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Quiz about Characteristic of the Chameleon

Quiz about Characteristic of the Chameleon

Characteristic of the Chameleon Quiz

You'll get 9 word pairs in which the last letter of the first word is also the first letter of the last word. Replace this common letter by another letter having the same effect. The correct solution will give you (9 for 10) a word top to bottom.

A multiple-choice quiz by JanIQ. Estimated time: 8 mins.

Author
JanIQ

Time
8 mins

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Multiple Choice

Quiz #
399,264

Updated
Dec 03 21

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10

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Average

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Question 1 of 10

1. Let's start with a simple example. I'll give you the following word pairs:
b o O - O u t
p a N - N e t
d u E - E l d
The capital letters spell out "ONE". If you correctly replace these capital letters, you get "TWO":
b o T - T u t
p a W - W e t
d u O - O l d
Likewise you could replace the C in "a r C - C a t" by an E to get the first letter of the word "ELEPHANTS".
Of course the question asks for another letter. To offer a better readability, all the letters in the words to be replaced, have been capitalized. Note: all words obtained by substituting the correct letters, are valid words according to the Scrabble dictionary.
Now the question: replace the C in "L A C - C A N" so that you get two new valid words of which the first one ends with the initial of the last one.
One of the resulting words is a type of transport.

Answer: (One Word - ONE LETTER ONLY)

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Question 2 of 10

2. Another example shows how I could go from SEA to AIR. Look at the following word pairs:
y e S - S i t
l e E - E l l
b a A - A i m
and replace by
y e A - A i t
l e I - I l l
b a R - R i m
In the example of the CHAMELEON hiding ELEPHANTS, the task would consist of "p a H - H a y" to be replaced by "p a L - L a y".
Now the question: replace the H in "D U H - H O N" so that you get two new valid words of which the first one ends with the initial of the last one.
One of the resulting words means a very long time

Answer: (One Word - ONE LETTER ONLY)

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Question 3 of 10

3. You might need one more elaborate example. Let's turn "HE" into "IS".
I'd give you the following word pairs:
r a H - H o n
h a E - E o n
and you'd have to come up with
r a I - I o n
h a S - S o n.
Likewise, the A of "CHAMELEON" would become an E using the word pair "s e A - A r e".
Now your question: which letter would replace the A in "G O A - A I M" so that you get two new valid words of which the first one ends with the initial of the last one?
Clue: one resulting word is the edge of an object.

Answer: (One Word - ONE LETTER ONLY)

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Question 4 of 10

4. In the running example of a "CHAMELEON" hiding "ELEPHANTS", we would now have the task of replacing the M by a P in the word pairing "t o M - M a n". You'd have to come up with the solution "t o P - P a n".
Your question is something else: replace the M in the word pair "L A M - M O N" so that you get two new valid words of which the first one ends with the initial of the last one.
Clue: One of the resulting words is in the family

Answer: (One Word - ONE LETTER ONLY)

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Question 5 of 10

5. In the running example of a "CHAMELEON" hiding "ELEPHANTS", we would now have the task of replacing the E by an H in the word pairing "i c E - E a t".
You would need the word pair "i c H - H a t".
Now the real question: replace the E in the word pair "O R E - E F T" so that you get two new valid words of which the first one ends with the initial of the last one. You may find one of the resulting words on a ship.

Answer: (One Word - ONE LETTER ONLY)

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Question 6 of 10

6. In the running example of a "CHAMELEON" hiding "ELEPHANTS", we would now have the task of replacing the L by a H in the word pairing " b a L - L a p". This leads to the word pair "b a H - H a p".
Your question is to replace the L by another letter in the word pair "C O L - L A X" so that you get two new valid words of which the first one ends with the initial of the last one.
Clue: one of the resulting words is a small place to lie down.

Answer: (One Word - ONE LETTER ONLY)

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Question 7 of 10

7. In the running example of a "CHAMELEON" hiding "ELEPHANTS", we would now have the task of replacing the E by an N in the word pairing "p i E - E t h". The result would be "p i N - N t h", where NTH means position number N in a mathematical series.
And here is your question: replace the capitalized E by another letter in the word pair "S E E - E F F" so that you get two new valid words of which the first one ends with the initial of the last one.
Clue: both resulting words are quite uncommon.

Answer: (One Word - ONE LETTER ONLY)

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Question 8 of 10

8. In the running example of a "CHAMELEON" hiding "ELEPHANTS", we would now have the task of replacing the O by a T in the word pairing " n o O - O a r". The result is "n o T - T a r".
And now your question: replace the capitalized O by another letter in the word pair "C o O - O a r" so that you get two new valid words of which the first one ends with the initial of the last one.
A far-fetched clue: Northern English people have different opinions as the ancient Romans.

Answer: (One Word - ONE LETTER ONLY)

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Question 9 of 10

9. In the running example of a "CHAMELEON" hiding "ELEPHANTS", we would now have the task of replacing the N by an S in the word pairing "b u N - N o w". The replacing pair would then be "b u S - S o w".
Your question is to replace the letter N by another letter in the following word pair: "F O N - N A V E" so that you get two new valid words of which the first one ends with the initial of the last one.
One of the resulting words is used especially in architecture.

Answer: (One Word - ONE LETTER ONLY)

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Question 10 of 10

10. I'll reiterate the different word pairs form the previous questions here:
L A C - C A N
D U H - H O N
G O A - A I M
L A M - M O N
O R E - E F T
C O L - L A X
S E E - E F F
C O O - O A R
F O N - N A V E
You can clearly read out the original nine letter word "CHAMELEON". Replacing the common letters as indicated in the previous questions, also gives a nine letter word from top to bottom. Which is this word we're looking for?

Answer: (one word (nine letters). The title of this quiz may help you)

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1. Let's start with a simple example. I'll give you the following word pairs: b o O - O u t p a N - N e t d u E - E l d The capital letters spell out "ONE". If you correctly replace these capital letters, you get "TWO": b o T - T u t p a W - W e t d u O - O l d Likewise you could replace the C in "a r C - C a t" by an E to get the first letter of the word "ELEPHANTS". Of course the question asks for another letter. To offer a better readability, all the letters in the words to be replaced, have been capitalized. Note: all words obtained by substituting the correct letters, are valid words according to the Scrabble dictionary. Now the question: replace the C in "L A C - C A N" so that you get two new valid words of which the first one ends with the initial of the last one. One of the resulting words is a type of transport.

Answer: v

The common letters form the first nine questions will spell out "CHAMELEON" top to bottom. Each and every letter in the word "CHAMELEON" will have to be replaced by another letter. I'll mention in the question (as a running example) how the C can be replaced by an E, the H by an L, the A by an E, the M by a P, the first E by an H, the L by an A, the second E by an N, the O by a T and the N by an S - so that one CHAMELEON hides multiple ELEPHANTS. Yes we can!
When you don't take into account the last sentence of the question, there would be the following solutions: B - D - G - M - P - R- T - V - W.
So the resulting words could be LAB - BAN, LAD - DAN, LAG - GAN, LAM - MAN, LAP - PAN, LAR - RAN, LAT - TAN, LAV - VAN or LAW - WAN.
Only one of the resulting words is a form of transport: a van is a car shaped as a box or a lorry. The word van can also be short for vanguard or archaic for fan. The other resulting word (LAV) is short for lavatory, (public) bathroom.
Incidentally: LAC is a resin.

2. Another example shows how I could go from SEA to AIR. Look at the following word pairs: y e S - S i t l e E - E l l b a A - A i m and replace by y e A - A i t l e I - I l l b a R - R i m In the example of the CHAMELEON hiding ELEPHANTS, the task would consist of "p a H - H a y" to be replaced by "p a L - L a y". Now the question: replace the H in "D U H - H O N" so that you get two new valid words of which the first one ends with the initial of the last one. One of the resulting words means a very long time

Answer: E

What could be the solution (if you don't use the clue in the last sentence)? Let's list them alphabetically: E - I - N .
Resulting word pairs could thus be DUE - EON, DUI - ION or DUN - NON.
These words mean respectively debt; long time (possibly a billion years); driving under influence; energized atom; demand for payment; not.
So the only possible solution is the E.
By the way, duh is an interjection (similar to Homer Simpson's expression d'oh), and hon is short for honourable or honorary.

3. You might need one more elaborate example. Let's turn "HE" into "IS". I'd give you the following word pairs: r a H - H o n h a E - E o n and you'd have to come up with r a I - I o n h a S - S o n. Likewise, the A of "CHAMELEON" would become an E using the word pair "s e A - A r e". Now your question: which letter would replace the A in "G O A - A I M" so that you get two new valid words of which the first one ends with the initial of the last one? Clue: one resulting word is the edge of an object.

Answer: R

Without heeding the clue, we could come up with following letters: D - R - S.
Resulting word pairs could thus be GOD - DIM, GOR - RIM or GOS - SIM.
These words mean respectively deity; not bright; seagull; upper edge; goshawk (a predator bird); simulation.
So the only correct solution is the R.
By the way, a goa is a species of gazelle.

4. In the running example of a "CHAMELEON" hiding "ELEPHANTS", we would now have the task of replacing the M by a P in the word pairing "t o M - M a n". You'd have to come up with the solution "t o P - P a n". Your question is something else: replace the M in the word pair "L A M - M O N" so that you get two new valid words of which the first one ends with the initial of the last one. Clue: One of the resulting words is in the family

Answer: s

First of all here are the possible solutions when discarding the clue: C - D - S - T -W - Y.
This leads up to the following word pairs: LAC - CON, LAD - DON, LAS - SON, LAT - TON, LAW -WON or LAY - YON.
Some meanings of these words are respectively resin - fraud; boy - put on; lace - male child; a muscle on the back or shoulder - unit of weight; rule - Korean currency; put down - over there.
The only word in this list associated with family is SON, so the correct answer is S.
By the way, LAM is a hasty escape, and MON is Scottish for MAN. The Mon people from South-East Asia would not be an acceptable Scrabble word.

5. In the running example of a "CHAMELEON" hiding "ELEPHANTS", we would now have the task of replacing the E by an H in the word pairing "i c E - E a t". You would need the word pair "i c H - H a t". Now the real question: replace the E in the word pair "O R E - E F T" so that you get two new valid words of which the first one ends with the initial of the last one. You may find one of the resulting words on a ship.

Answer: a

As in each question, let's examine possible solutions while ignoring the clue.
You'll probably exclude any consonant right away, because there are extremely few words that contain three consonants and no vowels at all. And indeed, EFT can only be transformed into AFT or OFT.
But as ORO is not a valid word, there is only one possible solution: the A leads to ORA - AFT.
ORA is the English very atypical plural of OS, the scientific name for bone. So you might say "My ora ache". AFT is the rear part of a ship, the opposite of the bow.
By the way, EFT is a young newt of a certain North-American species.

6. In the running example of a "CHAMELEON" hiding "ELEPHANTS", we would now have the task of replacing the L by a H in the word pairing " b a L - L a p". This leads to the word pair "b a H - H a p". Your question is to replace the L by another letter in the word pair "C O L - L A X" so that you get two new valid words of which the first one ends with the initial of the last one. Clue: one of the resulting words is a small place to lie down.

Answer: t

Omitting the clue, you could come up with P - R - S - T - W - Z.
This would give us the following word pairs: COP - PAX; COR - RAX; COS - SAX; COT - TAX; COW - WAX or COZ - ZAX.
These mean respectively police officer - peace; exclamation of surprise - stretch; cosine - musical instrument; narrow bed - payment due to the government; bovine - protective covering; cousin - hatchet. Although most of the resulting words have more than one meaning, none other than the cot is some place to lie down.
So the correct solution is the T.
By the way: a col is a mountain pass, and lax is loose. Re-lax a bit, you're over halfway there.

7. In the running example of a "CHAMELEON" hiding "ELEPHANTS", we would now have the task of replacing the E by an N in the word pairing "p i E - E t h". The result would be "p i N - N t h", where NTH means position number N in a mathematical series. And here is your question: replace the capitalized E by another letter in the word pair "S E E - E F F" so that you get two new valid words of which the first one ends with the initial of the last one. Clue: both resulting words are quite uncommon.

Answer: i

Once again, you can most probably exclude all consonants. Indeed: the only other three letter words ending in FF besides EFF are AFF, IFF and OFF. But SEO does not exist, so you're left with the A or the I.
This leads up to either SEA - AFF or SEI - IFF. The clue states that both resulting words are quite uncommon, which is not the case for SEA. So the only correct solution is the I.
Now on to the meaning of the more bizarre words: AFF is an older version of OFF; EFF is a euphemism for the obscene four letter word starting with F; SEI is a species of whale; and IFF is a shortened form for "if and only if", especially in logic and philosophy.

8. In the running example of a "CHAMELEON" hiding "ELEPHANTS", we would now have the task of replacing the O by a T in the word pairing " n o O - O a r". The result is "n o T - T a r". And now your question: replace the capitalized O by another letter in the word pair "C o O - O a r" so that you get two new valid words of which the first one ends with the initial of the last one. A far-fetched clue: Northern English people have different opinions as the ancient Romans.

Answer: l

Let's explore once more the different solutions if we don't use the clue. The following letters give valid solutions: B - G - L - P - T - W - Y.
So many words to explore: COB - BAR; COG - GAR; COL - LAR; COP - PAR; COT - TAR; COW - WAR; COY - YAR.
These words can respectively be defined as swan - place to drink alcohol; wheel - needlefish; mountain pass - boy (Northern English dialect) or house deity (according to ancient Roman practice); police officer - golf term; tiny house - sticky substance; bovine - conflict; flirting shy - nimble.
The only word that fulfills the far-fetched clue, is LAR, so the correct solution is the letter L.

9. In the running example of a "CHAMELEON" hiding "ELEPHANTS", we would now have the task of replacing the N by an S in the word pairing "b u N - N o w". The replacing pair would then be "b u S - S o w". Your question is to replace the letter N by another letter in the following word pair: "F O N - N A V E" so that you get two new valid words of which the first one ends with the initial of the last one. One of the resulting words is used especially in architecture.

Answer: e

These two quirky words can most obviously be replaced by FOR - RAVE, but I've warned you not to go for the obvious solution here.
So let's examine all possibilities: E - G - H - P - R.
This gives FOE - EAVE; FOG - GAVE; FOH - HAVE; FOP - PAVE and FOR - RAVE.
These words mean respectively enemy - overhanging part of the roof; mist - past tense of to give; expression of disgust - to possess; dandy - cover with tiles; intended to - to speak incoherently.
The only architectural term is the EAVE, so the correct solution is the letter E.
By the way: a fon is a fool, so don't make a fon of you. The nave is the main division of a church building.

10. I'll reiterate the different word pairs form the previous questions here: L A C - C A N D U H - H O N G O A - A I M L A M - M O N O R E - E F T C O L - L A X S E E - E F F C O O - O A R F O N - N A V E You can clearly read out the original nine letter word "CHAMELEON". Replacing the common letters as indicated in the previous questions, also gives a nine letter word from top to bottom. Which is this word we're looking for?

Answer: versatile

Although not all chameleons have this trait, many species have the ability to change their skin colouration - either to camouflage themselves, to convey messages to other chameleons, or to respond to a change in temperature. This ability that is not known in other animals, makes the chameleon a very versatile animal.

Source: Author JanIQ

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