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Categorical Drop-a-Letter Tease Quiz

Drop or add a letter to find words that have been influenced by our Fun Trivia categories.

A multiple-choice quiz by pollucci19. Estimated time: 12 mins.

Author
pollucci19

Time
12 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
303,457

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
20

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
11 / 20

Plays
908

Question 1 of 20

1. The first word has four letters.

ANIMALS: Your first word means to tear with claws.

Answer: (Four Letters)

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Question 2 of 20

2. I have already added the letter 'A' to the previous answer for you.

BRAIN TEASERS: Unscramble the bracketed letters to identify a body of Muslim scholars who are well versed in Islam and Islamic law. (AALMU)

Answer: (Five Letters. Think of the Dalai)

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Question 3 of 20

3. Now ADD a letter to create the next word of six letters.

CELEBRITIES: George Harrison formed 'HandMade Films' in 1979. Rearrange your letters to provide another word for 'done by hand'.

Answer: (Six Letters)

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Question 4 of 20

4. Now ADD a letter to create your next word of seven letters.

ENTERTAINMENT: Rearrange your letters to identify a closing theme song for the Japanese animated television show 'Death Note'. The word is also the name of an oxide derived from bauxite and used in the production of a silvery metallic element.

Answer: (One Word, Seven Letters)

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Question 5 of 20

5. Now DROP one letter to form your next word of six letters.

FOR CHILDREN: Rearrange your letters to identify the manic (muppet) drummer from 'The Muppet Show'.

Answer: (Six Letters)

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Question 6 of 20

6. Now DROP one letter to form your next word of five letters.

GENERAL: 'Vampirella' is a comic book female vampire. Re-arrange your letters to uncover a word that means female vampire.

Answer: (Five Letters)

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Question 7 of 20

7. DROP a letter to form your next word of four letters.

GEOGRAPHY: Re-arrange your letters to identify the capital city of Peru.

Answer: (Four Letters)

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Question 8 of 20

8. DROP another letter to form your next word of three letters.

HISTORY: The legend of William Tell involves him splitting an apple on his son's head with a crossbow bolt. Rearrange your remaining letters to find out what William had to be careful with. The word you seek also means 'goal'.

Answer: (Three Letters)

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Question 9 of 20

9. You need to ADD a letter to form the next word of four letters.

HUMANITIES: 'Rent' is a very popular musical. Rearrange your set of letters to identify another word meaning payment of rent or a tribute.

Answer: (Four Letters)

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Question 10 of 20

10. ADD a letter to form your next word of five letters.

HOBBIES: A ragout is a stew. Rearrange your letters to form the name of a ragout, of French origin, that is made from minced game that is heavily spiced and then stewed in wine. As this requires some general knowledge here's an added clue. It sounds like salami but has one less letter.

Answer: (Five Letters)

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Question 11 of 20

11. ADD a letter to form your next word of six letters.

LITERATURE: Rearrange your letters to form a word that means a prayer book.

Answer: (Six Letters)

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Question 12 of 20

12. Now ADD another letter to form your next word of seven letters.

MOVIES: 'Earthquake' is a 1974 film that starred Charlton Heston and Ava Gardner. Rearrange your letters to identify a word that means 'caused by an earthquake'

Answer: (Seven Letters)

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Question 13 of 20

13. ADD a letter to form your next word of eight letters.

MUSIC: 'Bob Kuban and the In Men' released a song in 1966 called 'The Cheater'. Rearrange your set of letters to create a word that indicates what a 'cheater' may do i.e. he deceives. (Note the plural form).

Answer: (Eight Letters)

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Question 14 of 20

14. ADD a letter to form your next word of nine letters.

PEOPLE: Antiphon, Plato, Immanuel Kant and Hegel were philosophers who espoused theories that maintained that the objects of our external perceptions were merely ideas. Rearrange your letters to form the word that describes these 'perfect world' philosophies. (Plural form please).

Answer: (Nine Letters, it's an 'ism')

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Question 15 of 20

15. Now DROP a letter to form your next word of eight letters.

RELIGION: Proverbs 31:10 to 31 talks about the search for a 'virtuous' or 'noble' woman. Rearrange the letters of your new set to identify the word that was used to formally address English noble-women or gentle-women. (Please note that plural form is required).

Answer: (Eight Letters)

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Question 16 of 20

16. DROP a letter to form your next word of seven letters.

SCIENCE: Rearrange your letters to identify a word that means 'relating to averages, means and medians'. (Please note plural form).

Answer: (Seven Letters)

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Question 17 of 20

17. DROP a letter to create your next word of six letters.

SPORT: Elise Rechichi and Tessa Parkinson won a gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympic Games in the women's 470 dinghy competition. Rearrange your letters to identify how the dinghy was manoeuvred over the water.

Answer: (Six Letters. It didn't have oars.)

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Question 18 of 20

18. DROP one letter to form your next word of five letters.

VIDEO GAMES: In 1997 PlayStation released a 3D platform game called 'Jersey Devil'. Rearrange your set of letters to form a word that is another name for devils or imps. (Plural form required).

Answer: (Five Letters)

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Question 19 of 20

19. DROP a letter to create your next word of four letters.

TELEVISION: Rearrange your letters to identify a member of the Monty Python Flying Circus team. This word also means 'not in use'.

Answer: (Four Letters)

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Question 20 of 20

20. DROP one letter to form your final word of three letters.

WORLD: Rearrange your letters to identify a garland of flowers presented in Hawaii as a sign of affection.

Answer: (Three Letters)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. The first word has four letters. ANIMALS: Your first word means to tear with claws.

Answer: Maul

2. I have already added the letter 'A' to the previous answer for you. BRAIN TEASERS: Unscramble the bracketed letters to identify a body of Muslim scholars who are well versed in Islam and Islamic law. (AALMU)

Answer: Ulama

3. Now ADD a letter to create the next word of six letters. CELEBRITIES: George Harrison formed 'HandMade Films' in 1979. Rearrange your letters to provide another word for 'done by hand'.

Answer: Manual

HandMade Films was originally set up to fund the production of Monty Python's 'The Life of Brian'. The company is now known as Handmade plc.

4. Now ADD a letter to create your next word of seven letters. ENTERTAINMENT: Rearrange your letters to identify a closing theme song for the Japanese animated television show 'Death Note'. The word is also the name of an oxide derived from bauxite and used in the production of a silvery metallic element.

Answer: Alumina

The song 'Alumina' was used as the closing theme for the first nineteen episodes. It is performed by the Japanese visual kei band 'Nightmare'. Visual kei relates to the eccentric make-up and fashion sense of the band, akin to the glam rock bands of 1970's.

5. Now DROP one letter to form your next word of six letters. FOR CHILDREN: Rearrange your letters to identify the manic (muppet) drummer from 'The Muppet Show'.

Answer: Animal

Animal also forms part of the line-up of 'The Electric Mayhem' band and needs to be reminded from time to time to 'beat drums, not eat drums'.

6. Now DROP one letter to form your next word of five letters. GENERAL: 'Vampirella' is a comic book female vampire. Re-arrange your letters to uncover a word that means female vampire.

Answer: Lamia

Vampirella was created by Forrest Ackerman for Warren Publishing and was launched in September 1969. Ackerman passed away in December 2008 aged 92.

7. DROP a letter to form your next word of four letters. GEOGRAPHY: Re-arrange your letters to identify the capital city of Peru.

Answer: Lima

Lima is also the largest city in Peru. It overlooks the Pacific Ocean, is made up of forty three districts and, in 2007, had a population of approximately 7.6 million people.

8. DROP another letter to form your next word of three letters. HISTORY: The legend of William Tell involves him splitting an apple on his son's head with a crossbow bolt. Rearrange your remaining letters to find out what William had to be careful with. The word you seek also means 'goal'.

Answer: Aim

Parts of the 'William Tell Overture' by Rossini may be heard in 'The Lone Ranger' television series and Stanley Kubrick's 1971 movie, 'A Clockwork Orange'.

9. You need to ADD a letter to form the next word of four letters. HUMANITIES: 'Rent' is a very popular musical. Rearrange your set of letters to identify another word meaning payment of rent or a tribute.

Answer: Mail

Mail and duties stems from Scott's Law, which covers the rents of an estate. The musical 'Rent' is, strictly speaking, a rock opera that was first produced in 1994.

10. ADD a letter to form your next word of five letters. HOBBIES: A ragout is a stew. Rearrange your letters to form the name of a ragout, of French origin, that is made from minced game that is heavily spiced and then stewed in wine. As this requires some general knowledge here's an added clue. It sounds like salami but has one less letter.

Answer: Salmi

11. ADD a letter to form your next word of six letters. LITERATURE: Rearrange your letters to form a word that means a prayer book.

Answer: Missal

12. Now ADD another letter to form your next word of seven letters. MOVIES: 'Earthquake' is a 1974 film that starred Charlton Heston and Ava Gardner. Rearrange your letters to identify a word that means 'caused by an earthquake'

Answer: Seismal

The movie, 'Earthquake', is the story of a disruption that registers 9.9 on the Richter Scale hitting Los Angeles. It was co-written by Mario Puzo of 'The Godfather' fame and introduced special effects such as 'Shaker-Mount' and 'Sensurround Sound' to the film industry.

13. ADD a letter to form your next word of eight letters. MUSIC: 'Bob Kuban and the In Men' released a song in 1966 called 'The Cheater'. Rearrange your set of letters to create a word that indicates what a 'cheater' may do i.e. he deceives. (Note the plural form).

Answer: Misleads

'The Cheater' was the only 'Top Forty' hit for 'Bob Kuban and the In Men' peaking at number twelve in 1966. In an ironic twist Walter Scott, the lead singer for the band on this song, was murdered in 1983 by his cheating wife's lover. His wife was also implicated in his murder.

14. ADD a letter to form your next word of nine letters. PEOPLE: Antiphon, Plato, Immanuel Kant and Hegel were philosophers who espoused theories that maintained that the objects of our external perceptions were merely ideas. Rearrange your letters to form the word that describes these 'perfect world' philosophies. (Plural form please).

Answer: Idealisms

Monty Python released a song called 'The Philosopher's Song', which reduces our mighty philosophers to a group of rowdy 'booze artists'. The lyrics include some very clever twists on their ideals such as Descartes' "I think therefore I am" becoming "I drink therefore I am".

15. Now DROP a letter to form your next word of eight letters. RELIGION: Proverbs 31:10 to 31 talks about the search for a 'virtuous' or 'noble' woman. Rearrange the letters of your new set to identify the word that was used to formally address English noble-women or gentle-women. (Please note that plural form is required).

Answer: Miladies

Each of the twenty verses in this section of Proverbs begins with a different letter of the Hebrew alphabet as well as appearing in alphabetical order.

16. DROP a letter to form your next word of seven letters. SCIENCE: Rearrange your letters to identify a word that means 'relating to averages, means and medians'. (Please note plural form).

Answer: Medials

17. DROP a letter to create your next word of six letters. SPORT: Elise Rechichi and Tessa Parkinson won a gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympic Games in the women's 470 dinghy competition. Rearrange your letters to identify how the dinghy was manoeuvred over the water.

Answer: Sailed

Elise and Tessa are both twenty two year sailors from Perth in Western Australia. Elise was the skipper and Tessa the crewmate.

18. DROP one letter to form your next word of five letters. VIDEO GAMES: In 1997 PlayStation released a 3D platform game called 'Jersey Devil'. Rearrange your set of letters to form a word that is another name for devils or imps. (Plural form required).

Answer: Deils

The Jersey Devil is a creature of legend that supposedly lives in the Pine Barrens of New Jersey. It has appeared in the fifth episode of season one of 'The X-Files' and is the mascot of the New Jersey Devils, a National Hockey League team based in Newark, New Jersey.

19. DROP a letter to create your next word of four letters. TELEVISION: Rearrange your letters to identify a member of the Monty Python Flying Circus team. This word also means 'not in use'.

Answer: Idle

Eric Idle's most notable moments with Monty Python's Flying Circus were as the composer of the song 'Always Look on the Bright Side of Life' and the writer of the 'Nudge Nudge' sketch.

20. DROP one letter to form your final word of three letters. WORLD: Rearrange your letters to identify a garland of flowers presented in Hawaii as a sign of affection.

Answer: Lei

Source: Author pollucci19

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