Words Within Words Trivia

31. Which colour will turn back, horn and land into a dollar bill, an inexperienced person and an island in the North Atlantic?

From Quiz Green, Yellow, Red or Blue

Answer: Green

Greenbacks took their name from the paper currency introduced during the American Civil War. Greenhorn is a term derived from the immature horns of young cattle. When Erik the Red discovered Greenland in 982, he gave it a name designed to encourage settlers. In fact, it is mostly covered by ice and not very green at all.

From Quiz Oh! Those Four Letter Words!

Answer: rare

I like my steak cooked rare - does that make it uncommon? lol

From Quiz Vocabulary Menagerie

Answer: The Mousetrap & Mousetrap

Agatha Christie's 'The Mousetrap' premiered at the Theatre Royal in Nottingham in October 1952. Following its initial tour it arrived in London's West End in November that year, first at the New Ambassadors Theatre and subsequently transferring to St Martin's Theatre in 1974 without a break to preserve its continuous status. As of 2011 the play still holds the record for the longest initial run. Dame Agatha Christie DBE (1890-1976) was the creator of the famous Belgian detective Hercule Poirot and the elderly spinster sleuth Miss Jane Marple. Many of her novels and short stories have been made into films and also televised. 'The Mousetrap' has a surprise ending, which the audience are requested not to reveal. And no, I'm not going to tell you 'whodunit'! A mousetrap is a piece of equipment which is baited with some tasty morsel to attract the mouse. Originally the only variety available was spring-loaded; when the mouse stepped on the trap to obtain the treat the spring-loaded bar would trip, killing them instantly. Nowadays many other types of mousetrap are also available including, fortunately, a humane trap, so the mouse, when captured, can be safely released outside the house.

From Quiz MARYLAND

Answer: Mandy

'Mandy' was not written by Manilow, but he made a hit of it, having changed the name from the original 'Brandy'.

From Quiz Let's Put "Us" in the Act (Part I)

Answer: abstemious

An abstemious person eats or drinks with no excess. An avaricious person is downright greedy. A brusk person (also spelled brusque) is often rude by means of cutting people off or saying way too little. A bumptious person is over-the-top pushy and aggressive.

From Quiz Let's Not Forget About Them

Answer: anathema

Anathema refers to something loathed, detested, cursed and/or outlawed. There is a musical group, Anathema, from Liverpool. Posthemorragic is an adjective pointing to what happens following or because of a hemorrhage. Anthemia refers to a floral design especially in Classical times. Sometimes called a palmetto, anthemia is an architectural term which describes a pattern or motif developed by the Greeks, which looks like the leaves of a palm tree. It is called often "radiating petals." Mathematics refers to far more than numbers alone. It is the organized study of patterns, volumes, inter-spaces, open spaces and alternations. Albert Einstein once wrote, "as far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain; and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality."

From Quiz What Happened to "Him"

Answer: himation

Himation is a piece of cloth put over the left shoulder and then twisted around the body (not in use since the Byzantine period). Shimmers is a verb describing a vibrating, gleaming light. Chimerical refers to something imaginary, not at all real. Shimmied has many meanings, one of which is a dance very popular in the 1920's. Other meanings have to do with a violent shaking movement.

From Quiz This Quiz Is All About Finding Her

Answer: hermit

"Herbage" refers to lush pasture lands used for vegetation. "Herbarium" refers to groups of plant 'specimens' which are being preserved, and it may also refer to the place where they are being kept. "Herem" (or Cherem) equals a complete banning or excommunication from the Orthodox Jewish community. "Hermit" has its roots in the notion of being a desert dweller in wide-open expanses. Now, it also talks of a person who voluntarily has withdrawn from ordinary society. Note: the Hermitage in St. Petersburg, Russia has a magnificent world-famous winter palace and museums. In the United States, President Andrew Jackson's home was called "The Hermitage."

From Quiz SINcerely Yours

Answer: sincere

The word SINCERE is derived from the Latin word 'sincerus', meaning clean or pure. The related adverb 'sincerely' is often used as a closure to a semi-formal letter.

From Quiz Rossian and the Unicorn Tapestries

Answer: Communication

CommUNIcation. The Unicorn Tapestries date from around 1500, and are believed to have been designed in Paris. They were woven in Brussels, which was part of the Netherlands at the time.

From Quiz What Kind of 'Cat' Am I?

Answer: Fraidy Cat

Had to put one in that the kids would know...

From Quiz A Fun Quiz

Answer: fungus & fungi & funguses

Fungi, or funguses, are members of the Fungi kingdom and include yeasts, molds, smuts, and mushrooms. A beefsteak fungus is an edible fungus that grows on tree trunks- yum! A bracket, or shelf, fungus forms a shelflike growth on trees. Coral fungi are so named because of their bright colors and shapes which resemble coral. Cup fungi are characterized by cup- or disc-shaped spore-bearing structures.

From Quiz A Very "Hard" Quiz

Answer: hardware

Hardware is computer equipment such as printers, modems, etc. The opposite, of course, is software, which is programs for your computer like CD-ROMS and disks. However, you can't buy computer hardware in a hardware store; hardware stores are for household items like tools.

From Quiz Vocabulary: The "New" Quiz

Answer: newlyweds & newlywed

From Quiz Ax Me No Questions

Answer: anthrax

I hope whoever is sending anthrax through the mail dies of the inhalation form him or herself (or themselves).

From Quiz Vocabulary: An Arm and a Leg

Answer: The ships were part of an invasion

Armada is the Spanish word for a naval fleet. What we call the Spanish Armada was a fleet of 130 ships sent to assist in an invasion of England in 1588. The Armada was beset by difficulties - the English fleet was more agile and inflicted damage. Part of the Armada had to go north to escape, and hit terrible weather. Thousands of men died and only 67 ships survived.

From Quiz An 'Int' Test

Answer: Misinterpret

Reportedly in use since the 1500s, "misinterpret" attaches the prefix "mis" meaning bad or wrong to the verb "interpret" which comes from the Latin "interpretari" meaning to explain or understand.

From Quiz Vocabulary: Getting 'Cold'

Answer: cold-hearted & cold-blooded & cold fish & cold-fish & cold hearted & cold blooded

From Quiz Vocabulary: It's 'High' Time!

Answer: high and dry

From Quiz Vocabulary: Some Like It 'Hot'

Answer: hot air

The expression "hot air" comes from the mid 19th century. The first time it can be seen in print is in Mark Twain's "Gilded Age" from 1873: "The most airy schemes inflated the hot air of the Capital." It can refer to the hot air coming out of one's lungs as they drone on and on about the nothing interesting that they are trying to tell you. It can also refer to the fact that hot air rises and expands, like the ego of the person who is pontificating.

From Quiz Vocabulary: 'Half'-Baked Ideas

Answer: half and half

From Quiz Vocabulary: It's in Your 'Blood'

Answer: bloodbath & blood bath

From Quiz May Is Amazing

Answer: mayhem

The word "mayhem", as we know it, dates back to the 1400s and stems from the Anglo-French action verb "maheimer", or "to maim". Originally it meant to attack someone so as to cause disfigurement of the victim. Today "mayhem" is used more loosely to describe a general sense of disorder.

From Quiz Time For Tea

Answer: Plateau

plaTEAu A plateau can be described as a large, flat, and elevated physical geographical feature, but it can also refer to something non-physical, like hitting a plateau in your exercise - a level at which you get stuck without further progress. Probably one of the most well-known plateaus is the Tibetan Plateau, which is the largest and highest in the world with an area of 2.5 million square kilometers! It has been dubbed 'The Roof of the World'. 'Plateau' is derived from the Old French word 'platel', meaning a flat piece of metal or wood.

From Quiz Splash's F A R Fetched Word Cruncher

Answer: Farce

"Collins English Dictionary" notes: "A farce is a humorous play in which the characters become involved in complicated and unlikely situations." In many traditional British farces, one of the leading male characters was usually required to drop his trousers. Outside of the theatre, the word entered common usage to mean disorganised or ridiculous: "It was a total farce; that man could not organise a party in a brewery".

From Quiz VENTing in Quizzyland

Answer: ure

Venture is a noun which suggests a journey that is risky or dangerous. An example would be the task of climbing Mount Everest. A venture can also be a business venture where a company assumes risk in the hope of turning a profit. The word origin is of Middle English when it was used as a variant of adventure.

From Quiz Sexy Words

Answer: Unisex

The word unisex first appeared in print in 1966. It was soon applied to clothing, hairstyles, fragrances, tote bags, and many other items. In some parts of the United States there are even unisex restrooms! Marketing an item as being unisex obviously has its advantages, because it doubles the size of a retailer's potential market. Today one sometimes hears the term "gender neutral" used in place of unisex.

From Quiz I'll Know It When I See It

Answer: Itch & itchiness & itching & itchy

An itch is considered a sensory experience but unlike pain which causes a withdrawal reflex an itch causes a scratch reflex. An estimated 4% of the human population suffers from excessive itchiness.

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