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Classic Word Play Trivia Quiz
You have three words in every question, and your task is to guess the word that fits with each of the three (e.g.: snow, color, fairy tale=white). Good luck!
A multiple-choice quiz
by beatka.
Estimated time: 7 mins.
Blue is the color like that of a cloudless sky; it may be a synonym of the sky itself; it also means low in spirits, depressed.
2. Convent, nurse, family
Answer: sister
Sister is, of course, a female who has the same parents as somebody else; it can also mean a nurse, usually in charge of a hospital ward; as well as a nun (a member of a religious order, usually living in a convent).
3. Tissue, room, group
Answer: cell
Cell is a small room in a monastery or a prison; the smallest unit of living matter, a part of tissue; as well as the primary unit of a political organisation, group.
4. Chocolate, counter, barrier
Answer: bar
Bar is a counter where drinks are served, or a room containing this; an obstacle, a barrier; as well as a block of a substance, such as chocolate.
5. Copacabana, river, Portuguese
Answer: Rio
Rio is the Portuguese for a river; the second biggest city in Brazil is called Rio de Janeiro (which translates as the January River); Copacabana is a famous beach in Rio.
6. Device, woman, myth
Answer: siren
Siren is a device that makes a loud sound as a signal; it can also mean a dangerously fascinating woman. The ancient Greeks regarded sirens as mythical sea creatures who, with their beautiful and irresistible singing, lured sailors to destruction on the rocks.
7. Pope, smooth, language
Answer: Polish
Polish is a language of Poland, a large country in Central Europe; the late Pope John Paul II, the head of the Catholic Church, was of Polish origin; to polish means to make smooth, to improve something.
8. Helmet, top, bird
Answer: crest
Crest means a plume on a helmet; the top of a slope or a hill etc; as well as a projection on a bird's head.
9. US state, female name, writer
Answer: Virginia
Virginia is a female first name (a famous English novelist was named Virginia Woolf) as well as the name of a U.S. state.
10. Opera, insect, bread
Answer: butterfly
"Madame Butterfly" is the title of a famous opera by Giacomo Puccini; butterfly is an insect (its name probably derives from an old belief that butterflies steal milk and butter); butter is usually used for spreading on bread.
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