All the As have been lost from the words in this quiz. Can you determine where they should go? For example:- XRY - used to see inside the body gives the answer XRAY.
Actually I hope the quiz isn't a mistake, even though all the answers are! Ten cryptic clues to synonyms for the word 'mistake' from my thesaurus. Don't forget to look at the word lengths indicated in the clues.
All the Is have been lost from the words in this quiz. Can you determine where they should go? For example:- QN - Chinese seven-stringed zither gives the answer QIN.
The test is to see if you can solve the cryptic clues to synonyms for 'test' that I found in my thesaurus. If you're new to cryptic clues you could try some of the quizzes which explain them before trying this one. Good luck!
All the Us have been lost from the words in this quiz. Can you determine where they should go? For example:- QX - metasyntatic variable gives the answer QUUX.
... but do you know about some of the variations? Many are quite similar to the original game, but others involve numbers, maps, music, graphics, chemistry, chess, etc. Your task, if you choose to accept it, is to match the challenge to the game title.
All the Es have been lost from the words in this quiz. Can you determine where they should go? For example:- YS - affirmative word gives the answer YES.
For my twentieth quiz, I have taken my favourite animal through all the twenty regions of Quizzyland. I hope you have as much fun answering the questions as I have had asking them.
All the Os have been lost from the words in this quiz. Can you determine where they should go? For example:- QM - a city in central Iran gives the answer QOM.
Crazy zany acting really starts a ruler (4) is a cryptic clue for 'Czar', so a czar is born. Here are ten more cryptic clues for other rulers. Can you solve them all?
The holidays don't often feature in school stories, but there are some events which do take place just before or after the end of term. This quiz is all about things which happened around Easter.
Use the symbols of the periodic table of chemical elements to identify the boys' names. Example: Selenium (Se) and Thorium (Th) = Seth. Don't put any spaces in the answer. Good luck!
I'll give you the names of some American sports teams; you need to pick the city where they play. For example - the Seahawks, Sounders and Mariners all play in Seattle. But it's probably not so trivial if you live outside the USA.
Take hands with your partner and come and join in some folk dancing. I'll briefly describe some movements, and you pick the name from the list given. By the end of this quiz I hope you will have learnt a new contra dance and a new square dance.
Ten friends are travelling by train to meet up at Piccadilly Circus in London, unfortunately they won't all come into the same mainline station. Can you work out where each person will arrive before she catches her underground train.
Occasionally, in the books by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer, girls run away from the Chalet School. Do you know what happened when the following girls disappeared?
But how fast is it blowing? The Beaufort wind force scale has thirteen named levels, with descriptions of the associated movement. Do you know which they are? Some describe sea conditions, and others refer to what happens on land.
This is the opposite of a usual hidden-word quiz. You need to place these fifteen items, which might quench your thirst, into the story so that it makes a little sense. Look at the example, then use a bit of trial and error to see what might work.
It is said that travel broadens the mind, so a well-chosen vacation should stretch those brain cells, even if only from the comfort of your armchair! Perhaps some of the places I've visited will inspire your next trip.
From the Latin for a foot and a half, sesquipedalian means long-winded. Here's a quiz and half worth of alternative titles to Nevil Shute's books for you to identify. E.g. Unfrequented thoroughfare is 'Lonely Road'. All UK titles. Contains spoilers.
Use the symbols of the periodic table of chemical elements to identify the countries. Example: Lanthanum (La) and Osmium (Os) = Laos. Don't put any spaces in the answer. Good luck!
In Eric Carle's delightful picture book a little egg lay on a leaf in the moonlight. Then a tiny and very hungry caterpillar pops out in the warm sunshine on Sunday morning and starts to look for some food. Do you remember what he ate each day?
Inspired by Kyle's challenge to celebrate Canada's 150th birthday, here are some cryptic clues which lead to the names of some of Canada's provinces and territories.
These characters in 'Octonauts', as shown on CBeebies in the UK, are all different animals. Do you know which they are? Octonauts - to your stations; let's do this!
Use the symbols of the periodic table of chemical elements to identify the girls' names. Example: Ruthenium and Thorium = Ruth. Don't put any spaces in the answer. Good luck!
Use the symbols of the periodic table of chemical elements to identify the animals. Example: Boron (B) and Astatine (At) = Bat. Don't put any spaces in the answer. Good luck!
Many words in the English language have multiple meanings. Game, set, match sounds like the end of a game of tennis, or is it an eager dance step to a prospective marriage partner?
If you just have a drink while watching fireworks in Sydney or the ball drop in Times Square, perhaps you could consider something else? You may know about the Scottish first footing, but can you match these other traditions with their countries?
The ten friends want some time out from London, and decide to go to the seaside. They don't want a complicated journey, and so won't change trains anywhere. Where could they go?
My thesaurus lists over seventy synonyms for 'dark'. Two are in the title of this quiz. Can you match the following cryptic [another one] clues with ten more of those obscure [and another] words?
I have a lot of elephants, who can be quite adventurous. Ten of them have travelled to different places in the world. Can you work out where each of them has been?
Use the symbols of the periodic table of chemical elements to identify the music makers. Some are instruments and others are singers. Example: Barium and Neodymium = BaNd. Don't put any spaces in the answer, except between words. Good luck!
'Affirmative' sounds like a slightly more robotic way of saying the more laid-back 'yeah'. Can you unscramble these ten cryptic clues to find more synonyms?
Prince William and Catherine Middleton married on Friday 29 April 2011, the feast day of St. Catherine of Siena, at Westminster Abbey in London. Do you remember the occasion?
It is said that one should eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a pauper. Can you solve the cryptic clues to find some food and drink, which might appear on a British breakfast table? Bon appetit!
Warm sunshine, lovely scenery, a good book and plenty of chocolate sounds like a day in paradise to me. Another day in Paradise should be idyllic, too, but could be quite different.
Aye, eye, I! Yes, see, me! Some words are so simple that they sound like a single letter. Can you identify the letters which sound like the words indicated?