To Add Ice or Not? Trivia Quiz

Answer: Connoted

Caught in searchlights = Coned
Adding NOT gives us conNOTed.

Connoted means something that is suggested or implied by a statement, reference or action. "His silence connoted his displeasure."

Being coned in the searchlights was something to be avoided if one was a WWII bomber pilot who did not wish to be shot down, by either ack-ack or night fighters.

Answer: Notion

Charged particle = Ion
Add NOT to get NOTion.

A notion is an idea or concept, or possibly a sudden impulse. "I had a notion to jump off the bridge, but thought better of it!" To someone who sews a lot, notions are all the little things that are useful in that pastime, like needles, buttons, thimbles and such.

Answer: Price

A couple might be a pair, and in shortened form (shortly) we get Pr.
Add ICE to get prICE.

It might be interesting to note that "pr" can stand for "price" as well as for "pair". The price, or cost, of something is generally a monetary amount to be paid to obtain goods or services.

Answer: Mortice

Terry Pratchett's fourth Discworld novel, and the comedian are both called "Mort".
Add ICE and we have mortICE.

A mortice (or mortise) lock is one which has a notch, hole or pocket cut into the door or other item to be locked, to provide a place for the lock to fit. Mortice (mortise) is also a type of woodworking joint.

Returning to Pratchett's book, "Mort", it is the tale of a young man, the title character, who finds himself apprenticed to Death and the adventures he has in that capacity. Mort Sahl (1927-2021) was a stand up comedian who was born in Montreal, but spent most of his working life in the States, where he made a living satirizing American politics and culture.

Answer: Bo Bice

Choose either Bob, Hope or Hoskins.
Add ICE and split into two words to get Bo B(ICE).

Bo Bice, whose real first name is Harold, was born in Alabama in 1975. After placing second to Carrie Underwood in the fourth season of "American Idol" he has had a moderately successful music career, releasing a number of albums in the Southern rock/country rock genres.

Bob Hope (1903-2003) was the legendary entertainer, born in England but a star in Hollywood, entertainer of US troops in multiple wars and long time Academy Awards host (19 times between 1942 and 1978). Bob Hoskins (1942-2014) was an English actor who appeared in such films as "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" and "The Long Good Friday".

Answer: Whatnot

Of the several interrogative words, "what" and "when" are the ones that render a seven letter word when added to either ICE or NOT. Choose "what".
Add NOT to arrive at whatNOT.

A whatnot can be a thingamajig, or the word can be tagged on to the end of a list to indicate that there are other items that could be added, but are encompassed by the catchall "whatnot". "Her scrapbook stash contained paper, card stock, ribbons, brads, die-cuts and whatnot." A whatnot is also a shelf designed to hold small items of bric-a-brac, and whatnot.

Answer: Cornice

Maize = Corn
Add ICE to achieve cornICE.

Whether or not what is called "corn" in North America is exactly the same thing as what is called "maize" elsewhere makes no difference here. For the purposes of this quiz they are equivalent.

A cornice is usually decorative, and is a moulding found just below the line of a ceiling, indoors, or along the roof line outdoors. The word can also be applied to that menacing overhang of snow that skiers and mountaineers should not linger below.

Answer: Wendice

Making one's way could be to "wend" one's way.
Add ICE to get the surname wendICE.

In "Dial M for Murder" (1954), directed by Alfred Hitchcock, Ray Milland played the villainous Tony Wendice, who plotted against his beautiful wife Margot (Grace Kelly), who had been unfaithful to him.

Answer: Denote

Believe it or not, there are five rivers called Dee in the British Isles, two of them in Scotland with another in Wales. The Welsh one forms part of the border with England, whilst the more prominent Scottish one is the Dee that flows into the North Sea at Aberdeen.

Add NOT to get deNOTe.

Denote can mean to signify or indicate something. "The sign on the door denotes the occupant's desire to be undisturbed."

If you thought of the word "deice", as in what is done to an aeroplane's wings in frigid weather, that won't work, as it only uses the "De" of Dee (or "ic" of ice). The definition also doesn't fit.

Answer: Ice maiden

In cricket, a maiden over is one in which no runs are scored by the batting team.
Precede this by ICE, and we have ICE maiden.

Also called Momia Juanita (Mummy Juanita), the Ice Maiden was discovered in the Andes in 1995, and is the frozen body of a young Inca girl, who was probably sacrificed to a volcano over 500 years earlier.

Answer: Snotty

A sow is a female pig, who might happily live in a sty, possibly with all her little piglets.
Add NOT to get sNOTty.

The nickname "Snotty" for a midshipman in the Royal Navy sounds rather uncomplimentary, and there are a number of theories as to its origin. One that makes sense to me recalls that in the 18th century, these officers in training might have been as young as ten years old, and therefore prone to homesickness, crying and runny noses.

Answer: Cannot

Tin container = Can
Add NOT and there's your answer.

Both "cannot" and "can not" are acceptable spellings, and the meaning remains being unable to do whatever it is that is being asked. "I cannot decide which spelling to use!" "I can not make the choice for you."

Answer: Ricer

Train tracks describe a railroad, which, briefly can be written RR.
Add ICE and you'll find a rICEr.

A potato ricer is a gadget that transforms cooked potatoes into squiggly thin shreds, before further processing them into yummy, fluffy, mashed spuds. Ricers can also be used to similarly transform other foods.

Answer: Voices

Vos is a familiar (or informal) form of the pronoun, used chiefly in Spanish-speaking countries of Latin America.
Add ICE and we can hear some voICEs.

Hearing voices in one's head might be reason to talk to a doctor, or possibly to remove the audio receiver from one's ear!

Answer: Notice

If you don't make a choice, and remember what was said in the intro, you might NOTICE what you see when you put both words together.

Sometimes you might even notice (see) a notice (announcement) about some coming event. Right now you might notice that we've reached the end of this quiz.