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Cryptology III Trivia Quiz

Here is installment three of my Cryptology series, each of which, hopefully, will tax your intellect. Have fun.

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

Author
richicago

Time
8 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
158,651

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Impossible

Avg Score
2 / 10

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772

Question 1 of 10

1. Confused spy runs after car to perform post mortem.

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Question 2 of 10

2. Initially, Russian astronaut Yuri Gagarin entered beasts of burden to get air.

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Question 3 of 10

3. House's groan invoking joke sounds plain, simple and unpretentious.

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Question 4 of 10

4. Not a gem, but in retrospect a real bomb.

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Question 5 of 10

5. It is in your brain. It is a major European country.

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Question 6 of 10

6. Coconut cookie is made with abbreviated cooler in red.

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Question 7 of 10

7. Am I Kay? No, I'm a backwards town in Washington.

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Question 8 of 10

8. Anne K. Finster was transformed into a famous movie scientist.

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Question 9 of 10

9. Sixteenth letter plus first letter make a bearlike animal.

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Question 10 of 10

10. Simple arms reveal disguise of famous detective.

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Confused spy runs after car to perform post mortem.

Answer: Autopsy

Car is synonym for auto. Spy is anagram for "psy". Autopsy is another definition of post mortem.

2. Initially, Russian astronaut Yuri Gagarin entered beasts of burden to get air.

Answer: Oxygen

Ox(yg)en. Yuri Gagarin's initials are yg, oxen are beasts of burden and oxygen is air.

3. House's groan invoking joke sounds plain, simple and unpretentious.

Answer: Homespun

Homes-pun. Houses are homes. A bad joke is a pun. If you're plain, simple and unpretentious you're homespun.(like me).

4. Not a gem, but in retrospect a real bomb.

Answer: Megaton

Megaton is "Not a gem" spelled backwards. Megaton is the description of a very powerful bomb.

5. It is in your brain. It is a major European country.

Answer: Britain

Br(it)ain. It in brain results in Britain.

6. Coconut cookie is made with abbreviated cooler in red.

Answer: Macaroon

Maroon is red and ac is short for air conditioning. Inserting "ac" into maroon results in macaroon.

7. Am I Kay? No, I'm a backwards town in Washington.

Answer: Yakima

Yakima is a great city (only backwards for this cryptic).

8. Anne K. Finster was transformed into a famous movie scientist.

Answer: Frankenstein

Anne K. Finster is an anagram for Frankenstein.

9. Sixteenth letter plus first letter make a bearlike animal.

Answer: Panda

P-and-a. P is 16th letter, A is first letter. P-AND-A, or Panda.

10. Simple arms reveal disguise of famous detective.

Answer: Miss Marple

"Simple arms" is an anagram of "Miss Marple".

Source: Author richicago

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