Words Within Words Trivia

61. Which word containing 'over' can be used to describe a heated disagreement or dispute over a subject?

From Quiz It's All Over

Answer: Controversy

A controversy is often a heated public argument where both the opposing sides hold strong and contradictory views on the subject.

From Quiz What Can Be Done with the Pigs?

Answer: Pigalle

Place Pigalle is a public square located in the 9th Arondissement (district) in Paris. It is also a name that has been chosen for restaurants in Seattle and San Francisco.

From Quiz I Have an Arch, too

Answer: Monarch

The ruler of a nation or state is called a monarch, and this form of governance is known as monarchy.

From Quiz Keys and More Keys

Answer: n

The word turnkey was originally used in reference to a jailer. More recently the term has been used to define something that ready for immediate use. Persons in the technology industry use the term turnkey to describe computer packages that are prepared with everything needed to perform specific tasks and sold as a bundle. The term is also used in real estate to define homes or properties that are fully functional. The turkey is enjoyed at Christmas as well as on Thanksgiving Day.

From Quiz Dow on my Mind

Answer: Dowse

Dowsing is a pseudoscience where the practitioner uses a Y or L shaped rod to locate water, minerals or gemstones underground. The origins of this practice can be traced back to the 15th century in Germany and it was also listed by theologian, Martin Luther, as a sin against the first of the ten commandments listed in the Bible.

From Quiz Lost in the Land of Oz

Answer: A collective farm in the Soviet Union

The word is a contraction of kollektivnoye khozyaystvo (kol-khoz), which means a collective farm. After the Russian Revolution of 1917, a system of collective agriculture was developed in which a number of peasant families joined their small plots of land into a bigger piece which all cultivated together, sharing money and produce. It started out as voluntary and became forced in the Stalin era, resulting in the oppression and persecution of millions of farmers who essentially had become 'tied' to the land, without being allowed to move to the city or chose a different job, much like the muziks of the czarist era. In 1991, with the collapse of the USSR, the kolkhoz started to become privatized. As for Vera Mukhina's sculpture, it is one of the most iconic examples of the Socialist realism artistic style, with the worker holding a hammer and the kolkhoz girl holding a sickle, the two emblems of the Russian Revolution.

From Quiz 'Tea'-terring on the Brink

Answer: Teak

TEAk The word 'teak' derives from the Tamil and Malayalam word 'tekku'. While other hardwoods are used for shipbuilding, teak from India was sought after for many centuries for this purpose. Teak is a flowering tree from the genus Tectona, and the wood is resistant to termite attack.

From Quiz Night Drama

Answer: nightstick

The nightstick is also called billy-stick, cosh and blackjack among other names. It is a club a little shorter than an arm's length that is made from wood, metal or other material.

From Quiz My Friend Ash

Answer: Swashbuckler

The expression of swashbuckler is believed to derive from the sound made by swords being waved around and hit against the small shield known as a buckler. The name is used to describe both pirates and swordsmen such as 'The Three Musketeers' created by Alexandre Dumas. Imagine Errol Flyn or Johnny Depp, but not for too long as I want you to finish the quiz. British coastguards, of course, haven't used swords for at least ten years...

From Quiz LOLita

Answer: Lollygagging

Lollygagging is another word for time wasting by messing around. Someone who is bored by their daily routine may find other ways to occupy their time which is more fun, but less constructive, especially if you are being paid to work.

From Quiz Words containing WHY?

Answer: Wealthy

Wealth is a difficult concept to quantify objectively. To be wealthy means to have acquired a significant abundance of material, economic, and financial resources. A staggering statistic from economists in the United States suggested that the net worth of the top 1 percent of people in America was equal or more than that of the bottom 90 percent of Americans.

From Quiz Come on Over to my House

Answer: Penthouse

The penthouse flat, or apartment, is found on the top floor of the building and normally has a more luxurious finish than those on lower floors. It has the advantage of being raised above the street sounds and having views from its elevated position. The first penthouses built in New York date from the 1920s and set the tone for the top apartment being the most sought after.

From Quiz Spreading the Heat

Answer: Wheat

Wheat is one of the most widely produced cereals in the world along with rice and maize. Apart from its use as a staple food, it also used in the production of beer and other alcoholic drinks.

From Quiz An Expedition Full of FUN!

Answer: A cable railway

The city of Genoa sits comfortably within a large bay that is surrounded by steep cliffs, a location that's ideal for the operation of mountain cable cars known as funiculars, and there are three such railways here. The Zecca-Righi Funicular is the longest of the rides linking the city centre at Zecca to villas and other residences along the Righi hill summit. There are five additional boarding and alighting stops on the twenty-minute journey between Zecca and Righi. The Sant'Anna Funicular operates between Piazza Portello and Corso Magenta. There are no other stopping points on this 357 metre route, that climbs 55 metres between its stations. The third funicular is the antiquated Principe - Granarolo route which again has no additional stopping points. This route covers 1136 metres climbing almost 200 metres between levels.

From Quiz Chin Up

Answer: Belching

Nickelodeon hosts the "Kids Choice Awards" every year. There were just a couple of years that they had the "Burping Award" for the best 'belching or burping'. Some of the parents were angry and upset over bad manners and the next thing you know, the show no longer has the "Burping Award".

From Quiz Jack-in-the-Box

Answer: Gearbox

The gearbox is part of the engine transmission which also features the shaft and clutch. The toothed cogs, or gears, inside the box can be changed to alter speed-torque to make the vehicle go faster or slower.

From Quiz I'm Ill, When No One's Around

Answer: Filly

The informal use of filly to describe a spirited young lady is not in common use these days. A filly is considered to be a female horse under the age of four.

From Quiz The Answer is Always Yes

Answer: yesteryear & yesteryears

This word goes back further than you might expect. It is normally known to be referring to a time of recent past. Typically within a lifetime of the current date. However the meaning typically means last year. "Coined 1870 by Dante Gabriel Rossetti from yester(day) + year to translate Fr. antan (from V.L. *anteannum "the year before") in a refrain by François Villon: Mais ou sont les neiges d'antan? which Rossetti rendered 'But where are the snows of yesteryear?'" - Online Etymology Dictionary

From Quiz The Last Word

Answer: Rhinoplasty

Rhinoplasty comes from the Greek language, with rhino referring to the nose and plasty meaning 'to shape'. The operation is often done for cosmetic reasons, to improve the appearance of the face, but can also be carried out to remedy damage caused by injury or birth defects. There is evidence of rhinoplastic surgery being carried out in ancient times, in India and during the Roman Empire. One celebrity who owned up to a rhinoplasty is Jennifer Aniston, although she claimed it was done to remedy a deviated septum.

From Quiz Put It All Together One More Time

Answer: carpentry

car (vehicle), pen (enclosure), try (attempt). Carpentry: n. the working with lumber as used in building of houses, ships, etc.

From Quiz Green, Yellow, Red or Blue

Answer: Red

The first mention of a red carpet is thought to be in Aeschylus' play about Agamemnon returning from the Trojan wars. Carpets or floor coverings of any colour would be laid down for important people in medieval and renaissance times to protect their clothing; the colour could signify their rank, and red or purple were seen as royal colours. In the twentieth century the New York Central Railroad used a red carpet at the stations to indicate the route to and from its express train service between New York and Chicago. Since then, red carpets have been used for visiting royalty, politicians and other dignitaries as well as for celebrities on occasions such as the Oscar ceremony. A soldier would be called a redcoat simply because of the colour of his uniform. For most purposes the red was replaced by the more practical khaki by the beginning of the twentieth century. In the UK, a redcoat can also refer to one of the people involved with the entertainment at Butlin's holiday camps. Henry Dunant conceived the idea of the Red Cross after seeing the wounded lying untended after the Battle of Solferino in 1859; he enlisted the help of local women to care for the injured soldiers. The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement was formed in in 1919, after the first world war, as an umbrella organisation to co-ordinate the work of the various national societies. It has its headquarters in Geneva.

From Quiz Oh! Those Four Letter Words!

Answer: Loud

In music, the word for loud is "Forte".

From Quiz Vocabulary Menagerie

Answer: dogfight & dog fight

Although the term had been used for hundreds of years to describe any hotly- contested battle, it took on a new meaning towards the end of World War I and was further popularised in World War II to describe short-range aerial combat between two or more planes. The French WWI fighter pilot Roland Garros was instrumental in the further development of the interrupter gear used to enable machine-guns to be mounted on military aircraft facing forwards without interfering with the motion of the propellor. The tennis stadium Stade de Roland Garros in Paris, the venue for the Grand Slam event the French Open, was named after him.

From Quiz MARYLAND

Answer: yarn

An Aussie may say 'that bloke spins a good yarn', meaning he tells a good story. Wool yarn, of course, can also be 'spun'.

From Quiz Let's Not Forget About Them

Answer: lithemia

Lithemia is an adjective describing the presence of too much uric acid in the bloodstream. Lithic acid is another way to name uric acid. Another name describing this condition is hyperuricemia--hyper referring to an excess amount thereof. Theming actually is a concept used often in commercial enterprises, frequently naming a common interest or subject matter, such as a theme restaurant or Disneyland. It is kind of a new topic. A 2001 book, "The Theming of America" explores it in more depth. Anthem refers to a song, either a song shared by a particular group in its honor or, sometimes, specifically with respect to Anglican liturgical music. Anathematizes refers to the act of condemning or ostracizing a person, an idea, or an action.

From Quiz This Quiz Is All About Finding Her

Answer: hermeneutics

Hermeneutics is kind of a fancy theoretical word referring to the study of interpretation originally of the Bible and, increasingly, to all linguistic structures. Heredity alludes to the transfer of traits from one generation to another. The study of heredity is often called genetics. Heredes is an old word for heirs. Heresemach refers to a person battling against heretics and heresy. Heresy and heretics are very relative terms. They refer to the thoughts and actions of people who are against orthodox beliefs and opinion. In certain periods of history, people have been killed for their heretic beliefs.

From Quiz SINcerely Yours

Answer: sinecure

The term SINECURE has its origins in the Latin phrase 'sine cura', meaning without care. It originally referred to a church appointment where the appointed clergyman was not required to care for souls (that is, had no responsibility for a parish). It has since come to be applied to any paid position with little or no work required.

From Quiz Rossian and the Unicorn Tapestries

Answer: Peppercorn

PepperCORN. The Unicorn Tapestries are a series of seven hangings, showing various stages in the unicorn hunt. The first one is 'The Start of the Hunt', and depicts a group of nobles setting out to search for the unicorn.

From Quiz Words that End in the Middle!

Answer: Legendary

Leg(end)ary. Legend is from the Latin "legenda" meaning to be read, as in historical records of people or events.

From Quiz What Kind of 'Cat' Am I?

Answer: Catechism

Most time I hear it, it is in reference to Catholicism, but it applies to many faiths. Catabiotic deals with force, catastasis is a part of a speech and cathetus is part of a right-angled triangle.

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