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1.
  Days of the Weak   top quiz  
Classification Quiz
 12 Qns
All these common terms or titles have something to do with a particular day of the week. Can you sort them correctly?
Easier, 12 Qns, zorba_scank, Nov 10 23
Easier
zorba_scank gold member
Nov 10 23
1324 plays
2.
An Easter Basket
  An Easter Basket   top quiz  
Photo Quiz
 10 Qns
An Easter basket can be as exciting as a Christmas stocking. Here are ten questions, all of which have some association with an Easter basket or Easter in general.
Tough, 10 Qns, zorba_scank, Nov 27 23
Tough
zorba_scank gold member
Nov 27 23
285 plays
3.
Darkest Nights
  Darkest Nights   great trivia quiz  
Photo Quiz
 10 Qns
Take a trip through ten different FunTrivia categories all through the night.
Easier, 10 Qns, zorba_scank, Sep 03 23
Easier
zorba_scank gold member
Sep 03 23
758 plays
4.
Fifteen Minutes Is All It Took
  Fifteen Minutes Is All It Took   top quiz  
Photo Quiz
 10 Qns
You might be surprised what you can do in fifteen minutes! The pictures may provide some extra clues.
Easier, 10 Qns, looney_tunes, Jul 10 17
Easier
looney_tunes editor
Jul 10 17
2875 plays
5.
  Month of the Year: December   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
There is nothing sacrosanct about twelve months in a year although most calendars have that number. The Ancient Romans got along quite well with only ten; the Tongans with 13. How well can you sort these questions about December?
Average, 10 Qns, FatherSteve, Mar 18 23
Average
FatherSteve gold member
Mar 18 23
262 plays
6.
  Party Like It's 2012   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
These questions all relate to the year 2012 in some way; a year that supposedly signifies the end of the world. Good luck and have fun.
Tough, 10 Qns, salami_swami, Jun 04 23
Tough
salami_swami gold member
Jun 04 23
7766 plays
7.
  It's Christmas Time   best quiz  
Multiple Choice
 20 Qns
'It's Christmas time, there's no need to be afraid', so Band Aid claimed, but the editors have combined to create this Christmas-themed quiz so maybe you should be very frightened. Each editor has written a question in their own category.
Average, 20 Qns, rossian, Jul 10 17
Average
rossian editor
Jul 10 17
2267 plays
8.
  I Hate the Summer!   best quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Summer is truly a wretched season. Just listen to what happened one hot, humid, horrible summer day...
Easier, 10 Qns, LadyCaitriona, Jul 10 17
Easier
LadyCaitriona gold member
Jul 10 17
2585 plays
9.
  Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Yesterday is history; tomorrow is a mystery; today is a gift: so let's look at some examples of all three in popular culture.
Easier, 10 Qns, darksplash, Oct 09 17
Easier
darksplash
Oct 09 17
2538 plays
10.
Maybe This Time
  Maybe, This Time   great trivia quiz  
Photo Quiz
 10 Qns
...maybe this time you'll be right. Maybe this time you'll be wrong. This quiz is about specific times-- they'll all be provided for you-- and you'll need some mixed knowledge to submit...in good time, of course. Good luck!
Average, 10 Qns, kyleisalive, Aug 26 17
Average
kyleisalive editor
Aug 26 17
937 plays
trivia question Quick Question
According to the 19th century nursery rhyme, what is the future/fate of a child born on Wednesday?

From Quiz "Day of the Week - Wednesday"




11.
  Month of the Year: July   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
There is nothing sacrosanct about twelve months in a year although most calendars have that number. The Ancient Romans got along quite well with only ten; the Tongans with 13. How well can you sort these questions about July?
Easier, 10 Qns, FatherSteve, Dec 23 21
Easier
FatherSteve gold member
Dec 23 21
229 plays
12.
  Month of the Year: August   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
There is nothing sacrosanct about twelve months in a year although most calendars have that number. The Ancient Romans got along quite well with only ten; the Tongans with 13. How well can you sort these questions about August?
Average, 10 Qns, FatherSteve, Jan 20 22
Average
FatherSteve gold member
Jan 20 22
239 plays
13.
  Month of the Year: November   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
There is nothing sacrosanct about twelve months in a year although most calendars have that number. The Ancient Romans got along quite well with only ten; the Tongans with 13. How well can you sort these questions about November?
Average, 10 Qns, FatherSteve, Aug 28 22
Average
FatherSteve gold member
Aug 28 22
287 plays
14.
  Month of the Year: March   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
There is nothing sacrosanct about twelve months in a year although most calendars have that number. The Ancient Romans got along quite well with only ten; the Tongans with 13. How well can you sort these questions about months?
Average, 10 Qns, FatherSteve, Sep 16 21
Average
FatherSteve gold member
Sep 16 21
287 plays
15.
  Month of the Year: January   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
There is nothing sacrosanct about twelve months in a year although most calendars have that number. The Ancient Romans got along quite well with only ten; the Tongans with 13. How well can you sort these questions about months?
Easier, 10 Qns, FatherSteve, Aug 29 21
Easier
FatherSteve gold member
Aug 29 21
260 plays
16.
  Month of the Year: October   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
There is nothing sacrosanct about twelve months in a year although most calendars have that number. The Ancient Romans got along quite well with only ten; the Tongans with 13. How well can you sort these questions about the month of October?
Easier, 10 Qns, FatherSteve, Jun 19 22
Easier
FatherSteve gold member
Jun 19 22
291 plays
17.
  Month of the Year: September   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
There is nothing sacrosanct about twelve months in a year although most calendars have that number. The Ancient Romans got along quite well with only ten; the Tongans with 13. How well can you sort these questions about September?
Easier, 10 Qns, FatherSteve, Apr 09 22
Easier
FatherSteve gold member
Apr 09 22
242 plays
18.
Winter Wonderland
  Winter Wonderland    
Photo Quiz
 10 Qns
Time to celebrate all things connected with winter.
Tough, 10 Qns, Christinap, Jul 19 19
Tough
Christinap
Jul 19 19
1295 plays
19.
  Month of the Year: February    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
There is nothing sacrosanct about twelve months in a year although most calendars have that number. The Ancient Romans got along quite well with only ten; the Tongans with 13. How well can you sort these questions about months?
Average, 10 Qns, FatherSteve, Sep 09 21
Average
FatherSteve gold member
Sep 09 21
254 plays
20.
  Chocolate Doesn't Count on Friday   best quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Ask any dieter: the calories from chocolate and other sweet treats don't count against you on Fridays, the end of the traditional work week. With thanks to Quiz_Beagle, let's explore some other reasons we might be glad it's Friday...
Average, 10 Qns, CellarDoor, Aug 17 17
Average
CellarDoor gold member
Aug 17 17
1969 plays
21.
  Month of the Year: June   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
There is nothing sacrosanct about twelve months in a year although most calendars have that number. The Ancient Romans got along quite well with only ten; the Tongans with 13. How well can you sort these questions about the month of June?
Average, 10 Qns, FatherSteve, Dec 02 21
Average
FatherSteve gold member
Dec 02 21
203 plays
22.
  Month of the Year: May   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
There is nothing sacrosanct about twelve months in a year although most calendars have that number. The Ancient Romans got along quite well with only ten; the Tongans with 13. How well can you sort these questions about the month of May?
Average, 10 Qns, FatherSteve, Oct 24 21
Average
FatherSteve gold member
Oct 24 21
248 plays
23.
  Day of the Week - Sunday   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
The idea of seven-day weeks is not sacrosanct nor even particularly scientific. It made sense to the ancient Babylonians, to Alexander the Great, to the Emperor Constantine and to several other highly-influential people. So that's what we've got.
Easier, 10 Qns, FatherSteve, Oct 14 21
Easier
FatherSteve gold member
Oct 14 21
463 plays
24.
  Month of the Year: April    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
There is nothing sacrosanct about twelve months in a year although most calendars have that number. The Ancient Romans got along quite well with only ten; the Tongans with 13. How well can you sort these questions about months?
Average, 10 Qns, FatherSteve, Oct 09 21
Average
FatherSteve gold member
Oct 09 21
247 plays
25.
  Day of the Week - Friday   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
The idea of seven-day weeks is not sacrosanct nor even particularly scientific. It made sense to the ancient Babylonians, to Alexander the Great, to the Emperor Constantine and to several other highly-influential people. So that's what we've got.
Easier, 10 Qns, FatherSteve, Jul 28 21
Easier
FatherSteve gold member
Jul 28 21
430 plays
26.
  A Brand New Day    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
In this quiz you will be given questions about things we see and do when we wake up every morning.
Easier, 10 Qns, RedHook13, Oct 03 23
Easier
RedHook13 gold member
Oct 03 23
1593 plays
27.
  Day of the Week - Thursday    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
The idea of seven-day weeks is not sacrosanct nor even particularly scientific. It made sense to the ancient Babylonians, to Alexander the Great, to the Emperor Constantine and to several other highly-influential people. So that's what we've got.
Average, 10 Qns, FatherSteve, Jul 17 21
Average
FatherSteve gold member
Jul 17 21
415 plays
28.
  Day of the Week - Tuesday    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
The idea of seven-day weeks is not sacrosanct nor even particularly scientific. It made sense to the ancient Babylonians, to Alexander the Great, to the Emperor Constantine and to several other highly-influential people. So that's what we've got.
Average, 10 Qns, FatherSteve, Jul 29 21
Average
FatherSteve gold member
Jul 29 21
378 plays
29.
  Who Is That Day of the Week?    
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
Is it a time or a person? Match these fictional and real people with the brief descriptions.
Easier, 10 Qns, bernie73, May 03 20
Easier
bernie73 gold member
May 03 20
628 plays
30.
  The Darkness of Night   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
"In the country the darkness of night is friendly and familiar, but in a city...it is unnatural, hostile and menacing." - William Somerset Maugham. Here are ten questions relating to the night. Good luck!
Easier, 10 Qns, eburge, Jul 10 17
Easier
eburge gold member
Jul 10 17
722 plays
31.
  Blizzard of Gizzards   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Thanksgiving: a time to get together with family, rejoice, and give thanks for not finding any of the following items stuffed inside your turkey.
Average, 10 Qns, adams627, Aug 17 17
Average
adams627
Aug 17 17
582 plays
32.
  Day of the Week - Saturday    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
The idea of seven-day weeks is not sacrosanct nor even particularly scientific. It made sense to the ancient Babylonians, to Alexander the Great, to the Emperor Constantine and to several other highly-influential people. So that's what we've got.
Average, 10 Qns, FatherSteve, Aug 05 21
Average
FatherSteve gold member
Aug 05 21
459 plays
33.
  Thank God It's Friday: 10 Questions   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Ten questions having to do with different kinds of Fridays. Many thanks to TemptressToo for the suggestion for this quiz!
Average, 10 Qns, robbieh, Feb 27 20
Average
robbieh
Feb 27 20
1716 plays
34.
  Here It Goes Again   top quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Sigh...another quiz? Well, some things are only inevitable. In fact, these ten different events recur in cycles. Do you know about them? Good luck!
Average, 10 Qns, kyleisalive, Jul 10 17
Average
kyleisalive editor
Jul 10 17
685 plays
35.
  Day of the Week - Monday   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
The idea of seven-day weeks is not sacrosanct nor even particularly scientific. It made sense to the ancient Babylonians, to Alexander the Great, to the Emperor Constantine and to several other highly-influential people. So that's what we've got.
Average, 10 Qns, FatherSteve, Jul 05 21
Average
FatherSteve gold member
Jul 05 21
409 plays
36.
  Celebrate Good Times, Come On!    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
People celebrate various dates for various reasons. Come and join the party! (Based on celebrations in the US and Canada).
Easier, 15 Qns, funnytrivianna, Aug 26 17
Easier
funnytrivianna gold member
Aug 26 17
1322 plays
37.
  Winter Weather    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
How much do you know about winter weather? Test yourself, keep warm, and have fun!
Average, 10 Qns, Trufflesss, Jul 10 17
Average
Trufflesss gold member
Jul 10 17
2704 plays
38.
  Day of the Week - Wednesday    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
The idea of seven-day weeks is not sacrosanct nor even particularly scientific. It made sense to the ancient Babylonians, to Alexander the Great, to the Emperor Constantine and to several other highly-influential people. So that's what we've got.
Average, 10 Qns, FatherSteve, Jul 14 21
Average
FatherSteve gold member
Jul 14 21
367 plays
39.
  Instigator Penalty   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Starting fisticuffs in a hockey game could see you with either a two, five or ten minute penalty. While you're in that penalty box you could work your way through this similar set of minutes.
Average, 10 Qns, pollucci19, Aug 26 17
Average
pollucci19 gold member
Aug 26 17
298 plays
40.
  Tuesday- an important day!   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Tuesday is an often-ignored day of the week. More famous days like Sunday, Saturday and of course Friday often get all the attention. But there are many important things about Tuesday! Let's see what you know about Tuesday!
Easier, 10 Qns, Giniw, Jul 10 17
Easier
Giniw
Jul 10 17
1114 plays
41.
  Wacky Wednesday   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Some weird and wonderful random facts related to Wednesday.
Average, 10 Qns, agentofchaos, Apr 26 20
Average
agentofchaos gold member
Apr 26 20
512 plays
42.
  OMG! Twilight!   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
"OMG! Twilight!" many a fan has squealed in delight. This quiz takes a look at all things twilight in a miscellany of topics... non-vampire related, that is (sorry to all you Twi-hards out there - go play in the Literature section). Best of luck!
Average, 10 Qns, thegogga, Jul 10 17
Average
thegogga
Jul 10 17
545 plays
43.
  Insomnia Obscures the Night    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
I've tried warm milk and counting sheep, so maybe ten questions related to NIGHT will help me get to sleep.
Easier, 10 Qns, RufusDufus, Aug 25 17
Easier
RufusDufus
Aug 25 17
759 plays
44.
  Today, It Is Thursday   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
By popular request and thanks to "Newbie1M" for the motivation - here is a quiz on my second favorite day of the week :) I hope you enjoy learning something about Thursday.
Average, 10 Qns, coachpauly, Jul 01 21
Average
coachpauly
Jul 01 21
683 plays
45.
  Leaping Lizards... it's a Leap Year!   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
It's 2012, The year of the London Olympics, and it's a Leap Year. The Olympic Games always take place on Leap Years, but this quiz is about other things that have happened on 29th February during previous Leap Years.
Average, 10 Qns, invinoveritas, Dec 14 23
Average
invinoveritas gold member
Dec 14 23
640 plays
46.
  Viva Forever   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
While also the name of a Spice Girls pop ballad, 'Viva Forever' also alludes to the concept of immortality. See if you know these ten pop culture references in which 'immortality' is the theme. Good luck!
Average, 10 Qns, kyleisalive, Jan 07 21
Average
kyleisalive editor
Jan 07 21
412 plays
47.
  Once Upon a Night   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Not all things go bump in the night. Hope you enjoy this night-themed quiz.
Average, 10 Qns, jaknginger, Aug 25 17
Average
jaknginger gold member
Aug 25 17
682 plays
48.
  It Came Upon A Midnight Clear   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
I have created this quiz where the questions all have a link to the word 'midnight'. Good luck.
Average, 10 Qns, rossian, Nov 12 23
Average
rossian editor
Nov 12 23
1177 plays
49.
  Today It Is Wednesday   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Wednesday is a great day of the week. When you arrive home at the end of Wednesday you are closer to the week-end than when you woke up. What do you know about this fun day of the week?
Average, 10 Qns, coachpauly, Aug 26 17
Average
coachpauly
Aug 26 17
680 plays
50.
  Whatever Happened To Saturday Night?   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
As an Author Lounge-commissioned title taken from the oh, so luscious "Rocky Horror Picture Show", I have found 15 points of interest in history and culture relating to Saturday Night. "I see you shiver with antici...pation", so let's get started.
Average, 15 Qns, Spaudrey, Jul 10 17
Average
Spaudrey
Jul 10 17
582 plays
51.
  Which Day of the Week Is That?    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
The days of the week turn up as people's names in film, books, reality and more. Do you know which day it is?
Average, 10 Qns, funnytrivianna, Jan 03 19
Average
funnytrivianna gold member
Jan 03 19
1142 plays
52.
  Analyzing April    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
April is a busy month with flowers all aglow; take a journey through the month, ready, set, let's go.
Easier, 10 Qns, TemptressToo, Jul 10 17
Easier
TemptressToo
Jul 10 17
501 plays
53.
  At Long Last    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Pardon me! May I have a moment of your time to take this quiz involving extended periods of time? I promise it won't take too long.
Average, 10 Qns, RedHook13, Dec 03 19
Average
RedHook13 gold member
Dec 03 19
346 plays
54.
  Test of Time    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Ten multiple choice questions with a time theme. Do you have a few minutes to try this trite test of time trivia?
Average, 10 Qns, Pegbshack, Aug 25 17
Average
Pegbshack
Aug 25 17
745 plays
55.
  In the Dark, Before Time Began   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Albert Einstein once said, "The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once." This is how we've kept track of time throughout the centuries.
Difficult, 10 Qns, illiniman14, Jan 25 23
Difficult
illiniman14 gold member
Jan 25 23
497 plays
56.
  Time After Time    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Every question in this quiz is based around the phrase "Time After Time".
Average, 10 Qns, StarStruck60, Jul 10 17
Average
StarStruck60
Jul 10 17
788 plays
57.
  A Night to Remember   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
It's nighttime, but I'm hoping that you can look through the darkness and see the answers to my second quiz.
Average, 10 Qns, Tekka, Jul 10 17
Average
Tekka gold member
Jul 10 17
780 plays
58.
  Give Me Four Moments in Time    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Are you good at estimating times? Try your hand at identifying the description that comes closest to the time span given in each question!
Tough, 10 Qns, WesleyCrusher, Jul 10 17
Tough
WesleyCrusher editor
Jul 10 17
346 plays
59.
  It's Just a Matter of Time   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This interesting topic was suggested by DakotaNorth. It is just a matter of time before you discover how time affects all of us.
Tough, 10 Qns, funnytrivianna, Oct 25 18
Tough
funnytrivianna gold member
Oct 25 18
526 plays
60.
  I Need More Time!    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Time! I certainly need more of it, and I am sure everyone else does as well. So here are ten questions on various subjects related to time. Hope this "helps to pass the time".
Average, 10 Qns, bg853, Jul 10 17
Average
bg853 gold member
Jul 10 17
988 plays
61.
  Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
If we look at a random sampling of popular song titles,we might be led to believe that we are terribly preoccupied with thoughts of time and its passage. Let's take a closer look at some of the music that addresses this popular theme.
Tough, 10 Qns, peachy_1, Jul 10 17
Tough
peachy_1
Jul 10 17
792 plays
62.
  It's Three AM   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
It's always 3 AM somewhere in the world. In this quiz, three AM is an "it's 3 AM and all's well" squawking parrot with which we limp through 10 different FunTrivia categories. (Thank you to player November4 for the title.)
Average, 10 Qns, Codeine, Aug 26 17
Average
Codeine
Aug 26 17
317 plays
63.
  POETS Day (Thank God It's Friday)   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Buoyed by the feedback to my first thematic quiz I've written another. All the questions have a link to Friday.
Average, 10 Qns, rossian, Aug 26 17
Average
rossian editor
Aug 26 17
528 plays
64.
  Do You Have The Time?    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
So you think you are right on time....hmmmm (clock ticking); this quiz will test your sense of time over a broad range of categories.
Average, 10 Qns, Nealzineatser, Aug 25 17
Average
Nealzineatser gold member
Aug 25 17
482 plays
65.
  Today, It Is Friday!    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Raise your hand in the air if Friday is your favorite day of the week. Hmm, who knew? It is unanimous, Friday is the best day -- but what do you know about this fifth day of the week?
Tough, 10 Qns, coachpauly, Jul 10 17
Tough
coachpauly
Jul 10 17
606 plays
66.
  Your Time is Up   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This is the answer to a quiz challenge and it's about time.
Average, 10 Qns, nyirene330, Aug 15 21
Average
nyirene330
Aug 15 21
683 plays
67.
  What Day Is It? - World Calendars    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
We're accustomed to our own (Gregorian) calendar; however, there are or have been many different calendars in the world. How much do you know about them?
Average, 10 Qns, SixShutouts66, Apr 25 21
Average
SixShutouts66 gold member
Apr 25 21
149 plays
68.
  Summerfallwinterspring    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Ten mixed questions about the seasons, months, and days.
Average, 10 Qns, Rehaberpro, Aug 25 17
Average
Rehaberpro
Aug 25 17
512 plays
69.
  October ____ or ____ October    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This quiz will have you choose what fills in the blank either after or before the word 'October' to complete the title.
Average, 10 Qns, Earthboy, Oct 08 21
Average
Earthboy
Oct 08 21
251 plays
70.
  To Everything There is a Season    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Here's a quiz about the four seasons, not the group, the real four seasons. I'll give you a clue and every question will have summer, fall, winter or spring in the answer. Have fun.
Average, 10 Qns, Readesmom, May 05 20
Average
Readesmom gold member
May 05 20
901 plays
71.
  'Tis the Season ...    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Poets, composers, playwrights and songwriters have written reams of poems, music, plays and songs that contain references to the seasons of the year. I'll give you the quote, and you identify the author.
Tough, 10 Qns, Cymruambyth, Jul 10 17
Tough
Cymruambyth gold member
Jul 10 17
524 plays
72.
  To Eternity and Beyond    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This quiz contains questions regarding all things relating to 'eternity' and 'beyond'. Keep focused on this one because it's a toughie!
Average, 10 Qns, DaveH1960, Jul 10 17
Average
DaveH1960
Jul 10 17
667 plays
73.
  Crystalline Ice Capers    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
There appears to be a pattern developing here. Are you able to connect the common fall? Not for flakes only. (TY to Inquizition and Jazz)
Average, 10 Qns, whitewedding, Aug 04 22
Average
whitewedding
Aug 04 22
430 plays
74.
  Four Minutes    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
You see, I had this conversation with myself, "Four minutes, is that all the time I have, not long is it?" So I thought some more and this is what I came up with!
Average, 10 Qns, lonely-lady, Aug 26 17
Average
lonely-lady
Aug 26 17
575 plays
75.
  Thank God It's Friday    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This quiz is on many events and other trivia about Friday, the sixth day of the week. Good luck.
Average, 10 Qns, diamondjim68, Nov 26 21
Average
diamondjim68
Nov 26 21
745 plays
76.
  Time For Another Dose    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Here is a simple quiz about time. It should only take a couple of minutes to complete. Why not give it a try.
Average, 10 Qns, kittyconner, Jul 10 17
Average
kittyconner
Jul 10 17
1356 plays
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Thematic Time Trivia Questions

1. What is the setting of Martin Cruz Smith's 2003 novel "December 6"?

From Quiz
Month of the Year: December

Answer: Tokyo, Japan

Martin Cruz Smith is a remarkably productive writer of novels who has used nine pen names. Especially familiar titles include "Nightwing" (1977), "Gorky Park" (1981), "Polar Star" (1989), "Red Square" (1992), "Stalin's Ghost" (2007), "The Girl from Venice" (2016), and "The Siberian Dilemma" (2019). "December 6" (2003) describes the attempted flight of expatriate bar owner Harry Niles from Tokyo on the eve of the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor. His establishment, the "Happy Paris," will be closed down by the Japanese police and he may well end up in jail. It is exceptionally difficult to escape Japan when all of the normal exits are closed by the military. Adventures ensue. [Harry Niles has no connection to and ought not be confused with the Harry Nile in "The Adventures of Harry Nile, Private Detective" produced by Jim French (1928-2017) and Imagination Theater for radio broadcast.]

2. Robert J. Heming wrote a book and Gordon Lightfoot recorded a song about what event which occurred during the "gales of November"?

From Quiz Month of the Year: November

Answer: the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald, 1975

The SS Edmund Fitzgerald was an American ore freighter that sank in Lake Superior during a storm on 10 November 1975. The ship and crew were lost. Robert J. Hemming wrote "The Gales of November: The Sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald" (1981) to describe the event. Popular singer Gordon Lightfoot wrote and recorded the song "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" in 1976. It includes the lines "That good ship and true was a bone to be chewed / when the gales of November came early" and "The lake, it is said, never gives up her dead / when the skies of November turn gloomy."

3. Tom Clancy's 1984 novel "The Hunt for Red October" (and the 1990 motion picture based on it) are about what?

From Quiz Month of the Year: October

Answer: nuclear submarines

Tom Clancy's first novel, "The Hunt for Red October, was a great success, in part because President Reagan said how much he enjoyed reading it. It is the story of a Soviet submarine captain who defects and brings an advanced nuclear submarine with him. The motion picture with Sean Connery was a great success, as well.

4. Which popular song begins "For it's a long, long time, from May to December"?

From Quiz Month of the Year: September

Answer: September Song

Walter Huston sang "September Song" in the 1938 Broadway musical "Knickerbocker Holiday." The music was by Kurt Weill and the lyrics by Maxwell Anderson. The song was sung in the motion picture "September Affair" (1950) and was covered by Bing Crosby in 1943 and 1977 and by Frank Sinatra in 1946 and 1962. There are also recordings by Ella Fitzgerald, Burl Ives, Stan Kenton, Sarah Vaughan, Jimmy Durante, and Willie Nelson. The song and its title were used in the BBC television series "May to December" (1989-1994). The refrain says "For it's a long, long time, / From May to December, / And the winds grow cold, / When they reach September."

5. Barbara W. Tuchman's Pulitzer Prize winning book "The Guns of August" (1962) described part of which war?

From Quiz Month of the Year: August

Answer: World War I

Barbara W. Tuchman wrote a popular history of the beginning of World War I from an academic perspective. Her effort resulted in her receipt of the Pulitzer for General Non-Fiction. While the scope of the book reaches both before and after, it centers on the events of August of 1914. The book is of especial interest to those who wish to understand the decisions and errors which pitched the world into a long and costly war. In 1964, Nathan Kroll produced and directed a documentary based on "The Guns of August." Fritz Weaver narrated.

6. Based on the book by Ron Kovic, the 1989 motion picture "Born on the Fourth of July" was about who/what?

From Quiz Month of the Year: July

Answer: the Vietnam War

Tom Cruise plays Sergeant Ron Kovic, the author of the autobiography on which this movie was based, who was paralyzed in action in Vietnam. The film follows Kovic's life from childhood to the military to his career as an anti-war activist. Oliver Stone (who is also a Vietnam vet) directed this film as the second in a three-part series about the War in Vietnam: "Platoon" (1986) and "Heaven & Earth" (1993).

7. In which Rodgers and Hammerstein musical does the song "June Is Bustin' Out All Over" appear?

From Quiz Month of the Year: June

Answer: Carousel

In "Carousel," Nettie notes that coming of springtime in Maine and sings "June is bustin' out all over! / All over the meadow and the hill, / Buds're bustin' outa bushes, / And the rompin' river pushes / Ev'ry little wheel that wheels beside a mill." This play also included such hits as "If I Loved You" and "You'll Never Walk Alone."

8. Charles W. Bailey II and Fletcher Knebel's 1962 novel "Seven Days in May" was made into a motion picture in 1964 by director John Frankenheimer. What is it about?

From Quiz Month of the Year: May

Answer: an attempted military coup in the US

Bailey and Knebel's novel imagines a military attempt to seize political power in the United States. It led the New York Times bestseller list in 1962. Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Fredric March, and Ava Gardner starred in the 1964 screenplay written by Rod Serling. Military officers regarded the president's agreement to a disarmament treaty with the Soviet Union as treason and acted to seize the national government.

9. Who starred as a chorus girl accidentally dispatched to France on a diplomatic mission in the 1953 motion picture "April in Paris"?

From Quiz Month of the Year: April

Answer: Doris Day

The Assistant Secretary to the Assistant to the Undersecretary of State, and was formerly Assistant Assistant Secretary to the Assistant to the Undersecretary of State sends an invitation to a chorus girl rather than a famous actress (Ethel Barrymore) to represent American theatre in France. Ethel "Dynamite" Jackson, played by Doris Day, gladly accepts. Great confusion, romance and a happy ending follow.

10. As every schoolchild compelled to read Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar" knows, Julius Caesar was assassinated on the Ides of March. What is "the ides of March"?

From Quiz Month of the Year: March

Answer: the fifteenth of March

The "ides" of any month in the Ancient Roman calendar was important for both religious and commercial reasons. It was the date by which monthly financial obligations (such as rent) were due. The ides was NOT the fifteenth of every month. It was the 15th day of March, May, July, or October, and the 13th day of every other month. The Ides of March ("Idus Martiae"), 15 March 44 BC, was the date on which Caesar was assassinated by a group of senators led by Marcus Junius Brutus and Gaius Cassius Longinus. Sixty senators were involved; Caesar died of 23 knife wounds.

11. A month-long emphasis on the history and contributions of which ethnicity is observed in the US and Canada in February?

From Quiz Month of the Year: February

Answer: Black History Month

Beginning with Negro History Week in 1926, the second week in February, there has been an emphasis on Black History in February for almost 100 years. That week was selected because of the birthdays of Abraham Lincoln (12th) and Frederick Douglas (14th). Black History Month was first observed at Kent State University in 1970. Republican President Gerald Ford first recognized it nationally in 1976. The US and Canada keep this month in February; the UK, Ireland and the Netherlands in October.

12. Many singers -- Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Bing Crosby, Jo Stafford, Julie London, Les Paul and Mary Ford, Eydie Gormé -- sang "It's June in January ..." What did they say made them feel that way?

From Quiz Month of the Year: January

Answer: they were in love

Ralph Rainger wrote the tune and Leo Robin wrote "June in January" in 1934. Bing Crosby sang it in the motion picture "Here Is My Heart" in 1934. Little Jack Little's 1934 recording was rated the seventh best-selling single in the US. Guy Lombardo did an orchestral version, as did Roy Fox. The Hi-Lo's did a group version. Ferrante & Teicher did a piano version. The song laments the dreary weather in January but proclaims "It's June in January / Because I'm in love / It always is spring in my heart / With you in my arms."

13. In the 1960 Greek romantic comedy motion picture "Never on a Sunday," what is the occupation of Ilya, played by Melina Mercouri?

From Quiz Day of the Week - Sunday

Answer: she is a prostitute

Jules Dassin wrote, directed and starred in "Never on a Sunday." He played the part of Homer Thrace, a classical scholar from America visiting the port of Piraeus in Greece as a tourist. He encounters Ilya, a prostitute, and finds her to be a delightful young woman. He attempts to lead her toward rectitude while she attempts to loosen up his rigid morality. The movie's theme song was written by Manos Hatzidakis who won the Oscar for Best Original Song. In it, Ilya explains that you may kiss her on Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday, if you wish, or on Thursday, Friday or Saturday, if you prefer, or "on a cool day, a hot day, a wet day" or "a gray day, a May day, a pay day" or "a bleak day, a freak day, a week day" "[b]ut never, never on a Sunday, cause that's my day of rest."

14. John Travolta danced his way to stardom in "Saturday Night Fever" in 1977. Whose disco music was at the forefront of the soundtrack and the dancing competitions in the film?

From Quiz Day of the Week - Saturday

Answer: The Bee Gees

Six of the seventeen tracks on the soundtrack album are by the Bee Gees. Others are contributed by Walter Murphy, David Shire (who scored the film), Kool & the Gang, KC and the Sunshine Band, and The Trammps. The motion picture was based on a non-fiction magazine article by Nik Cohn in "New York Magazine" titled "Tribal Rites of the New Saturday Night". Screen writer Norman Wexler built a script on the British author's observations of the American disco-dance phenomenon. The title of the movie was suggested by the title of the Bee Gees' track "Night Fever."

15. In Daniel Defoe's 1719 novel "Robinson Crusoe," what happens to Friday, the slave/servant which Crusoe obtains on the island?

From Quiz Day of the Week - Friday

Answer: he accompanies Crusoe to Europe

According to the original novel, Crusoe encounters cannibals who capture and eat their victims. He helps one such prisoner to escape and names the fellow Friday after the day on which he liberated him. Crusoe then teaches him to speak English and baptizes him into the Christian faith. Crusoe and Friday go to Europe on an English ship. Friday remains his companion throughout.

16. Who wrote "Sweet Thursday" (1954) -- a sequel to his "Cannery Row" (1945)?

From Quiz Day of the Week - Thursday

Answer: John Steinbeck

The Depression-Era story of the peculiar residents of Cannery Row in Monterey, California, continues in "Sweet Thursday." John Steinbeck's sequel is set just after the conclusion of World War II. Doc returns from the war to a much-changed community. As regards the choice of the title, according to the author, "Sweet Thursday is the day between Lousy Wednesday and Waiting Friday." In 1955, Rodgers and Hammerstein adapted the novel into the Broadway musical "Pipe Dreams."

17. Wednesday is a fictional young female character in what series of entertainments?

From Quiz Day of the Week - Wednesday

Answer: The Addams Family

Wednesday Addams is the daughter of Gomez and Morticia Addams and the sister of Pugsley Addams. The character appears in the Charles Addams' "The New Yorker" cartoons and then in television, motion pictures, comic books, on Broadway and more. The dour, morose, Goth character has been played by Lisa Loring, Christina Ricci, Nicole Fugere, Krysta Rodriguez, and Jenna Ortega.

18. What is Mitch Albom's 1997 book and the 1999 made-for-TV movie "Tuesdays with Morrie" about?

From Quiz Day of the Week - Tuesday

Answer: visits to a friend dying of ALS

"Tuesdays with Morrie" is a "non-fiction novel" written by journalist Mitch Albom about his relationship with his former college professor Morrie Schwartz (1916-1995). Dr. Schwartz taught sociology at Brandeis University. Albom wrote the book to raise funds for Schwartz' care as the professor slowly declined from Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) -- Lou Gehrig's disease. The book, which was a New York Times Non-Fiction Best-Seller, was made into a television motion picture starring Hank Azaria and Jack Lemmon.

19. Howard Cosell teamed with Frank Gifford and "Dandy" Don Meredith to produce what long-running ABC television programme?

From Quiz Day of the Week - Monday

Answer: Monday Night Football

Cosell's tenure on "Monday Night Football" began with the programme's inception in 1970 and ended in 1983. The chemistry between the three announcers in their canary yellow blazers was sometimes more entertaining than the football games they broadcast.

20. Americans celebrate February 22nd as George Washington's birthday, though he was actually born on February 11th. What explains this apparent discrepancy?

From Quiz What Day Is It? - World Calendars

Answer: Calendar transition occurred during Washington's lifetime

When Washington was born on February 11th, England and its colonies still observed the Julian calendar. During his lifetime, they adopted the Gregorian calendar and skipped eleven days in doing so. This obviously required adjustments to schedules and business transactions. Less obviously, it offered people the option of when to celebrate their birthday. Washington chose to use the date (February 22nd) based on the new calendar, which was the day he would have been born on if the Gregorian calendar had been in use at that time in the US.

21. In "American Gods" (both the book and TV show), the character name Mr. Wednesday turns out to be what god?

From Quiz Wacky Wednesday

Answer: Odin

In English, the days of the week are named after mythological characters. Wednesday is from "Woden's day," where Woden was the Anglo-Saxon name for the Norse god Odin. "American Gods," by Neil Gaiman, blends elements of several different mythologies into a fantasy story set in modern times. In it, Mr. Wednesday travels across America attempting to recruit various gods from traditional mythologies into a war against a new race of gods who represent manifestations of modern technology.

22. Which Major League Baseball team finally ended their 108 year championship drought in 2016?

From Quiz At Long Last

Answer: Chicago Cubs

The Chicago Cubs are one of the oldest teams in Major League Baseball. They debuted in 1876 as the Chicago White Stockings and changed their name to the Chicago Cubs in 1903. They were given the nickname "the Lovable Losers" as the team went 108 years without winning the World Series title. The Cubs' championship drought finally came to an end in 2016, when the Cubs defeated the Cleveland Indians, who had also been on a long championship drought. Prior to 2016, the Cubs' last World Series victory came against the Detroit Tigers in 1908.

23. Charlton Heston must take down a sniper hidden in a stadium during which type of game in the 1976 film "Two Minute Warning"?

From Quiz Instigator Penalty

Answer: American Football

A two-minute warning is given when two minutes of playing time remain on the game clock in each half of a National Football League (NFL) match. A sniper has been spotted, by the camera on the Goodyear Blimp, positioned inside the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum during a Championship football match akin to the Super Bowl. Police Captain Peter Holly (Heston) is brought in and he endeavours to set up a plan to capture or take out the assassin with the SWAT team Sergeant played by John Cassavetes. As the two minute warning in the game approaches the sniper sees that he's trapped and opens fire, shooting at random targets in the stadium. Panic erupts and many spectators are killed or injured in the stampede that ensues. Sadly the all star ensemble, which also included Martin Balsam, Beau Bridges, David Janssen, Jack Klugman, Gena Rowlands and Walter Pidgeon could not lift the film above the average. The film would be heavily criticised for its focus on violence.

24. (World) Which U.S presidential candidate put out an ad in 2008 which posed the question, "It's 3 am and your children are safe and asleep. Who do *you* want answering the phone?"

From Quiz It's Three AM

Answer: Hillary Clinton

The ad was considered to have been effective as a "scare tactic". Hillary Clinton also lost the 2016 presidential election and a Maine East High School senior class one, after which one of her male rivals told her she was "really stupid" if she thought girls could be presidents. Is stupidity, perhaps, less of an obstacle for an aspiring candidate?

25. Animals: Which bird has become a symbol of Christmas in the UK? Its scientific name of Erithacus rubecula may give you a hint to its colouration.

From Quiz It's Christmas Time

Answer: Robin redbreast

Robin redbreast is an older name for the bird often simply called a robin in these modern times. Once thought to be a type of thrush, it's now classed as an Old World flycatcher along with other birds such as chats and thrushes. Despite its name, the breast and face of a robin aren't red - they are orange. Until the 16th century, there was no distinct word in English for orange when the fruit known as an orange was first seen in the UK. Oranges were considered a shade of red. A small bird usually no longer than 14 cm (5.5 in), the robin is diurnal and insectivorous. Found throughout the UK, Europe and northern Africa, they are quite settled in their home territories and will defend it fiercely. The only robins who migrate south for the winter are the robins in the far northern reaches of Europe and Siberia who need to escape the bitter cold of an Arctic winter. Whilst the robin has been mentioned in children's book and Norse mythology, it's the UK and northwestern France which has the biggest tradition of robin folklore. From the mid-19th century, robins have appeared on British Christmas cards and the association of robins with Christmas has grown over time. Birds in other continents such as North America and Australia have been given the name of robin due to their colouration resembling the European robin, but they are in different Avian families. The blue tit, greenshank and yellowhammer are also British birds. Question crafted by Tizzabelle, one of our editors in the Animals category.

26. How long does it take light from the sun to reach the earth?

From Quiz Do You Have The Time?

Answer: about eight minutes

Light, in the form of photons, takes time to travel through the vacuum of space, which it does at about 186,000 miles a second. As the earth is approximately 93 million miles from the sun, the math says the journey takes slightly over eight minutes. Theoretically, then, if the sun were to suddenly go dark, you wouldn't know it until eight minutes later.

27. Name Stephen King's first collection of short stories.

From Quiz Once Upon a Night

Answer: Night Shift

"Night Shift" was Stephen King's first collection of short stories, and it was published in 1978. The collection contained twenty stories, some of which were first runs while the others were previously printed in various magazines. From those stories came six films such as "Children of the Corn" and "The Graveyard Shift", and a few made-for-television adaptations as well.

28. Although Alice Cooper "welcomed" you to his, I am afraid of mine, and this is probably a major cause of my insomnia. What is it that scares me?

From Quiz Insomnia Obscures the Night

Answer: nightmare

Alice Cooper's "Welcome to My Nightmare" was released in 1975, and was his first solo album. The album peaked at number five on the Billboard Pop Album charts. There were three singles released from this album; the highest charting at number 12 was "Only Women Bleed".

29. The 1963 song 'The Night Has a Thousand Eyes' was sung by a man called Bobby, but do you know which one?

From Quiz A Night to Remember

Answer: Bobby Vee

Bobby Vee's birth name was Robert Thomas Velline, and he had ten songs in the Top Twenty. Bobby and his friends had just recently formed a band when Buddy Holly died tragically in a plane crash on his way to play the next night at Fargo, North Dakota. Bobby and his friends played in place of the late Buddy and the rest is history.

30. April 1st saw the initiation of Nazi rule in Germany during World War II. What word do you think of when you hear German Luftwaffe?

From Quiz Analyzing April

Answer: airplanes

The Luftwaffe was the branch of the German military that controlled all planes and inflatables. At the end of World War II, the Luftwaffe was officially disbanded in 1946.

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