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Quiz about Seasides
Quiz about Seasides

Seasides Trivia Quiz


Solve the cryptic clues, then match them with the word containing either "sea" or "side". For those who expected something more summery, info sections will include snippets about various English seaside towns.

A matching quiz by spanishliz. Estimated time: 3 mins.
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Author
spanishliz
Time
3 mins
Type
Match Quiz
Quiz #
398,285
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Easy
Avg Score
9 / 10
Plays
730
Awards
Top 20% Quiz
Last 3 plays: Verbonica (10/10), Guest 71 (10/10), Guest 2 (10/10).
(a) Drag-and-drop from the right to the left, or (b) click on a right side answer box and then on a left side box to move it.
QuestionsChoices
1. Baseball player or cake mix meets water in London.  
  Sidebar
2. Desi yaws about wine country movie.   
  Sidecar
3. Diss Pete, and move around.   
  Sidestep
4. Drink, or ride with motorcyclist.   
  Seascape
5. Finally, is Ali allowed the means now? Ali, keep awake! Or be run into!   
  Battersea
6. Getaway without a head from ocean, and paint it.   
  Sideways
7. Grown up waterboy stands watch.   
  Seasonal
8. Initially, something is discussed, ending bickering and rows.  
  Sideswipe
9. Prepare a sale, son at Christmas.   
  Sidesaddle
10. Riding askew did seal Ed's style.  
  Seaman





Select each answer

1. Baseball player or cake mix meets water in London.
2. Desi yaws about wine country movie.
3. Diss Pete, and move around.
4. Drink, or ride with motorcyclist.
5. Finally, is Ali allowed the means now? Ali, keep awake! Or be run into!
6. Getaway without a head from ocean, and paint it.
7. Grown up waterboy stands watch.
8. Initially, something is discussed, ending bickering and rows.
9. Prepare a sale, son at Christmas.
10. Riding askew did seal Ed's style.

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Baseball player or cake mix meets water in London.

Answer: Battersea

A batter is a baseball player who is attempting to hit a pitched ball. It is also the mixture used in preparing to bake a cake. Water here represents the "sea" element of the word.

Batter + sea = Battersea, which is a district of London, England.

Seaside snippet: Blackpool, in Lancashire, is famous for its illuminations, or lights festival, first held in 1879.
2. Desi yaws about wine country movie.

Answer: Sideways

The word "about" indicates that we should anagram "Desi yaws", giving us "Sideways" which was the title of a 2004 movie starring Paul Giamatti and Thomas Haden Church, and set in the wine country of California.

Seaside snippet: A Butlin's Holiday Camp opened in Bognor Regis, (West) Sussex in 1960, and continued to thrive into the 21st century.
3. Diss Pete, and move around.

Answer: Sidestep

The words "and move around" serve two purposes. They tell us to anagram "diss Pete" and also define the answer (sidestep).

Seaside snippet: Brighton, in (East) Sussex, is famous for its pebble beach and pleasure piers, though the West Pier burned down in 2003.
4. Drink, or ride with motorcyclist.

Answer: Sidecar

As a drink, a sidecar is a cocktail with a cognac base and fruity additions. A motorcycle sidecar can be either a rather clunky extra compartment such as those seen in old movies, with either a young lady, a dog or both riding therein, or the more streamlined version used for sidecar racing at various motorsport venues.

Seaside snippet: Dover, in Kent, is famous for its White Cliffs, made famous in song, and is a ferry port of some importance, being only a short distance across the water from France.
5. Finally, is Ali allowed the means now? Ali, keep awake! Or be run into!

Answer: Sideswipe

The word "finally" tells us to use the last letters of the following words. The words following the first exclamation mark define the answer.

i(S)al(I)alllowe(D)th(E)mean(S)no(W)al(I)kee(P)awak(E)

Seaside snippet: One of the most prominent features near Eastbourne, (East) Sussex, is the chalk headland known as Beachy Head.
6. Getaway without a head from ocean, and paint it.

Answer: Seascape

Getaway = escape
Without a head: escape - e = scape
Ocean represents sea, so sea + scape = Seascape

A seascape is a work of art similar to a landscape, but with the ocean or sea as its main subject.

Seaside snippet: Besides having given its name to a famous battle in 1066, Hastings, (East) Sussex has a long history as a port and was also the setting for the television series "Foyle's War" (2002-15).
7. Grown up waterboy stands watch.

Answer: Seaman

Water might "grow up" to be a sea, and a boy grows up to be a man. Put them together and we get a seaman, who whether in his country's navy or aboard a merchant vessel, stands watch as part of his duties.

Seaside snippet: Skegness, Lincolnshire, is on the North Sea, and was the site of the very first Butlin's holiday resort in 1936.
8. Initially, something is discussed, ending bickering and rows.

Answer: Sidebar

"Initially" tells us to use the first letters of the following words. In this instance those words provide one definition of "sidebar" as well, i.e., the one used in American court rooms (and television shows) describing a whispered conference between opposing lawyers and the judge, out of hearing of the jury.

(S)omething(I)s(D)iscussed(E)nding(B)ickering(A)nd(R)ows

Seaside snippet: Southend-on-Sea, Essex is situated on the estuary of the River Thames, and is famous for having the longest pleasure pier in the world, at 1.3 miles or two kilometres.
9. Prepare a sale, son at Christmas.

Answer: Seasonal

"Prepare" tells us we must do something with (anagram) "a sale son" and "at Christmas" hints at the answer, that being a time when people might find "seasonal" jobs, perhaps at a store having a sale!

Seaside snippet: Southport, on the Irish Sea, is either in Lancashire or Merseyside (depending on when we are discussing) and is sometimes known as England's Golfing Capital.
10. Riding askew did seal Ed's style.

Answer: Sidesaddle

"Askew" tells us we need an anagram, in this case of "did seal Ed's". The words "riding" and "style" when put together hint at the answer, as sidesaddle is a style of horseback riding, though usually a man like Ed would be expected to ride astride!

Seaside snippet: Torquay, Devon is situated on what is known as the English Riviera, and a hotel there was the inspiration for the comedy TV series "Fawlty Towers" in the 1970s.
Source: Author spanishliz

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