"Foxglove Summer" is the fifth novel in the "Rivers of London" series. Two girls have gone missing, and Peter Grant is sent into the countryside to make sure no magical practitioners have been involved.
Surrey, so close to London, but protected from being a concrete jungle by the Green Belt.
Most importantly it appears no-one has written a quiz about it, until now.
Alfred Wainwright wrote a 7 volume Pictorial Guide to the Lake District. Here is a quizzical guide to the hills and surrounding area covered in Volume 3, "The Central Fells".
The book "Sailor on the Seas of Fate" consists of three linked and sequential stories concerning Elric of Melnibone. This quiz investigates various aspects of these tales.
After World War 2, the British government decided to create several New Towns to alleviate the overcrowding in London. Only one of these was constructed south of the River Thames, Crawley, so here's a quiz on the town.
The "Dark Side of the Sun" is the name of at least two films and a BBC drama series. This quiz has no connection with any of those but is about the science-fiction book by Terry Pratchett.
Horsham is an old town in the county of Sussex. Its name is Saxon in origin possibly deriving from "Place of Horses". Smaller in population than neighbouring Crawley, Horsham and the rural area around it, is still rich in information for a quiz.
Singer songwriter Ralph McTell maybe best known for his song "The Streets of London", but he has written many more songs over his long career. This quiz is about the songs on his 2019 album "Hill of Beans".
Excel is excellent at handling relatively large quantities of data. Here are some of the useful functions which can be combined to obtain the best from Excel. The questions in this quiz relate to Excel 2016, 2019 and 365.
"The Seventh Decimate" is the first novel in a new series by Stephen Donaldson called "The Great Gods War". Prince Bifalt is the protagonist in this novel; his nation, Belleger has been at war with Amika, the only other known nation, for generations.
In the second book of the first chronicles of Thomas Covenant, Lord Foul has put together a vast army and threatens Revelstone. In desperation the ur-Lord has been summoned to the Land.
In 1997, folk duo "Show of Hands", which consists of Steve Knightley and Phil Beer, released an album entitled "Dark Fields". This is a quiz drawn from some of the music on it.
The cover of the Richard Thompson album "Henry the Human Fly" describes it as "starring Richard Thompson". Seems a good a title for a quiz about the music on the album as any other.
Coniston is a small town in the Lake District. It also lends its name to a large body of water to the east of the town and the surrounding fells to the west. This quiz covers all these aspects.
Folk singer-songwriter Kate Rusby released her album "Philosophers, Poets and Kings" in 2019. Here are some questions on the music. If you haven't heard of Kate Rusby before maybe it is time to find out about her music.
The third book of the Rivers of London series. PC Peter Grant is a member of a department in the Metropolitan Police that deals with the weird and the magical. The railway tunnels of London feature prominently in this novel.
The "Moon Over Soho" is the second book in the "Rivers of London" series by Ben Aaronovitch.
PC Peter Grant is an apprentice wizard working for the Metropolitan Police. Between the magical and the mundane here is the quiz of the book.
In 2001 the folk-rock duo Show of Hands, consisting of Steve Knightley and Phil Beer, released an album entitled 'Cold Frontier'. This is a quiz about some of the music from that album.
Before the Discworld books were published, Terry Pratchett wrote two science fiction novels. One of them was called "Strata", the other one wasn't; this is a quiz about the one that is.
In 2008 Steve Knightley of the folk-rock duo 'Show of Hands' released a solo album, 'Cruel River'. Following the maxim about being cruel to be kind, here is a cruel quiz about it.
In 2008 Steve Knightley of the folk-rock duo 'Show of Hands' released an album entitled 'Cruel River'. I've already written one quiz on the album, so this is a quiz on it 'too'.
(Hopefully that explains the attempted pun in the quiz title.)
Most, if not all, music genres have their own awards ceremonies and British Folk Music is no exception. Here are questions about some of the winners from the first twelve years.
The duo Show of Hands was formed in 1991, by two members of the English folk scene. In 2006 they released the album "Witness".
Hopefully this explains the odd looking capitalisation of the title. This quiz is about the songs on the album.
"The Black Tide" concerns the pollution of the seas by oil, in particular from shipwrecked tankers, and the lack of political will to do anything about it, due to the demand for oil from the general populace.