. Having a rather limited ornithologic knowledge base, we called them uglybirds. Later we learned they were, in fact, Mynah birds. A mynah pun quiz follows.
Difficult, 10 Qns, uglybird, Jun 11 04
Category: Word Puzzles for Experts
Difficult
uglybird
1788 plays
11.
  Do You Know My Name? best quiz - 10 questions - 6 mins
From the nickname that became king to the duck that destroyed the popularity of a respectable and dignified first name, my ten "guests" will supply you with information that should allow you to guess their names.
Average, 10 Qns, uglybird, May 11 19
Category: Names
Average
uglybird
May 11 19
23777 plays
12.
  Old Fogeyisms best quiz - 10 questions - 3 mins
If you know these terms then you know fogeys. If, like the author of this quiz, you use these terms, then perhaps...you too are a...
Easier, 10 Qns, uglybird, Jul 16 19
Category: American Slang
Easier
uglybird
Jul 16 19
17661 plays
13.
  Capital Places best quiz - 10 questions - 6 mins
With the geographical information supplied (including latitude and longitude), supplemented with a bit of history, you should be able to locate many if not all of these capital cities.
Average, 10 Qns, uglybird, Aug 14 13
Category: Historical Geography
Average
uglybird
20753 plays
14.
  Telling Ducks From Cats, The Easy Way great trivia quiz - 10 questions - 6 mins
If you've tried doing "Telling Ducks From Cats, The Hard Way" (or even if you haven't), here's a quiz on some easier methods.
Easier, 10 Qns, uglybird, Mar 05 20
Recommended for grades: 6,7,8,9,10,11,12
Category: Identify the Animal
Easier
uglybird
Mar 05 20
17755 plays
15.
  American Boomers in the Early 60s best quiz - 10 questions - 4 mins
It was the early 60s. Women wore pillbox hats. Men longed for bigger houses and bigger cars. And then there was Camelot ...
Average, 10 Qns, uglybird, Mar 11 11
Category: 1960s Nostalgia
Average
uglybird
9149 plays
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  Euphemistically Speaking best quiz - 10 questions - 6 mins
Whether you wish to assess your ability to replace an indelicate term with one that is inoffensive, or to brush up on the telling of the occasional polite lie, you may wish to avail yourself of the opportunity this humble quiz presents.
Average, 10 Qns, uglybird, May 01 22
Category: Idioms and Proverbs
Average
uglybird
May 01 22
12144 plays
17.
  The Guild Dishes It Out top quiz - 10 questions - 6 mins
Just an informal Quiz Writer's Guild potluck: a mere coincidence that every dish seemed to be salted with a succulent question in mind. If this sounds like a delicious idea to you, play on.
Average, 10 Qns, uglybird, Jan 28 10
Category: International Cuisine
Average
uglybird
8296 plays
18.
  What Would They Have Done in 60 or 61? best quiz - 10 questions - 4 mins
Certain behaviors and mannerisms typified many of the TV characters in the early 1960's. Can you guess what these giants of prime time would have done in 1960 or 1961
Average, 10 Qns, uglybird, Jun 03 15
Category: 1960s TV
Average
uglybird
8066 plays
19.
  50s TV Heroes: Heroic Gestures and Other Habits best quiz - 10 questions - 4 mins
Some swashed, some buckled and one even drooled. See if you can identify these iconic television heroes from their trademark behaviors and accoutrements.
Average, 10 Qns, uglybird, Aug 09 17
Category: 1950s TV
Average
uglybird
Aug 09 17
5349 plays
20.
  Feelin' Easy great trivia quiz - 10 questions - 4 mins
My last several quizzes have turned out more difficult than I intended. Hopefully I can break out of my slump with this quiz. Just keep in mind as you answer these questions that "easy does it".
Average, 10 Qns, uglybird, Aug 31 08
Category: Mixed 10 Questions
Average
uglybird
11811 plays
21.
  An Easy Quiz On Just The FaQs best quiz - 10 questions - 4 mins
I will provide you with a FACT and QUOTATION (FaQ) from a well known person. You match the person to the FaQ.
Average, 10 Qns, Uglybird, Apr 04 10
Category: Who Said It?
Average
Uglybird
8767 plays
22.
  More Fogeyisms best quiz - 10 questions - 3 mins
Holy cow! My last fogey quiz was duck soup! Here's another opportunity to prove your "fogacity".
Easier, 10 Qns, uglybird, Jul 25 17
Category: American Slang
Easier
uglybird
Jul 25 17
6865 plays
23.
  Author Identification: Style and Substance best quiz - 10 questions - 6 mins
Here are some snippets of information about authors and/or their works written in a way I hope will be reminiscent of their styles. Will this style and substance lead you to the author's identity? Play and see.
Average, 10 Qns, uglybird, Aug 31 22
Category: Authors and their Works
Average
uglybird
Aug 31 22
5630 plays
24.
  Early Blooming Boomers: The Early Years (American) best quiz - 10 questions - 4 mins
If you were born in the first wave of the American baby boom between 1946 and 1954, you might find familiar material here. If not, it may still be worth the challenge. And don't forget to listen for the tom-toms.
Tough, 10 Qns, uglybird, Mar 31 23
Category: 1950s Nostalgia
Tough
uglybird
Mar 31 23
4681 plays
25.
  Words In Custody best quiz - 10 questions - 4 mins
English usage imposes limits on the company some words usually keep. Aspersions are most often "cast", and there is seldom "kith" without "kin". See if you know which word seems to be the constant (or at least frequent) companion of the other.
Average, 10 Qns, uglybird, Jun 17 16
Category: Idioms and Proverbs
Average
uglybird
7441 plays
26.
  Dark Physics best quiz - 10 questions - 6 mins
Some physicists seem obsessed with ... well...nothing - with empty, vacuous blackness and the things that arise from it. Enter the world of dark physics. And don't a-void the seemingly obvious answers. They're probably correct.
Average, 10 Qns, uglybird, Aug 08 20
Category: Astronomical Physics
Average
uglybird
Aug 08 20
7125 plays
27.
  Regency England: History and Culture best quiz - 10 questions - 5 mins
Are you well versed in England's Regency Period? Get a "10" on this quiz and earn your Regency scholarship award!
Average, 10 Qns, uglybird, Feb 04 23
Category: UK History
Average
uglybird
Feb 04 23
5330 plays
28.
  This Quiz Is a Snap great trivia quiz - 10 questions - 4 mins
This quiz showcases the versatility of this brisk, lively word. I suggest you take this quiz and make it snappy!
Average, 10 Qns, uglybird, Feb 25 21
Category: Thematic Adjectives
Average
uglybird
Feb 25 21
6946 plays
29.
  Totally Nuts best quiz - 10 questions - 6 mins
Please note: this quiz is not in the "People" category. This really is a quiz about edible nuts - no political nuts, nutty professors or nut cases here. (OK, the author IS Californian.) But are you ready to prove yourself a true trivia nut?
Average, 10 Qns, uglybird, Jan 26 23
Category: Nuts
Average
uglybird
Jan 26 23
4423 plays
30.
  Sayings in 1970 top quiz - 10 questions - 4 mins
A chemistry professor at my university claimed we were the generation "that says, 'Ya know' and doesn't." Of course, we were just misunderstood. Do you know the meanings and/or derivations of these idioms current in 1970?
Average, 10 Qns, uglybird, May 08 20
Category: Words by Decade
Average
uglybird
May 08 20
7417 plays
31.
  The Death of Terry Pratchett: A Discworld Quiz best quiz - 10 questions - 5 mins
Terry Pratchett's anthropomorphic personification of the Grim Reaper (aptly named Death) has appeared at least once in every Discworld novel written through 2006. How well do you know the basics regarding this crucial character?
Easier, 10 Qns, uglybird, May 19 10
Category: Characters of Discworld
Easier
uglybird
2039 plays
32.
  The Churchill Perspective: World Leaders best quiz - 10 questions - 5 mins
Winston Churchill expressed many strong opinions regarding the public figures of his own time. I will supply a fact about an historical figure and a quote about the person from Winston Churchill, which should allow you to identify him or her.
Average, 10 Qns, uglybird, Aug 01 22
Category: U.K. Government
Average
uglybird
Aug 01 22
3461 plays
33.
  Origins and History of the American Comic Strip best quiz - 10 questions - 5 mins
You'll marvel at the glitter and the greed, be astonished by the soap operas and the censorship and perhaps even find a bit of humor too as we examine the lurid history of the funny papers.
Average, 10 Qns, uglybird, May 18 21
Category: Comics
Average
uglybird
May 18 21
2449 plays
34.
  Affected Latin: Phrases For Contemporary Use best quiz - 10 questions - 5 mins
Various internet resources have made available a plethora of Latin phrases for daily use. You've probably heard a few of these phrases before and may well be able to figure out the rest. And afterwards you can impress your friends!
Average, 10 Qns, uglybird, Jan 24 17
Category: Latin
Average
uglybird
Jan 24 17
4513 plays
35.
  Odd Ducks top quiz - 10 questions - 4 mins
Not every duck waddles on land and swims in water. A few are even darn difficult. So... are you going to duck this quiz?
Tough, 10 Qns, uglybird, Aug 14 22
Category: Vocabulary
Tough
uglybird
Aug 14 22
3600 plays
36.
  What About My Name? great trivia quiz - 10 questions - 7 mins
From names that might declare one's character to names that were first declared for the purpose of naming a character, here are another group of "guests" anxious to see if you know about their names.
Tough, 10 Qns, uglybird, Feb 11 05
Category: Names
Tough
uglybird
6328 plays
37.
  A Thoroughly Ridiculous Quiz best quiz - 10 questions - 4 mins
No! Silly is NOT good enough. To prosper in this quiz you're going to have to be downright ridiculous. This might be easier in the "Flash" mode.
Average, 10 Qns, uglybird, Mar 08 22
Category: Language Use
Average
uglybird
Mar 08 22
5343 plays
38.
  I Can Quit Whenever I Want To... And You? great trivia quiz - 10 questions - 5 mins
Could you be addicted to... trivia? Take this quiz and find out. If you dare!
Average, 10 Qns, uglybird, Dec 09 18
Category: Thematic Abstract Ideas
Average
uglybird
Dec 09 18
4330 plays
39.
  Hollywood's Super Blockbusters best quiz - 15 questions - 8 mins
In the US, in the twentieth century, twenty-three films earned more than ½ billion dollars (adjusted for inflation). This quiz explores how and by whom these super blockbusters were made.
Average, 15 Qns, uglybird, Jul 29 19
Category: Something in Common
Average
uglybird
Jul 29 19
3618 plays
40.
  Dietary Indiscretions top quiz - 10 questions - 4 mins
Have you eaten your vegetables and cleaned your plate? Are you in the mood for your just desserts? WARNING: Do not take this quiz on an empty stomach.
Average, 10 Qns, uglybird, Jan 02 17
Category: Desserts
Average
uglybird
Jan 02 17
6812 plays
41.
  Warning! Enter These Songs At Your Own Risk best quiz - 10 questions - 7 mins
The Insipid Song Lovers Association visits the dark underside of pre-Beatles rock and roll - a world of crime and punishment, space aliens and vampires and (most hazardous of all) dumb love.
Average, 10 Qns, uglybird, Sep 12 22
Category: Rock Lyrics
Average
uglybird
Sep 12 22
4495 plays
42.
  A Sentimental Journey In Song top quiz - 10 questions - 6 mins
Abandon your cynicism and bring your disposable mucous recovery devices (Kleenex). Let the Insipid Song Lovers Association transport you to those maudlin songs of yesteryear - a time of kiss sealed letters, pitiless towns and horizens that were new.
Average, 10 Qns, uglybird, Mar 05 22
Category: Emotion in Songs
Average
uglybird
Mar 05 22
4560 plays
43.
  English Enslaved? The History of Punctuation top quiz - 10 questions - 7 mins
Did English words once roam free and unfettered, unrestrained by marks diacritical? Does punctuation buy clarity at the expense of freedom of expression? This quiz examines what you know about the controversial history of punctuation.
Tough, 10 Qns, uglybird, Jul 31 13
Category: Grammatical and Lexical Items
Tough
uglybird
2660 plays
44.
  L-ing-guistics great trivia quiz - 10 questions - 7 mins
How much do YOU know about the morphology, syntax, semantics, sociolinguistics, and pragmatics of "ing" usage? Yep. Me too. So you should do fine on this quiz!
Tough, 10 Qns, uglybird, Dec 01 15
Category: Linguistics
Tough
uglybird
3796 plays
45.
  Greece to Us: Political Origins best quiz - 10 questions - 6 mins
By word and deed, the ancient Greeks tutored Western Civilization in the art and practice of politics. Focusing on Athens and Sparta, this quiz explores some of the history and etymology of politics.
Tough, 10 Qns, uglybird, Mar 16 10
Category: Ancient Greece
Tough
uglybird
3239 plays
46.
  Camels to Carrots: A Food For All Quiz top quiz - 10 questions - 6 mins
"PUT THE CANDLENUT DOWN AND STEP AWAY FROM THE TABLE!" From exotic spices to wild carrots, test your knowledge of foods that fall alphabetically between camel and carrot, inclusively. Generous hints provided. "And DO try the camel paste."
Average, 10 Qns, uglybird, Dec 01 05
Category: History of Food
Average
uglybird
4265 plays
47.
  Fun Facts About Some Very Familiar Movie Quotes best quiz - 10 questions - 5 mins
What do you know about the background of these movie quotations taken from the American Film Institute's list: "AFI'S 100 GREATEST MOVIE QUOTES OF ALL TIME".
Average, 10 Qns, uglybird, Feb 14 18
Category: Movie Quotes Mixture
Average
uglybird
Feb 14 18
884 plays
48.
  Look Right: Are You Ready To Drive In Britain? top quiz - 10 questions - 7 mins
If you're from the "right driving" world, relive the bewilderment, the aggravation and the sheer terror of your first taste of driving in Britain. If you are a native of the UK, indulge in a chuckle or two at the expense of a hapless tourist.
Average, 10 Qns, uglybird, Jul 29 14
Category: U.K. Law
Average
uglybird
2607 plays
49.
  Rock and Roll's Top Ten Tribute Songs great trivia quiz - 10 questions - 6 mins
Travel back to the days of yesteryear when men were "boys" and women were "girls", as the Insipid Song Lovers Association counts down the Top 10 examples of guys paying homage to their true loves.
Average, 10 Qns, uglybird, Jan 09 18
Category: Which Song Is It
Average
uglybird
Jan 09 18
5808 plays
50.
  Can You Imagine These Places? great trivia quiz - 10 questions - 5 mins
The creative works of others have carried me to a number of memorable places that do not exist outside the realm of imagination. See if you can recognize the places from the clues. It will be easy...if you've been there too.
Average, 10 Qns, uglybird, Aug 05 19
Category: Fictional Places in Entertainment
Average
uglybird
Aug 05 19
5509 plays
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