Thick as a Brick Trivia Quiz

Answer: Trick

On Halloween you go 'trick' or treating. Trick can be a noun, adjective or verb. It has various definitions and many synonyms including bluff, ability, and usage.

Answer: Chick

Chick can mean both a baby chicken or a woman but when used of a woman it is usually considered possibly offensive. It can also mean a child. A bunch of chicks as in baby chickens is called a brood which is also another name for a group of children, especially when they are siblings.

Answer: Pick

Pick is a very versatile word that as a verb can mean:
1) to choose or select
2) to steal
3) to gather fruit
and as a noun can mean:
1) the act of choosing or picking
2) a tool, many times called a pickaxe or pickax.

Answer: Kick

Mules are known for kicking and the punter kicks the ball in football. Although its more normal meaning is to strike with the feet, it can also mean to increase the speed in a car. As in the phrase 'he kicked the car into high gear.'

Answer: Crick

Crick can be both a noun and a verb. As a noun it identifies the spasm and pain. As a verb it identifies the action that caused the pain. In many northern and western states of the US, creek is ponounced and can even be spelled as crick.

Answer: Stick

Stick can be added to all of these words to form nightstick, yardstick, slapstick, and dipstick. Stick has many other meanings than just a branch or piece of wood. As a verb it can mean to pierce or puncture, as in to stick a pin in something, or to remain attached to by adhesion, as in to stick a stamp onto an envelope. These are just two other possible meanings out of many others.

Answer: Prick

A famous quote from Shakespeare's "Merchant of Venice" is when Shylock says during one of the most important monologues, "If you prick us do we not bleed?" The point is that Shylock as a Jew suffers just as any other man despite the fact that he is a Jew. Anyone who is pricked by a needle will bleed no matter who they are.

Answer: True

Nick and snick are synonymous, with nick actually being part of one of the definitions of snick. But they both also have other meanings totally separate from this shared meaning. Snick can mean to strike or hit and nick can mean to injure slightly.

Answer: Hick

A hick is any unsophisticated person normally from the country. Although the term is used in a bad way, many times people we think of as hicks or bumpkins are quite intelligent and you should not judge a person by their appearance.

Answer: Sick

Sick not only means to be ill or ailing but can also mean cool or crazy in slang. The slang meaning can either be very good or very bad depending on the context.