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Why are lollipops called lollipops and why does beetroot stain? The kids’ quiz
13+ hour, 29+ min ago (315+ words) Five multiple-choice questions – set by children – to test your knowledge, and a chance to submit your own junior brainteasers for future quizzesSubmit a questionMolly Oldfield hosts Everything Under the Sun, a podcast answering children’s questions. Do check out her…...
Which 16th-century artist painted on an upside down shopping list? Find out in the Art Fund museum of the year quiz
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (72+ words) In the fourth of five quizzes, curators at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge set 10 fiendish questions to test your knowledge of their collections Continue reading... Which 16th-century artist painted on an upside down shopping list? Find out in the Art…...
Did you solve it? Dotty data and silly sentences
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (800+ words) The solutions to today’s puzzles – and the winner of the Anguish Languish contest Earlier today I set these three puzzles about deception. Here they are again with solutions. A school cohort has two classes. At the end of the year…...
Can you solve it? Dotty data and silly sentences
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (537+ words) When numbers and sounds are not what they seem Today’s puzzles – and prize draw! – are about different types of deception. A school cohort has two classes. At the end of the year 1, all pupils are graded. When all the pupils…...
Which song features nine times in the film Groundhog Day? The Saturday quiz
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (245+ words) From Brinsworth House and Denville Hall to Goliath, Timperley Early and Valentine, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz1 Which African capital city and its river are anagrams of each other?2 In the UK, which bird of prey has gone from…...
The Alien Autopsy Scandal review – an exquisite, playful look at how a faked video swept the world
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (604+ words) The Guardian The Alien Autopsy Scandal review – an exquisite, playful look at how a faked video swept the world The story behind the grainy footage of a dummy filled with butcher’s off-cuts is an extraordinarily eccentric and knotty joy – with…...
One art dealer brought impressionism to America. Now his great-great-granddaughter is bringing it to Geelong
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (503+ words) The most ambitious exhibition in the Geelong Gallery’s history honours the movement’s early champion Paul Durand-Ruel and features works by Monet, Renoir and Pissarro It would have been “no surprise” to Durand-Ruel that these paintings have travelled to regional Australia,…...
Thursday news quiz: A resigning boss, Buffy’s loss and a theatre getting cross
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (186+ words) Test yourself on topical news trivia, pop culture and general knowledge every Thursday. How will you fare? The men’s Fifa World Cup starts today, and the challenge before the quiz master is to stay up all night every night watching…...
The Alien Autopsy Scandal: this fascinating tale of a bizarre DIY hoax hits Spinal Tap levels of hilarity
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (805+ words) A fake alien made by a Doctor Who sculptor, animal organs sourced from a butcher, an actual magician behind the camera … this outrageous story makes for a great watchIf you had to be interviewed on film, how would you hope…...
Printmaking skills of Manet, Van Gogh and more celebrated in Bath show
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (632+ words) Exhibition explores how artists mainly known for their paintings helped revive a skill that had fallen out of fashion They may be best known for their vibrant oil paintings but an exhibition opening in the English West Country is focusing…...