Tommy Scott is the lead singer of Space, and has also done solo work and projects outside the band. Instead of Space as a whole, this quiz focuses solely on him.
Average, 10 Qns, Kankurette,
Nov 08 21
Category:
Space
I was inspired to write this quiz by the film 'Happy Feet', in which the penguins encounter a large and vicious leopard seal. Like its feline counterpart on land, it's a predator to watch out for!
Average, 10 Qns, Kankurette,
Sep 16 18
Category:
Pinnipedia- Seals and Sea Lions
'My Life is a Toilet!' is the first in the 'My Life is a...' series by Gretel Killeen. Fleur Trotter and her eccentric family go on holiday, with disastrous results. The story is told in the form of letters from Fleur to her penpal.
Tough, 10 Qns, Kankurette,
Jan 18 19
Category:
K
Delia Grinstead, an unappreciated housewife, abandons her family during a beach holiday and begins a new life in a town full of misfits, until a family crisis calls her home and forces her to choose between her two lives.
Average, 10 Qns, Kankurette,
Sep 24 19
Category:
Tyler, Anne
First there was 'The Black Depths of Hell', and now, here's a sequel - a quiz on sin. This time, I've narrowed it down to the three Abrahamic faiths: Judaism, Islam and Christianity.
Average, 10 Qns, Kankurette,
Aug 06 14
Category:
Good and Evil
Ross Barkley is an English footballer from Liverpool who has played for Everton and Chelsea. This quiz looks at the highs and lows of his footballing career.
Average, 10 Qns, Kankurette,
May 01 19
Category:
UK Football Players A-Z
Although this quiz is named after a Space song, it's actually an Emilie Autumn quiz. This quiz focuses predominantly on 'Opheliac' and 'Fight Like a Girl', both of which focus heavily on mental illness and institutions.
Average, 10 Qns, Kankurette,
Nov 22 18
Category:
Autumn, Emilie
I went to see Gomez in 2018 for the 'Bring It On' 20th anniversary tour, and it inspired me to write a quiz about them. I'm mainly focusing on their first two albums, 'Bring It On' and 'Liquid Skin'.
Average, 10 Qns, Kankurette,
Oct 11 18
Category:
Gomez
Lauren Weisberger wrote 'The Devil Wears Prada' based on her experiences at 'Vogue'. The book was made into a film in 2006, but there are several major changes between the two.
Tough, 15 Qns, Kankurette,
Mar 23 19
Category:
W
'Tom Tackles the Chalet School' was originally published in two parts in 'The Second Chalet Book for Girls' and 'The Third Chalet Book for Girls'. It tells the story of Tom Gay, an unusual new pupil who discovers she has a talent for carpentry.
Average, 10 Qns, Kankurette,
Mar 30 20
Category:
Specific Chalet Books
'Homestead' is about the women of three families living in Rosenau, an Austrian mountain village, and takes place over a period of sixty years. This quiz is about the Sutterlüty family, a farming family who live at the Bengat homestead.
Average, 10 Qns, Kankurette,
Aug 22 21
Category:
L
In the fourth book of the 'Chalet School' series, the troubled Grizel Cochrane takes over as Head Girl for her final two terms. Despite the many challenges she faces, she rises to the occasion and leaves the school a much-loved Head Girl.
Average, 10 Qns, Kankurette,
Apr 07 21
Category:
Specific Chalet Books
Move over, Margia Stevens - there's a new piano prodigy in town! In the 35th book in the 'Chalet School' series, teenage musician Nina Rutherford is sent to the Chalet School to make new friends and become a more rounded person.
Average, 10 Qns, Kankurette,
Jun 06 22
Category:
Specific Chalet Books
'Senki Zesshou Symphogear' is about a group of female warriors who use the power of music to fight evil beings known as Noise, and magical relics named after legendary weapons. This quiz focuses on the first series.
Average, 10 Qns, Kankurette,
Nov 25 18
Category:
S ... Sa-Sm
'Althea Joins the Chalet School' is the 57th and penultimate book in the 'Chalet School' series, and is set in the first half of the Maynard triplets' last term. It starts with new girl Althea Glenyon and ends with a very eventful trip to Zürich and Zug.
Average, 10 Qns, Kankurette,
Dec 17 21
Category:
Specific Chalet Books
Antonia Forest wrote several books about the adventures of the Marlow twins, Nicola and Lawrie, and their family, the best known of which is 'Autumn Term'. 'The Cricket Term' is one of the later books in the series.
Average, 10 Qns, Kankurette,
Jan 07 15
Category:
F Authors
A group of Classics students took a walk, with the intention of committing a murder, in 'The Secret History'. My first quiz on the book was a match quiz about the characters; this quiz is about the murder of Bunny Corcoran, and the resulting fallout.
Tough, 10 Qns, Kankurette,
Sep 03 21
Category:
Tartt, Donna
Barbara Kingsolver's 'The Poisonwood Bible' is about the Prices, an American missionary family living in the Congo, and is told from the viewpoints of Orleanna Price and her four daughters. Ruth May is the youngest of the Price sisters.
Tough, 10 Qns, Kankurette,
Jan 19 22
Category:
Kingsolver, Barbara
I live in Manchester, and unlike Florida, it's not always sunny here, so I've decided to write a quiz to combat those seasonal blues. These songs all feature 'sun' or 'sunshine' in their lyrics and/or titles.
Average, 10 Qns, Kankurette,
Nov 24 14
Category:
Weather Songs
These are the opening lines of ten songs from Space's fifth album, 'Attack of the Mutant 50ft Kebab'. See if you can match the opener with the song. WARNING: This is not an easy quiz unless you're a hardcore fan!
Tough, 10 Qns, Kankurette,
Oct 31 18
Category:
Space
Placebo are a European indie rock band led by Brian Molko. They formed in London in 1994, and first attracted attention with the single 'Nancy Boy'.
Average, 10 Qns, Kankurette,
May 08 19
Category:
Placebo
David Coulthard was one of my favourite Formula 1 drivers, so I decided to write a quiz about him.
Average, 10 Qns, Kankurette,
Jun 10 19
Category:
David Coulthard
'Two Sams at the Chalet School' deals with two new girls, Samaris Davies and Samantha van der Byl. Despite their age difference, the two become close friends, and have more in common than they realise.
Average, 10 Qns, Kankurette,
Jul 16 19
Category:
Specific Chalet Books
In the 40th book of the 'Chalet School' series, Richenda Fry is sent away to boarding school as punishment by her strict father. Although she is determined to hate it, she ends up enjoying it more than she expects.
Average, 10 Qns, Kankurette,
Apr 07 21
Category:
Specific Chalet Books
In the 27th book of the 'Chalet School' series, Bride Bettany finds herself in the Head Girl position and confronted with many challenges, including a sale to organise, a merger with another school, and a nasty new girl.
Tough, 10 Qns, Kankurette,
Apr 07 21
Category:
Specific Chalet Books
In the eighth book in the 'Chalet School' series, Joey and friends go on a Guide camp to the Baumersee and get into all sorts of mishaps.
Average, 10 Qns, Kankurette,
Apr 07 21
Category:
Specific Chalet Books
Dragons. Good or evil, cute or terrifying, fiery, poisonous or icy, they've featured in all kinds of video games, from fighting to fantasy, puzzle to platform.
Average, 10 Qns, Kankurette,
Mar 05 14
Category:
Something in Common
If you were in the UK in 1996, chances are you'll have heard a certain song with the refrain 'shouting lager, lager, lager...' That song was 'Born Slippy.NUXX', and the band behind it were Underworld.
Average, 10 Qns, Kankurette,
Dec 30 18
Category:
Music T-Z
In the sixth book in the 'Chalet School' series, the school gains one of its oddest pupils yet. Eustacia is highly intelligent, has no social skills, and is unaware of boarding school norms...but an accident changes everything.
Tough, 10 Qns, Kankurette,
May 11 21
Category:
Specific Chalet Books
Barbara Kingsolver's 'The Poisonwood Bible' is about the Prices, an American missionary family living in the Congo, and is told from the viewpoints of Orleanna Price and her four daughters. Adah and her sister Leah are twins; Adah is the younger twin.
Tough, 10 Qns, Kankurette,
Jan 30 22
Category:
Kingsolver, Barbara
I've recently acquired 'Super Mario Bros 3' (NES), and was inspired to write a quiz about the many enemies everyone's favourite Italian plumber meets on his travels in the game.
Tough, 10 Qns, Kankurette,
Jul 13 19
Category:
Super Mario Bros. 3
In the 30th book of the 'Chalet School' series, Beth Chester's frail little sister Barbara starts school for the first time. The school itself has now joined St Mildred's in the Bernese Oberland in Switzerland.
Average, 10 Qns, Kankurette,
Jan 03 20
Category:
Specific Chalet Books
The songs in this quiz are pretty catchy - earworms, in other words. Speaking of things being in other words, their titles are in disguise. To give you a bit of help, I'll provide hints about the artists in the questions. (Note: slight UK bias.)
Average, 10 Qns, Kankurette,
Nov 05 14
Category:
Music in Other Words
I loved this hilarious band as a kid, and as there aren't any quizzes on them, I thought I'd make one. Some questions are about lyrics, some aren't.
Tough, 10 Qns, Kankurette,
Aug 06 09
Category:
B
The Lightning Seeds are an indie-pop band from Liverpool, fronted by Ian Broudie. You might remember them for 'Three Lions', but that's just the tip of the (sugar coated) iceberg.
Average, 10 Qns, Kankurette,
Oct 09 21
Category:
L
This is the second in a series of quizzes on the Liverpool band Space. This one is about 'Tin Planet', their second album.
Average, 10 Qns, Kankurette,
Jul 27 14
Category:
Space
Anyone remember the old nursery rhyme about a house built by a man called Jack? Well, this quiz is based around that nursery rhyme. Each question and/or answer has a connection to a line in the rhyme.
Tough, 10 Qns, Kankurette,
Jul 20 22
Category:
Literature in Songs
No, this isn't a quiz about everyone's favourite Italian plumber with a penchant for mushrooms - it's a sports quiz. These sportsmen are all called Mario, and they're all 'super' in their respective fields.
Average, 10 Qns, Kankurette,
Sep 10 19
Category:
Wide World of Sports
'If she could see her, like I see her, reflections wouldn't hold no fear...' 'Hold No Fear' is a song by the Liverpool band Space, and for this quiz, I've picked ten other songs and albums with 'fear' in the title.
Average, 10 Qns, Kankurette,
Oct 27 20
Category:
Emotion in Songs
In the third book of the 'Chalet School' series, the school gains a very unusual pupil - a royal one, in fact. She's Princess Elisaveta of Belsornia, and her evil cousin Cosimo is out to kidnap her and claim the throne for himself.
Average, 10 Qns, Kankurette,
Aug 30 21
Category:
Specific Chalet Books
Seymour Glass: poet, visionary, tragic hero, and a key character in JD Salinger's Glass family stories. See how much you know about him.
Difficult, 10 Qns, Kankurette,
Jul 28 13
Category:
Salinger, J. D.
I decided I'd jump on the 'Anatomy of a Song' quiz bandwagon with one of my favourite Space songs: 'Neighbourhood'.
Average, 10 Qns, Kankurette,
Aug 13 20
Category:
Space
In the 39th book in the 'Chalet School' series, the school celebrates its coming of age with visits from Old Girls, the funding of two new chapels and a visit to the Tyrol.
Tough, 10 Qns, Kankurette,
Jul 05 21
Category:
Specific Chalet Books
In the first of the 'holiday' books, Joey Maynard and friends go on holiday in Yorkshire with their children and befriend Phoebe Wychcote, a lonely young woman with severe chronic pain.
Average, 10 Qns, Kankurette,
Apr 07 21
Category:
Specific Chalet Books
In CS Lewis' classic book 'The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe', Edmund sells his siblings down the river for just one more bite of enchanted Turkish delight. Thus the questions in this quiz are all centred around the theme of betrayal.
Tough, 10 Qns, Kankurette,
Aug 26 17
Category:
Thematic Abstract Ideas
As the title suggests, this is a general music quiz themed around shadows.
Average, 10 Qns, Kankurette,
Oct 27 20
Category:
Songs of Night and Darkness
Joey Bettany is Head Girl, and winter is coming. The School has taken on several new pupils and one, Thekla von Stift, is a real nightmare! The Middles, as usual, are up to their old tricks, and the story ends with a Christmas pageant.
Tough, 10 Qns, Kankurette,
Jul 22 19
Category:
Specific Chalet Books
No, I'm not talking about the character from 'Grease'! I'm talking about the three-woman, one-man quartet from Sunderland who released two albums in the '90s. Before she was a DJ, Lauren Laverne was their singer.
Average, 10 Qns, Kankurette,
Dec 19 19
Category:
K
In 1998, Fatboy Slim released the album 'You've Come a Long Way, Baby'. I've already written a quiz on his former band, the Housemartins, so I thought I should do one for him too.
Tough, 10 Qns, Kankurette,
Feb 04 19
Category:
F
In case anyone wonders the reason for my screen name, it's because Kankuro is one of my favourite characters in Masashi Kishimoto's 'Naruto'. He's not one of the more popular characters, so I decided to do a quiz about him.
Average, 10 Qns, Kankurette,
Jun 24 19
Category:
Naruto