1.

  Nursery Rhymes: The Horrible Truth    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Those innocent sounding ditties that you sing to your children contain hidden secrets of licentiousness, death and sacrifice. Let's take a look at some of the more sinister amongst them.

Very Difficult, 10 Qns, Snowman, Mar 14 13

Category: Nursery Rhymes

Very Difficult
Snowman
11670 plays

2.

  Mighty Mountain Ranges: Who Am I?    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

The game is simple: some of the world's greatest mountain ranges will give a brief description of themselves, and you have to guess who they are. Enjoy yourself!

Average, 10 Qns, achernar, Jan 06 15

Category: Mountains & Volcanoes

Average
achernar
66465 plays

3.

  BRI's Top Ten Hits of 1966    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

The BRI (Bathroom Readers' Institute), in consultation with DJ Bob Shannon of WCBS-FM has published lists of the top ten hits for various years. If I give you some lyrics, can you identify the songs on their list for 1966?

Easier, 10 Qns, skunkee, Jul 14 20

Category: Music from 1966

Easier
skunkee
Jul 14 20
6342 plays

4.

  Quizzing the New Testament : Romans    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

This is part of a series looking at the books of the New Testament. Romans is Paul's great masterpiece in which he sets down all that he understands by the Christian gospel. Come and step inside.

Average, 10 Qns, glendathecat, Nov 07 09

Category: Romans

Average
glendathecat
1521 plays

5.

  Just What the Actors Ordered    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

A number of actors have moved from acting in front of the camera to calling the shots from behind the camera as directors or producers. While some of them have excelled in their new roles, others floundered.

Easier, 10 Qns, zorba_scank, Apr 18 22

Category: Something in Common

Easier
zorba_scank
Apr 18 22
2574 plays

6.

  I Am Special!    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Every number is special. Ten numbers will give a brief introduction about themselves and you have to reveal their identities. Enjoy!

Tough, 10 Qns, Matthew_07, Dec 31 21

Category: Math

Tough
Matthew_07
Dec 31 21
5331 plays

7.

  Mission Impossible    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Your mission is to put together a cricket team from the ages, selecting players who have played first class cricket but bear the same name as a figure in history. Best of luck.

Easier, 10 Qns, pollucci19, Jul 19 11

Category: Cricket Players

Easier
pollucci19
2082 plays

8.

  "TAGS" - "The Christmas Story"    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

This quiz is about one of my favorite episodes of "The Andy Griffith Show" -- one of my favorite television shows. This is the only Christmas show in all 249 episodes.

Average, 10 Qns, BethP128, Mar 16 10

Category: Andy Griffith Show: Seasons/ Episodes

Average
BethP128
2820 plays

9.

  Shakespeare Play Summaries in Four Words    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Just for fun. I have taken ten plays by the Bard and distilled them down to four words, which describe either the complete action of a play or a key scene/subplot. (Plot and ending spoilers follow.)

Easier, 10 Qns, Caseena, Jul 26 10

Category: Name the Play

Easier
Caseena
3240 plays

10.

  Pseudoscience Basics    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

"Science" isn't so much a thing as a way of thinking. "Pseudoscience" is when people, through ignorance or malice, use a thought process that looks like science, but doesn't have the same rigor. This quiz tells the story of how you make that mistake.

Average, 10 Qns, Correspondguy, Jul 29 14

Category: Logical Fallacies

Average
Correspondguy
7143 plays

11.

  Absolute Beginners    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

A general mix of worldwide literary sleuths. Some old, some new. Some well known, others not so. The common link is that each question relates to their first appearance in print; the absolute beginning you might say.

Tough, 10 Qns, Aussiedrongo, Feb 13 13

Category: Mystery & Detective Fiction

Tough
Aussiedrongo
2106 plays

12.

  Ten Famous Belgians Walk Into A Bar    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

"Name ten famous Belgians" is a comment that makes many Europeans choke on their after dinner mints because we all think there aren't that many. However, Rowena8482 saw ten of them walking into a bar...

Easier, 10 Qns, flopsymopsy, Dec 17 23

Category: Thematic People

Easier
flopsymopsy
Dec 17 23
4677 plays

13.

  The Long Walk    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

In this Richard Bachman novel, one hundred boys take a walk where only one will finish alive. Can you remember this novel written under Stephen King's alter-ego? Good luck!

Tough, 10 Qns, kyleisalive, Nov 08 20

Category: The Long Walk

Tough
kyleisalive
Nov 08 20
1146 plays

14.

  Holy Firewater    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

There are numerous references to wine in the Bible. See if you can recognise any of these.

Average, 10 Qns, pollucci19, Apr 26 24

Category: Bible Food and Drink

Average
pollucci19
Apr 26 24
663 plays

15.

  The Goths    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

The Goths played a key role in bringing an already weakened West Roman Empire to its knees, and in turn they also established kingdoms of their own in parts the Western Empire. Find out more about this mysterious people.

Difficult, 10 Qns, bloomsby, May 23 13

Category: Ancient History

Difficult
bloomsby
4950 plays

16.

  1980s TV Shows: One-Sentence Summary    

Match Quiz

 10 Qns

The 1980s sure churned out some gems of television shows! This quiz, which continues my series of TV series by decade, will give a tongue-in-cheek summary of 10 1980s TV shows. Can you match the summary with the correct show?

Very Easy, 10 Qns, lordprescott, Jan 08 26

Category: 1980s TV

Very Easy
lordprescott
Jan 08 26
2052 plays

17.

  Happily Ever After    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

I'm a licenced Marriage Commissioner for my home province and, as such, I'm interested in all the traditions that surround weddings. Here are some of the traditions I've learned about over the years. Have fun.

Very Difficult, 10 Qns, Cymruambyth, Sep 06 08

Category: Marriage & Weddings

Very Difficult
Cymruambyth
11250 plays

18.

  'M*A*S*H' - Margaret Houlihan    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

During the eleven year run of 'M*A*S*H', no character went through a more stunning evolution than Margaret 'Hot Lips' Houlihan. Please join me for some trivia regarding one of TV's most beloved nurses...good luck!

Average, 10 Qns, thejazzkickazz, Aug 26 04

Category: M*A*S*H - Characters and Actors

Average
thejazzkickazz
4848 plays

19.

  In Other Words, They're Wrong II    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

The verbose mastermind is back! He rephrased the titles of shows, books, and films; worse, he made mistakes. For each word with two meanings, he chose the wrong one to rephrase: "Star Wars" became "Celebrity Battles." Can you recover the original titles?

Tough, 10 Qns, CellarDoor, Jul 16 08

Category: In Other Words

Tough
CellarDoor
5136 plays

20.

  The Music of "Glee" 3    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Continuing through the "Glee" songbook, these questions are based on the music and numbers from season 1's "Vitamin D", "Throwdown", "Mash-Up", and "Wheels" and their appearances in the show. Good luck!

Average, 10 Qns, kyleisalive, Jun 21 10

Category: Glee

Average
kyleisalive
4176 plays

21.

  "Our Home is Girt By Sea": Australian Waters    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

"Our home is girt by sea" is part of our Australian National Anthem. We may be a continent but we are also an island. Come with us as we circumnavigate our homeland clockwise. We commence our journey from the Great Barrier Reef in northeast Australia.

Average, 10 Qns, 1nn1, Oct 27 17

Category: Bodies of Water

Average
1nn1
1575 plays

22.

  "Battlestar Galactica" 1.01 - "33"    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

"33" - The crew of Battlestar Galactica struggle with a lack of sleep and the morality of shooting down one of their own while trying to escape the constant Cylon onslaught.

Average, 10 Qns, trident, Jan 17 08

Category: Battlestar Galactica- Season 1

Average
trident
1077 plays

23.

  "Firefly": "Jaynestown"    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

In this episode of "Firefly" (7th to be filmed, 4th to air), our motley crew arrives on a small moon to collect contraband and discovers that Jayne is a legendary folk hero there. This must be what going mad feels like.

Easier, 10 Qns, CellarDoor, Jun 05 07

Category: Firefly

Easier
CellarDoor
2793 plays

24.

  Bustling and Beautiful Bulgaria    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Bulgaria, the southeastern European gem of a country where one set of my grandparents came from. See what you know of this bustling country. Kusmet!

Average, 10 Qns, LeoDaVinci, Jul 19 23

Category: Bulgaria

Average
LeoDaVinci
Jul 19 23
1185 plays

25.

  A Big Boy Did It and Ran Away    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Throughout history, people on trial have come up with a number of ingenious defences and escapes from justice. This quiz looks at some of them. Enjoy!

Average, 10 Qns, Quiz_Beagle, Mar 28 26

Category: Murders

Average
Quiz_Beagle
Mar 28 26
2286 plays

26.

  Welcome to the Hotel California!    

Multiple Choice

 20 Qns

I'm sure just about everyone has heard this very famous Eagles song and I'm sure just about everyone enjoys it. This is how I would tell the story of one of the best classic rock songs of all time...

Very Easy, 20 Qns, sassy111, Feb 18 24

Category: Eagles

Very Easy
sassy111
Feb 18 24
17724 plays

27.

  'M*A*S*H' - 'Cease Fire'    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Could the TV series 'M*A*S*H' be over so quickly? That was a distinct possibility in this episode when it appeared that the Korean War would be coming to its conclusion. Join me in recalling this episode...

Tough, 10 Qns, thejazzkickazz, Dec 12 06

Category: 'M*A*S*H' - Season 1

Tough
thejazzkickazz
2688 plays

28.

  Author Identification: Style and Substance    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Here are some snippets of information about authors and/or their works written in a way I hope will be reminiscent of their styles. Will this style and substance lead you to the author's identity? Play and see.

Average, 10 Qns, uglybird, Aug 31 22

Category: Authors and their Works

Average
uglybird
Aug 31 22
5877 plays

29.

  Play That Funky Music, David Silver    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Best known for his music and dating a lot of girls, David was my personal favourite character when I watched the show the first time around. He stayed in the famous zip code for the show's entire run. How much do you remember about David?

Average, 10 Qns, guitargoddess, Mar 11 12

Category: BH 90210: Characters / Actors

Average
guitargoddess
3648 plays

30.

  'M*A*S*H' - 'Bananas, Crackers and Nuts'    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

In this 'M*A*S*H' episode of the first season, Hawkeye attempts to convince the camp that he is going insane, and goes to great lengths to prove it. Does he succeed? Let's find out...

Average, 10 Qns, thejazzkickazz, Dec 29 04

Category: 'M*A*S*H' - Season 1

Average
thejazzkickazz
3294 plays

31.

  Non-Italians in Organized Crime    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Giancana, Capone, Luciano, Gambino...all these familiar Italian names are easily recognizable as Mafiosi. But organized crime also had its fair share of non-Italians. Try to identify as many as you can!

Average, 10 Qns, rocco6557, Dec 21 15

Category: Mafia and The Mob

Average
rocco6557
3138 plays

32.

  "Bad Reputation"    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

In "Bad Reputation", Will instructs the kids to make songs with otherwise bad reputation good again and everyone tries to fix their social statues for better or for worse. Good luck!

Average, 10 Qns, kyleisalive, Aug 28 10

Category: 'Glee' - Season 1

Average
kyleisalive
750 plays

33.

  Just a Song Before...er...After I Go    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

A quiz about hit songs that came about after the artist had died.

Tough, 10 Qns, Oddball, Feb 22 22

Category: Posthumous Releases

Tough
Oddball
Feb 22 22
3330 plays

34.

  Best of the Best: Television Sitcoms    

Ordering Quiz

 10 Qns

In 2021, "Rolling Stone" issued a list called the "100 Best Sitcoms of All Time", based on the consistency of the characters and setting, how much the shows made people laugh, how much they influenced other shows, and how well they reflected world views.

Easier, 10 Qns, ponycargirl, Feb 17 25

Category: Mixture: Comedy

Easier
ponycargirl
Feb 17 25
1584 plays

35.

  Hitchcock Movie Taglines    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Not all of the quoted taglines were from the original release of the films. Some of them were used to advertise subsequent releases. I have also included the starring actors to make it a little easier. All questions are multiple choice.

Easier, 10 Qns, skunkee, May 23 14

Category: Hitchcock Taglines

Easier
skunkee
6126 plays

36.

  A History Lesson from Billy Joel    

Multiple Choice

 15 Qns

'We Didn't Start the Fire' is a history lesson in song, listing events from the years 1948-1986. Unfortunately, he only gives a list, without any explanation as to what the events ARE! Here are some questions on the historical events mentioned there.

Tough, 15 Qns, kevinatilusa, Aug 27 13

Category: 19th, 20th & 21st Centuries

Tough
kevinatilusa
24510 plays

37.

  Red is the Watchword    

Collection Quiz

 15 Qns

The many shades and hues of the color red vary from the lightest pinks to darkest red-browns. Which of these colors can definitively be considered a shade of red?

Very Easy, 15 Qns, trident, Oct 15 23

Category: Red

Very Easy
trident
Oct 15 23
1053 plays

38.

  27 Dresses    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Here is a quiz about the cute 2008 movie starring Katherine Heigl as Jane, a perpetual bridesmaid.

Easier, 10 Qns, guitargoddess, Feb 07 08

Category: t. 27 Dresses

Easier
guitargoddess
3867 plays

39.

  'Downton Abbey' (Christmas 2011 Special)    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Christmas Day in the UK saw a two hour special edition of 'Downton Abbey' which progressed some of the stories from the earlier two series. Do not take this quiz if you haven't seen the programme, as it does contain several spoilers.

Average, 10 Qns, rossian, Jan 13 12

Category: Downton Abbey

Average
rossian
1659 plays

40.

  Official State Vegetables    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Any trivia novice should know the state capitals. A trivia expert might know the state flowers. But are you ready to take the ULTIMATE TRIVIA CHALLENGE? Do you know your state vegetables? (Generous clues are provided within each question.)

Average, 10 Qns, uglybird, Dec 14 20

Category: U.S. State Symbols

Average
uglybird
Dec 14 20
12018 plays

41.

  All About Ernest T. Bass    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

"Howdy-do to you and you. It's me, it's me, it's Ernest T." How much do you remember about that eccentric, rock-throwing mountain man?

Average, 10 Qns, littlewoman2, Aug 24 04

Category: Andy Griffith Show: Characters

Average
littlewoman2
3231 plays

42.

  Letter Landslide 2    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Beginning with an animal name, drop a letter for each clue, and then work your way back up to a different animal name.

Easier, 10 Qns, zh1322, Sep 04 14

Category: Drop a Letter

Easier
zh1322
10311 plays

43.

  One-Word Movie Titles    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

The concept is simple; all of the answers are movies and they only have one word in their titles. See if you can name the films found here. Good luck!

Easier, 10 Qns, kyleisalive, Oct 02 13

Category: Name It - Easy

Easier
kyleisalive
10221 plays

44.

  Harlots, Bawds, and Concubines (Oh My!)    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

A shameless attempt to attract players, you say? Well, so it is, but it may interest you to know what some practitioners of the World's Oldest Profession achieved outside the bedroom. Play on!

Difficult, 10 Qns, jouen58, Mar 15 05

Category: Other People

Difficult
jouen58
2301 plays

45.

  Part 1 of "The Deathly Hallows: Part 2"    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Join me in an examination of this exciting culmination of the "Harry Potter" movies. Warning - spoilers ahead!

Easier, 10 Qns, skunkee, Jul 20 11

Category: Deathly Hallows

Easier
skunkee
2664 plays

46.

  They Changed Their World and Ours 7    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Billions of people have trodden upon this earth, and each one has had an impact in some way. However, a few have had such an impact that their names lived onward. Which of these, from all over the world, past or present, do you recognize?

Easier, 10 Qns, alaspooryoric, May 16 18

Category: Changed the World

Easier
alaspooryoric
1548 plays

47.

  Revisionist Westerns - 1970s    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Revisionist Westerns are a subgenre of Westerns where traditional heroes and villains give way to a world where morality is blurred and shades of gray dominate. This quiz will focus on movies from this subgenre made in the 1970s. Warning: Spoilers!

Average, 10 Qns, tazman6619, Feb 17 11

Category: Westerns and Gangster Films

Average
tazman6619
1020 plays

48.

  Turning Neither Left Nor White    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Or: "You Just Stepped on My Zeugma!" Come in to find out what happens when good authors turn parallel structure on its head! Warning: there will be some spoilers for the literary works mentioned in this quiz.

Average, 10 Qns, adams627, Feb 08 14

Category: Literary Terminology

Average
adams627
4254 plays

49.

  Good People Can Do Bad Things, Part 2    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Sometimes good people are driven to do bad things. All of these films involve people who find themselves in circumstances where they feel they are compelled to commit a crime, or are pushed into taking the law into their own hands.

Easier, 10 Qns, skunkee, Jan 26 21

Category: Movie Villains

Easier
skunkee
Jan 26 21
15243 plays

50.

  Czechia    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Once part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the beautiful and mountainous Czech Republic (Czechia) has a rich tradition of scientific discovery, art, and sport. Join me in exploring some of its history and wonders.

Easier, 10 Qns, kaddarsgirl, Apr 15 22

Category: Mixed Europe

Easier
kaddarsgirl
Apr 15 22
2796 plays