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A Wee Cryptic Trivia Quiz

A little offering for cryptic lovers. Nothing too challenging, so feet up, relax, have fun. Good luck.

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

Author
fiachra

Time
8 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
235,150

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
4 / 10

Plays
319

Question 1 of 10

1. A budding Leonardo would love a form of this shrub.

Answer: (5 letters)

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Question 2 of 10

2. Does this armed herb give a tasty confection?

Answer: (9 letters)

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Question 3 of 10

3. Emus tangle their feathers for a horse.

Answer: (One Word 7 letters)

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Question 4 of 10

4. Pig headed country path for smoothening timber.

Answer: (One Word 5 letters)

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Question 5 of 10

5. Wee Patrick meets a bird for a design.

Answer: (One Word 7letters)

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Question 6 of 10

6. Sounds like one of Noah's sons is using the shortwave.

Answer: (One Word 3 letters)

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Question 7 of 10

7. Two confused short medics for a sleeping place.

Answer: (One Word 4 letters)

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Question 8 of 10

8. Confused pewter did not go east for a silly, insignificant person.

Answer: (One Word 5 letters)

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Question 9 of 10

9. Two vehicles, two articles for a carrion eating bird.

Answer: (One Word 8 letters)

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Question 10 of 10

10. You will find a mixed collection on board a ship for this eavesdropper.

Answer: (One W ord 8 letters)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. A budding Leonardo would love a form of this shrub.

Answer: Brush

BRUSH an anagram of shrub, so suitable for a budding artist /Leonardo.

2. Does this armed herb give a tasty confection?

Answer: Spearmint

Armed = spear + mint a herb together = spearmint. Dreadful pun sorry.

3. Emus tangle their feathers for a horse.

Answer: Mustang

eMUS TANGle etc.

4. Pig headed country path for smoothening timber.

Answer: Plane

Pig headed = P + country path = lane.
Together they become plane.

5. Wee Patrick meets a bird for a design.

Answer: Pattern

Wee Patrick = Pat.
Tern = a sea bird.
Together they become pattern or design.

6. Sounds like one of Noah's sons is using the shortwave.

Answer: Ham

Ham was one of Noah's sons. A ham is another word for a licensed short wave radio user.

7. Two confused short medics for a sleeping place.

Answer: Dorm

DR and MO are abbreviations for doctors. Mix the two together to get dorm, a sleeping place.

8. Confused pewter did not go east for a silly, insignificant person.

Answer: Twerp

Pewter did not go east = remove an e. Rearrange letters to form twerp.

9. Two vehicles, two articles for a carrion eating bird.

Answer: Caracara

Two vehicles = 2 cars + 2 'a' the indefinite article = a caracara, a falcon-like bird native to Central and South America.

10. You will find a mixed collection on board a ship for this eavesdropper.

Answer: Listener

Set = collection. on board a ship = a liner. listener = eavesdropper

Source: Author fiachra

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