401.

  VWL-LS RPN CPTLS (Vowel-Less European Capitals)    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Here are ten European capitals minus their vowels. Just insert the correct vowels to make the correct city. (e.g. PRS becomes PARIS). Then determine of which country that city is the capital. In this example the correct answer would be FRANCE.

Average, 10 Qns, 1nn1, Apr 26 20

Category: Geography Missing Letters

Average
1nn1
Apr 26 20
877 plays

402.

  Australia: 20th Century History by Decade    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Each question is an Australian history question from each decade of the 20th century. Additionally each question is prefaced by other significant events or people for that decade. See if you can determine why they have been included as well. Good luck.

Average, 10 Qns, 1nn1, Mar 08 19

Category: Australia 1900s

Average
1nn1
702 plays

403.

  Going to Australia    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Australia is a big country with few people. In pre-history there were no people but as a place and a country, the population has increased through intervention, especially immigration. At some point it seemed like everybody was "Going to Australia".

Average, 10 Qns, 1nn1, Dec 20 18

Category: Australian History

Average
1nn1
405 plays

404.

  To Witness The Power of Pure Water    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Many of the world's major cities were built near freshwater necessary for drinking water, food supply, crop irrigation, and transport. Is it any wonder so many river settlements became capital cities? This quiz is about capital cities on rivers.

Average, 10 Qns, 1nn1, Aug 15 22

Category: Rivers

Average
1nn1
Aug 15 22
470 plays

405.

  Darwin: A Tropical City in Australia's Top End    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Darwin is Australia's most northerly city. Its geographical position makes it unique in climate, lifestyle and proximity to South East Asia. Take a tour of one of Australia's most vibrant cities...

Average, 10 Qns, 1nn1, Jan 13 17

Category: Northern Territory

Average
1nn1
513 plays

406.

  Hearts on Fire: Phoenix Rising's Global Village    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Not so much about landmarks but where in the world did some of the Phoenix Rising team come from? All over the world - That's where. Let's go globetrotting...

Average, 10 Qns, 1nn1, Nov 09 16

Category: Where am I? Average

Average
1nn1
456 plays

407.

  The Wit, Irony and Sarcasm of Australian Nicknames    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

The best Australian nicknames have some sort of wit or irony about them. Some are sarcastic. It's hard to tell the difference sometimes but it doesn't matter as an Australian nickname is always endearing and a measure of acceptance.

Average, 10 Qns, 1nn1, Nov 27 16

Category: Australian Lingo

Average
1nn1
695 plays

408.

  A Caveman's Radio & Other 'Eventful' Anachronisms    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

You have two tasks: first determine the date described then work out which artefacts could not possibly be used at that particular time. These are anachronisms. An example would be the Pharoah's sunglasses.

Average, 10 Qns, 1nn1, Jul 05 17

Category: Famous Dates

Average
1nn1
681 plays

409.

  Man of the Year    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

In this Robin Williams' Challenge, one of his movie titles is "Man of the Year". Applying this to the annual "Time" magazine event, please determine who the correct person(s) that fit the criteria. They are not all men!

Average, 10 Qns, 1nn1, Mar 18 26

Category: Who Am I?

Average
1nn1
Mar 18 26
389 plays

410.

  Crossing the Darién Gap    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

In this Author Challenge / Challenge Categories 3, we explore the Darién Gap which is is a little known anomaly in the modern geography of Central and South America.

Average, 10 Qns, 1nn1, Apr 02 20

Category: Central America

Average
1nn1
Apr 02 20
305 plays

411.

  Straight Up and Down    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Video games started HERE. This is the video game "Pong". This modest video game started the arcade game craze which in turn started the video game industry. This is how it all began...

Average, 10 Qns, 1nn1, Jul 23 18

Category: Pong

Average
1nn1
224 plays

412.

  An Owl with Glasses    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

We know we revere animals when we start attributing human features to them. Owls are often portrayed as wise and intelligent. This Author Challenge quiz explores how owls have superbly adapted to their environment.

Average, 10 Qns, 1nn1, Apr 19 19

Category: Owls

Average
1nn1
348 plays

413.

  The Air That I Breathe    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Everyone knows that we need to breathe air to stay alive, but what happens when it gets into our bodies? Let's follow the air that I breathe.

Average, 10 Qns, 1nn1, Dec 08 14

Recommended for grades: 10,11,12

Category: Biology for Kids

Average
1nn1
794 plays

414.

  Dela-Where?    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Dela-Where screamed the Author Challenge! This US state may be small but it's not that small and there's a lot happening in the First State. I also wanted to dispel the notion that the major centres are named after other US cities. Let's have a look.

Average, 10 Qns, 1nn1, Apr 17 17

Category: Delaware

Average
1nn1
338 plays

415.

  Girls and Monsters    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Great to see the main actors in "Terminator: Dark Fate" were all women. They pitted their wits against bio-metallic monsters called Terminators in the next series installment. Contains SPOILERS. Please see the movie first.

Average, 10 Qns, 1nn1, Dec 15 19

Category: Terminator

Average
1nn1
Dec 15 19
321 plays

416.

  Classic Album Review: "Making Movies"    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

After a brilliant debut album in 1978, Dire Straits fared poorly with their second album. In 1980, Dire Straits came roaring back with the brilliant "Making Movies", announcing themselves as a new global force in rock music.

Average, 10 Qns, 1nn1, May 04 19

Category: Dire Straits

Average
1nn1
240 plays

417.

  How Inviting!    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

In 1978 I was given "Saturday Night Fever" for my 17th birthday. Never played it. Disco is not Rock. Put it on my bucket list. Turned 60 this week: bucket list comes into play. Saw a FT challenge - Review an unplayed album. Now it becomes "How inviting!"

Average, 10 Qns, 1nn1, Jul 29 25

Category: Dance Music

Average
1nn1
Jul 29 25
299 plays

418.

  Noteworthy Australians: Their Place in History    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Australia, politically and nationally, is a new country on the world stage but its cultural history goes back approximately 40 000 years. How do you select a few questions to reflect our heritage? Just look at our "colourful" money!

Average, 10 Qns, 1nn1, Mar 31 13

Category: Australian History

Average
1nn1
730 plays

419.

  I Kiss With Tulips    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

For Commission XXVII, each player was allocated a title, devised by someone else, where a body part had to be hidden in the title. The quiz could be on any topic. Therefore ten body parts with only three letters are hidden in ten brainteasing questions.

Easier, 10 Qns, 1nn1, Jul 09 15

Category: Hidden Words by Theme

Easier
1nn1
736 plays

420.

  The Natural History of Our Ancestors the Jellyfish    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Before our ancestors, the apes and the reptiles there were the jellyfish. Before anyone can say we have nothing in common with such creatures, let's reserve our judgement until we complete the quiz. OK?

Average, 10 Qns, 1nn1, Oct 17 19

Category: Cnidarians (Corals, Hydras, Etc.)

Average
1nn1
391 plays

421.

  The Magic of Peter Benchley's "Jaws"    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

It's fair to say that many baby boomers have seen the 1975 movie "Jaws". How many have actually read Peter Benchley's book from which the movie screenplay was adapted? Increase your geekiness and catch the movie-only people out with this quiz.

Average, 10 Qns, 1nn1, Apr 30 24

Category: Benchley, Peter

Average
1nn1
Apr 30 24
240 plays

422.

  Girl with a Beatles' Connection Walks Into a Bar..    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

A function is being held at a large city bar. Any woman who has a name connected to a Beatles' song is invited: Living, dead, fictitious - all welcome. Let's see who came to the party...

Average, 10 Qns, 1nn1, Nov 26 18

Recommended for grades: 8,9,10,11,12

Category: Who Am I?

Average
1nn1
560 plays

423.

  Australian Leading Ladies' Flirtations With Oscar    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Australian Leading Ladies are a talented lot. Here is a short quiz about those who were talented enough to have been nominated for an Academy Award.

Average, 10 Qns, 1nn1, Feb 03 16

Category: Leading Ladies

Average
1nn1
451 plays

424.

  "New" City, Old Place, Same Name    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

"New" places are sometimes named after "old" places and become more prominent than their namesakes. Here are a ten questions about linked paired cities of the world.

Average, 10 Qns, 1nn1, Feb 17 26

Category: Cities of the World

Average
1nn1
Feb 17 26
861 plays

425.

  A Mixed Lot: Fun Trivia "Survivor-Style"    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Writing a mixed quiz, what better way to have a mixture of people than making the quiz a "Survivor" theme. Let's meet our diverse Fun Trivia contestants... (This is an Adventures in Authoring Quiz).

Average, 10 Qns, 1nn1, Dec 31 16

Category: Mixed 10 Qn Average A

Average
1nn1
430 plays

426.

  Tallinn, Not Just Another Baltic City    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Tallinn is a beautiful city in the newly independent country of Estonia. Come take a walk around the city with us...

Average, 10 Qns, 1nn1, Sep 23 18

Category: Estonia

Average
1nn1
251 plays

427.

  Postcards from Places that Don't Exist    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

The magic of books, movies, television shows and even history, is that they can transport us to places that don't exist. Or do they? Here are ten examples of postcards from places that do not exist or, if they do, they are somewhere else.

Average, 10 Qns, 1nn1, Apr 20 25

Category: Thematic Places

Average
1nn1
Apr 20 25
541 plays

428.

  Hot Dog, We're On A Roll!    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

This is a Quiz Commission. It must seem strange an Australian is reporting on a quintessential American food icon. Let's go...

Average, 10 Qns, 1nn1, Sep 03 23

Category: History of Food

Average
1nn1
Sep 03 23
577 plays

429.

  Classic Album Review: "Hotel California"    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

"Hotel California" was one of the biggest selling albums of all time and was critically acclaimed as well. This retrospective look back at one of the world's greatest enduring rock albums explores the album in the context of the Eagles' arc as a band.

Average, 10 Qns, 1nn1, Aug 25 18

Category: Eagles

Average
1nn1
318 plays

430.

  So You Think You Want to be a Blood Donor?    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Donating blood can save lives for some people. In others a blood donation can make them well again. Come inside and see what is involved.

Average, 10 Qns, 1nn1, Nov 14 18

Recommended for grades: 10,11,12

Category: Biology for Kids

Average
1nn1
467 plays

431.

  You Know They Got a Hell of a Band    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

"You Know They Got a Hell of a Band" is a Stephen King short story title. This quiz is about Rock and Roll Music, not Literature. Specifically this quiz is about Supergroups.

Average, 10 Qns, 1nn1, Jul 29 16

Category: Supergroups and Artist Movement

Average
1nn1
708 plays

432.

  The Lyrical Wonder of "The Shipping News"    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

The "Shipping" News" (1993) is a haunting, wonderful novel by Annie Proulx. Capturing its essence in a few quiz questions is almost impossible but here goes:-

Average, 10 Qns, 1nn1, Sep 30 13

Category: P

Average
1nn1
1842 plays

433.

  Draw Four: Missing Letters From World Cities    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

In this brain-teaser, four letters have been removed from well known cities. You must determine the city from the remaining letters and the clues given. It gets harder as the number of letters in the name decreases as the quiz number increases.

Average, 10 Qns, 1nn1, Oct 19 19

Category: Geography Missing Letters

Average
1nn1
688 plays

434.

  The Life and Works of The Supreme Diana Ross    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Diana Ross was unquestionably one of the most successful musical artists of all time. This quiz explores some of the aspects of Miss Ross' life and achievements.

Average, 10 Qns, 1nn1, May 09 19

Category: R

Average
1nn1
315 plays

435.

  Come On Baby, Light My Fire    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Man has been preoccupied by fire since pre-historic times. Even today we are prepared to pay good money to be entertained by the premise of fire. Here are a few examples...

Average, 10 Qns, 1nn1, Oct 03 17

Category: Fire, Air, Earth, Water in Entertainment

Average
1nn1
539 plays

436.

  Broken Canadian Provinces and Territories    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Canada is made up of 10 provinces and three territories. Ten of them are featured in this quiz. Your job is to determine their correct spelling. If you say the clue out loud you will have little trouble conquering the quiz. Enjoy.

Very Easy, 10 Qns, 1nn1, Oct 19 19

Recommended for grades: 5,6,7,8

Category: Geography Fractures

Very Easy
1nn1
672 plays

437.

  The Stellar Cast and Characters of "Heat" (1995)    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

"Heat" (1995) was such a great movie as it featured Pacino and De Niro in the same movie plus the shootout scene has been acclaimed as one of the best. This quiz is not about the movie but its cast.

Average, 10 Qns, 1nn1, Oct 20 13

Category: Something in Common

Average
1nn1
442 plays

438.

  Fire In the Belly: PR's Geographical Bucket List    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

While Phoenix Rising's team members span the globe, each of us has places in other lands on our bucket list that we really, really want to visit. Here is but ten of them...

Average, 10 Qns, 1nn1, Sep 10 16

Category: Where am I? Average

Average
1nn1
464 plays

439.

  An Australian in Texas    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Now that there are non-stop flights from Australia to Dallas-Fort Worth, I can meet my FT classmate - in his/her home state of Texas. This quiz is all about a little of America's second largest state.

Average, 10 Qns, 1nn1, Jul 03 14

Category: Texas

Average
1nn1
503 plays

440.

  All The Right Moves: The Co-Stars of Ryan Gosling    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

In the opening decade of the 21th century, Ryan Gosling became an A-list movie star. He has had a series of interesting (but perhaps not as well known as Gosling) co-stars, the basis of this quiz. This quiz is not easy. It contains *SPOILERS*.

Average, 10 Qns, 1nn1, May 16 15

Category: Celebrity Connections

Average
1nn1
631 plays

441.

  Australia: East to West Coast One Day at a Time    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Brisbane and Perth are the two capitals furthest apart in contiguous Australia. Come with my American friend, Spit, and I as we cross the continent by car: It's a big country!

Average, 10 Qns, 1nn1, Jan 04 18

Category: Australia

Average
1nn1
511 plays

442.

  In the Blood    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

When we cut ourselves, we see blood. It looks like a simple red liquid. However it is made up of thousands of compounds which keep us healthy. Let us look at exactly what is in the blood. (British spelling used).

Easier, 10 Qns, 1nn1, Aug 20 15

Recommended for grades: 10,11,12

Category: Biology for Kids

Easier
1nn1
692 plays

443.

  Religion in Cuba    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Religion normally transcends political boundaries but in Cuba, the state has had a major role in shaping its religious beliefs. Couple this with a rich African heritage and Cuba has a unique religious identity.

Average, 10 Qns, 1nn1, Oct 29 19

Category: World Religions

Average
1nn1
314 plays

444.

  The '80s Loved the Nintendo Entertainment System    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

In an era where games consoles are an everyday part of the teenager's household, in the '80s it was unknown. The Nintendo Entertainment System revolutionised video games at home and were the prototype for the sophisticated console systems to follow.

Average, 10 Qns, 1nn1, May 10 21

Category: NES Mixture

Average
1nn1
May 10 21
158 plays

445.

  Prime Trivia with a Twist    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Here are nine apparently random questions, each from a different Fun Trivia category, which are linked by a common bond that will become apparent as you answer the questions.

Tough, 10 Qns, 1nn1, Nov 21 21

Category: 10Q CB Tough

Tough
1nn1
Nov 21 21
2648 plays

446.

  Billion $$ Video Game Characters: Humble Origins    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

It is no surprise that some of the most successful video games are character-driven. Here are a few examples of how billion dollar media franchises grew out of rudimentary animated characters. Humble origins indeed.

Average, 10 Qns, 1nn1, May 04 19

Category: Video Games Mixture

Average
1nn1
296 plays

447.

  Won By a Short Head    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Sport by its very nature means there are going to be some very close finishes. This quiz examines a few such events.

Average, 10 Qns, 1nn1, Jul 21 19

Category: They Came Second

Average
1nn1
280 plays

448.

  Take It For Granite    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

You might take it for granted that a quiz called "Take it for Granite" is about a bunch of rocks. Well you would be half-right. Come inside and find out...

Easier, 10 Qns, 1nn1, Sep 15 18

Category: Thematic Earth

Easier
1nn1
288 plays

449.

  NFL 2021-22: From Playoffs to the Super Bowl    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

After a COVID-spoiled 2020 season, the return of crowds to the NFL punctuated an exciting season. At the end of the regular season only 14 from 32 teams were left to fight their way to Super Bowl LVI. This quiz is about the NFL post-season for 2021/2.

Average, 10 Qns, 1nn1, Feb 18 22

Category: Super Bowl 2020s

Average
1nn1
Feb 18 22
166 plays

450.

  Sherbet - A Quintessential Australian Pop Band    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Sherbet were a distinctly Australian band that had its heyday in the 70s. They played a sophisticated brand of pop that appealled to teenagers and their success can be attributed to the exposure from television appearances as much as musical talent.

Average, 10 Qns, 1nn1, Jul 01 19

Category: Sherbet

Average
1nn1
169 plays