Brainstorm 2 Quiz | Word Play

Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. - Mutiny, - Ocean, - rope trick, - summer

Answer: Indian

Indian ink, Indian Mutiny, Indian Ocean etc. Indian rope-trick is the supposed Indian feat of climbing an unsupported rope. An Indian summer is a period of unusually settled warm weather after the end of summer.

2. - box, - card, - Eve, - Island, - pudding, - stocking, - tree

Answer: Christmas

Christmas box, Christmas card, Christmas Eve etc.

3. - agent, - chin, - cream, - glazing, - standard

Answer: Double

Double agent, double chin, double cream etc.

4. - Beret, - dragon, - fingers, - pepper

Answer: Green

Green Beret, green dragon, green fingers etc. Green Beret is an informal name for a British or American commando. Green fingers is a considerable talent to grow plants often known as green thumb in USA and Canada.

5. - candle, - Catholic, - Empire, - nose, - numerals

Answer: Roman

Roman candle, Roman Catholic, Roman Empire etc. Roman nose is a nose having a high prominent bridge.

6. - godmother, - lights, - ring, - tale

Answer: Fairy

Fairy godmother, fairy lights, fairy ring etc. A fairy ring is a ring of dark luxuriant vegetation in grassy ground seasonally marked by a ring of mushrooms.

7. - bean, - chalk, - doors, - dressing, - mustard, - polish, - window.

Answer: French

French bean, french chalk, french doors etc. French chalk is a compact variety of talc used to mark cloth or remove grease stains from materials. French dressing is a salad dressing made from oil and vinegar with seasonings.

8. - bat, - cocktail, - fly, - machine, - salad, - tree.

Answer: Fruit

Fruit bat, fruit cocktail, fruit machine etc.

9. - Coast, - dust, - medal, - mine, - rush

Answer: Gold

Gold Coast, gold dust, gold medal etc. Gold Coast was the former name of Ghana until 1957.

10. - nurse, - owl, - safe, - school, - shift, - watchman

Answer: Night

Night nurse, night owl, night safe etc. A night owl is a person who is or prefers to be up and about late at night just like Fun Trivia players.

11. - auction, - barn, - cheese, - courage, - elm

Answer: Dutch

Dutch auction, Dutch barn, Dutch cheese etc. A Dutch auction is an auction in which the price is lowered by stages until a buyer is found. Dutch courage is false courage gained from drinking alcohol.

12. - area, - Friar, - matter, - squirrel

Answer: Grey

Grey area, Grey Friar, grey matter etc. A Grey Friar is a Franciscan friar. Grey matter is the greyish tissue of the brain and spinal cord which you are using to answer these questions.

13. - Death, - eye, - Forest, - Hills, - hole, - ice, - magic, - widow

Answer: Black

Black Death, black eye, Black Forest etc. Black Death was a form of bubonic plague pandemic in Europe and Asia during the 14th century when it killed over 50 million people. The Black Forest is a hilly wooded region of Germany.

14. - coffee, - Sea, - setter, - stew

Answer: Irish

Irish coffee, Irish Sea, Irish setter etc. An Irish coffee is a hot coffee mixed with Irish whiskey and topped with double cream.

15. - business, - nut, - puzzle, - suit, - wrench

Answer: Monkey

Monkey business, monkey nut, monkey puzzle etc. Monkey business is mischievous, dishonest or meddlesome behavior. A monkey nut is another name for a peanut and a monkey puzzle is known as a Chile pine tree. A monkey suit is American slang for a man's evening dress.

16. - country, - Goose, - Hubbard, - superior, - tongue

Answer: Mother

Mother country, Mother Goose, Mother Hubbard etc. Mother Goose was the imaginary author of the collection of nursery rhymes by French author Charles Perrault. Mother Hubbard was a character in a nursery rhyme.

17. - bond, - flat, - knot, - Smith

Answer: Granny

Granny bond, granny flat, granny knot etc. A granny flat is self-contained accommodation within or built onto a house suitable for an elderly parent. A granny bond is an index-linked savings certificate originally available only to people over retirement age.

18. - branch, - drab, - green, - oil.

Answer: Olive

Olive branch, olive drab, olive green etc. Olive drab is a dull but fairly strong greyish-olive colour especially the colour of the uniform of the American Army.

19. - admiral, - carpet, - dwarf, - flag, - herring, - pepper, - tape

Answer: Red

Red admiral, red carpet, red dwarf etc.

20. - cartoon, - club, - lighting, - poker

Answer: Strip

Strip cartoon, strip club, strip lighting

21. - cylinder, - driver, - ship, - trade

Answer: Slave

Slave cylinder, slave driver, slave ship etc. Slave cylinder is a small cylinder containing a piston that operates the brake shoes or pads in hydraulic brake systems as in a car.

22. - bath, - coffee, - delight

Answer: Turkish

Turkish bath, Turkish coffee, Turkish delight etc.

23. - curtain, - film, - fuse, - glass, - match, - net, - pin, - razor

Answer: Safety

Safety curtain, safety glass, safety pin etc.

24. - band, - cheque, - plant, - stamp, - tree

Answer: Rubber

Rubber band, rubber cheque, rubber plant etc. A rubber cheque is one that bounces.

25. - bird, - grass, - seal, - shrew

Answer: Elephant

Elephant bird, elephant grass, elephant seal etc. An elephant shrew is a small active African mammal having an elongated nose, large ears and long hind legs. An elephant bird was a large, now extinct, flightless bird whose remains have been found in Madagascar. Hope you enjoyed the quiz and at the same time learnt something new.

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