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I start each question with a definition for a word. Subtract one letter, rearrange, and you'll have the answer to the SECOND definition. At the end of the quiz, the nine letters you dropped will spell another word matching the theme.

A multiple-choice quiz by john_sunseri. Estimated time: 7 mins.

Author
john_sunseri

Time
7 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
319,877

Updated
Jul 23 22

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
8 / 10

Plays
877

Awards
Top 35% Quiz

Question 1 of 10

1. The first word means enclosures for pets or zoo animals. Drop a letter, rearrange, and you get a spice that's often used for pork, pasta or stuffing. I want the FIRST word, please!

Answer: ((five letters, first letter C))

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Question 2 of 10

2. A word meaning countertenors or contraltos, or the second-highest voices in a four-part chorus. Subtract a letter, rearrange, and you get a mineral you'll use for preserving or for popcorn. First word, please!

Answer: ((five letters, first letter A))

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which word means the heavy butterfat layer that you skim off your milk, and probably put into your coffee? Take a letter out, rearrange the ones that are left, and you get a spice that's mostly used for white sauces. First word only, please!

Answer: ((Five letters, starts with C))

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Question 4 of 10

4. The word I'm looking for means stories you and your friends might provide to prove your whereabouts for the time when a crime was committed. Take out a letter, rearrange those left, and you get an herb used for spaghetti sauces or pesto. First word only, please!

Answer: ((six letters, starts with A))

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Question 5 of 10

5. The definition of this word is a recessed area off a main room, in which you might put artwork or even a bed. Take away a letter, rearrange, and you get a dried flower bud used to flavor baked hams, stab into oranges for a pomade, or even make cigarettes out of. I want the first word, please.

Answer: ((Six letters, starts with A))

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which word means out of one's head, crazy or deranged? Take away a letter, rearrange the remaining ones, and you get a spice made from a flowering plant that gives the flavor of licorice (I use it for biscotti). First word only, please!

Answer: (Six letters - the answer is NOT 'senile')

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which word means 'readied someone for surgery' or 'studied for a test' or 'trained in preparation for'? Take away a letter, rearrange the rest, and you get a spice that's probably the second-most popular flavoring in the world, alongside salt. First word only, please!

Answer: ((Seven letters, starts with P))

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which word means a mass of ice that slowly moves over land? Take away one letter, rearrange, and you get a plant in the onion family that's essential in Italian, Greek and Chinese cuisine. First word only, please!

Answer: ((Seven letters, starts with G))

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Question 9 of 10

9. What word means to bore a hole, to train with the military or to teach by repetition? Take away a letter and you have another word that means an herb you use to pickle cucumbers. First word only, please.

Answer: ((Five letters, starts with D))

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Question 10 of 10

10. Okay, you've had a nine-question run through your spice cabinet. Take the nine letters you dropped from your initial answers, and they spell out another spice (no rearranging necessary this time). What spice is it?

Answer: ((Nine letters, obviously))

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. The first word means enclosures for pets or zoo animals. Drop a letter, rearrange, and you get a spice that's often used for pork, pasta or stuffing. I want the FIRST word, please!

Answer: cages

Sage is a slightly peppery herb that goes incredibly well with buttery pasta sauces and bland vegetables.

Answer: Altos

Salt is vitally important in human history, especially due to its preservative powers (before the days of refrigeration, you needed a fair amount of the stuff so your meat wouldn't rot). A saltworks in China dates back to 6000 B.C.

Answer: Cream

Mace is the covering of the nutmeg seed, so this is the only tropical fruit that provides two different spices.

Answer: Alibis

Basil marries well with tomatoes, and is the key ingredient (along with pine nuts, cheese, garlic and oil) in classic pesto.

Answer: Alcove

Cloves come from India and Indonesia, and in the early days of the British Empire were worth more than their weight in gold, due to the cost of transporting them.

Answer: Insane

Anise is also the flavor in the liquors Absinthe, ouzo and J�germeister.

Answer: Prepped

Pepper's spiciness comes from the chemical known as piperine, and the spice was used throughout history as a medicine and a gourmet seasoning for those wealthy enough to be able to afford it.

Answer: Glacier

Garlic has antibacterial, antiviral, and antifungal properties, and causes some serious bad breath. It also keeps away vampires, so you might want to just live with the halitosis.

Answer: Drill

Dill has an interesting history. It's been used to ward off hiccups, to stave off witches, and as an ingredient in love potions. It's also important as an ingredient in borscht.

Answer: Coriander

Coriander (also known as cilantro) is an incredibly versatile herb, ranging all over the world and used in guacamole, salsa, chutney and many Chinese dishes. And it's one of those flavors that people tend to either love or hate.

Source: Author john_sunseri

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