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From Array to Zay Trivia Quiz

Beginning with A and continuing through Y (I'm doing X instead of Z this time), use the clues to find words beginning with successive letters of the alphabet and ending with the long 'a' sound. If you like this one, please try 'From Anchor to Zephyr.'

A multiple-choice quiz by robynraymer. Estimated time: 11 mins.

Author
robynraymer

Time
11 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
55,953

Updated
Jul 23 22

# Qns
25

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
20 / 25

Plays
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Awards
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Question 1 of 25

1. To reduce in intensity - What word, ending with a long a sound, has this definition?

Answer: (A--5 letters; )

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Question 2 of 25

2. A meal served standing up - What word, ending with a long a sound, has this definition?

Answer: (B--6 letters)

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Question 3 of 25

3. A mountain cabin - What word, ending with a long a sound, has this definition?

Answer: (C--6 letters)

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Question 4 of 25

4. To put off - What word, ending with a long a sound, has this definition?

Answer: (D--5 letters)

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Question 5 of 25

5. Ordinary - What word, ending with a long a sound, has this definition?

Answer: (E--8 letters)

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Question 6 of 25

6. A piece of boneless meat or fish - What word, ending with a long a sound, has this definition? (US pronunciation)

Answer: (F--5 or 6 letters)

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Question 7 of 25

7. Someone who likes to eat fancy food - What word, ending with a long a sound, has this definition?

Answer: (G--7 letters)

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Question 8 of 25

8. A cheer - What word, ending with a long a sound, has this definition?

Answer: (H--6 letters)

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Question 9 of 25

9. To place between - What word, ending with a long a sound, has this definition?

Answer: (I--8 letters)

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Question 10 of 25

10. A bird - What word, ending with a long a sound, has this definition?

Answer: (J--3 letters)

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Question 11 of 25

11. _______ Ballard or Danny _______ - What word, ending with a long a sound, could fit in the blanks?

Answer: (K--Careful, it's got FOUR letters!)

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Question 12 of 25

12. Reclined - What word, ending with a long a sound, has this definition?

Answer: (L--3 letters)

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Question 13 of 25

13. A month - What word, ending with a long a sound, has this definition?

Answer: (M--3 letters)

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Question 14 of 25

14. Whinny - What word, ending with a long a sound, has this definition?

Answer: (N--5 letters)

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Question 15 of 25

15. Comply - What word, ending with a long a sound, has this definition?

Answer: (O--4 letters)

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Question 16 of 25

16. Communicate with God - What word, ending with a long a sound, has this definition?

Answer: (P--4 letters)

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Question 17 of 25

17. A pier - What word, ending with a long a sound, has this definition? (US pronunciation)

Answer: (Q--4 letters)

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Question 18 of 25

18. Instant _______ - What word, ending with a long a sound, could go in the blank?

Answer: (R--6 letters)

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Question 19 of 25

19. To kill OR to do very well on stage in a comedy routine - What word, ending with a long a sound, has this definition?

Answer: (S--4 letters)

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Question 20 of 25

20. A men's hairpiece - What word, ending with a long a sound, has this definition?

Answer: (T--6 letters)

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Question 21 of 25

21. The opposite of 'emphasize' - What word, ending with a long a sound, has this definition?

Answer: (U--9 letters)

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Question 22 of 25

22. Oy _____! - What word, ending with a long a sound, could fit in the blank?

Answer: (V--3 letters)

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Question 23 of 25

23. How much do you _______ - What word, ending with a long a sound, could fit in the blank?

Answer: (W--5 letters)

24. I'm not skipping X this time (I'm skipping Z, instead). If your doctor thinks you have fractured a bone, she will send you to get an _______. - What word, ending with a long a sound, fits in the blank?

Answer: (X--a letter and a 3-letter word)

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Question 25 of 25

25. We're done! _______! - What word, ending with a long a sound, could fit in the blank?

Answer: (Y--3 letters)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. To reduce in intensity - What word, ending with a long a sound, has this definition?

Answer: allay

Or affray (to frighten).

2. A meal served standing up - What word, ending with a long a sound, has this definition?

Answer: buffet

Or bouquet or bray or beret.

3. A mountain cabin - What word, ending with a long a sound, has this definition?

Answer: chalet

Or chambray or clay.

4. To put off - What word, ending with a long a sound, has this definition?

Answer: delay

Or dray or display or dismay.

5. Ordinary - What word, ending with a long a sound, has this definition?

Answer: everyday

Can you think of any more?

6. A piece of boneless meat or fish - What word, ending with a long a sound, has this definition? (US pronunciation)

Answer: fillet

Or fray or flay.

7. Someone who likes to eat fancy food - What word, ending with a long a sound, has this definition?

Answer: gourmet

Or gay or gray or grey.

8. A cheer - What word, ending with a long a sound, has this definition?

Answer: hooray

Or hay or hey or heyday.

9. To place between - What word, ending with a long a sound, has this definition?

Answer: interlay

Or interplay.

10. A bird - What word, ending with a long a sound, has this definition?

Answer: jay

Can you think of any more?

11. _______ Ballard or Danny _______ - What word, ending with a long a sound, could fit in the blanks?

Answer: Kaye

Danny Kaye shortened his name from Kaminsky (some of his cousins shortened theirs to Kamin). Kaye Ballard was on Desilu's hit comedy show The Mothers-in-Law from 1967 to 1969. She and Eve Arden made a terrific comedy team.

12. Reclined - What word, ending with a long a sound, has this definition?

Answer: lay

Or Lillet--a sweet wine. Or love-vay (what Mr. Howell calls his wife on Gilligan's Island).

13. A month - What word, ending with a long a sound, has this definition?

Answer: May

Or Monet or Manet or Edna St. Vincent Millay.

14. Whinny - What word, ending with a long a sound, has this definition?

Answer: neigh

Or nay.

15. Comply - What word, ending with a long a sound, has this definition?

Answer: obey

Or Oil of Olay or the Spanish word Ole!

16. Communicate with God - What word, ending with a long a sound, has this definition?

Answer: pray

Or play or pay or liver pate.

17. A pier - What word, ending with a long a sound, has this definition? (US pronunciation)

Answer: quay

18. Instant _______ - What word, ending with a long a sound, could go in the blank?

Answer: replay

Or relay or manta ray or Ray Bradbury or a ray of sunshine or Man Ray.

19. To kill OR to do very well on stage in a comedy routine - What word, ending with a long a sound, has this definition?

Answer: slay

Or say or spay or spray or Bain de Soleil.

20. A men's hairpiece - What word, ending with a long a sound, has this definition?

Answer: toupee

Or tray or today or tres bien, merci, or toorah-loorah-lay!

21. The opposite of 'emphasize' - What word, ending with a long a sound, has this definition?

Answer: underplay

Or unsay.

22. Oy _____! - What word, ending with a long a sound, could fit in the blank?

Answer: vey

A knowledgeable party informs me that 'vey' means 'woe.' 'Oi vai iz mir' means 'Oh, woe is me!'

23. How much do you _______ - What word, ending with a long a sound, could fit in the blank?

Answer: weigh

No way!

Answer: X ray

25. We're done! _______! - What word, ending with a long a sound, could fit in the blank?

Answer: Yay

Yay, verily. Zay, by the way, can be a last name, a first name, or an "urban slang" word, as in "I want zay. I love zay." I guess it is a sort of interchangeable objective pronoun that can mean "it," "him," or "her." Young people: correct me if I am wrong.

Source: Author robynraymer

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