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A quick and easy vocabulary quiz. Begin with A and continue on to Z. Use the clues to find words that begin with successive alphabet letters and end with the ON or AWN sound--spelled a few different ways. This kind of quiz works best if you go FAST!

A multiple-choice quiz by robynraymer. Estimated time: 10 mins.

Author
robynraymer

Time
10 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
215,546

Updated
Jul 23 22

# Qns
25

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
18 / 25

Plays
1018

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Question 1 of 25

1. German superhighway?

Answer: (Begins with A and has 8 letters.)

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Question 2 of 25

2. A modeling and acting agency?

Answer: (Begins with B and has 8 letters.)

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Question 3 of 25

3. A Chinese province? (old spelling)?

Answer: (Begins with C and has 6 letters.)

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Question 4 of 25

4. A mafia leader?

Answer: (Begins with D and has 3 letters.)

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Question 5 of 25

5. A ship, the _______ Valdez?

Answer: (Begins with E and has 5 letters.)

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Question 6 of 25

6. A doe's baby?

Answer: (Begins with F and has 4 letters.)

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Question 7 of 25

7. An antonym for "here"?

Answer: (Begins with G and has 4 letters.)

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Question 8 of 25

8. A Great Lake?

Answer: (Begins with H and has 5 letters.)

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Question 9 of 25

9. A dinosaur?

Answer: (Begins with I and has 9 letters. Watch your spelling!)

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Question 10 of 25

10. Feminine version of the French name Jean?

Answer: (Begins with J and has 6 letters.)

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Question 11 of 25

11. Genghis _______?

Answer: (Begins with K and has 4 letters.)

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Question 12 of 25

12. Mythical Irish being?

Answer: (Begins with L and has 10 letters.)

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Question 13 of 25

13. An extremely tiny unit of measurement?

Answer: (Begins with M and has 6 letters.)

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Question 14 of 25

14. A brain cell?

Answer: (Begins with N and has 6 letters.)

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Question 15 of 25

15. An eight-sided figure?

Answer: (Begins with O and has 7 letters.)

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Question 16 of 25

16. A model of perfection?

Answer: (Begins with P and has 7 letters.)

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Question 17 of 25

17. Chinese (Buddhist) goddess of mercy: _______ Yin?

Answer: (Begins with Q and has 4 letters.)

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Question 18 of 25

18. Nancy Reagan's son?

Answer: (Begins with R and has 3 letters.)

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Question 19 of 25

19. Devil's _______?

Answer: (Begins with S and has 5 letters.)

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Question 20 of 25

20. An herb?

Answer: (Begins with T and has 8 letters.)

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Question 21 of 25

21. Once _______ a time?

Answer: (Begins with U and has 4 letters.)

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Question 22 of 25

22. Robert _______, the Man from U.N.C.L.E.?

Answer: (Begins with V and has 6 letters.)

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Question 23 of 25

23. Pale and _______?

Answer: (Begins with W and has 3 letters.)

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Question 24 of 25

24. I'm skipping X. You do this when you're sleepy?

Answer: (Begins with Y and has 4 letters.)

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Question 25 of 25

25. A mineral?

Answer: (Check out the quiz title. Begins with Z.)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. German superhighway?

Answer: autobahn

Or automaton, Amazon, Anton, or Antoine.

2. A modeling and acting agency?

Answer: Barbizon

Or bonbon (candy) or boron (a metalloid element).

3. A Chinese province? (old spelling)?

Answer: Canton

Or con or come-on.

4. A mafia leader?

Answer: Don

Or dawn or decagon.

5. A ship, the _______ Valdez?

Answer: Exxon

Or eon or electron.

6. A doe's baby?

Answer: fawn

Or flan, futon, or faun--a mythical creature, a kinder, gentler satyr.

7. An antonym for "here"?

Answer: gone

There's doggone, gone to the dogs, gone fishing, gonzo, here and gone, here today and gone tomorrow, and "Goneaway Lake," a fabulous kids' book by Elizabeth Enright.

8. A Great Lake?

Answer: Huron

The Hurons are a Native American group. Or there's Jessica Hahn, the church secretary who blew the whistle on James Bakker. Or heptagon, a seven-sided figure or hexagon, a six-sided one.

9. A dinosaur?

Answer: Iguanodon

Gideon Mantell was the first to discover fossilized Iguanodon bones. He discovered them in Ringmer, East Sussex (UK) in 1822.

10. Feminine version of the French name Jean?

Answer: Jeanne

Or John, Jon or the Spanish name Juan or the Dutch name Jan.

11. Genghis _______?

Answer: Khan

Or the late, great comic actress Madeline Kahn. Or Superman's home, the planet Krypton.

12. Mythical Irish being?

Answer: leprechaun

Or mow the lawn or lawn handkerchiefs.

13. An extremely tiny unit of measurement?

Answer: micron

Or the game of mahjong. It takes one million microns to equal a meter. A marathon is a race that is over 26 miles long.

14. A brain cell?

Answer: neuron

Or Indian bread called naan or nonagon, a nine-sided figure.

15. An eight-sided figure?

Answer: octagon

Or Oregon (though many people pronounce its final syllable as if it were spelled "gun").

16. A model of perfection?

Answer: paragon

Or pantheon, pentagon, phenomenon, pawn, put-upon, or put-on.

17. Chinese (Buddhist) goddess of mercy: _______ Yin?

Answer: Quan

In my favorite children's book series, "The Melendy Family" by Elizabeth Enright, the children's father had a Quan Yin statuette on his writing desk.

18. Nancy Reagan's son?

Answer: Ron

Or the 1950 film Rashomon, directed by Akira Kurosawa.

19. Devil's _______?

Answer: spawn

Or frogs' spawn. Or Charles Manson's home, the Spahn Ranch. Or a sawn-off shotgun.

20. An herb?

Answer: tarragon

Or "What a turn-on!" as hippies used to say in the 1960s.

21. Once _______ a time?

Answer: upon

Or "Once Upon a Mattress," the musical.

22. Robert _______, the Man from U.N.C.L.E.?

Answer: Vaughn

Vaughn played Napoleon Solo and David McCallum played Illya Kuryakin. The late, great Leo G. Carroll played their boss.

23. Pale and _______?

Answer: wan

Or whereupon or Obi-Wan Kenobi of "Star Wars."

24. I'm skipping X. You do this when you're sleepy?

Answer: yawn

Dogs sometimes yawn when they're confused. It's a way of saying "I don't understand what's happening here."

25. A mineral?

Answer: zircon

Zircon, a natural stone, comes in a variety of colors, including rose, blue, yellow, and brown. It is a December birthstone and can be an October one, too.

Can you say this list very quickly? Autobahn, Barbizon, Canton, Don, fawn, gone, Huron, Iguanodon, Jeanne, Khan, leprechaun, micron, neuron, octagon, paragon, Quan, Ron, spawn, tarragon, upon, Vaughn, wan, yawn, zircon.

Source: Author robynraymer

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