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Even More Cognate Anagrams Trivia Quiz

This is my third entry on cognate anagrams. Cognate anagrams are a rearrangement of letters, where the original word, phrase or sentence is related in meaning to the anagram. Rearrange the letters in quotes to find the answer.

A multiple-choice quiz by christopherm. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
christopherm

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
357,316

Updated
Jul 23 22

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
8 / 10

Plays
382

Awards
Top 35% Quiz

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Question 1 of 10

1. It's time to wake up. "Alas, no more Zs." Ignore the punctuation and rearrange the letters in quotation marks to name a device that wakes you up in the morning. Use the plural form for the second word. It may take you more than one of these devices to wake you up.

Answer: (Two Words (s,6) (a, 6))

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Question 2 of 10

2. You are playing correspondence chess. A card dutifully arrives in your mailbox with "no stamp." Who delivered it?

Answer: (One Word (starts with p, 7 letters))

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Question 3 of 10

3. This time, let's rearrange the letters of "genuine class" to find the name of a brilliant English actor. He is well known for his roles in films such as "Lawrence of Arabia," "Doctor Zhivago" and "A Passage to India".

Answer: (Two Words, 4 & 8 letters)

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Question 4 of 10

4. In our solar system, some people still hope that "alien forms" may be found on this fourth planet from the sun. Could there be sentience on this planet?

Answer: (Three Words (l,4 o,2 m,4))

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Question 5 of 10

5. A bit of sweeping, dusting and vacuuming may turn your room into one of "all niceness." Which single word am I looking for?

Answer: (One Word (c, 11))

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Question 6 of 10

6. I'm going to play a game called, "I play all the ABC." How should I arrange my letters, words or phrases? It's an adverb.

Answer: (One Word (a, 14))

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Question 7 of 10

7. The city mouse decides to pay a visit to the country mouse. The city mouse exclaims "no city dust here". Where is the city mouse?

Answer: (Two Words (definite article, 3; c, 11))

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Question 8 of 10

8. Despite the apparent lament "I'm her darn mate", he's a happily betrothed gent. Who is he?

Answer: (Three Words (definite article, 3; m, 7; m,3))

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Question 9 of 10

9. "Ah, part chemist," can be rearranged to discern the generally American name for this profession.

Answer: (Two Words (definite article, 3; p, 10))

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Question 10 of 10

10. Rearrange this phrase "hot sun or life in a car," to generate the lower half of a state in the United States. Los Angeles is one of the cities in this half of the state.

Answer: (Two Words)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

Answer: snooze alarms

Depending on how well your internal circadian clock works, you may or may not need an alarm clock or "snooze alarm" to wake up in the morning. If you are a heavy sleeper, you may need more than one.

2. You are playing correspondence chess. A card dutifully arrives in your mailbox with "no stamp." Who delivered it?

Answer: postman

It would be fortunate indeed, to receive a letter with no postage. It could happen, though. Once upon a time, I was playing nearly 70 simultaneous games of postal chess. It turned out to be a ratings disaster.

Answer: Alec Guinness

Sir Alec Guinness portrayed many great characters. For fans of the "Star Wars" series, you may recognize his portrayal of the venerable Obi-Wan Kenobi. He was also a prolific author. He passed away in 2000. This anagram is attributed to Dick Cavett.

4. In our solar system, some people still hope that "alien forms" may be found on this fourth planet from the sun. Could there be sentience on this planet?

Answer: life on mars

"It's life, Jim, but not as we know it." This phrase comes from the popular novelty song, "Star Trekkin'." The search for extraterrestrial life continues.

5. A bit of sweeping, dusting and vacuuming may turn your room into one of "all niceness." Which single word am I looking for?

Answer: cleanliness

Virginia Woolf said, "It seems as if an age of genius must be succeeded by an age of endeavor, riot and extravagance by cleanliness and hard work."

6. I'm going to play a game called, "I play all the ABC." How should I arrange my letters, words or phrases? It's an adverb.

Answer: alphabetically

You don't need to be an abecedarian to find the correct adverb, but it might be useful. The "Three Stooges" have a funny novelty song about the alphabet. It's called, "Swingin' the Alphabet."

7. The city mouse decides to pay a visit to the country mouse. The city mouse exclaims "no city dust here". Where is the city mouse?

Answer: the countryside

From the theme song to "Green Acres:"

"Green acres is the place for me.
Farm livin' is the life for me.
Land spreadin' out so far and wide
Keep Manhattan, just give me that countryside."

8. Despite the apparent lament "I'm her darn mate", he's a happily betrothed gent. Who is he?

Answer: the married man

Red Skelton said, "All men make mistakes, but married men find out about them sooner."

9. "Ah, part chemist," can be rearranged to discern the generally American name for this profession.

Answer: the pharmacist

Walter Matthau said, "I wanted to be a pharmacist. I liked the way our local pharmacist was always dressed in a nice white coat. He looked very calm, you'd give him money, and he'd give you something that you wanted to buy."

10. Rearrange this phrase "hot sun or life in a car," to generate the lower half of a state in the United States. Los Angeles is one of the cities in this half of the state.

Answer: Southern California

"Seems it never rains in southern California.
Seems I've often heard that kind of talk before.
It never rains in California, but girl, don't they warn ya?
It pours, man, it pours."

I was born in Northern California. I prefer it and it prefers me.

Source: Author christopherm

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