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A Mid-Summer Cryptic Trivia Quiz

This cryptic has been a very long time in the making, on scraps of paper when time allowed. Some cryptic experience might be helpful. Have fun and enjoy.

A multiple-choice quiz by Fiachra. Estimated time: 8 mins.

Author
Fiachra

Time
8 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
213,829

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
274

Question 1 of 10

1. Dracula has to go back for his son.

Answer: (One Word 7 letters)

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Question 2 of 10

2. Gradually learning to walk or climb a ladder.

Answer: (Three Words 4, 2, 4 letters)

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Question 3 of 10

3. Evidently there is nothing in this vocab.

Answer: (Two Words both have 5 letters)

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Question 4 of 10

4. Quick like a bird or a lizard.

Answer: (One Word 5 letters)

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Question 5 of 10

5. Sounds like a famished country.

Answer: (One Word 7 letters)

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Question 6 of 10

6. Stout little editor is doomed.

Answer: (One Word 5 letters)

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Question 7 of 10

7. This Bradypus is a deadly sin.

Answer: (One Word 5 letters)

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Question 8 of 10

8. Take a trembling weapon for a writer.

Answer: (One Word 11 letters)

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Question 9 of 10

9. To empty, recycle caveat.

Answer: (One Word 6 letters)

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Question 10 of 10

10. Was Tarzan on his vines one of these versatile people?

Answer: (Two Words 5 and 3 letters or hyphenated as 8)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Dracula has to go back for his son.

Answer: Alucard

ALUCARD is Dracula spelled backwards. Anthony Alucard was Dracula's son.

2. Gradually learning to walk or climb a ladder.

Answer: Step by step

We learn to walk step by step and from very bitter experience I can tell you it is the safest way to climb a ladder.

3. Evidently there is nothing in this vocab.

Answer: Empty words

Having 'nothing in' means empty. Vocab. stands for words. Empty words is a phrase used to show insincerity.

4. Quick like a bird or a lizard.

Answer: Swift

To be fast is to be swift. A swift is a little bird something like a swallow. A swift is also a small lizard native to North America.

5. Sounds like a famished country.

Answer: Hungary

Dreadful pun at work here, hungry to be starving and Hungary a well off European country.

6. Stout little editor is doomed.

Answer: Fated

Stout is another word for fat. Little editor is ed. Put together they become fated, or doomed.

7. This Bradypus is a deadly sin.

Answer: Sloth

This mammal (genera Bradypus)uses its long claws to hang upside down from the branches. Sloth is also one of the seven deadly sins.

8. Take a trembling weapon for a writer.

Answer: Shakespeare

Sorry another dreadful pun. Shake is to tremble and spear is a weapon. When put together they become the immortal bard, Shakespeare.

9. To empty, recycle caveat.

Answer: Vacate

This is an anagram and recycling or turning around the letters CAVEAT will give you VACATE which means to empty.

10. Was Tarzan on his vines one of these versatile people?

Answer: Swing-men

Tarzan reputedly swung from tree to tree using vines. A swing-man is a player who can play equally well in more than one position, especially in basketball.

Source: Author Fiachra

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