Hello and Goodbye are among the most used words in the English language. Unless you're a hermit you probably wish someone Hello and Goodbye every day. How familiar are you with these commonly used words?

Beginning in 1993 Barbara Walters produced an annual ABC special presenting her ten most fascinating personalities of the year. Her retirement in 2014 ended the programs, so see what you know about some of these fascinating folks. Recommended for grades: 8,9,10,11,12

Note: Some questions require knowledge of production methods and Oscar wins. "Bullitt" starring Steve McQueen was the best cop movie of 1968 and raised the action movie bar with a car chase still considered by most experts to be the best ever.

Why would an artist leave a mistake in the final take of a song they record? Who knows? But since I first noticed a mistake in one of my favorite songs many years ago I've been surprised at the number of recordings having errors in them.

Throughout history there's been no shortage of prophets telling humanity when the world would end. So far these doomsayers have one thing in common - they've all been wrong. Here are ten times the world did not end despite predictions.

Here are a few more mysterious disappearances and missing persons, famous and otherwise. Recommended for grades: 8,9,10,11,12

Charles Dodgson (Lewis Carroll) may not have lived next door to the little girl who inspired his best known works, but he lived quite near her. Alice Liddell's father Henry was Dean of Christ Church, Oxford, where Carroll lived and worked.

These questions have nothing particular in common. Several are somewhat counterintuitive and I hope you'll find them all interesting.

Here's a second quiz about one of rock's living treasures and his touring ensemble of rock & roll All Starrs.

My wife and I were lucky enough to be able to travel through southern Africa recently. I'm writing quizzes about the nations, people, places and animals we became acquainted with. First stop was Botswana.

These songs have something in common - they all contain passages which are spoken, not sung. In some songs the spoken lyrics are brief. In others a large part of the song is spoken. Can you match these passages with the artist who spoke them?

Like 'em or not, reality shows are part of the television landscape and seem destined to remain there. Here are some that didn't catch on. These shows either lasted only a season or never made it to the air at all.

It must be nice to have enough money that you can spend it freely without worrying about a budget. These celebrities have become known for their lavish purchases.

Here are ten more songs containing lyric passages which are spoken, not sung. In some songs the spoken lyrics are brief. In others a large part of the song is spoken. Can you match these passages with the artist who spoke them?

Can you match the celebrities with the crime(s) they were charged with? Not all were convicted, but they faced criminal charges.

Efforts to ban smoking began showing up shortly after Europeans learned about tobacco from Native Americans. Anti-smokers have tried many different approaches to do away with the use of tobacco.

"Killer" not in the good sense, but celebrities who actually have killed someone. It's not as small a group as you might think.

Parting comments from ten more famous or infamous people.

'Time' magazine began chronicling the political, social and cultural history of the United States on March 3, 1923. This quiz covers some of the stories that 'Time' felt deserving of coverage during the 1920s.

I've long been intrigued by parenthesised song titles. Is the portion in brackets not as important? An afterthought? Or is it just there to cause confusion? Do you remember these parenthetical hits?

Sometimes famous people leave the world with memorable last words. Sometimes a person's last words are more famous than the person. Here's a quiz about the memorable last words of some famous and not so famous people.

On our recent safari, my wife and I began with a few days on a Chobe River houseboat. On one bank was Botswana, subject of an earlier quiz. The other shore placed us in Namibia. This quiz is about the people, places, animals and sights of that nation.

I read "Popular Mechanics" magazine as a kid and they told me that we'd soon have cars that could turn into airplanes, allowing us to fly over the gridlocked traffic. There have been other erroneous prediction made by "experts". Here are a few.

There are a lot of songs that refer to "Night" and/or "Dark" in their title. How many of these are you familiar with?

Here are more celebrities to match with the crime(s) they were charged with. Not all were convicted, but they faced criminal charges.

No, I wasn't drunk. But in the '80s a lot of us were addicted to the "Zork" text adventure games. This quiz is about "Zork I, II and III" for PC and other platforms. It contains minor spoilers. Booting up, we find ourselves standing in an open field.

Most of us were introduced to The All American Girls Professional Baseball League by the 1992 movie "A League Of Their Own". The facts of the league's 12 seasons are just as fascinating as the movie, albeit without Madonna.

Ask any visitor to Greece what parts of their journey they most enjoyed and "the food" will be near the top of the list. Here are a few questions about how our delicious Greek cuisine became what it is today.

We flatter ourselves that our pets love us and appreciate the care we lavish on them. But perhaps we're mistaken - some pets don't reciprocate our love and affection.

A lot of great teams and athletes have never quite managed to win "the big one". Sadly, they're remembered as also-rans. Here's a quiz for the men and women who finished second.

It seems FTers only know how to write "a quiz about Alice." Every Arlo Guthrie quiz to date is about "Alice's Restaurant". A shame since he's written and performed a lot of good music. So here's a quiz about some of Arlo's non-Alice songs.

From 1955 to 1975 NBC Radio aired the "Monitor" program on weekends. A magazine format of news, interviews, comedy, and music hosted by NBC celebrities, "Monitor" was designed to make radio lively and interesting in the television era.