Verb Vs. Noun Trivia Quiz

Answer: fly

This is the example I used when telling my wife about my idea for my first quiz. She was unimpressed.

Answer: Fester

Got the idea for this one watching Addams' Family Values. Great movie. Christopher Lloyd plays Uncle Fester.

Answer: pop

I'm a southerner and have always called it soda, or, more often, by its name, 'Coke', 'Cheerwine', whathaveyou. People from some other regions ask for 'pop'.

Answer: spear

Ever wondered why a spear spears, but a sword stabs? You can lance someone with a lance, or knife someone with a knife, but you don't dagger someone with a dagger. This is, of course, a discussion of the words themselves. Don't knife or lance anyone. You. Put the lance down...

Answer: turn

It is a noun, I'm telling you! Look: 'Honey, you missed the turn.' Turn is a noun. It's a place where the verb should take place.

Answer: hustle

Do-do-do-do-dodododo, do-do-do-do-do Do the Hustle!

Answer: tunnel

In some parts of the world, a tunnel that allows pedestrians to go underneath a rail line or road is called a subway.

Answer: putter

I think having to put 'a golf club' really gave this one away. You could simply go through the kinds of golf club and you'd get it. Interestingly (to me), however, is that 'driver', 'iron' and 'wedge' also have verb counterparts, as well as 'wood', which can mean 'to cover with a stand of trees.' None of the others mean 'to move about and not get much done', however, so I stand by my answer.

Answer: post

As an added bonus, 'post' can also be used as a prefix to indicate that the word applies to a time after something else. For example, "the post-war period" refers to the time after the war.

Answer: murder

'Crow' also has a verb and noun meaning. Hey, thanks for taking my quiz! If you liked it, I hope you tell your friends. If you didn't like it, I hope your fingers fall off before you can e-mail anyone that you didn't like it. Just kidding.