Norman Darlo
Check out my 130 Amazing Quizzes on a wide variety 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.
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
- 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
- Name these Punctuation Marks
- LET YOUR HAIR DOWN! A Quiz about Body Idioms
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!
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
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
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
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
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.
Very interesting, funny and educative . Good job, Norman !
Thank you very much, Milena
Quite impressive ! I like to check them out whenever I’m online.
That is definitely the best time to do it!
Very impressive…that’s a lot of work! I’ll have to go through again and make sure I’ve done them all!
You have been a very busy man Norman!
Keeps me off the streets and out of mischief
You deserve your spot on the rank list because of these awesome sets of quizzes. Good job Norman.?
Thank you very much, Cassy, but there really is a lot of luck involved