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Quiz about Missing Words3
Quiz about Missing Words3

Missing Words3 Trivia Quiz


Find the missing word. For example: -air, -dog, -house, -potato. The answer is hot; hot air, hot dog etc. The answer can be part of a word or part of a two word phrase ie fortnight or Fort Knox. Q19 and Q20 are tough. Good luck and have fun.

A multiple-choice quiz by Inquizition. Estimated time: 9 mins.
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Author
Inquizition
Time
9 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
130,358
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
20
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
13 / 20
Plays
4788
Awards
Top 35% Quiz
Question 1 of 20
1. .... looking, .... night, .... Samaritan, .... Shepherd, .... turn?

Answer: (4 letters)
Question 2 of 20
2. .... marathon, .... nelson, .... price, .... sister, .... truth?

Answer: (4 letters)
Question 3 of 20
3. .... biting, .... enamel, .... file, .... polish, .... varnish

Answer: (4 letters)
Question 4 of 20
4. .... horse, ....line, .... peg, .... prop?

Answer: (7 letters)
Question 5 of 20
5. .... cow, .... gull, .... horse, .... lion, .... serpent?

Answer: (3 letters)
Question 6 of 20
6. .... beard, .... berry, .... bird, .... box, .... Forest, .... Sea?

Answer: (5 letters)
Question 7 of 20
7. ... blossom, ... man, ... peel, ... pekoe, ... tip?

Answer: (6 letters)
Question 8 of 20
8. .... hog, .... runner, .... show, .... works, .... worthy?

Answer: (4 letters)
Question 9 of 20
9. .... bomb, .... energy, .... physics, .... reactor, .... winter?

Answer: (7 letters)
Question 10 of 20
10. .... bath, .... cage, .... seed, .... table?

Answer: (4 letters)
Question 11 of 20
11. .... blindness, .... jar, .... mare, .... owl, .... shift?

Answer: (5 letters)
Question 12 of 20
12. .... brass, .... fly, .... opera, .... power, .... shoe?

Answer: (5 letters)
Question 13 of 20
13. .... breakfast, .... cake, .... ring?

Answer: (7 letters)
Question 14 of 20
14. .... cord, .... roaring, .... saw, .... tide, .... up?

Answer: (3 letters)
Question 15 of 20
15. .... crake, .... dolly, .... field, .... flakes?

Answer: (4 letters)
Question 16 of 20
16. .... age, .... collie, .... diamond?

Answer: (5 letters)
Question 17 of 20
17. .... organ, .... part, .... piece, .... wash?

Answer: (5 letters)
Question 18 of 20
18. .... cylinder, .... driver, .... River, .... ship, .... trade?

Answer: (5 letters)
Question 19 of 20
19. .... corn, .... sugar, .... water, .... wine?

Answer: (5 or 6 letters)
Question 20 of 20
20. .... paper, .... wing, .... work?

Answer: (3 letters)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. .... looking, .... night, .... Samaritan, .... Shepherd, .... turn?

Answer: Good

A Good Samaritan is a kindly person who helps another in difficulty or distress. The Good Shepherd is a title given to Jesus Christ in the New Testament.
2. .... marathon, .... nelson, .... price, .... sister, .... truth?

Answer: Half

The half-marathon is a race on foot of 13.1 miles. The half-nelson is a wrestling hold and a half-sister is the daughter of either of one's parents by another partner.
3. .... biting, .... enamel, .... file, .... polish, .... varnish

Answer: Nail

Nail polish or varnish (nail enamel in America) is a quick drying cosmetic lacquer applied to colour or to strengthen the nails.
4. .... horse, ....line, .... peg, .... prop?

Answer: Clothes

A clothes prop is a long wooden pole with a forked end used to raise a line of washing to enable it to catch the breeze.
5. .... cow, .... gull, .... horse, .... lion, .... serpent?

Answer: Sea

The sea cow is the dugong or manatee. A sea serpent is a legendary creature of the sea resembling a snake or dragon.
6. .... beard, .... berry, .... bird, .... box, .... Forest, .... Sea?

Answer: Black

Blackbeard was an English pirate who was active in the West Indies and on the Atlantic coast of North America. His real name was Edward Teach and he died in 1718. The Black Forest is a hilly wooded region of Germany. The Black Sea is an inland sea between southeast Europe and Asia.
7. ... blossom, ... man, ... peel, ... pekoe, ... tip?

Answer: Orange

An Orangeman is a member of a society founded as a secret order in Ireland to uphold the Protestant religion. Orange pekoe is a superior grade of black tea. Orange-tip is a European butterfly with white wings and orange-tipped forewings.
8. .... hog, .... runner, .... show, .... works, .... worthy?

Answer: Road

A roadhog is a selfish or aggressive driver. The roadrunner is a terrestial crested bird of North America which belongs to the cuckoo family.
9. .... bomb, .... energy, .... physics, .... reactor, .... winter?

Answer: Nuclear

A nuclear winter is a period of extremely low temperatures and little light that has been suggested would occur as a result of a nuclear war.
10. .... bath, .... cage, .... seed, .... table?

Answer: Bird

A birdbath, birdcage etc. A bird table is a table or platform in the open on which food for birds maybe placed.
11. .... blindness, .... jar, .... mare, .... owl, .... shift?

Answer: Night

Nightblindness is the inability to see normally in dim light. The nightjar is a nocturnal bird which has large eyes and feeds on insects. A night owl is a person who prefers to be up and about late at night.
12. .... brass, .... fly, .... opera, .... power, .... shoe?

Answer: Horse

A horsefly or gadfly is a stout-bodied fly of which the females suck the blood of horses, cattle and man. A horse opera is another term for a Western which is a movie concerned with life in the western states of America. Horse brass is a decorative brass ornament, usually circular, originally attached to a horse's harness.
13. .... breakfast, .... cake, .... ring?

Answer: Wedding

The wedding breakfast is a meal served after a wedding ceremony or just before the bride and bridegroom leave for their honeymoon.
14. .... cord, .... roaring, .... saw, .... tide, .... up?

Answer: Rip

Rip-roaring is characterized by excitement or boisterous behaviour. A riptide is a stretch of turbulent water in the sea caused by meeting of currents. A ripsaw is a handsaw used for cutting along the grain of timber.
15. .... crake, .... dolly, .... field, .... flakes?

Answer: Corn

A corncrake is a bird of fields and meadows known as the Eurasian rail. A corn dolly is a decorative figure made by plaiting straw.
16. .... age, .... collie, .... diamond?

Answer: Rough

Roughage provides bulk to the diet and aids digestion. A rough collie is a large long-haired collie with a distinctive ruff (a natural growth of long or coloured hair around its neck). A rough diamond is either an unpolished diamond or a good person with uncouth manners or dress.
17. .... organ, .... part, .... piece, .... wash?

Answer: Mouth

A mouth organ is another name for a harmonica. A mouthpiece is part of a wind instrument into which the player blows.
18. .... cylinder, .... driver, .... River, .... ship, .... trade?

Answer: Slave

A slave cylinder is a small cylinder containing a piston that operates the brake shoes or pads in a hydraulic braking system of a car. The Slave River is in western Canada. A slave ship was formerly used to transport slaves from Africa to the New World.
19. .... corn, .... sugar, .... water, .... wine?

Answer: Barley

Barleycorn is an obsolete unit of length equal to one third of an inch. A barley sugar is a brittle, clear, amber-coloured sweet. Barley water is a drink made from barley and flavoured with lemon or orange. Barley wine is an exceptionally strong beer.
'Sweet Sugar' is a 1972 film and sweet water refers to fresh water.
20. .... paper, .... wing, .... work?

Answer: Wax

Wax paper is paper coated with wax to make it waterproof. A waxwork can be a life-size lifelike figure especially of a famous person reproduced in wax. A waxwing is a songbird having red waxy wing tips. Hope you enjoyed the challenge.
Source: Author Inquizition

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