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Thumbnail for Emoji Quiz. Group of emojis to describe film Forrest Gump. Feather emoji, box emoji, chocolate bar emoji, ping pong emoji, running man emoji, army helmet emoji, shrimp emoji. Quizzes, movies

Guess the Movie: Emoji Quiz

It’s the pictures that got small.

Civil rights leader Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. delivers a speech to a crowd of approximately 7,000 people on May 17, 1967 at UC Berkeley's Sproul Plaza in Berkeley, California.

Who Said It? Famous Quotes Quiz

Can you name the people associated with these famous quotations?

New Quizzes

Woman reading while perched on the edge of a blown-up stack of books.

About a Hundred Turtlenecks

Misspelled words (sequel) thumbnail image (by EB) on original Getty image in background (crumpled piece of paper)

Commonly Misspelled Words Vol. 2 Quiz

Where are those red squiggly underlines when you need them?

Extruded map of the United States of America with states borders on national flag background. (3-d rendering)

Guess the U.S. State by Its Neighbors

See how well you know your boundaries.

Featured Games

Quordle

Can you solve four words at once?

Blossom

Pick the best words

Octordle

The party starts at eight

The Missing Letter

A crossword with a twist

Victordle

Play head-to-head!

Sudoku

Your daily logic challenge

Editors' Picks

Human eyelashes under magnifcation. Colored scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of human eyelash mites

Name That Magnified Object!

Can you figure out what these common items are when they're extremely...

Male muscle, man flexing arm, bicep curl.

Facts You Should Know: The Human Body Quiz

We've got you covered from head to toe.

a postage stamp printed in USA showing an image of Jackie Robinson, CIRCA 1999.

Who's on that Stamp?

This quiz requires attention—you can't just mail it in.

High school student frowns and feeling stressed after reading question about SAT test examination in a classroom (testing, education, teenager)

Challenging Standardized Test Words Quiz: Vol. 1

Here are 20 terms to help you score 1600. Find the answer that...

Sea otter (Enhydra lutris), also called great sea otter, rare, completely marine otter of the northern Pacific, usually found in kelp beds. Floats on back. Looks like sea otter laughing. saltwater otters

Animal Group Names

You’ve heard of a herd of cattle, but what is a group of jellyfish...

Name that Thing - Clothing, composite image: balaclava, barrette, corset, jodhpurs

Name That Thing: Clothing

Try this one on for size.

Book Jacket of "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" by American children's author illustrator Eric Carle (born 1929)

Classic Children’s Books Quiz

Hope you are very hungry for kids’ literature trivia.

Young chimpanzee dressed in a shirt and sweater vest, scratching his head thinking. (primates)

Wild Words from the Animal Kingdom Vocabulary Quiz

Find out if you are vulpine or asinine.

Scattered vinyl records 45s. (music)

One-Hit Wonders Quiz

So-called “one-hit wonders” achieve fame for only a brief period...

Composite thumbnail image of four colors from Name More Colors quiz

Name Even More Colors!

Talk like a pro at an art supply store

Gemini. Zodiac pictorial representation or symbol. In astrology, Gemini is the third sign of the zodiac. Its period is May 21 to June 21. It is represented by twins.

Name the Zodiac Sign Quiz

Can you identify representations of the astrological signs of...

Flag of Australia

Name That World Flag!

Our salute to flags from around the world. Can you name the countries...

Laundry (washing, drying, ironing, cleaning) symbols set. Icons, vector illustration

What's That Symbol Mean?

Can you tell the difference between an ampersand and an octothorpe?

The famous Tunnel View at Yosemite

Name That U.S. National Park Quiz

Can you tell Yellowstone from Yosemite?

Publicity still with Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman from the motion picture film "Casablanca" (1942); directed by Michael Curtiz. (cinema, movies)

Best Picture Movie Quote Quiz

Take this quiz or you may regret it. Maybe not today, maybe not...

France: A History Quiz

What French woman was arrested for wearing men’s clothing? What...

Wheat Field with Cypresses, oil on canvas by Vincent van Gogh, 1889; in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, 73 x 93.4 cm.

Name that Painter!

Can you tell a Monet from a Manet?

YOLO "You Only Live Once" written in bright colors and repeated on a purple background (acronym, slang)

Slang Through the Ages Vocabulary Quiz

Find out if you’re a space cadet or the bee’s knees.

closeup of ten dollar bill. Alexander Hamilton, money, currency

What’s On Your Money Quiz

Do you have the skills to know your bills?

pigeon. pigeon and dove. member of the order Columbiformes, family Columbidae

Ultimate Bird Trivia Quiz

See if you will soar with the eagles or go the way of the dodo.

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Texas State Capitol building in Austin, Texas. United States

U.S. State Capitals Quiz

From Albany to Trenton, can you name them all?

Statue of Liberty in front of the skyline of Manhattan, New York City, New York.

Can You Answer These Questions from the United States Citizenship Test?

What is a Constitutional amendment? Who wrote the Declaration...

Periodic table of the elements. Left column indicates the subshells that are being filled as atomic number Z increases. The body of the table shows element symbols and Z. analysis and measurement

Periodic Table of the Elements

Test your bond with the periodic table of elements in this quiz...

Top of Brandenburg Gate, Berlin, Germany

European Capitals Quiz

From the Atlantic to the Urals, backpack your way across the...

American infantry streaming through the captured town of Varennes, France, 1918.This place fell into the hands of the Americans on the first day of the Franco-American assault upon the Argonne-Champagne line. (World War I)

World War I Quiz

Involving all the world’s superpowers, World War I resulted in...

Pakistan Monument is a landmark in Islamabad which represents the four provinces of Pakistan.

Countries and Capitals Quiz

Know the atlas backward and forward? Match over 190 capital cities...

View of the Andromeda Galaxy (Messier 31, M31).

Astronomy and Space Quiz

What makes a planet a dwarf planet? How many miles are in a light-year?...

Superficial arteries and veins of face and scalp, cardiovascular system, human anatomy, (Netter replacement project - SSC)

The Human Body

You may know that the human brain is composed of two halves,...

Publicity still from the motion picture film "The Terminator" (1984); directed by James Cameron. (cinema, movies)

Match the Quote to the Movie Quiz

A quiz about movie quotes is like a box of chocolates. You never...

Catedral at night on Plaza de Armas (also known as plaza mayor) Lima, Peru.

World Capitals Quiz

Can you identify the world’s national capitals? In this quiz...

Featured Categories

Science

Adhesive yellow note papers with "DON'T FORGET!" message hanging on ropes with clothes pins. (memory, adhesive notes, sticky notes, reminders)

Can You Remember These Mnemonics? Quiz

Fourteen (hopefully) unforgettable terms.

Life-size model of prehistoric Dilophosaurus dinosaur in Dino Park in Novi Sad, Serbia. Taken April 28th, 2016 in Novi Sad, Serbia.

Name That Dinosaur! Quiz

You don’t need to be a paleontologist to dig this quiz.

Human eyelashes under magnifcation. Colored scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of human eyelash mites

Name That Magnified Object!

Can you figure out what these common items are when they're extremely magnified?

Geography & Travel

Illustrated Utah license plate

Guess the License Plate Quiz

Test your street smarts by placing these plates.

Beautiful Image taken at Arches National Park in Utah

Where in America is That?

Crisscross the U.S. by placing these famous landmarks.

Opened passport with visas, stamps, seals, world map. (travel, tourism)

Guess the Country by Its Neighbors Quiz

Figure out if your geography skills border on greatness

World History

(Left) Ball of predictions with answers to questions based on the Magic 8 Ball; (right): Rubik's Cube. (toys)

The Dating Game: Which Came First?

Two monumental choices, one right answer.

Battle of Antietam, Sept. 17, 1862, lithograph by Kurz and Allison, circa 1888.

Guess That Historical Event! Quiz

From plagues to revolutions, can you name these pivotal events?

Civil rights leader Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. delivers a speech to a crowd of approximately 7,000 people on May 17, 1967 at UC Berkeley's Sproul Plaza in Berkeley, California.

Who Said It? Famous Quotes Quiz

Can you name the people associated with these famous quotations?

Recent Quizzes

Woman reading while perched on the edge of a blown-up stack of books.

About a Hundred Turtlenecks

Misspelled words (sequel) thumbnail image (by EB) on original Getty image in background (crumpled piece of paper)

Commonly Misspelled Words Vol. 2 Quiz

Where are those red squiggly underlines when you need them?

Extruded map of the United States of America with states borders on national flag background. (3-d rendering)

Guess the U.S. State by Its Neighbors

See how well you know your boundaries.

Young girl wearing a demin jacket playing the trumpet (child, musical instruments, Asian ethnicity)

Sound Check: Musical Vocabulary Quiz

See how well you know the score.

Gulliver in Lilliput. Lemuel Gulliver, set ashore after a mutiny, regains consciousness and finds himself a prisoner of the Lilliputians. From Gulliver's Travels, Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World, in Four Parts by Jonathan Swift.

Guess the Literary Illustration Quiz

We show you the art, you guess the literary work. Get the picture?

A Yorkshire terrier dressed up as a veterinarian or doctor on a white background. (dogs)

A Visit with the Word Doctor: Medical Vocabulary Quiz

Give your vocabulary a checkup.

Thumbnail for image quiz: Old Fashioned quiz. Background color changed. Original image asset 254486. Old 8-track audio tapes of different colors. Music, technology

A Good Old-Fashioned Quiz

Can you name these antiquated items?

Woman reading while perched on the edge of a blown-up stack of books.

Little Words, Big Vocabulary Quiz

Time to sweat the small stuff.

Graphic artwork represents music of the seventies - (source file includes the fifties, sixties, eighties, and nineties, 50s, 60s, 70, 80s, 90s, decades)

That Groovy ’70s Quiz

Major events and pop culture of the decade that brought you Watergate...

English language school promotion illustration. Silhouette of a man advertises or sells shouts in a megaphone and emerging from the flag of the United Kingdom (Union Jack).

Another Great British Vocabulary Quiz, Innit?

A double-decker quiz with words from across the pond.

(Left) Ball of predictions with answers to questions based on the Magic 8 Ball; (right): Rubik's Cube. (toys)

The Dating Game: Which Came First?

Two monumental choices, one right answer.

Steak tartare with raw egg on top. Steak tartare is a dish made with raw ground beef

Name That Dish! Quiz

Some mouthwatering food for thought.

Adhesive yellow note papers with "DON'T FORGET!" message hanging on ropes with clothes pins. (memory, adhesive notes, sticky notes, reminders)

Can You Remember These Mnemonics? Quiz

Fourteen (hopefully) unforgettable terms.

Macaron. Colorful stack of macaron pastries on a table. Sweet meringue-based confection made with egg white, icing sugar, almond powder and food clothing. Food, French cuisine, dessert, pastries, cookies

Name That Dessert! Quiz

Hope you’ve saved room for some sweet vocabulary.

Graduation cap sitting over a speech bubble with an Australian flag on a blue background. (education)

Australian Vocabulary Quiz

Go beyond the barbie with these bonzer questions about Aussie...

Vintage image of students at desks in a classroom with a teacher standing in the background. (education, learning)

Are You Smarter Than a 1912 Middle Schooler? Quiz

The questions in this quiz are based an eighth-grade exam administered...

Baobab trees, (genus Adansonia) in Madagascar. Baobab trees are categorized under nine species of deciduous trees of the hibiscus, or mallow, family (Malvaceae).

Name that Tree! Quiz

A quiz that’s all bark, no bite.

"Back to the 90's" with a dotted and herringbone background pattern. (1990s, retro style, decades, nostalgia) SEE CONTENT NOTES.

That ’90s Quiz

All the major events and pop culture of the decade that brought...

A brown-colored dog wearing a red-checked shirt with an orange hard helmet and hammer. Labor Day concept, work, jobs.

Odd Jobs Vocabulary Quiz

Work smarter, not harder, to figure out these occupations.

Partially obstructed United States flag. Thumbnail for Name that Flag Quiz.

Flags of the World Quiz: Undercover Edition

Can you identify the country based on just a fraction of a flag?

Back to 80s banner (1980s, retro)

The Totally ’80s Quiz

The major events and pop culture of the decade that brought you...

Thumbnail for the American Sign Language (ASL) quiz. The letters q-u-i-z, spelling out "quiz."

American Sign Language Alphabet Quiz

Test your knowledge of the American Sign Language alphabet

Stick figure illustrations holding hands with the Canadian flag.

Spot the Canadian Quiz

Given a group of four famous people, can you figure out which...

Misspelled words thumbnail image (by EB) on original Getty image in background (crumpled piece of paper)

Commonly Misspelled Words Quiz

Autocorrect can’t save you now.

1970s style television set with static on the screen, on a small table with a doily underneath. (retro style)

Pop Culture Vocabulary Quiz

Embiggen, regift, friend zone, and...

Michigan map rotated for use in quizzes

Guess the Rotated U.S. State Quiz

Practice your geographical skills with this twisted test.

Frilled lizard (Chlamydosaurus kingii), Australia (reptile). Membrane around neck is raised when animal is threatened or surprised. (animal behavoir, behavioral response)

Name That Animal! Quiz Vol. 3

Who’s who of the zoo crew?

Guinea pig in purple glasses resting on an open book.

Challenging Words You Should Know Vocabulary Quiz Vol. 2

It isn’t linguistic hubris if you can back it up.

Thermonuclear hydrogen bomb, code-named MIKE, detonated in the Marshall Islands in the fall of 1952. Photo taken at a height of 12,000 feet, 50 miles from the detonation site. (Photo 3 of a series of 8) Atomic bomb explosion nuclear energy hydrogen energy

Facts You Should Know: The Cold War Quiz

In Soviet Russia, quiz takes YOU

Two chicks near an egg with a white background (poultry, chick, chickens, birds).

Which Came First? Vocabulary Quiz Vol. 2

Tighty-whities or loosey-goosey? Given a pair...

Opened passport with visas, stamps, seals, world map. (travel, tourism)

Guess the Country by Its Neighbors Quiz

Figure out if your geography skills border on greatness

Woman practicing crane pose or bakasana. Yoga, asana, stretches, stretching, exercise

Name That Yoga Pose Quiz

Stretch out your brain by naming these mind-bending positions

Life-size model of prehistoric Dilophosaurus dinosaur in Dino Park in Novi Sad, Serbia. Taken April 28th, 2016 in Novi Sad, Serbia.

Name That Dinosaur! Quiz

You don’t need to be a paleontologist to dig this quiz.

Texas State Capitol building in Austin, Texas. United States

U.S. State Capitals Quiz

From Albany to Trenton, can you name them all?

Illustration of a silhouette of a man ready to cut messy balls of red thread with scissors.

Commonly Confused Words Vocabulary Quiz, Vol. 2

A quiz to (peak/peek/pique) your interest.

Illustrated Utah license plate

Guess the License Plate Quiz

Test your street smarts by placing these plates.

Caption: Through "Death Valley" - one of the Marines of a Leatherneck Company, driving through Japanese machine gun fire while crossing a draw rises from cover for a quick dash forward to another position, Okinawa, 10 May 1945. (World War II)

Famous Figures in American Military History Quiz

A 16-question salute to American armed forces.

(Left) Eiffel Tower; (right) Washington Monument. Combo using assets (Eiffel Tower) 245552 and (Washington Monument) 245554.

Which Is Taller? Quiz

Twenty questions of epic proportions.

Fallout shelter symbol

What’s That Symbol Mean? Quiz Vol. 2

Having trouble deciding which quiz to take? Consider this a sign.

Red and yellow cherry tomatoes, some forming a question mark, against a light blue background. (organic, fruits, vegetables)

Fruit or Vegetable? A Quiz

How to be a smarty-pants in the produce aisle.

Close up of scorpion tail (Scorpion scorpion) from asset scorpo008: Scorpion scorpion (poisonous; stinger; arachnid)

Guess the Animal Tail! Quiz

Get to the bottom of these animal backsides.

Flags of all nations of the world. Grouping of various country flags on a world map.

Which Country Is Larger? Quiz

See how these countries measure up.

Mute swan with cygnet. (birds)

Match the Baby Animal to Its Mama Quiz

Prove you’re the best of the nest

Dachshund dog with a smooth coat. Breed of dog developed in Germany to hunt badgers.

Name That Dog!

Can you tell the difference between a Chihuahua and a Chow Chow?

Umbrella colored like a rainbow sticking out above a sea of black umbrellas while it rains. (storm, weather)

Weather Words Vocabulary Quiz

Can you handle the (barometric) pressure?

Uluru (Ayer's rock) in Northern Territory, central Australia. Sacred site for Australian Aboriginials who call it Uluru. Monolith, desert

Where on Earth Is That? Vol. 2 Quiz

Try to get high marks identifying these landmarks.

The cheetah is the fastest land animal over short distances. It has become an endangered species in Africa, and is almost extinct in Asia. Cheetah mother with young. Cheetah cubs

Moms of the Animal Kingdom Quiz

The mother of all animal quizzes.

Fiery heart or heart made of flames with a dark concrete wall background. (love, Valentine's Day)

Love It or Hate It Vocabulary Quiz

There is a fine line between love and hate. Choose which of these...

Spain locator map. No type.

Guess the Countries of the World Quiz

Test your global positioning skills.

Royal golden crown with jewels on British flag. Symbols of United Kingdom. (British royalty, British monarchy)

A Royal Vocabulary Quiz

Get your dukes in a row.

Young woman with glasses reading a book, student

Famous Novels, Last Lines Quiz

Needless to say, spoiler alert.

3d illustration of small intestines, human body, anatomy

Guess the Body Part Quiz

Taking this quiz requires guts.

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II smiles to the crowd from Buckingham Palace (London, England) balcony at the end of the Platinum Pageant in London on June 5, 2022 as part of Queen Elizabeth II's platinum jubilee celebrations. The curtain comes down on four days of momentous nationwide celebrations to honor Queen Elizabeth II's historic Platinum Jubilee with a day-long pageant lauding the 96 year old monarch's record seven decades on the throne. (British royalty)

Fit for a King (or Queen): the British Royalty Quiz

Acing this quiz would be a crowning achievement.

Flags of the world against blue sky. Countries, International. Globalization, global relations, Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, Poland, Palestine, Japan. Homepage 2010, arts and entertainment, history and society

Which Country Is Larger By Population? Quiz

Come to your census and figure out which of these countries have...

A mens hat resting on fabric. trilby

Name That Hat! Quiz

Time to put on your thinking cap.

A closeup of a shuttlecock. badminton, sports, eqipment, game

Guess the Sport! Quiz

Pick the right sport for the given gear.

A closeup of a paisley pattern. Floral, design, ornamental, wallpaper

Name That Pattern! Quiz

Fifteen questions designed to test your knowledge of designs.

Periodic Table of the elements concept image (chemistry)

Facts You Should Know: The Periodic Table Quiz

This quiz is a gas…and a liquid and a solid.

Chicken and an egg with a white background (poultry, chick, birds).

Which Came First? Vocabulary Quiz

Jeggings or mom jeans? Given a pair of words,...

Indiana state locator map. United States

Name That U.S. State Quiz

This quiz is all over the map.

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