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Anagram Pairs Trivia Quiz

In these two word phrases one word is an anagram of a meaning of the other. e.g. Cat performance = act Act is an anagram of cat. An act is a performance.
This is a renovated/adopted version of an old quiz by author minch

A multiple-choice quiz by garrybl. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
garrybl

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
6,381

Updated
Jan 19 22

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Easy

Avg Score
9 / 10

Plays
319

Question 1 of 10

1. Dread snake

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Question 2 of 10

2. Adobe dwelling

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Question 3 of 10

3. English tile

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Question 4 of 10

4. Hiker's yell

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Question 5 of 10

5. Roman house

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Question 6 of 10

6. Clean javelin

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Question 7 of 10

7. Organ noise

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Question 8 of 10

8. Spoilt weapon

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Question 9 of 10

9. Rental discovered

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Question 10 of 10

10. Integral polygon

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Dread snake

Answer: adder

The Adder started life as Nada -- but the 'N' got lost as in apron and orange, over the centuries.

2. Adobe dwelling

Answer: abode

Why are abodes always 'humble'? I suppose if they are made of adobe (the Spanish for mudbrick) they rate to be less glamorous than if constructed of some other material.

3. English tile

Answer: shingle

Shingle is not just what loners feel like after too many glasses of beer. It is defined from the Latin word for a belt, and the disease is linked to this word.

4. Hiker's yell

Answer: shriek

To me 'shriek' is the noise a Banshee makes. Obviously it is linked to Screech; but not directly to Shrek. The latter started his life in a children's book by William Steig.

5. Roman house

Answer: manor

A manor is a medieval rather than Roman house but that isn't the point. Manor House is the name of an underground station in London. A rare example of subway tautology.

6. Clean javelin

Answer: Lance

If you lance a boil you also clean it; more tautology. Lance Boyle was one of the personas adopted by Barry Humphries; along with the more famous Dame Edna Everage and Australian cultural attache Sir Les Patterson. (Perhaps that is oxymoron.)

7. Organ noise

Answer: groan

Organs do make noise but not this sort. Well maybe some people can produce something similar from an armpit but that is as far as I am prepared to go.

8. Spoilt weapon

Answer: pistol

Pistol is a boastful character in three Shakespeare plays, subordinate to Falstaff. The word comes from a 16th century french gun, itself derived from the perceived similarity in shape to a whistle. I don't see it myself.

9. Rental discovered

Answer: Learnt

A little learning is a dangerous thing when playing Funtrivia. As Pope said 'Drink deep or not at all of the Pierian spring" -- which was the mythical fount of all knowledge.

10. Integral polygon

Answer: Triangle

Polygons do not refer to missing parrots but to many sided plane figures.

Source: Author garrybl

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Anagram Pairs Trivia Quiz

In these two word phrases one word is an anagram of a meaning of the other. e.g. Cat performance = act Act is an anagram of cat. An act is a performance. This is a renovated/adopted version of an old quiz by author minch

In these two word phrases one word is an anagram of a meaning of the other. e.g. Cat performance = act Act is an anagram of cat. An act is a performance.
This is a renovated/adopted version of an old quiz by author minch