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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.

Hope this quiz doesn't make you fall asleep but we're looking at words that contain double Z's in their spelling. Given a clue about the word, simply match it up to the "ZZ" word. In Scrabble, you don't often see "ZZ" but a "Z" plus a blank works!

This is a test to see how much you know about the popular "Les Miserables" character, as seen in the stage musical. Do your best and have fun!

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?

Are you RE-ady for a RE-markable Quiz? Want to increase your RE-putation? Given a few clues can you match these up to words beginning with the letters "Re". To keep you on your toes, a couple of the words are proper nouns.

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!

There are words in English that we confuse easily. Can you tell them apart?

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.

In this whodunit style quiz, someone has stolen a valuable piece of art. You must act as the investigator and figure out who committed the crime.

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.

I used to work with a fellow who liked to use unusual words in order to show just how much smarter he was than everybody else. It was annoying, but really kept me on my toes! It also turned me into a bit of a logolept.

The ancient Inca city of Machu Picchu is a marvel to behold. Its amazing architecture and engineering feats are deeply rooted in the gods that the Inca people worshipped. Come take a look.

"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.

No shocking twists. No dramatic reveals. No sudden developments. Just a collection of words and a simple question: which of them are genuine antonyms of 'surprise'?

In the English language there are many idioms that feature the word string. Can you match each of these phrases with its definition?

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

How much do you know about Athena, the Olympian goddess? This quiz deals with her strange birth, symbols, and various exploits. Have fun!

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.

Pair the correct set of words to get the main elements of a well-known idiom. Using the quiz title as an example, 'that's the last straw' comes from combining 'last' on one side matched with 'straw' from the other.

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.

My neighbor invited several of us to her house to see the musical "Suffs" broadcast on television. We all quite enjoyed both the acting/singing and the history behind it. This quiz is about that play.