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This quiz will focus on the famous sociologist Pierre Bourdieu (1930-2002). Presented below are 10 key concepts by Pierre Bourdieu and 10 definitions. Your goal is to correctly match each concept to its exact definition. Good luck!

Criminology, the interdisciplinary study of crime, criminal justice and deviant behaviour, has been in existence for about 150 years. This quiz presents some of the fascinating concepts I learned about while doing an M.S.Sc degree in Criminology in 1999.

In English, we often borrow the name of one thing to describe something else. Centuries later, it's not always obvious which meaning came first! This quiz puts ten such pairs head-to-head to see if you can figure out which one spawned the other.

A life-giving force for everything on Earth, the Sun has been worshipped as a deity by most human civilizations. This quiz will deal with gods, goddesses and associated creatures featured in the myths of some major ancient cultures.

What does the food on this table say to you? In this case, they all can be found in idioms or metaphors. This quiz is about placing the correct description against the item of food that forms part of a phrase with the same meaning.

You're from Canada, on a round-the-world trip. But once you hit the road, you realize that people out there have a bunch of weird names for things even when they speak English. Can you decipher what the locals mean?

A selection of lesser-known words. I'll give a definition and then offer four possible spellings. How many can you get? Have fun! Original quiz by purrverse, adopted by MotherGoose.

Cats have prowled the myths and legends of cultures across the globe for centuries. This quiz is going to test your knowledge of ten of them. How well do you know your feline folklore? Good luck and have fun!

People, for centuries, have been fascinated with the myths swirling around King Arthur and Camelot. Match up some of the characters from those tales with the picture that best represents them.

There are songs whose title asks a question. Some of those songs are from stage musicals. Match the song title question in the left column with the right column's stage musical that the song is featured in.

Zeno of Elea was a Greek philosopher who lived between about 490 and 430 BC. He devised a series of arguments designed to show that motion, plurality and place lead to logical contradictions. Some are tricky, so have a wee think about them. Good luck!

Spengler set out a morphological approach to history in 'The Decline of the West'. Fundamental to his work is the prime symbol (Ur-symbol), an idea that shapes a civilisation from birth to death. Match each concept to the Ur-symbol that inspired it.

Heimdall is a fascinating character. How much do you know about him?

In the 1930s Hitler was the arbiter of German aesthetics. He despised modern art - Expressionism, Dadaism, Bauhaus, &c. The 1937 "Entatarte Kunst" (Degenerate Art Exhibition) in Munich was designed to pillory these works. Find out about it in this quiz.

"Aye, there's the rub." The English language may be shared, but its regional flavours are anything but uniform. See if you can identify the origins of these distinctive colloquialisms.

Malaysia boasts a wide variety of architectural styles that have occurred across its long history. There is a beautiful merging of indigenous traditions, colonial influences, Islamic heritage, and eco-planning.

The tango is an iconic dance with many styles and varied history. How much do you know about this classic dance?

I never got to see the musical production of "Les Miserables" on Broadway. I did see it years ago at the Fox Theater in Atlanta, Georgia. I remember crying quite a bit. That's because there are lots of deaths in this play.

The World Championship organized by the International Quiz Association once asked which painting showed exactly thirteen persons. I expanded on this idea - count the persons.

How much do you know about Uranus? The Greek god, not the planet. This quiz deals with his home life, the cringe-worthy betrayal against him, the consequences of that betrayal, and more. Have fun!

These are the ten musicals that won the Tony Award for Best Musical during the 1950s. How many are you familiar with? Some questions focus on the show itself, others focus on a character, or an actor who originated a role.

Norse mythology contains many interesting female characters. But what would each of them run back into a burning building to get? Match the woman to the object with which she is associated.

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This quiz is about art works by the world's greatest genius, Leonardo Da Vinci. They are all either unquestionably by him or widely accepted by scholars as being his work.

There are songs whose title asks a question. Some of those songs are from stage musicals. Match the song title question in the left column with the right column's stage musical that the song is featured in.

Identify the musical from the brief plot description and assign it to one of four partnerships.

Stage musicals can be original works or be based on previous works like novels and films. Sort these into their correct boxes to reflect their origins. Original means not directly based on the plot of a novel or film even if inspired by earlier ideas.

The Merriam-Webster Word of the Year is one that saw a dramatical surge in online lookups and that strongly represents the changes in the American lexicon. So, let's take a stroll down memory lane and revisit the U.S. in the 2010s through words. Enjoy!

Dealing with the limits of human knowledge can seem daunting. Hopefully, we can make some sense of some of the deeper thoughts we have. Have fun, and good luck!

Sometimes the idea of death drives us to madness, and sometimes madness brings upon us (or others) an early death. Identify the artists of these 12 famous masterpieces that knew just that. Warning: Contains gruesome scenes.