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Cryptic Garments Trivia Quiz

The ten cryptic clues will lead you to the names of items of clothing.

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

Author
spanishliz

Time
8 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
182,076

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
4 / 10

Plays
5197

Awards
Editor's Choice

Last 3 plays: bluepeter46 (7/10), psnz (10/10), Kiwikaz (6/10).

Question 1 of 10

1. Worn around the shoulders with brass instrument or fish from Massachusetts.

Answer: (One Word (4 letters))

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Question 2 of 10

2. Point and ridicule protective garment.

Answer: (One Word (5 letters))

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Question 3 of 10

3. Note igneous, perhaps girl's outfit.

Answer: (One Word (5 letters))

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Question 4 of 10

4. Automotive accessory and French outer wear.

Answer: (One Word (6 letters))

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Question 5 of 10

5. At Oxted, U-turn for formal men's attire.

Answer: (One Word (6 letters))

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Question 6 of 10

6. Old-fashioned headgear, worn for measuring in metric or new-fangled miles.

Answer: (One Word (7 or 8 letters))

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Question 7 of 10

7. Possibly Miss Brodie's first choice to wear for a school picnic?

Answer: (One Word (5 letters))

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Question 8 of 10

8. A warm woolly sweater for an English kangaroo, or a type of dress for an American one.

Answer: (One Word (6 letters))

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Question 9 of 10

9. Shorten higher education and make all wear the same.

Answer: (One Word (7 letters))

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Question 10 of 10

10. There's some Japanese footwear in this quiz - or is there?

Answer: (One Word (4 letters))

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Worn around the shoulders with brass instrument or fish from Massachusetts.

Answer: cape

Brass instrument = horn; fish from Massachusetts = cod, for Cape Horn and Cape Cod. A cape is a sleeveless outer garment, as worn by perhaps, Superman or Count Dracula.

2. Point and ridicule protective garment.

Answer: smock

Point indicates a compass point, in this case S for south. To ridicule is to mock. S+mock gives us smock. An artist's smock protects his or her clothing from paint splatters, whilst old-fashioned farm workers' smocks are now museum pieces.

3. Note igneous, perhaps girl's outfit.

Answer: frock

A musical note, in this case F, is indicated and igneous is a type of rock. F+rock = frock. Frock is a seldom-used word for a dress, though one still hears it in some parts of the United Kingdom.

4. Automotive accessory and French outer wear.

Answer: jacket

Automotive accessory = Jack. The French word for 'and' is 'et'. Jack+et = Jacket. Jackets are shorter than coats, and often worn in casual situations or at sporting events.

5. At Oxted, U-turn for formal men's attire.

Answer: tuxedo

The answer is an anagram of Oxted U, which is indicated by the word turn. A man might wear a tuxedo to his wedding, or to a formal dinner party. Oxted is a town is Surrey, England.

6. Old-fashioned headgear, worn for measuring in metric or new-fangled miles.

Answer: tricorn

The answer is hidden in the sentence: meTRIC OR NEw, the word 'in' being the indicator. A tricorn (also spelled tricorne) was a hat with the brim turned up on three sides, of the type associated with American Revolutionary War heroes.

7. Possibly Miss Brodie's first choice to wear for a school picnic?

Answer: jeans

Miss Brodie's first = Jean's, possibly indicates the homonym 'jeans'. The allusion is to the schoolmistress heroine of Muriel Spark's 'The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie', which was made into a movie starring Maggie Smith.

8. A warm woolly sweater for an English kangaroo, or a type of dress for an American one.

Answer: jumper

This is a double definition clue, or in this case, a treble definition! Kangaroos are known for being good jumpers. In England, a jumper is a pullover sweater, but in the United States the word is used for what is known as a pinafore dress in the United Kingdom.

9. Shorten higher education and make all wear the same.

Answer: uniform

Shorten university to 'uni' and add 'form' (make) to get uniform. Uniforms are worn by the military, police, sports teams and in many schools, to name but a few.

10. There's some Japanese footwear in this quiz - or is there?

Answer: zori

This is another hidden word clue: quiZ OR Is. Zoris are Japanese sandals, which from on-line illustrations appear to be more ornate versions of the beach shoes known as flip-flops.

Source: Author spanishliz

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