Hey Four I's! I'd Like a Word With You (Part 6) Quiz

Answer: False

James Madison was never Vice President. It was John Adams who wrote this sentiment to his wife Abigail Adams in a letter in 1797 after he served President George Washington from 1789 to 1791 as Washington's Vice President. Adams was disappointed that the office had little power or responsibility.

It was instead, that 4-I'd word "insignificant." He did however, get his shot at the Presidency, elected to two terms as the United States' second president.

Answer: Martin Luther King, Jr.

Martin Luther King, Jr. used the 4-I'd word "inevitability" in that sermon, and continued by saying, "And so we must straighten our backs and work for our freedom. A man can't ride you unless your back is bent." That speech came to be known as "The Death of Evil upon the Seashore." A similar version of that quote is in his 1958 book, "Stride Toward Freedom": "Even a superficial look at history reveals that no social advance rolls in on the wheels of inevitability."

Answer: Resistance

Resistance is a measure of a materia'ls opposition to the flow of electric current. It quantifies how much a conductor resists the flow of electrons and it is defined mathematically as the ratio of voltage (V) to current (I), expressed as R=V/I. Resistance equals voltage divided by current, and the result is in ohms symbolized by the symbol Ω.

Answer: Shimmering

Iridizing is the application of a thin metallic coating to the surface of glass or some other material, to get a shimmering, rainbow-like appearance, an iridescence if you will, depending on the angle of the light hitting it, or the viewing position. Tin oxide is often used as the iridizing substance, but other such substances include ferric chloride, chloride, gold, mica, or others.

Answer: Mark Twain

In this travel book by Mark Twain, he wrote about his ideas regarding truth and fiction, observing that while fiction must follow certain plausible scenarios to maintain a level of belief on the reader's part, the truth can often be odder and more unexpected. The quote appears in Chapter 15, and has been paraphrased over the years, perhaps most notably by the phrase, "Truth is stranger than fiction."

Answer: Inaudibility

Human hearing typically has range from about 20 Hz to 20 kHz. Sounds that fall outside this range may be considered inaudible, that is, sounds below 20 Hz (infrasound) and above 20 kHz (ultrasound) are generally inaudible to humans.

Answer: Divinities

Divinities are often described as gods or goddess in various religious traditions, including polytheistic religions, such as the Roman, Greek, and Egyptian. But the term also refers to the quality of being divine, such as holiness, power, and transcendence, pertaining to deities. When speaking of the divinity of Christ in Christianity, the focus is on the nature and essence of God as represented in Jesus.

Answer: Victimizing

"Victimizing" is derived from Latin "victima" which meant a sacrificial animal.
Its first sense is that of a sacrificial offering, and this strong sense is made stronger by the identification of the sacrificial offering and thus the victim as Christ.

Answer: Engender

To engender is to cause or give rise to, implying the beginning of a process, a very suitable description of what initialize means: to set something in its initial state, to prepare it for the beginning of its use.
Decimate, abrogate, and extirpate are much closer to being antonyms for initialize.

Answer: Consequentiality

A consequentiality is the quality or state of having significant consequences or importance, which is quite the opposite of negligibility which means something so small or insignificant or of so little importance of consequence as to be not worth the attention.
Infinitesimality is a mostly mathematical term in calculus and data analysis for quantities that are infinitely small and can often be treated as negligible. Nugatoriness is the quality of having no or very little value or importance. Inappreciability conveys that something is too small to be appreciated or considered significant.