Norman Darlo
Check out my 150+ Fun & Challenging Quizzes on a broad range of topics! From Language, Geography, Food & Drink to Current Affairs, Plants, Animals, Science, Literature, Technology, Finance and more… Within each section, posts are listed earliest to latest. Additionally, I’ve tacked on links to a few of my polls and other non-quiz posts at the bottom. Enjoy 😀
LANGUAGE
- How good is your English?
- Irish English: How well do you understand it?
- Where did these English words come from?
- Languages of Europe Quiz
- Can you Recognise the Language?
- Can you Recognise these City Names in their Local Languages?
- South African English – Test your Knowledge of it!
- Match the Country with its Local Name (Part 1)
- Match the Country with its Local Name (Part 2)
- Can you Recognise a Language by its Writing System?
- Do you know these Yiddish terms used in English?
- Test your Knowledge of French Expressions in English
- Female Given Names – their Meaning and History
- Male Given Names – their Meaning and History
- Do You Know these Spanish Words used in English? (Part 1)
- Do You Know these Spanish Words used in English? (Part 2)
- LEGS 11: A Quiz on leggy Idioms
- HEADS UP! – A Quiz on Heady Idioms
- BACK AT YOU! A Quiz on Back Idioms
- LIKE A HOUSE ON FIRE: A Quiz about House Idioms
- American or British Spelling – Can you tell the difference? (Part 1)
- American or British Spelling – Can you tell the difference? (Part 2)
- Test yourself with a few Words of Irish!
- Latin and its Daughter Languages (Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, French, etc.)
- Get with this Phrasal Verbs Quiz (See what I did there?)
- The Great Homophone Quiz
- The Great Homophone Quiz – Part 2
- The Great Homophone Quiz – Part 3
- Name these Punctuation Marks
- LET YOUR HAIR DOWN! A Quiz about Body Idioms
- How many Languages can you say Hello in?
- FRIENDS FALSE & TRUE: A Quiz on French Words which are just like English
GEOGRAPHY
- Asia Geography Quiz
- World Capitals Quiz
- General Knowledge Quiz: Africa
- Ireland: General Knowledge Quiz
- Rivers of the World Quiz
- Geography quiz: South America
- European Geography Quiz
- Can you recognise a country by its shape?
- Match these Countries’ Old & New Names (Part 1)
- Match these Countries’ Old & New Names (Part 2)
- Match these Countries’ Old & New Names (Part 3)
- World City Names Quiz
- Identify these African Countries, Cities and more
- Name these Asian Cities and Countries
- Can you name these European Cities?
- Identify these North American States/Provinces by their Shape alone!
- Name these American Countries and States (The not-so-difficult version!)
- The Mediterranean Quiz
- Holiday Quiz: Which Faith or Country do these Holidays belong to?
- Ireland and Scotland – Can you tell them apart?
- The Big Indian Ocean Quiz
- China and Japan – Can you tell them apart?
- Korea – North or South?
- Capital Cities Quiz – Expert Level!
- THE ALIEN WITHIN: A Quiz about Inward Travel to the US
- AMERICANS ABROAD: A Quiz about Overseas Travel from the US
- US States: What do you call the People who live There?
- How well do you know US State Flags?
- What do we call People from Countries in North & South America?
- Do you know the Terms for People from Different Countries?
- Terms for People from Different Parts of Australia & New Zealand
- How well do you know US State Flowers?
- What do you call People from these Cities?
ENTERTAINMENT, FOOD & DRINK
- How much do you know about U2?
- How much do you know about the Rolling Stones?
- Dance it or Eat it? Is each term a Latin dance style or a Mexican food?
- Beer Quiz: how well do you know your lagers, stouts and ales?
- Test your knowledge of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Musicals
- Do you know these 20th-century Actors’ Real Names?
- Do you know these Musicians’ Real Names?
- How much do you know about Heavy Metal Music?
- Can you match these Dishes to their Home Countries? (Part 1)
- Can you match these Dishes to their Home Countries? (Part 2)
- Which Beatles Songs do these Characters appear in?
- The World Beer Quiz
- How much do you know about Coffee?
- How much do you know about Tea?
- How much do you know about Milk?
- 1970s Albums — Name the Band
- 1980s Albums — Name the Band
- Recognise these 1977 Hits from their Lyrics?
- SPOILER ALERT! Which Ingredient does not belong?
- Food & Drink General Knowledge (Part 1)
- Food & Drink General Knowledge (Part 2)
- Food & Drink General Knowledge (Part 3)
- Food & Drink General Knowledge (Part 4)
- MAMMA MIA! How well do you know Italian Pasta?
- CHEESED OFF? You won’t be, if you take this Cheese Quiz!
- How much do you know about Chess?
- Can you tell the difference between an Opera Maestro and a Soccer Star?
- How much do you know about me?
- Mushroom Quiz: Yummy or Nasty?
- Bread or Ball Game – Can you tell the difference?
- TEA OR COFFEE? In this Quiz you gotta choose!
- How well do you know Metallica?
- Crayola Twistables Quiz
- The Pink Floyd Quiz
- DIS or DAT Quiz: Indian Food or Indian State?
HISTORY AND CURRENT AFFAIRS
- Darlo’s News Quiz (24/8/17)
- Darlo’s News Quiz #2 (1/9/17)
- How many of these Female Heads of State/Government can you identify?
- How much do you know about November?
- If you Recognise 15 of these 20th Century Politicos you are officially a Genius!
- Recognise 15 of these 21st Century Politicians and you’re an official Smartipants!
- The 2018 Quiz
- The January Quiz
- History of the European Union
- Regions of Antiquity – Where are they now?
- How much do you know about February?
PLANTS, ANIMALS & SCIENCE
- Orchid Quiz
- Infectious or Not?
- Face your Phobias – Indulge your Manias ?
- Can you Classify these Animals?
- Can you Recognise these Crops?
- Quiz on all things (tenuously) connected with Iron
- Do you know where these Crops originated?
- Measuring Units (Part 1)
- Measuring Units (Part 2)
- Measuring Units (Part 3 – the weird ones!)
- Orchid Quiz (Advanced level)
- The Family and Relatives Quiz
- Can you recognise a Tree from its Leaves?
- Animals or Footwear – Can you tell them apart?
- Who can guess what this is?!
- How much do you know about the Fabrics we wear?
- The Great Big ANIMAL or PLANT Quiz!
- A Quiz about Humorous Units of Measurement
- A Quiz about Visible Colour
- A Quiz about Water
- A Quiz about Polygons (Triangles, Squares and such)
- Quiz about Renewable Energy
- Can you recognise a Tree by its Buds?
LITERATURE
- The Haiku and Haikai Quiz
- Name the Author of these Haiku
- Bible, Old Testament
- Old Testament Women – How much do you know about them?
- 2016 Best Sellers – Do You Know Who Wrote Them?
- Match these lines of a Haiku
- From my Haiku Bookshelf
- Clothing or Poetry – Can you tell the Difference?
- Classic Novel Titles – Get Them Right!
- The Charlie or Jim Quiz: Identify these Characters as Dickens or Joyce Creations!
- Kigo Quiz: Test your Knowledge of Poetic Season Words
- Do you know where these Poetic Forms originated?
TECHNOLOGY & FINANCE
- Currency quiz: Know your Pesos from your Pounds?
- Can you Recognise these Internet Country Codes?
- Can You Recognise Euro Coins by Country?
And a few selected non-quiz posts:
- Getting the Most out of Virily: Formatting your Comments
- Getting the Most out of Virily: Minimum Word Counts
- Getting the Most out of Virily: All your Posts on One Page
- A General Poll for Virily Users
- Cliff Climbing in the Dordogne, France: Josh & me
- Poll: Some Questions about Travel
- Poll: Which leader is the craziest?
- A perfect Gift for the Gardener in your Life!
I will be continually adding more. For my latest quizzes, check out my profile.
I think I am mostly caught up, but I’ll have to check them out and see. Impressive list!!
Thanks, Courtney! I’m feeling you’ve pretty much hit them all 🙂
I know I’m caught up on the latest ones, so I may have 🙂
Thanks, Carol, but I’m pretty sure you haven’t missed any! 😀
I try to keep up with your quizzes, I will check and make sure.
Great job! 🙂
Thanks, Carol, but I’m pretty sure you haven’t missed any! ?
I have looked through them before and you are right. I try to keep up. 🙂