Home: Quiz List: Universal Challenge 2024

This quiz is about common factors amongst certain people. See if you can figure out what the link is between these people (it could be a concrete or tenuous bond.)

Here are twelve bible characters. Order them alphabetically. A subsequent quiz will go M to Z, but with the omission of W and Y (as no Biblical names start with these letters).

People like a good mystery now and then, but only since the Nineteenth Century have mystery novels started to appear. Can you sort the following titles in the appropriate period?

I wrote this quiz in November 2024 - a month for remembrance with All Saints Day and All Souls Day, as well as Armistice Day. So what do you know about these (maybe quite obscure) celebrities who passed on in October 2024?

There are several characters from Greek mythology whose name starts with omicron, the short o. Can you match them to their description?

For my first venture into pop music, I've listed several acts who peaked in the charts with a title containing a number between one and ten. Arrange them in decreasing order.

You'll get 9 word pairs in which the last letter of the first word is also the first letter of the last word. Replace this common letter by another letter having the same effect. The correct solution will give you (9 for 10) a word top to bottom.

In my series on the wildlife per region, we arrive now at South-America - a good source of biodiversity. Collect only the animals native to South-America (including the Galapagos islands), while disregarding animals from else in the world.

Here are sixteen names of animals from various sources of entertainment. Sort them into the appropriate category based upon a very obvious feature.

Here are a dozen recipes from all over the world. Are these soups, main courses or desserts? I've added one single version of the recipe in the interesting info. But remember all recipes have several possible variations.

Here are some national flags I've tried to draw myself. Alas, I would fail any drawing test for four-year-old toddlers - even though I'm 60. So I left out what is too hard for me to draw. Can you find what's missing?

This quiz is about the book "Alice in Wonderland" (1865) by Lewis Carroll. Fill in the missing words from the first half of chapter one.

Here is the very start of the Harry Potter novel series: the first paragraphs of chapter 1 of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone". Can you place the missing words at the right place? Recommended for grades: 5,6

India is one of the major countries in Asia. Can you pinpoint on the map a mountain, two rivers, a district, an island group and some cities? Recommended for grades: 9,10,11,12

Here are a dozen retired great tennis players, who all won at least 40 professional tournaments in the Open Era (starting 1968). Match them to the flag of their country of birth.

Here are a dozen of names from history starting with H. Classify them to the correct category: a person, a battle, or a treaty.

Dr. Murchison was to retire as director of the mental asylum Green Manors. His successor was Dr. Edwardes. But Dr. Petersen felt something was wrong... WARNING: spoilers ahead. Try watching the movie before playing this quiz.

Here are some of the brightest stars a man (or woman) can find in the night sky. Match them to the constellations of which they seem to be part.

All answers are letters from the Greek alphabet. Match them to their correct description.

Here are some famous British comedy series on TV. Match their titles to two of the main actors and have fun.

The sixth generation encompasses the games "Pokémon X" and "Pokémon Y" for the Nintendo 3DS, as well as the "Pokémon Alpha Ruby" and "Pokémon Omega Sapphire". Can you recognize the following Pokémon hidden in a list of chemical elements?