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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Look intently
Answer: Rates
Stare.
To stare is to look with a fixed gaze. It is considered an impolite action in many cultures.
2. Horses
Answer: Capers
Pacers.
There are two basic types of harness horses, trotters and pacers. The difference is the way the horse moves it legs- a pacer moves each side's legs in unison, whereas a trotter move diagonally opposite legs together. Confusingly, the sport is colloquially known as 'the trots' in Australia and New Zealand. Most trotting races have the driver in a small cart, called a sulky.
Horse racing, on the other hand (or hoof), sees horses galloping, with a jockey sitting on the horse.
3. Flower
Answer: Rates
Aster.
Asters can come in a variety of colours, from orange, white, blue and purple. Their name comes from the Greek word for 'star', which represents the shape of the flower.
4. Fortification
Answer: Capers
Escarp.
A steep embankment, usually used to protect a castle. Escarps (also spelled as 'scarps' and 'escarpments') can be natural or manmade.
5. Stun gun
Answer: Rates
Taser.
Taser is an acronym for 'Thomas A. Swift Electric Rifle'. The weapon was invented by Jack Cover in 1969, and named after a 1911 novel. It is a short-range device designed to disable a suspect, with electrical currents affecting the nervous system.
6. Long distance
Answer: Capers
Parsec.
A parsec is an astronomical unit of distance equal to 3.26 light years, or if you prefer, 30,856,775,814,913,673 metres. The nearest star to our Solar System, Proxima Centauri, is 1.3 pc away from us.
7. Rips
Answer: Rates
Tears.
To tear cloth or paper is to rip it apart. The word is also a homograph, as it has a different pronunciation and meaning- water used to irrigate the eyes.
8. Scratch
Answer: Capers
Scrape.
A scrape can be a noun or a verb. You can scape some skin off with a pumice stone, or be in a tight scrape.
9. Re-examined
Answer: Rates
Resat.
To take an exam again, is to resit it.
10. Ghost
Answer: Capers
Casper.
'Casper, the Friendly Ghost' started life (death?) in 1945 as a movie cartoon, based on a 1939 book. He was in dozens of comic books, and several television shows. He made his movie debut in 1995, in 'Casper' and has appeared in four other films since then. He even has a series of video games.
Poor Casper has a problem- he only wanted to make friends, but almost everyone was terrified of ghosts!
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