Quizzes Based On VOA Programs
These use the vocabulary found on VOA's Special English Word List.

Science Reports

• African Elephants (27 Questions)
• Alcohol and the Heart (25 Questions)
• American Diet Study (24 Questions)
• Ancient Human Hunters (24 Questions)
• Anorexia Nervosa (30 Questions)
• Apples Fight Cancer (24 Questions)
• Artificial Eyes (29 Questions)
• Asthma Study (24 Questions)
• Beethoven and Lead (31 Questions)
• Brain Discovery (23 Questions)
• Carbon Dioxide / Ragweed Allergies (25 Questions)
• Chocolate and the Heart (23 Questions)
• Cholesterol in Young Men (26 Questions)
• Cloning Humans (26 Questions)
• Cloning Mount Vernon's Trees (27 Questions)
• DDT Linked to Premature Births (26 Questions)
• Designer Antibiotics (26 Questions)
• Digestive System Camera (28 Questions)
• Dinosaur Noses (24 Questions)
• Evidence of Cannibalism by Ancient Americans (27 Questions)
• Female Hormones and Heart Disease (22 Questions)
• Iceman's Death (29 Questions)
• Lifting Weights for a Healthy Heart (26 Questions)
• Melanoma and the Sun (26 Questions)
• Methods to Stop Smoking (29 Questions)
• Monkey Declared Extinct (22 Questions)
• Neanderthals Ate Meat (23 Questions)
• OxyContin Warning (28 Questions)
• Parkinson's Disease and Coffee (27 Questions)
• Physics of Noise (25 Questions)
• Rare Animal Clone Dies (32 Questions)
• Reduction in Deep Sea Current (25 Questions)
• Rules for Genetically Engineered Foods (22 Questions)
• Salt and Blood Pressure (29 Questions)
• Search for Long Life Gene (24 Questions)
• Soy Reduces Cholesterol (23 Questions)
• Stop Smoking (30 Questions)
• Stopping Smoking / Cancer Risk (28 Questions)
• Testing Possible Treatments for CJD (28 Questions)
• The Earliest Life Form (24 Questions)
• The Largest Cell Phone Study (26 Questions)
• The Perseid Meteor Shower (26 Questions)
• Vitamin C and DNA (26 Questions)
• Washing Hands (27 Questions)
• Women and Sense of Smell (15 Questions)

Science in the News

• How to Beat the Heat (98 Questions)
• Stem Cell Research (39 Questions)
• SARS (53 Questions)
• Anthrax - November 6, 2001 (15 Questions)
• Anthrax - The Disease (51 Questions)
• Anthrax - The Weapon (33 Questions)
• Mad Cow Disease (85 Questions)
• Aspirin Update (80 Questions)

In the News

• Afghanistan (36 Questions) September 29, 2001

Timed Quizzes

• Comet LINEAR (27 Questions)
• Health and Heat - Part 1 (33 Questions)
• Health and Heat - Part 2 (33 Questions)
• Statue of Liberty (56 Questions)

American Mosaic

• People
  • American Indians Today (23 Questions)
  • Chet Atkins (14 Questions)
  • Country Music Stars (13 Questions)
  • John Grisham (27 Questions)
  • John Lee Hooker (20 Questions)
  • Miles Davis (9 Questions)
  • Perry Como (16 Questions)
• Other
  • Engagements in the USA (24 Questions)
  • Famous American Bridges (26 Questions)
  • Firearms / Guns (20 Questions)
  • Lie Detectors (27 Questions)
  • Memorial Day (The Last Monday of May) (22 Questions)
  • Peanut Butter and Company (28 Questions)
  • Pizza (15 Questions)
  • The Internet (23 Questions)
  • The Secret Service (22 Questions)
  • The US Court System (24 Questions)
  • Wine Making in California (32 Questions)

This is America

• Christmas & New Year's Traditions
  • The Man Who Wrote Jingle Bells (16 Questions)
  • Christmas Traditions (46 Questions)
  • Santa Claus (30 Questions)
  • New Year's Traditions in America #1 (41 Questions) New Year's Eve
  • New Year's Traditions in America #2 (16 Questions) Drinking Problems
  • New Year's Traditions in America #3 (24 Questions) New Year's Day
• Thanksgiving
  • 1. Thanksgiving in the USA (35 Questions)
  • 2. The First Thanksgiving in America (30 Questions)
  • 3. How Thanksgiving Becomes a National Holiday in the USA (10 Questions)
• Halloween and Edgar Allan Poe (62 Questions)
• The Statue of Liberty (57 Questions)
• Summer Camps (14 Questions)

People in America

• Ella Fitzgerald (52 Questions)
• Stephen Foster 1 (13 Questions)
• Stephen Foster 2 (Begins Writing Songs) (10 Questions)
• Stephen Foster 3 (Minstrel Shows) (15 Questions)
• Stephen Foster 4 (Swanee River and Old Kentucky Home) (16 Questions)
• Stephen Foster 5 (Dies with No Money) (12 Questions)
• Stephen Foster 6 (Honored After Death) (10 Questions)
• Walt Disney (43 Questions)

Environment Reports

• Mercury Pollution in Wildfires (25 Questions)

Development Reports

• Money for African Universities (25 Questions)
• Street Food Safety (26 Questions)

Agriculture Reports

• Animal Damage Control (30 Questions)
• Salt-Resistant Tomato (27 Questions)

Health Reports

• Surgeon General Links More Diseases to Smoking (27 Questions)