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Dropping and Adding Letters Trivia Quiz

You should manage this quiz quite easily if you follow the instructions and read the clues. (If you start with number 5 and then work up and down, it might help.) Good luck!

A multiple-choice quiz by Jomarion. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
Jomarion

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
353,691

Updated
Jul 23 22

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Easy

Avg Score
9 / 10

Plays
931

Question 1 of 10

1. The first word is an adjective describing someone's mouth when it is open - perhaps in amazement or surprise.

Answer: (5 letters)

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Question 2 of 10

2. Drop a letter and rearrange the rest to find a name given to one side of a leaf of a book.

Answer: (4 letters)

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Question 3 of 10

3. Drop a letter and rearrange the rest to discover an opening or a breach.

Answer: (3 letters)

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Question 4 of 10

4. Drop yet another letter and rearrange the rest to find a familiar word for "father".

Answer: (2 letters)

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Question 5 of 10

5. Now lose another letter and you should be left with the indefinite article.

Answer: (1 letter)

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Question 6 of 10

6. Now add a letter to designate the space or position where something (or someone) may be found.

Answer: (2 letters)

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Question 7 of 10

7. Add a letter and rearrange them to find an infusion of leaves in boiling water.

Answer: (3 letters)

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Question 8 of 10

8. Add another letter and rearrange them to find an adjective meaning "behindhand".

Answer: (4 letters)

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Question 9 of 10

9. Add a further letter, rearrange them and find the name of a single division of the corolla of a flower.

Answer: (5 letters)

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Question 10 of 10

10. Add another letter, rearrange them and you'll find the last word which is an adjective describing something covered with a coating of metal.

Answer: (6 letters)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. The first word is an adjective describing someone's mouth when it is open - perhaps in amazement or surprise.

Answer: agape

The love feast, held by early Christians at communion time, is also known as an agape.

2. Drop a letter and rearrange the rest to find a name given to one side of a leaf of a book.

Answer: page

Historically this word applied to a youth who was training for knighthood at the court of a monarch, or in the household of a nobleman.

3. Drop a letter and rearrange the rest to discover an opening or a breach.

Answer: gap

An empty piece of land in a built-up area, where buildings have been demolished, is known as a "gap site".

4. Drop yet another letter and rearrange the rest to find a familiar word for "father".

Answer: pa

Pa is the symbol for protactinium which is a silvery-gray, metallic element.

5. Now lose another letter and you should be left with the indefinite article.

Answer: a

In music, this letter is the major sixth of the scale of C.

6. Now add a letter to designate the space or position where something (or someone) may be found.

Answer: at

At is the chemical symbol for astatine which is a radioactive, chemical element.

7. Add a letter and rearrange them to find an infusion of leaves in boiling water.

Answer: tea

The dried and prepared leaves of a tree - Camellia sinensis - are used to make most of the tea which is used throughout the world.

8. Add another letter and rearrange them to find an adjective meaning "behindhand".

Answer: late

When referring to the "dear departed", you can also use the word "late" to describe him or her.

9. Add a further letter, rearrange them and find the name of a single division of the corolla of a flower.

Answer: petal

Although we don't think of the petal of a flower as being made of metal, the word "petal" comes from an old Latin word meaning "metal plate".

10. Add another letter, rearrange them and you'll find the last word which is an adjective describing something covered with a coating of metal.

Answer: plated

When a vehicle is covered with metal plates it is said to be armour-plated.

Source: Author Jomarion

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