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Cryptic Poets Trivia Quiz

Use conventional cryptic clues to solve the surnames of these well-known poets, all of whom wrote in the English language. All answers are last names.

A multiple-choice quiz by cobb367. Estimated time: 7 mins.

Author
cobb367

Time
7 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
218,783

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
232

Question 1 of 10

1. Tall guy.

Answer: (10 letters)

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Question 2 of 10

2. Icon kinds mixed up.

Answer: (9 letters)

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Question 3 of 10

3. Statement of authorship on short story written by President Reagan when he was a schoolboy.

Answer: (5 letters)

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Question 4 of 10

4. Unit of language given particular value.

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Question 5 of 10

5. Aye, at sea this holds the answer.

Answer: (5 letters)

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Question 6 of 10

6. Abrasively wear down German castle.

Answer: (8 letters)

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Question 7 of 10

7. Understood to be finished.

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Question 8 of 10

8. Israeli otherwise contained.

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Question 9 of 10

9. Steak pulverized.

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Question 10 of 10

10. Fifty stuck in path.

Answer: (5 letters)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Tall guy.

Answer: Longfellow

Synonym for tall guy. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882).

2. Icon kinds mixed up.

Answer: Dickinson

Anagram of "icon kinds". Emily Dickinson (1830-1896).

3. Statement of authorship on short story written by President Reagan when he was a schoolboy.

Answer: Byron

"By Ron". George Gordon Byron, Lord Byron (1788-1824).

4. Unit of language given particular value.

Answer: Wordsworth

Unit of language given particular value (word's worth). William Wordsworth (1770-1850).

5. Aye, at sea this holds the answer.

Answer: Yeats

Hidden in "Aye, at sea". William Butler Yeats (1865-1939).

6. Abrasively wear down German castle.

Answer: Sandburg

Abrasively wear down (sand) + German castle (burg). Carl Sandburg (1878-1967).

7. Understood to be finished.

Answer: Donne

Sounds like "done". John Donne (1572-1631).

8. Israeli otherwise contained.

Answer: Eliot

Hidden in "Israeli otherwise". T.S. Eliot (1888-1965).

9. Steak pulverized.

Answer: Keats

Anagram of "steak". John Keats (1795-1821).

10. Fifty stuck in path.

Answer: Plath

Fifty (L) in "path". Sylvia Plath (1932-1963).

Source: Author cobb367

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