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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Christmas decoration
Answer: Silent
Tinsel.
Like so many Christmas traditions, tinsel was originally made in Germany, in the early 17th century, and was made of thin strips of silver. Silver was expensive, and tended to tarnish, so aluminium and lead were used, too. These days tinsel is more likely to be made of coated plastic.
2. Engage
Answer: Silent
Enlist.
To engage help is to enlist assistance. The word 'enlist' is commonly used in the context of joining the armed forces.
3. Hark
Answer: Silent
Listen.
To use your auditory sense. There is a Portuguese movie called 'Listen', released in 2020, about a family whose children have been removed by Social Services- it is based on a true story.
4. Bights
Answer: Silent
Inlets.
An inlet is a body of water that extends into a shore. Bays, coves, fjords and sounds are all examples of inlets.
5. Tough question
Answer: Ropes
Poser.
Hopefully this question was not TOO much of a poser. A poser in Australia is a bit of a show-off, or attention seeker.
6. Language
Answer: Ropes
Prose.
Prose is writing that does not follow a rhyming pattern. It is the opposite of poetry.
7. Seed
Answer: Ropes
Spore.
A spore is a rudimentary seed, used to grow fungi, bacteria, mosses and ferns. It differs slightly from a 'true' seed in that it can germinate by itself, whereas a seed needs another reproductive cell to work.
8. Curative
Answer: Claimed
Medical.
There are many different medical specialists, starting at your feet (podiatrist) and ending in your head (psychiatrist), and all points in between.
9. Ten
Answer: Claimed
Decimal.
The decimal system is based on the number ten, probably because of the number of fingers we have! The word originates from the Latin 'decimus', which means 'ten'.
10. Sermonise
Answer: Claimed
Declaim.
To declaim is to talk pompously, usually in a loud voice. Think of fire-and-brimstone preachers, and vociferous politicians.
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