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Add a Little Colour Trivia Quiz

Each answer is a person's name. The first part of each name is a colour- black (2), brown, green, (3), grey, red (2) or white. There is a clue in the question as to the last part of the name. The clue also gives a hint about the name that's required.

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

Author
minch

Time
8 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
216,255

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Very Difficult

Avg Score
4 / 10

Plays
6337

Awards
Top 20% Quiz

Last 3 plays: matho_77 (8/10), stredman (10/10), lg549 (10/10).

Question 1 of 10

1. Colourful vehicle for this actor?

Answer: (last name only)

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Question 2 of 10

2. Mourning metal worker?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 3 of 10

3. Emerald instrument for beginner

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 4 of 10

4. Add fuel to smoke for father of Tarzan

Answer: (One word - Lord - - - - - - - - -)

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Question 5 of 10

5. Colour of Dutch banking company poet

Answer: (Last name)

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Question 6 of 10

6. Colourful final resting place for actor family.

Answer: (One Word - family last name)

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Question 7 of 10

7. Children's book illustrator found a place to putt, but not locally.

Answer: (Last name)

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Question 8 of 10

8. Colourful letter of the alphabet for British author of "The Quiet American".

Answer: (Last name)

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Question 9 of 10

9. Dark place to get water for the first woman doctor in the USA

Answer: (Last name)

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Question 10 of 10

10. Pale dwelling for British woman

Answer: (Last name)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Colourful vehicle for this actor?

Answer: Redford

RED + FORD
Robert Redford, won an Oscar for "Ordinary People"

2. Mourning metal worker?

Answer: Blacksmith

BLACK + SMITH

Blacksmiths are best known for making horseshoes, although the term can be used for any worker who forges iron.

3. Emerald instrument for beginner

Answer: greenhorn

GREEN + HORN

A greenhorn is a term used for a novice or beginner.

4. Add fuel to smoke for father of Tarzan

Answer: Greystoke

GREY + STOKE

In the series of Tarzan books written by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Lord Greystoke was Tarzan's father.

5. Colour of Dutch banking company poet

Answer: Browning

BROWN + ING

Robert Browning and his wife, Elizabeth Barret Browning, are noted 19th century poets.

6. Colourful final resting place for actor family.

Answer: Redgrave

RED + GRAVE

The best known members of the Redgrave family, are Sir Michael Redgrave and his daughters Vanessa and Lynn.

7. Children's book illustrator found a place to putt, but not locally.

Answer: Greenaway

GREEN + AWAY

Kate Greenaway

8. Colourful letter of the alphabet for British author of "The Quiet American".

Answer: Greene

GREEN + E

Some of British author Graham Greene's novels were made into movies, including "The Fallen Idol" and "Our Man in Havana".

9. Dark place to get water for the first woman doctor in the USA

Answer: Blackwell

BLACK + WELL

Elizabeth Blackwell was born in Britain in 1821. She received her doctorate in 1849. Unable to find someone to hire her she opened an office in a house she bought in New York. This became the New York Infirmary for Women and Children.

10. Pale dwelling for British woman

Answer: Whitehouse

WHITE + HOUSE

Mary Whitehouse was a campaigner against obscenity in broadcasting the 1960s.

Source: Author minch

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