Test Your Literary Knowledge: Consider Yourself a Bookworm?
Question 1 of 10
For Thomas Mann, it was "in Venice," for Agatha Christie it was "on the Nile" and for Ernest Hemingway it was "in the Afternoon." What is it?
Question 2 of 10
Norman Mailer's "The Castle in the Forest" fictionizes what historical person's childhood, as seen through the eyes of a demon named Dieter?
Question 3 of 10
Which Prime Minister won a Nobel prize for literature?
Question 4 of 10
Which novel begins with the line "My father's family name being Pirrip...."?
Question 5 of 10
Per the Kingsley Amis book, how would you describe James Dixon, who teaches medieval history at a minor university in England's Midlands?
Question 6 of 10
When Queen Victoria asked this author for more of his books, instead of giving Her Majesty another kid's book, he instead sent along "A Syllabus of Plane Alegraic Geometry." Who?
Question 7 of 10
Five years after he died in 1930, his widow had his body dug up in France and cremated. Unfortunately, her new boyfriend, Angelo Ravagli, dumped the ashes in Europe and replaced them with new ashes by the time he got back to Taos, New Mexico. Who was this dead writer?
Question 8 of 10
The title of what Stephen King book was inspired by the John Lennon song "Instant Karma"?
Question 9 of 10
What character was named for a French poet, although somebody with the same name is on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial wall?
Question 10 of 10
How many self portraits did Rembrandt paint?
Who Sang Quizzes
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Songs from the 60s!
Do you know who sang them?
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Can you tell us who sang these songs?
Try to recognise at least 5!
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Who Sang These Songs?
Can you tell us by answering them correctly?
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Who sang these songs from 1962
Music Quiz
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Who sang these songs from the 20s?
Music Trivia Quiz
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Who were the singers of these songs?
Did you have all 10 songs correctly?
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History Quizzes
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History Quiz
Are you celebrating a perfect 10? Please tell us!
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10 Questions about History
Do you like History Quizzes?
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10 History Questions
Who knows enough for a 10/10
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History Quiz
What answer did you not know?
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Quiz on historical events.
Please share your score no matter how low or high
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Calling All History Buffs!
Can You Beat the Experts?
Average Score: 737% knows the answer to this question: "Which treaty ended the Thirty Years' War in 1648? "
Geography Quizzes
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Geography Quiz
Did you find your way to the last question?
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Play This Geography Quiz Now!
It's going to be impossible to score a 6+
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Geography Quiz
Thumbs up when you score a 10/10
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10 Question About Planet Earth
Did you score a 10? Let us know below!
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Geography Quiz
Think you can find your way?
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Geography Quiz
You're invited!
Average Score: 584% knows the answer to this question: "What nationality is the explorer Vasco Nunez de Balboa? "
Music Quizzes
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10 difficult questions about John Denver
Let us know your score in the comments
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Barbra Streisand Quiz
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Alternative Rock Music Quiz
Have you ever heard of any of these bands?
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Science Quizzes
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Quiz on Science
Did you complete the mission?
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Can you get a better score than a 7?
Average Score: 763% knows the answer to this question: "In WWII who flew around in a plane called Avalon, named for St George's lance? "
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Literature Quiz
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Who sang these songs from the 20s?
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Everybody likes music, but how much do you know about it?