301.

  Baseball Arithmetic    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

For the sake of brevity, baseball scorekeepers number the fielding positions from one to nine, starting with the pitcher and proceeding to the right fielder. Use the hints to work out the answers, and the numbers used for each position.

Average, 10 Qns, spanishliz, Nov 18 25

Category: Thematic Sports

Average
spanishliz
Nov 18 25
1652 plays

302.

  Dual Purpose Common Bond    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

The answers to the first nine questions will lead to an event in history that also spawned a popular movie.

Average, 10 Qns, spanishliz, Sep 12 06

Category: 10Q CB Average

Average
spanishliz
4174 plays

303.

  Fifty-One    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Here is my fifty-first quiz and it is all about the number 51! How original is that, eh?

Average, 10 Qns, spanishliz, Nov 14 12

Category: 51-100

Average
spanishliz
843 plays

304.

  All Over Gettysburg    

Match Quiz

 10 Qns

The number of memorials and monuments in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania and the surrounding battlefield park can be quite overwhelming to a visitor. Match each memorial described with its location, found "all over Gettysburg".

Tough, 10 Qns, spanishliz, May 01 17

Category: Monuments & Memorials

Tough
spanishliz
613 plays

305.

  Seoul Stirring    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

I might be a LOUSE if I were to go about stirring Seoul, don't you think? Anagram the words in CAPS to find some more capital cities.

Easier, 10 Qns, spanishliz, Oct 19 19

Recommended for grades: 9,10,11,12

Category: Geography Anagrams

Easier
spanishliz
Oct 19 19
372 plays

306.

  Canadian Content    

Label Quiz

 10 Qns

Identify the settings of these Canadian television programmes by matching the titles to the numbered locations.

Average, 10 Qns, spanishliz, Jan 08 22

Category: Canadian TV

Average
spanishliz
Jan 08 22
186 plays

307.

  What do you know about Cryptic Movie Titles?    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Here are ten cryptic clues to the titles of movies from a fairly wide time range. If you are unfamiliar with solving cryptic clues, I suggest you try some of the 'How to' quizzes in Brain Teasers first.

Difficult, 10 Qns, spanishliz, Sep 19 10

Category: Movie Cryptics

Difficult
spanishliz
4596 plays

308.

  Sports on the Silver Screen    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Sports often provide the necessary conflict that advances a movie's plot. Here we find ten different sports as portrayed onscreen.

Average, 10 Qns, spanishliz, Jan 18 15

Category: Sports in Movies

Average
spanishliz
1022 plays

309.

  Zoinks!    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Zoinks! Let's have some fun with the letter zed! Oh, all right, you may say "zee" if you so wish.

Average, 10 Qns, spanishliz, Sep 06 14

Category: Y - Z

Average
spanishliz
1105 plays

310.

  Four Letter Words    

Multiple Choice

 25 Qns

No, not swear words, just a selection of words of four letters for you to define. Just choose the definition that you think is correct. All words can be found in the Concise Oxford Dictionary.

Average, 25 Qns, spanishliz, Jul 01 25

Category: Thematic Word Definitions

Average
spanishliz
Jul 01 25
4486 plays

311.

  Cryptic TV Show Titles    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

The ten cryptic clues will lead you to the titles of ten television series. The year the programme was first aired is also given to help you. If you are not familiar with cryptics, I suggest you try some of the 'How To' quizzes in Brain Teasers first.

Difficult, 10 Qns, spanishliz, Feb 11 05

Category: TV Wordplay

Difficult
spanishliz
5143 plays

312.

  Gordon Jackson - More than a Butler    

Match Quiz

 10 Qns

Although he may be best remembered as Hudson, the butler in the 1970s television series "Upstairs, Downstairs", Gordon Jackson has played a number of different occupations in his movie career. Match the movie title with the occupation.

Average, 10 Qns, spanishliz, Apr 24 19

Category: J - People Themed

Average
spanishliz
93 plays

313.

  Entertaining Anagrams    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Anagram the words in ALL CAPS to find items associated with different aspects of entertainment. Look for clues in the sentences. Initial letters of sentences are not included unless the whole word is in capital letters.

Average, 10 Qns, spanishliz, Jan 16 22

Category: Entertainment Word Play

Average
spanishliz
Jan 16 22
167 plays

314.

  Five Options, Four Answers    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

A lot of things in life come in fives. Here we will explore ten of these groups as we journey through several categories of trivia.

Average, 10 Qns, spanishliz, Oct 30 18

Category: Mixed 10 Qn Average C

Average
spanishliz
1899 plays

315.

  A Place Called Christmas    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

One of the joys of Christmas is having the time and opportunity to explore a bit more of the world, whether by physically visiting new places, watching travelogues or reading about them. Here we find a few suitably named places for our Christmas journey.

Average, 10 Qns, spanishliz, May 12 24

Category: Where am I? Average

Average
spanishliz
May 12 24
1995 plays

316.

  Actors Named James    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

I give you three characters from movies or TV, you choose which actor named James played those characters. Most of these are not too recent, but have tried not to make them too obscure. Good luck.

Average, 10 Qns, spanishliz, Jan 19 07

Category: Players - Average 10

Average
spanishliz
3021 plays

317.

  Blue Jays by the Numbers    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

I'll tell you who wore the number during the 2003 season. You will tell me who wore it in the early days of the team, or in some cases who did not wear that number.

Tough, 10 Qns, spanishliz, Jan 18 10

Category: Toronto Blue Jays

Tough
spanishliz
706 plays

318.

  A Flurry of Christmas Sports    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

One of the joys of Christmas is the wide variety of sports available to be enjoyed, whether by watching on television or in person, or even as a participant. Here are some events that have taken place during Christmas seasons over the years.

Average, 10 Qns, spanishliz, Dec 13 14

Category: Wide World of Sports

Average
spanishliz
2135 plays

319.

  Another One Bites the Crust    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Should that be "bites the dust"? Perhaps it is a bit of both, as we explore the deaths of a few people who died because of something they ate, or whilst eating, or because they didn't eat.

Average, 10 Qns, spanishliz, Dec 01 15

Category: What a Way to Go

Average
spanishliz
721 plays

320.

  "Charade": Who Spoke?    

Match Quiz

 15 Qns

Director Stanley Donen's "Charade" (1963) is full of marvellous patter and non sequiturs, all part of the charm of this very watchable caper. Match the dialogue with the performer who spoke the words. There may be some spoilers.

Tough, 15 Qns, spanishliz, Oct 29 17

Category: Charade

Tough
spanishliz
252 plays

321.

  French without Tears    

Match Quiz

 10 Qns

Truthfully, there might be some tears, if these French sportspeople haven't won their events. Match the people with the sport in which they made their name.

Average, 10 Qns, spanishliz, Dec 16 17

Category: France

Average
spanishliz
212 plays

322.

  Destry    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

"Destry" (1954) was a remake 1939's "Destry Rides Again", and a 1932 film with the longer title, but a somewhat different plot. Test your knowledge of the newest version.

Average, 10 Qns, spanishliz, Oct 09 17

Category: Da - De Movies

Average
spanishliz
230 plays

323.

  Famous Person Common Bond    

Multiple Choice

 15 Qns

The answers to the first fourteen questions will help you to identify the famous person whose name is sought in question fifteen. This person did NOT gain fame as an entertainer.

Difficult, 15 Qns, spanishliz, Sep 24 08

Category: Common Bond 15 Questions

Difficult
spanishliz
1745 plays

324.

  Trivial Mixture    

Multiple Choice

 15 Qns

These are a selection of questions from a quiz I put together some time ago for a local pub quiz, loosely based on Trivial Pursuit categories.

Difficult, 15 Qns, spanishliz, Nov 24 05

Category: Mixed 15 Q. Difficult

Difficult
spanishliz
3802 plays

325.

  Who Was That Foreign Actor?    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

This quiz in my 'oldies' series will focus on actors who were born in countries where English is not the first language. Characters may be of any nationality, and are from films released before 1980.

Average, 10 Qns, spanishliz, Jun 26 04

Category: Players - Average 10

Average
spanishliz
1170 plays

326.

  Lassie Come Home    

Match Quiz

 10 Qns

Sorry, but this is NOT about the 1943 movie, in which Lassie treks from Scotland in an effort to reach her home in England. It's about expatriate Scottish lassies, their occupations and the places from which they might come home.

Average, 10 Qns, spanishliz, Mar 24 20

Category: Scotland

Average
spanishliz
Mar 24 20
224 plays

327.

  Dewey Decimal System    

Multiple Choice

 15 Qns

Our small local library uses a somewhat simplified version of the Dewey Decimal System to classify our non-fiction books. Unfortunately we don't have a card catalogue. Could you find these books? (There is a pattern to help you.)

Tough, 15 Qns, spanishliz, Sep 19 20

Category: Thematic Occupations

Tough
spanishliz
Sep 19 20
2242 plays

328.

  Matching "Moonlight"    

Match Quiz

 10 Qns

"Moonlight" tells the story of a young black man growing up gay in a tough district of Miami. Your task is to match the character descriptions with the correct name or nickname.

Average, 10 Qns, spanishliz, Aug 24 18

Category: Moonlight

Average
spanishliz
184 plays

329.

  Ski Jumpers' Nicknames    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Participants in sports have long been given nicknames. Ski jumping is no exception. Here are a few questions about some of those jumpers, and their sobriquets, from the 1970s to the 2000s.

Average, 10 Qns, spanishliz, Aug 12 05

Category: Skiing

Average
spanishliz
350 plays

330.

  Eight is Definitely Not Enough    

Match Quiz

 10 Qns

When playing "Angry Birds Friends" on Facebook, eight birds are definitely never enough for me to defeat all the piggies, at least not at the first attempt! Match the attributes described with the name of each bird.

Average, 10 Qns, spanishliz, Mar 21 16

Category: Angry Birds

Average
spanishliz
207 plays

331.

  The Commitments Multiple Choice Quiz    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Jimmy Rabbitte wanted to manage a band, so he recruited some and auditioned the rest and The Commitments started to rehearse. Here are some questions about the movie with the same name as the band.

Average, 10 Qns, spanishliz, Apr 20 20

Category: Commitments, The

Average
spanishliz
Apr 20 20
270 plays

332.

  Misery Loves Company    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

One hears that "misery loves company" which could mean that it is better to share misfortune than to endure it alone. The questions in this quiz, however, will address one or the other with words hidden in each sentence.

Average, 10 Qns, spanishliz, Sep 25 21

Category: Hidden Words by Theme

Average
spanishliz
Sep 25 21
451 plays

333.

  HMS Bulldog    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

The sixth RN vessel to bear the name of the scrappy, tenacious British bulldog was a destroyer that served throughout World War II. Here are a few questions about that ship.

Average, 10 Qns, spanishliz, Mar 08 20

Category: WW2 Maritime

Average
spanishliz
Mar 08 20
233 plays

334.

  Seven Ways to Hide a Christmas Present    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Find the Christmas gifts with the help of the following clues. Some of the seven types of word play used have been repeated, but I'll tell you which you need to use.

Tough, 10 Qns, spanishliz, Dec 21 21

Category: Mixed Word Puzzles

Tough
spanishliz
Dec 21 21
1605 plays

335.

  Cryptically Down and Up Again    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Solve the cryptic clues, then drop a letter to reach the word suggested by each subsequent clue. I'll tell you when to start adding letters again.

Average, 10 Qns, spanishliz, Nov 16 16

Category: Single Letter Cryptics

Average
spanishliz
463 plays

336.

  Banana Split Infinitives    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Yes, we have no bananas...or infinitives for that matter, split or otherwise. What we do have are some merged movie titles for you to figure out from the clues. The answer will be the shared word; in the case of the quiz title this would be SPLIT.

Average, 10 Qns, spanishliz, Nov 26 14

Category: Movie Mergers

Average
spanishliz
326 plays

337.

  More Four Letter Words    

Multiple Choice

 25 Qns

Just choose the definition you think is correct. As with the previous quiz, all words can be found in the Concise Oxford Dictionary.

Average, 25 Qns, spanishliz, Nov 26 21

Category: Thematic Word Definitions

Average
spanishliz
Nov 26 21
3211 plays

338.

  From Jaipur to Essen    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Travel with me from Jaipur in India to Essen in Germany. We won't be taking airplanes, ships or trains, however, but journeying by way of word chain. Each word will begin with the last three letters of the word before.

Average, 10 Qns, spanishliz, Feb 03 18

Category: Something in Common

Average
spanishliz
255 plays

339.

  More Cryptic Movie Titles    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Here are ten cryptic clues to the titles of nine different movies. Yes, one film is the answer to two clues, but you'll be given a hint as to which one it is. The time span covered is quite a large one, but dates are given as an extra clue.

Tough, 10 Qns, spanishliz, Sep 19 10

Category: Movie Cryptics

Tough
spanishliz
2043 plays

340.

  Here a Ross, There a Ross    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Ross can be many things: a masculine first name, a surname, a place name and possibly even more. Here are some questions for you to answer, covering several categories, each somehow related to "Ross".

Average, 10 Qns, spanishliz, May 05 19

Category: Thematic Men's Names

Average
spanishliz
202 plays

341.

  Keeping Up with the Joneses    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

The name Jones is common in most English-speaking countries, and keeping up with them is a goal for many of us. The Jones boys (and girls) in this quiz have all set a pretty high standard. How many do you know?

Tough, 10 Qns, spanishliz, Aug 01 05

Category: Same Surname

Tough
spanishliz
810 plays

342.

  Home Victories: 1950-1999    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Winning one's home GP has never been anything other than special to a driver. Here are some questions about home wins in the 'modern era'. Only races known by the country's name are included in calculating home victories.

Tough, 10 Qns, spanishliz, Jul 19 13

Category: The First 50 Years

Tough
spanishliz
465 plays

343.

  Music of the Night    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

There have been many songs and musical pieces written about the night, or some part of a night. This quiz will look at ten such works.

Difficult, 10 Qns, spanishliz, Jan 11 14

Category: Songs of Night and Darkness

Difficult
spanishliz
670 plays

344.

  That's the Wrong Way!    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Travelling around Europe is easier than it once was, but going the wrong way can complicate a journey. Please help me stay on track by telling me when I am going the wrong way.

Average, 10 Qns, spanishliz, Nov 05 13

Category: Europe - Travel

Average
spanishliz
456 plays

345.

  Early Toronto Blue Jays    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

The Blue Jays started their 25th season in April 2001, so it seemed appropriate to ask a few questions about their very first season (one question falls outside the first season).

Tough, 10 Qns, spanishliz, Mar 11 06

Category: Toronto Blue Jays

Tough
spanishliz
1144 plays

346.

  Ski Jumpers Nationalities    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

I'll tell you the name and a bit about some of the ski jumpers who competed in the 2000-2001 season, you tell me what country they are from.

Average, 10 Qns, spanishliz, Dec 14 02

Category: Skiing

Average
spanishliz
776 plays

347.

  Cryptic First Names    

Multiple Choice

 15 Qns

Here are fifteen cryptic clues that will lead you to some fairly ordinary first names for boys and girls. The clues will tell you if the name is used for boys, girls or even both!

Very Difficult, 15 Qns, spanishliz, May 03 25

Category: Cryptics for Experts

Very Difficult
spanishliz
May 03 25
967 plays

348.

  The Gunpowder Plot    

Multiple Choice

 5 Qns

A brief quiz about the plot remembered in England with Bonfire Night each November.

Tough, 5 Qns, spanishliz, Jan 03 02

Category: 1600s UK History

Tough
spanishliz
2272 plays

349.

  Cryptic Crossword Clues Explained    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

These are clues similar to the kind that appear in English cryptic crossword puzzles with a variety of possible tricks. The only thing that makes them harder is that you won't be able to get any of the letters from other clues!

Tough, 10 Qns, spanishliz, Feb 26 26

Category: Cryptics

Tough
spanishliz
Feb 26 26
142 plays

350.

  Cryptic Modes of Transportation    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

The ten cryptic clues will lead you to different types of transportation, mainly specific vehicles. A hint is given as to whether used on land, at sea or in the air. Answers are in the singular unless otherwise indicated.

Difficult, 10 Qns, spanishliz, Nov 03 05

Category: Cryptics for Experts

Difficult
spanishliz
1228 plays