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Teasing your brains with ten words which maintain a meaning when their first and last letters are switched.

A multiple-choice quiz by gentlegiant17. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
gentlegiant17

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
389,159

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
204

Question 1 of 10

1. Switch the first and last letter of a certain fish to get a next of kin.

Answer: (4 letters, either word is the correct answer)

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Question 2 of 10

2. Switch the first and last letter of a certain fruit to get a verb which means to harvest.

Answer: (4 letters, either word is the correct answer)

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Question 3 of 10

3. Switch the first and last letter of a con man to get a verb synonymous with "accepted".

Answer: (8 letters, either word is the correct answer)

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Question 4 of 10

4. Switch the first and last letter of a person suffering from a severe skin and nerve disease to get a verb which means "to cause a strong dislike".

Answer: (5 letters, either word is the correct answer)

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Question 5 of 10

5. Switch the first and last letter of a warm weather spell causing snow to melt to get a question word.

Answer: (4 letters, either word is the correct answer)

6. Switch the first and last letters of a person whose occupation is shaping products or spaces to get the feeling of a person accepting something unpleasant is about to happen without having a way to change it.

Answer: (8 letters, either word is the correct answer)

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Question 7 of 10

7. Switch the first and last letters of a greeting which alludes to a time in the future to get another name for the honey badger.

Answer: (5 letters, either word is the correct answer)

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Question 8 of 10

8. Switch the first and last letters of a general description for a state of mind to get a particularly negative state of mind.

Answer: (4 letters, either word is the correct answer)

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Question 9 of 10

9. Switch the first and last letters of a verb meaning "to take hold firmly" to get a verb meaning "to express boastfully".

Answer: (4 letters, either word is the correct answer)

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Question 10 of 10

10. Switch the first and last letters of a short knife to get the state in which an old and torn object is in.

Answer: (6 letters, either word is the correct answer)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Switch the first and last letter of a certain fish to get a next of kin.

Answer: tuna

The red edible fish TunA turns into AunT when first and last letters are switched. In Eastern cultures, aunt (or auntie) is a generic term for an affectionate female figure who is not necessarily a next of kin.

2. Switch the first and last letter of a certain fruit to get a verb which means to harvest.

Answer: pear

When first and last letters are switched, PeaR turns into ReaP. I have dedicated a full-fledged, most interesting, quiz to pears, titled "The Perfect Pear".

3. Switch the first and last letter of a con man to get a verb synonymous with "accepted".

Answer: deceiver

When first and last letters are switched, DeceiveR mutates into ReceiveD. "The Great Deceiver" is a great song by King Crimson which also lent its name to one of their best CD box sets.

4. Switch the first and last letter of a person suffering from a severe skin and nerve disease to get a verb which means "to cause a strong dislike".

Answer: leper

In this case LepeR and RepeL are also palindromic. The infectious nature of leprosy was understood in biblical times where lepers were separated from the rest of the population. However in the modern era this method is minimized in light of the knowledge obtained on the disease.

5. Switch the first and last letter of a warm weather spell causing snow to melt to get a question word.

Answer: thaw

When first and last letters are switched, ThaW becomes WhaT. What, why, who, whom, whose, where, which and when are the range of "wh questions" of the English language.

Answer: designer

The fashion DesigneR uttered a ResigneD sigh when he was told for the tenth time that people were not going to spend money on his epic JJJ (just a jute jacket) line.

7. Switch the first and last letters of a greeting which alludes to a time in the future to get another name for the honey badger.

Answer: later

See ya LateR, RateL. I have dedicated a full-fledged, highly entertaining, quiz to ratels, titled "The Honey Badger".

8. Switch the first and last letters of a general description for a state of mind to get a particularly negative state of mind.

Answer: mood

The pair MooD and DooM are part of the palindromic sentence "doom an evil deed, liven a mood" which may or may not make sense to some of you.

9. Switch the first and last letters of a verb meaning "to take hold firmly" to get a verb meaning "to express boastfully".

Answer: grab

When switching first and last letters, GraB becomes BraG. I really don't want to brag, but how else can I grab your attention to the outstanding quizzes I have authored on this site?

10. Switch the first and last letters of a short knife to get the state in which an old and torn object is in.

Answer: dagger

Have you ever noticed that when switching first and last letters, DaggeR becomes RaggeD? Me neither, this pair surfaced when running a script i wrote in order to detect word pairs for this quiz.

Source: Author gentlegiant17

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