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Acrostic Diagnostic Trivia Quiz

Questions in this quiz are like acrostics. I give you a list of word definitions. You take the initial letter of the first word of each answer. These letters, already in order, will spell another related word in the blank. For proper names, use surnames.

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

Author
vacklay

Time
8 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
148,887

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Impossible

Avg Score
2 / 10

Plays
487

Question 1 of 10

1. African communal rodent + generic hoofed mammal + diminutive Amazonian feline + endangered swine of Indonesia + nine-banded burrower + striped carnivore

Answer: (One Word, 6 letters)

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Question 2 of 10

2. Hades' wife + goddess of strife + messenger goddess + Athenian goddess of order + queen of the Amazons + mountain home of Greek deities

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Question 3 of 10

3. "Sb" element + f-block elements + organic compound with oxygen + television's red producer + aromatic insecticide + measure of disorder

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Question 4 of 10

4. Home run restricter + Dodgers' park + Hall of Fame state + "minor" league series site + Philly team + curve ball slang

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Question 5 of 10

5. German composer (1770-1827) + Verdi opera + another Verdi opera + "Marche Slav" man + Offenbach hero + composer Aram Ilyich

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Question 6 of 10

6. Sanaga River's home + Algerian Massif + capital on Lake Tanganyika + Madagascar, simply + Windhoek's nation + port of Senegal + capital of Eritrea

Answer: (One word, 7 letters)

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Question 7 of 10

7. "I Don't Like Mondays" group + Buggles album + "Cars" singer + Moody Blues sign + spoiled Soft Cell emotion + Mr. Costello + "Mr. Roboto" singers

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Question 8 of 10

8. Biblical minor prophet + Abram's father + Old Testament prophetess + grass-eating king + Jacob's "beast of burden" son + Left-handed assassin + Jacob's father-in-law

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Question 9 of 10

9. Belgian barge dog + Kennel Club UK-accepted working dog + racing dog in miniature + most popular dog in Britain & America + bobtailed dog + Kuvaszok country

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Question 10 of 10

10. Monster-catching video game + famous plumbers' nationality + 64 system + "F-Zero" genre + Abe & Munch setting + Saturn producer + Playstation maker

Answer: (One word, 7 letters)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. African communal rodent + generic hoofed mammal + diminutive Amazonian feline + endangered swine of Indonesia + nine-banded burrower + striped carnivore

Answer: Numbat

Naked mole rat + Ungulate + Margay + Babirusa + Armadillo + Tiger = NUMBAT. An Australian marsupial, also called the banded anteater. The numbat has more teeth than any other land mammal--52.

2. Hades' wife + goddess of strife + messenger goddess + Athenian goddess of order + queen of the Amazons + mountain home of Greek deities

Answer: Peitho

Persephone + Eris + Iris + Themis + Hippolyte + Olympus = PEITHO. She was the female incarnation of Persuasion and a constant companion of Aphrodite according to Greek mythology.

3. "Sb" element + f-block elements + organic compound with oxygen + television's red producer + aromatic insecticide + measure of disorder

Answer: alkyne

Antimony + Lathanides + Ketone + Yttrium oxide + Naphthalene + Entropy = ALKYNE. An alkyne is an unsaturated hydrocarbon with a triple bond, such as acetylene.

4. Home run restricter + Dodgers' park + Hall of Fame state + "minor" league series site + Philly team + curve ball slang

Answer: Fenway

Foul pole + Ebbets Field + New York + Williamsport + Athletics + Yakker = FENWAY, the famous home of the Boston Red Sox. The Brooklyn Dodgers played at Ebbets before moving to Los Angeles. The Athletics played in Philadelphia through 1954.

5. German composer (1770-1827) + Verdi opera + another Verdi opera + "Marche Slav" man + Offenbach hero + composer Aram Ilyich

Answer: Bartok

Beethoven + Aida + Rigoletto + Tchaikovsky + Orpheus (in the Underworld) + Khachaturian = BARTOK. Bela Bartok (1881-1945) was an ethnomusicologist. He composed pieces similar to Hungarian and Romanian folk music.

6. Sanaga River's home + Algerian Massif + capital on Lake Tanganyika + Madagascar, simply + Windhoek's nation + port of Senegal + capital of Eritrea

Answer: Cabinda

Cameroon + Ahaggar + Bujumbura + Island + Namibia + Dakar + Asmara = CABINDA. Cabinda is a province of Angola separated from the rest of the country by a strip of land belonging to Democratic Republic of the Congo.

7. "I Don't Like Mondays" group + Buggles album + "Cars" singer + Moody Blues sign + spoiled Soft Cell emotion + Mr. Costello + "Mr. Roboto" singers

Answer: Bangles

Boomtown Rats + "Age of Plastic" + Numan (Gary) + Gemini ("Gemini Dream") + Love ("Tainted Love") + Elvis + Styx = BANGLES. The Bangles brought us great 80s hits such as "Manic Monday" and "Walk Like an Egyptian."

8. Biblical minor prophet + Abram's father + Old Testament prophetess + grass-eating king + Jacob's "beast of burden" son + Left-handed assassin + Jacob's father-in-law

Answer: Othniel

Obadiah + Terah + Huldah + Nebuchadnezzar + Issachar + Ehud + Laban = OTHNIEL. A judge of Israel, Othniel presided over peace in the land for forty years.

9. Belgian barge dog + Kennel Club UK-accepted working dog + racing dog in miniature + most popular dog in Britain & America + bobtailed dog + Kuvaszok country

Answer: Shiloh

Schipperke + Hovawart + Italian greyhound + Labrador retriever + Old English sheepdog + Hungary = SHILOH. The Shiloh Shepherd is a rare breed of dog that was created to eliminate the hip problems and nervousness present in the modern German Shepherd Dog. It was recognized as a distinct breed in 1990.

10. Monster-catching video game + famous plumbers' nationality + 64 system + "F-Zero" genre + Abe & Munch setting + Saturn producer + Playstation maker

Answer: Picross

Pok�mon + Italian + Commodore + Racing + Oddworld + Sega + Sony = PICROSS. Mario's Picross was a decent game for the Game Boy. Today, puzzles called "Logic Art" closely resemble the object of the game, but you don't have to erase pencil marks if you mess up on Nintendo's version.

Source: Author vacklay

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