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On this page you will find three quizzes mainly, but by no means exclusively, for newcomers to Wikipedia. They are in three grades: easy, advanced, and difficult. The idea is to practise getting hold of all the relevant information available on Wikipedia. For the easy quiz, the (wikified) answers can be found at the bottom of this page. No solution has been posted anywhere for the advanced and difficult levels, so if you want to make sure you've got it right or if you've got a question, drop me a line. Generally, I appreciate feedback. By the way, the quizzes were inspired by User:Quadell/Trivia Challenge.
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The author who wrote the screenplays for The Tall Guy and Four Weddings and a Funeral also wrote the script for another romantic comedy starring Hugh Grant and Julia Roberts. What is its title?
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This picture has been taken from the highest spire in the world. Where can it be found, and what is the name of the river that can be seen flowing through the city?
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What is the name of the ruling dynasty of the Principality of Monaco?
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What do Speedy Gonzalez, Bianca and Roquefort have in common?
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From a Wikipedia article:
In the most general sense, a ….. is a place, often hidden, for holding valuable items. This term may be used, for example, in the context of hidden treasures, stored food for later consumption by animals, or weapons placed by an army during war for later use.
In computer science, a ..... is a collection of duplicate data, where the original data is expensive to fetch or compute (usually in terms of access time) relative to the ...... Future accesses to the data can be made by accessing the .....d copy rather than refetching or recomputing the original data, so that the perceived average access time is lower.
What is the word that has been deleted here?
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Who are the two men?
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What driver is a cocktail as well as a tool?
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Between 1980 and 1990, who was the only performer to win the Eurovision Song Contest twice? What country did they represent? What are the titles of the two songs?
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Who was the last Hohenzollern monarch?
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Who won the 1500 m speed skating for women at the 1964 Winter Olympics?
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Noel Coward wrote a play which was filmed a decade later by David Lean and remade another 30 years later starring Richard Burton and Sophia Loren.
Where is Coward's play exclusively set?
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What is the name of this monument?
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"Get your kicks on ….."
Well, where?
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Who was the walrus?
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From a plot outline:
[…] Back in the village, she politely but firmly resists Gaston's proposal of marriage. She is astonished later to find her father's horse without its master. She traces her way to the castle with her father's horse. Once there, she offers to take the place of her father as a prisoner; her offer is accepted, and Maurice is sent back. He tries to tell people back in the town what has happened to his daughter, but the villagers, including Gaston, think him insane and rebuff him. […]
What is the title of this story (which has been turned into a movie)?
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What is the name of the river highlighted here?
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Ios, Mykonos, Naxos, Paros and Santorini belong to (a) which group of islands and (b) which country?
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What is a Baedeker?
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In which city will you find trams like this one?
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It is a confection, in most cases ice cream, containing a variety of chopped and usually candied fruits. Today, it may also refer to an artificially created flavoring simulating the combined flavor of many different fruits, for example in chewing gums and children's toothpaste.
What is it called?
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How do you call a phenomenon of the nervous system connected to the ear which is characterized by perception of a ringing or beating sound, with no external source?
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What is the name of this President of the United States, and how and when did he die?
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There is an opera which tells the story of an Ethiopian princess captured into slavery in Egypt. A military commander, Radames, struggles to choose between his love for her, his loyalty to the Pharaoh, and his love for the Pharaoh's daughter.
What is the title of the opera, who was the composer, and in what year was it first performed?
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What do Helen, Marsha, Swanee, Tristram and Washington (and, if we include fiction, also Deirdre) have in common?
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Why did the recipient of the 1935 Nobel Peace Prize not take part in the ceremony in Oslo?
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Bald (German) and bald (English) are false friends. What is the meaning of the German word bald?
Similarly, what do the following mean? Gift (German), main (French), Mist (German), pain (French), Smoking (German).
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What do Rudolf Nureyev, Denholm Elliott, Michel Foucault and Esteban De Jesus have in common?
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What is the object in the picture below called?
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Maimiti and her husband settled on a sparsely populated island. There, Maimiti gave birth to their son. What was his name, who was his father, what made the latter famous, and what is the name of the island?
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Who claimed that "property is theft"?
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"A third of the 2,000 million people in the developing countries are starving or suffering from malnutrition. Twenty-five per cent of their children die before their fifth birthday […] Less than 10 per cent of the 15 million children who died this year had been vaccinated against the six most common and dangerous children's diseases. Vaccinating every child costs £3 per child. But not doing so costs us five million lives a year. These are classic examples of …"
Well, of what?
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What made this cow famous?
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Where is the connection between Willy Russell and Galatea?
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What is the title of Carl Hiaasen's only novel for young adult readers?
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If someone tells you you are just a dustbin lid and you can't join them going down the rub-a-dub-dub for a tumble down the sink, what are they talking about? How is that kind of language called?
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What is the name of the country highlighted here? What is the name of the people who lived there from the 9th century?
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What does CH3-CH2-CH2-COO-CH2-CH3 (with one oxygen having a double bond) smell of?
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What brand of car is this, and where was the licence plate issued?
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Who wrote the song "Always True to You in My Fashion", and in what musical does it belong?
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What is the meaning of Mundus vult decipi? What form of the verb is decipi?
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What is the title of this woman's first novel?
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Who was German Ambassador to Turkey in 1943?
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What song opens with the line, "I hate to see that evenin' sun go down"?
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What is the name of the ecumenical community located in Burgundy and headed by Frère Roger?
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Who is Martin Lynch-Gibbon?
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Who is the man in the picture?
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From a Wikipedia article:
[…] The synod constituted a milestone in the history of the church in Britain, since delegates from the North and the South came together to debate the future of the church in Northumbria. The actual matters in dispute were fairly minor, the main controversies being over how to calculate the date of Easter, and what style of tonsure clerics should wear. However, whichever side was acknowledged as having authority to rule on these matters would also decide whether the Celtic or the Roman church would have ascendency over the whole North of England. […]
Where and when was that synod held?
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What kind of vehicle is abbreviated ULF in Vienna, Austria?
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What is the complete title of the book about the practical aspects of polyamory, A Guide to Infinite Sexual Possibilities?
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What do Barcelona, Glasgow and Greifswald have in common?
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What is the name of the machine depicted here?
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In which U.S. state will you find Turkey (pop. 494)?
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What do Pim Fortuyn, Anton Cermak and Anna Lindh have in common?
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On what coin first issued in 2002 can you see two flying swans?
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Who wrote the question "Rettebs, I flahd noces, eh?", and what does it mean?
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She studied architecture, married a German, worked for Stalin, revolutionized interior design, and was imprisoned in Bavaria. Who was she?
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What is the name of the "town of books" in Wales, quite close to the English border?
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What is the complete title: ….. Cowboys Go America
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From a Wikipedia biography:
He was born of an ancient Genoese family. Orphaned at an early age, he became a soldier of fortune, serving first in the papal guard and then under various Italian princes. In 1503 he was fighting in Corsica in the service of Genoa, at that time under French vassalage, and he took part in the rising of Genoa against the French, whom he compelled to evacuate the city. From that time onwards, he became famous as a naval commander. For several years he scoured the Mediterranean in command of the Genoese fleet, waging war on the Turks and the Barbary pirates.
Who was he? What was named after him?
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Who are the two men in this picture?
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Solution to the kiddie quiz:
(1) Notting Hill.
(2) Ulm Münster, Ulm (List of tallest churches); Danube.
(3) Grimaldi.
(4) They are mice. (List of fictional mice and rats)
(5) Cache.
(6) A Jewish traveller and the Good Samaritan.
(7) A screwdriver / Screwdriver.
(8) Johnny Logan, Ireland; "What's Another Year" (1980), "Hold Me Now" (1987) (Eurovision Song Contest).
(10) Lidia Skoblikova, Soviet Union (Speed skating at the 1964 Winter Olympics).
(11) In the refreshment room of a railway station (the fictional Milford Junction) (Brief Encounter).
(12) Taj Mahal.
(13) Route 66.
(14) John Lennon ("I Am the Walrus").
(15) Beauty and the Beast (1991 movie).
(16) Danube.
(18) A travel guide.
(20) Tutti frutti.
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