C Plus Trivia Quiz

Answer: Crook

C + rook = Crook.

Rook, as in "The chess player performed the castling move, in which both the king and rook are moved at the same time".

Crook, as in "My house was broken into last night, but the crook was scared off by my pet rottweiler".

Answer: Coracle

C + oracle = Coracle.

Oracle, as in "The king spoke to his oracle whenever he had doubts about engaging in war".

Coracle, as in "The adventurer chose the coracle for his river exploration as it was very light and portable".

Answer: Cape

C + ape = Cape.

Ape, as in "The ape looked longingly through the glass at the zoo visitor eating her banana".

Cape, as in "Superman looked a little foolish when his cape got caught in the phone booth as he tried to exit".

Answer: Closer

C + loser = Closer.

Loser, as in "Jim was a bad loser, and would often storm off after an unsuccessful game".

Closer, as in "Christmas was drawing ever closer, and the children were getting very excited about the arrival of Santa Claus".

Answer: Changing

C + hanging = Changing.

Hanging, as in "My mother likes to display pansies in hanging baskets outside our house".

Changing, as in "The 'Changing of the Guard' is a colourful spectacle that one can see at Buckingham Palace in London".

Answer: Clamp

C + lamp = Clamp.

Lamp, as is "Mary couldn't get to sleep, so she turned on her bedside lamp and read her book for half an hour"

Clamp, as in "Jack used a clamp to hold the pieces of wood together while he drilled through them both".

Answer: Censure

C + ensure = Censure.

Ensure, as in "The marathon runner was keen to ensure victory, so didn't slow down as he reached the finish line, even though he had a big lead over his competitors".

Censure, as in "Brenda received another censure from her boss today for coming into work late".

Answer: Chum

C + hum = Chum.

Hum, as in "The children liked to hum along to the song as they didn't yet know the words".

Chum, as in "Dave and his best chum Mike liked to go to the pub together after a long hard day working on the building site".

Answer: Cheating

C + heating = Cheating.

Heating, as in "The new boiler was much better at heating the house than the old one, which had been making strange noises over the past few months".

Cheating, as in "Professional athletes that are caught cheating are severely punished by their sport's governing body".

Answer: Class

C + lass = Class.

Lass, as in "Morag was a bonnie wee lass with long ginger hair and cute freckles on her face".

Class, as in "Toby's favourite class at school was mathematics as he had always found it easy to get his head around numbers".