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10 to 1 Drop-a-Letter #1 Trivia Quiz

This is my first try at a Drop-A-Letter quiz, one of my favorite quiz types. Start with a 10 letter word. Drop a letter, anagram and proceed until you get to a single letter. Have FUN!

A multiple-choice quiz by JMElston. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
JMElston

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
323,602

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
519

Question 1 of 10

1. Casts off in scales or splinters.

Answer: (One word; 10 letters)

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Question 2 of 10

2. What Americans should do by April 15.

Answer: (Two words; 4 & 5 letters)

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Question 3 of 10

3. Most resembling plants of the genus Linum.

Answer: (One word; 8 letters)

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Question 4 of 10

4. Attaches oneself to a person or thing in a neurotic way.

Answer: (One word; 7 letters)

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Question 5 of 10

5. Travels slowly down a runway.

Answer: (One word; 6 letters)

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Question 6 of 10

6. Support oneself.

Answer: (One Word; 5 letters)

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Question 7 of 10

7. P.T. Barnum's 'See the Egress'. What is an "egress"?

Answer: (One word; 4 letters)

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Question 8 of 10

8. Slang for price tags.

Answer: (One word; 3 letters)

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Question 9 of 10

9. The 14th letter of the Greek alphabet.

Answer: (One word; 2 letters)

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Question 10 of 10

10. This letter marks the spot.

Answer: (One letter)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Casts off in scales or splinters.

Answer: exfoliates

Exfoliates also means that something grows or spreads by producing or unfolding leaves.

2. What Americans should do by April 15.

Answer: file taxes

April 15 is the dreaded 'Tax Day' in the US. The Revenue Act of 1861 set the Tax Day at June 30. With the ratification of the 16th Amendment, it was set at March 1 in 1913 and March 15 in 1918. The day moved to April 15 in 1955 and has remained there ever since.

3. Most resembling plants of the genus Linum.

Answer: flaxiest

The genus Linum are flax plants. Their fibers are used to make linen and other threads and cloth.

4. Attaches oneself to a person or thing in a neurotic way.

Answer: fixates

Fixates also means makes fixed, stable or stationary, or becomes fixed on.

5. Travels slowly down a runway.

Answer: taxies

Taxies are also vehicles driven by people whose job it is to take fares where they want to go in exchange for money, or rides in a taxicab.

6. Support oneself.

Answer: exist

Also, 'I think, therefore I am,' or do I?

7. P.T. Barnum's 'See the Egress'. What is an "egress"?

Answer: exit

P.T. Barnum put up a sign 'See the Egress' to hurry his customers along. Of course, when patrons passed through the door under the sign they found themselves outside the exhibit hall. 'There's one born every minute.'

8. Slang for price tags.

Answer: tix

Tix also is slang for tickets and investment orders.

9. The 14th letter of the Greek alphabet.

Answer: xi

Xi is also the Roman numeral for 11 and the world's first console-based alternate reality game among other things.

10. This letter marks the spot.

Answer: x

X is the 24th letter of the alphabet. It is the third most rarely used letter in the English language.

Source: Author JMElston

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