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Word Play Quiz: Aibohphobia | 10 Questions

If you suffer from aibohphobia, I would recommend that you don't take this quiz. You will find out why... Good luck!

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

Author
Lpez

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
358,852

Updated
Jul 09 22

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
8 / 10

Plays
619

Question 1 of 10

1. If you suffer from aibohphobia, you fear palindromes. Which palindrome describes a human-powered little boat?

Answer: (One word, 5 letters)

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Question 2 of 10

2. One very known palindrome is one that speaks about "a man, a plan, a canal," and a Latin American nation. Which nation is it?

Answer: (One word)

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Question 3 of 10

3. The next palindrome goes like this: "A car, a man, a ______". Which word, which happens to be a Latin American percussion instrument, is missing?

Answer: (One word)

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Question 4 of 10

4. Here's another palindrome: "Rise to _____, sir". Which word, a synonym of elect, is missing?

Answer: (One word)

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Question 5 of 10

5. How would you call a vehicle designed to compete in Formula 1?

Answer: (One word, 7 letters, a palindrome)

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Question 6 of 10

6. What is a palindrome you would use to politely address a woman?

Answer: (One word, 5 letters)

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Question 7 of 10

7. Who is introducing himself in this palindrome? "Madam, I'm _____".

Answer: (One word)

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Question 8 of 10

8. How would you describe the place you work out in, which is also called a health club?

Answer: (Two words, 2 and 3 letters, a palindrome)

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Question 9 of 10

9. This next palindrome may question your eyesight. "Was it a car or a FELINE I saw?". Which word replaces FELINE in order to make the phrase a palindrome?

Answer: (One word)

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Question 10 of 10

10. The next palindrome is the name of someone who was a Cambodian Prime Minister. The name sounds like the trade name for a benzydamine cream in Mexico. Hint

Nisio Isin

Robert Trebor

Lon Nol

Stanley Yelnats

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. If you suffer from aibohphobia, you fear palindromes. Which palindrome describes a human-powered little boat?

Answer: Kayak

Aibohphobia is the word used to describe the morbid fear of palindromes. It is humorous because the word itself is a palindrome (a word that is spelled the same if read forwards or backwards), just like KAYAK.

2. One very known palindrome is one that speaks about "a man, a plan, a canal," and a Latin American nation. Which nation is it?

Answer: Panama

This palindrome was first published in 1948 by Leigh Mercer, although an article by James Puder claims that it might have been discovered before.

There is also a theory that states the palindrome is about President Theodore Roosevelt. He encouraged the US government to construct the Panama Canal during his administration after the French government had given up on the project.

3. The next palindrome goes like this: "A car, a man, a ______". Which word, which happens to be a Latin American percussion instrument, is missing?

Answer: Maraca

Maracas are percussion instruments. They are usually filled with rice, seeds, small rocks, shattered glass, and tiny pieces of metal to give the instrument a percussive sound.

4. Here's another palindrome: "Rise to _____, sir". Which word, a synonym of elect, is missing?

Answer: Vote

The palindrome "Rise to vote, sir" is one of the most well-known ones in the English language. It was even featured once on the show "The Simpsons"!

5. How would you call a vehicle designed to compete in Formula 1?

Answer: Racecar

A racecar is a vehicle specifically designed, as the word says, to race.

6. What is a palindrome you would use to politely address a woman?

Answer: Madam

The word is used in English but was borrowed from the French, as "madame" means "my lady" in French.

7. Who is introducing himself in this palindrome? "Madam, I'm _____".

Answer: Adam

The complete palindrome is "Madam, I'm Adam". Adam was the first man ever according to Abrahamic religions which are Judaism, Catholicism, Islam and the Bah�'� Faith.

8. How would you describe the place you work out in, which is also called a health club?

Answer: My gym

A gym, also called a health club, is a place where you will find equipment to work out and sometimes personal trainers.

If you were talking about it, you would say "it's MY GYM", right?

9. This next palindrome may question your eyesight. "Was it a car or a FELINE I saw?". Which word replaces FELINE in order to make the phrase a palindrome?

Answer: Cat

The complete palindrome would go "Was it a car or a cat I saw?"

The cat, or Felis silvestris catus, is a member of the Felidae family.

10. The next palindrome is the name of someone who was a Cambodian Prime Minister. The name sounds like the trade name for a benzydamine cream in Mexico.

Answer: Lon Nol

All the names here are real names! Lon Nol was a Cambodian Prime Minister from 1966 to 1967 and then from 1969 to 1972, and "Lonol" is a benzydamine cream.

Stanley Yelnats is a fictional character in the book "Holes" by Louis Sachar. Nisio Isin is a Japanese novelist and Robert Trebor is an American actor, who by the way was born Robert Schenkman.

Source: Author Lpez

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