Norman Darlo
Check out my 160 Fun & Challenging Quizzes on a broad range of topics! From Language, Geography, Food & Drink to Current Affairs, Plants, Animals, Science, Literature, Technology, Finance & more… Within each section, posts are listed earliest to latest. 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
- Recognise the Language?
- Recognise these City Names in their Local Languages?
- South African English – Test your Knowledge!
- Match the Country with its Local Name (1)
- Match the Country with its Local Name (2)
- Recognise a Language by its Writing System
- Yiddish terms used in English
- French Expressions in English
- Female Given Names: their Meaning and History
- Male Given Names:their Meaning and History
- Spanish Words used in English (1)
- Spanish Words used in English (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? (1)
- American or British Spelling – Can you tell the difference? (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 (1)
- The Great Homophone Quiz (2)
- The Great Homophone Quiz (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
- Tricky Word Quiz
- FROM THE HORSE’S MOUTH: A Quiz about Horse Idioms
- Test Yourself with the Greek Alphabet
- Strange but Elegant English words A–C
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 (1)
- Match these Countries’ Old & New Names (2)
- Match these Countries’ Old & New Names (3)
- World City Names Quiz
- Identify these African Countries, Cities and more
- Name these Asian Cities and Countries
- 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?
- Recognise these European Cities from Satellite Imagery
- Recognise these East Asian/Australasian Cities from Satellite Imagery
- Identify these North American Cities from Satellite Imagery
- Identify these South Asian and Middle Eastern Cities from Satellite Imagery
- Identify these African Cities from Satellite Imagery
- Identify these Atlantic Islands from Satellite Imagery
- Identify these Pacific and Indian Ocean Islands from Satellite Imagery
- Slovenia and Slovakia: Can you tell them apart?
- Geography Terms A–C
- Mountains of Europe
- Mountains of North America
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? (1)
- Can you match these Dishes to their Home Countries? (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 (1)
- Food & Drink General Knowledge (2)
- Food & Drink General Knowledge (3)
- Food & Drink General Knowledge (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?
- 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?
- The Big Fat Saint Patrick’s Day Quiz!
HISTORY AND CURRENT AFFAIRS
- 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?
- How much do you know about March?
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 (1)
- Measuring Units (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?
- How much do you know about the Fabrics we wear?
- The Great Big ANIMAL or PLANT Quiz!
- Quiz about Humorous Units of Measurement
- Quiz about Visible Colour
- Quiz about Water
- Quiz about Polygons (Triangles, Squares and such)
- Quiz about Renewable Energy
- Can you recognise a Tree by its Buds?
- Today, Tomorrow… and Yesterday
- The Big Easter Quiz
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!
What about those of us Yanks that don’t speak English – we dabble in English but much prefer to converse in American. 🙂
I’ve taken around 80 of your quizzes, I have a long way to go.
I’ll do my best to write the quizzes in mid-Atlantean, my fiend! 🙂
‘my friend’, even ! 😀
🙂 A wise man once said find happiness in the world you meet. Thanks, Norman! You made me smile this morning!
Fiend might fit better but I do thank you for the kindness!
An amazing number of quizzes Norman, I’ve taken a few of them over the past year. Most of them I bombed horribly.
Oh I think you’re exaggerating, Scott! They are supposed to be challenging, you know 😉 🙂
They have every time! Just haven’t done as well as I expect myself to do!
I went through the list before and think I have participated in all of your amazing quizzes. 🙂
I am pretty sure you have, Carol. Thank you for being such a loyal quizzee 🙂
You are very welcome my friend.
Participated in one quiz from each category – How good is your English? (Part 1) – 5/5, World Capitals Quiz (part 1) – 7/10, Which Beatles Songs do these Characters appear in? – 4/12, Quiz: Regions of Antiquity – Where are they now? – 12/16, Quiz: Do you know where these Crops originated? – 8/17, Quiz: Last Year’s Best Sellers – Do You Know Who Wrote Them? – 4/12. Had a lot of fun & pleasure, thank you very much for your exciting quizes!!!
Thank you so much, Anastasia, for your encouragement. It is greatly appreciated 🙂