'Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory' (1971) encourages the use of imagination at every turn. To that end, please enjoy my homage to Willy Wonka's factory! The plan is very much a personal interpretation but the chronology is faithful to the 1971 film.
Before television and video games conquered the world, horror and science fiction motion pictures were in their heyday. How much do you know about these films from the 1950s?
Arthur Wellesley, later Duke of Wellington, fought a number of battles in Portugal, Spain and Belgium between 1808 and 1815. Can you put them in chronological order? Sieges and actions in which Wellington took little or no part are not included.
The Hillsborough Disaster occurred on 15th April 1989 at an FA Cup semi-final between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest. 96 Liverpool supporters died as the result of a crush, and hundreds more were injured.
Cubism was a revolutionary art movement that emerged in the early 20th century, pioneered by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque. Many other artists contributed to the movement. Can you match ten famous cubist paintings with their creators?
The vast English vocabulary includes quite a few words with spellings that are not usual for the language. In this quiz you will have to match words beginning with BH and DH - all found in major English dictionaries - with their meanings.
A quiz about traditional food preserving techniques and the variety of approaches taken. Some modern techniques are developed from these, some (such as irradiation and pulsed electric field electroporation) are not.
Welcome to the Museum of AI Anachronisms, where each image contains an element that doesn't really belong there. For each picture, identify the object that was invented AFTER the displayed time period. (Click the images for a closer look!)
Need some help? In this quiz, there are ten instances of items, tools, people, and methods in which help can be provided for any need under the sun. Good luck!
He floated like a butterfly and he stung like a bee, but in 1974, Muhammad Ali gave a speech, one preceding his fight against George Foreman, that reminded listeners just how great he was.
Third book in the "Dune" series first published in 1976. Paul's twins are looked after by people that were loyal to him, while his sister had taken over the Regency. It recounts the intrigues and conspiracies in an attempt to control the spice mélange.
"Hot August Night" is an album by Neil Diamond. There are many other songs, movies, and books that have months in their title. Can you sort these starting from January and ending in December?
Though hardly any are left in today's world, empires have made their mark on the history of humankind. This quiz will touch upon some of the distinguishing features of these political entities.
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