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A Brief Biography of Kenneth Williams Early Life The British comedic actor Kenneth Williams was born on 22 February 1926 in Kings Cross, London, England. His parents, […]

Merthyr Tydfil in Brief
Merthyr Tydfil is both an industrial town and a county borough in South Wales. The town is situated at the centre of the county borough, which extends northwards into the Brecon Beacons. […]

Early Life
Richard Harris was born on 1 October 1930 in Limerick, Ireland. He was one of nine children born to farmer and flour mill owner, Ivan Harris, and his wife Mildred. Harris attended Crescent College, a […]

A Brief Profile of Richard Burton Early Life Richard Burton was born Richard Walter Jenkins Jr. on 10 November 1925 in Pontrhydyfen, in the now county borough of […]

Cwmbran in Brief
Cwmbran is a town in the county borough of Torfaen in Southeast Wales. The town lies around 6 miles (10 km) north of Newport and about 14 miles (23 km) northeast of the Welsh capital, Cardiff. […]

Chepstow in Brief
Chepstow is a town and community in the county of Monmouthshire, South Wales. It is situated on the English border, adjoining the county of Gloucestershire. It also lies on the River Wye, about […]

A Brief Profile of Oliver Reed  The Early Life of Oliver Reed Oliver Reed was born on 13 February 1938 in Wimbledon, southwest London, England. He was the son […]

A Brief Profile of Alec Guinness Early Life Sir Alec Guinness was born Alec Guinness de Cuffe on 2 April 1914 in Maida Vale, Westminister, London. He was the son […]

A Brief Profile of Peter Sellers The Early Life of Peter Sellers Peter Sellers was born Richard Henry Sellers on 8 September 1925, in Southsea, Portsmouth. His […]

A Brief Profile of Michael Caine The Early Life of Michael Caine Michael Caine was born Maurice Joseph Micklewhite (Junior) on 14 March 1933 in London, England. […]

A Brief Profile of Cary Grant The Early Life of Cary Grant Cary Grant was born Archibald Alec Leach on 18 January 1904, in Bristol, England. He was the second […]

Why bother with Random Quiz Facts?
Is there any who us who doesn’t like to impress our friends and colleagues during conversation? Throwing a few obscure random facts into a discussion can often make us […]

Chill Out!
How do you like to ‘chill out’ at the weekend?  Read a book? Watch a movie? Listen to music? How about taking a quiz? Here’s a fun trivia quiz based on entertainment that’s themed around the words […]

Who are UNESCO?
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, much better known by it’s abbreviated form UNESCO, is a special agency of the United Nations (UN). Its main aim is to promote […]

Animated about Animation?
Are you a big fan of animation? How many of us can say as kids we didn’t enjoy watching cartoons with siblings or friends on a Saturday morning? If that’s you, what was you’re favourite […]

It’s a Dog’s Life!
Do you know that all breeds of dog are direct descendants of a single species of ancient wolf? Experts estimate it’s some 30,000 years since man first domesticated the wolf. It’s descendant, […]

UK Dog Owners – Simply, A Dog Quiz
It will probably come as no great surprise to learn that dogs are the most popular pet in the UK. In 2020/21 the country’s dog population hit an estimated 12.5 million. This […]

The Odd-One-Out
We all know the odd-one-out is a person or thing that is different from the others that form a particular group. Well here’s a fairly testing odd-one-out general knowledge quiz so why not give it […]

The ”Last” Word
I’m sure you know that the word ‘last’ can be used as an adjective, adverb, or noun. In its noun form, it simply means the last person, thing, or event, that lived or occurred, after all others. […]

British TV Sitcoms
Before we take the 1990s British TV Sitcom Quiz let’s get an intro out of the way.

The British sitcom came to our TV screens in 1956 when the BBC launched Hancock’s Half Hour. The number […]