Farewell to France Quiz | Drop a Letter

Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Drop one letter from France and anagram to get a caricature.

Answer: Farce

A farce is a dramatic work using exaggerated situations to elicit laughs. Shakespeare's play "The Taming of the Shrew" is considered a good example of a farce with the characters' stereotypical traits being played up for comic effect.

2. Do away with another letter and scramble to get a small snack bar.

Answer: Cafe

The English word cafe comes from the French word caf� meaning a coffee shop. In English, a cafe can mean a small restaurant or snack bar where entire meals can be bought.

3. Discard another letter and scramble to get a top card.

Answer: Ace

The ace is regarded as a top card that trumps others in most card games like hearts. In others like blackjack, it may hold the value of either one or eleven, depending on the situation.

4. Drop another letter and mix it up to get the atomic symbol for the element that strengthens our bones.

Answer: Ca

Calcium has the atomic symbol of Ca and the atomic number 20. On earth, it is most commonly found as the compound calcium carbonate in the rock limestone. This led to its name calcium from the Latin word calx for lime. Calcium plays a vital role in the formation of bones.

5. Now start adding letters. Add a letter to get a small container.

Answer: Can

Can is used to describe a small container usually made of tin or aluminium. A variety of foods can be bought in canned options ranging from fruit to fish.

6. Attach one more letter to get a blind person's aid.

Answer: Cane

Other synonyms for a cane are staff, crook, rod and baton. Canes used as walking sticks were traditionally made of bamboo.

7. With the addition of one more letter you can either get a large waterbody OR a mode of transport to cross it. Any one answer only.

Answer: Ocean

There are five oceans in the world - Arctic, Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, and Southern. The Pacific is the largest ocean.

A canoe is a narrow vessel, traditionally propelled by manual paddling. The word canoe came to the English language from Spanish and Portuguese where it is known as canoa. These languages in turn had borrowed it from the Arawakan languages spoken in the Caribbean.

8. Add another letter and scramble for a part of the eye.

Answer: Cornea

The cornea is the transparent part of the eye that covers the iris and the pupil. Its main function is to protect the structures present within the eye.

9. Add another letter and scramble for an affair.

Answer: Romance

Modern languages that have evolved from Latin are known as the Romance Languages. French is one of them with Spanish being the most widely spoken Romance Language.

10. Finally, add one more letter and anagram to reach your destination, a country where French is one of the official languages.

Answer: Cameroon

Cameroon is located in the western-central part of Africa with a coastline along the Atlantic Ocean. Originally colonized by Germany, it was split between France and the United Kingdom after World War I. After achieving independence from both in 1960-61, the country united to form the Republic of Cameroon.

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Farewell to France Trivia Quiz

Starting with France, drop and add one letter at a time to make your way to a new destination.

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