Working the Night Shift Trivia Quiz

Answer: Fight

While people have fought each other by various means for time immemorial, the rules of boxing were codified in 1867 with the publication of the Marquess of Queensbury rules. Boxing was first introduced into the Olympics in 1904 for men and in 2012 for women.

Answer: Right

Right can be a confusing word for those learning English. It can mean a direction like the side of the road on which the majority of countries drive on. Or it can be a synonym for correct. Hopefully you got the answer to this question right.

Answer: Tight

Another word with multiple common meanings. When money is tight we try to limit how much we spend so we don't run out. When tying a knot it is the opposite of loose. And when we're flying coach on an airplane it describes the way we are packed into our seats.

Answer: Sight

The five senses are sight, sound, touch, taste, and smell. We use these every day to find out more about the world around us. Sight enables us to recognize people, places and things and lets us do everyday tasks such as driving a car.

Answer: Might

Might can have two meanings related to completely different things. It can mean strength as in the idiom "Might makes right" implying that someone with strength gets to decide how things will be. It can also mean maybe as in "It might rain today."

Answer: Wight

The Isle of Wight is located off the southern coast of England in the English Channel. It hosts an annual music festival which in 1970 was one of the largest festivals ever with attendance of around 600,000 people. Artists performing included The Who, The Doors, Bob Dylan, and Jimi Hendrix. It was one of Hendrix' last performances as he died less than three weeks later.

The Isle of Wight was also mentioned in the Beatles song "When I'm 64" in the line "Every summer we can rent a cottage in the Isle of Wight if it's not too dear."

Answer: Bight

A bight is a bay with a large concave coastline. They can be found all over the world from California to Bangkok to Australia. The homophone mentioned in the clue is that you don't want a dog to bite you.

Answer: Eight

Of course, eight is the natural number between seven and nine. It is also two cubed which means it is the smallest number that is neither prime nor the product of exactly two (not necessarily unique) primes.

It is also the only answer in this quiz that does not rhyme with night.

Answer: Height

Height is a vertical dimension and tends to imply a three-dimensional object as we tend to use width and length to describe two-dimensional objects. To determine the volume of a cube we multiply the height by width and length. A person's height tends to be measured in centimeters or inches depending on where you are.

Answer: Light

Along with heat, light is one of the things we rely on the sun for. The presence of light, even if obscured by clouds, is what distinguishes day from night. One of the most fundamental questions of physics is whether light is made of particles, waves, or both.

Although light travels very fast...the fastest speed possible...it still takes eight minutes to travel from the sun to the earth and much longer to go from star to star.