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Drop/Add 1957 Braves Heroes Trivia Quiz

Drop letters and then add letters to go from Aaron to Burdette, two heroes of the 1957 Milwaukee Braves World Series championship.

A multiple-choice quiz by shvdotr. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
shvdotr

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
405,497

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Easy

Avg Score
9 / 10

Plays
261

Question 1 of 10

1. Drop a letter from Aaron and then anagram to find the color of horse that the 1988 Kentucky Derby winner Winning Colors was registered as.

Answer: (not gray)

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Question 2 of 10

2. Drop a letter from your answer in Question 1 and anagram what is left to identify the power source for biremes and triremes.

Answer: (think rowing (singular))

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Question 3 of 10

3. Drop another letter to reveal the two-letter word often used in combination with, as well as for an alternative to "either."

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 4 of 10

4. Drop another letter, leaving the abbreviation for a unit of radiation exposure derived from the name of the discoverer of x-rays, Wilhelm R�ntgen.

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 5 of 10

5. Now add a letter to give the name of an American television drama created in 1994 by novelist Michael Crichton.

Answer: (think George Clooney)

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Question 6 of 10

6. Add another letter, then change the order to reveal the nickname of Albert Schoendienst, who also starred for the Braves in 1957.

Answer: (color)

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Question 7 of 10

7. Add another letter for the name of one of several wetland plants including papyrus, bamboo, and rattan.

Answer: (includes cattails (singular))

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Question 8 of 10

8. Add another letter for a word meaning to discourage someone from doing something or to prevent something from happening.

Answer: (like avoiding nuclear war)

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Question 9 of 10

9. Add another letter for the past tense of a verb meaning to soak a plant like flax in water in order to separate its fibers.

Answer: (think of the abbreviation of "retired")

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Question 10 of 10

10. Add another letter and change their order for a word describing words that have been spoken out loud.

Answer: (synonym of "said")

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Drop a letter from Aaron and then anagram to find the color of horse that the 1988 Kentucky Derby winner Winning Colors was registered as.

Answer: roan

Wikipedia states that Winning Colors was registered as roan, but was actually "a gray with a white blaze on her face." Several different colors are combinations making up "roan" descriptions, such as strawberry-roan, blue-roan, bay-roan, and red-roan.

The roan coloring is the result of white hairs evenly mixed with other colors on the horse's body, while the head, legs, mane and tail usually lack the white hairs.

2. Drop a letter from your answer in Question 1 and anagram what is left to identify the power source for biremes and triremes.

Answer: oar

Biremes and triremes were ancient warships powered by two- and three-levels of oars, respectively. Biremes were commonly used in the Phoenician and Greek fleets, while triremes were used by those two seafaring cultures, along with the Roman world.

3. Drop another letter to reveal the two-letter word often used in combination with, as well as for an alternative to "either."

Answer: or

"Or" is also used in heraldry to indicate the color gold or yellow.

4. Drop another letter, leaving the abbreviation for a unit of radiation exposure derived from the name of the discoverer of x-rays, Wilhelm R�ntgen.

Answer: R

Wilhelm R�ntgen's 1895 discovery of x-rays won him the first Nobel Prize to be awarded in Physics in 1901. R�ntgen was born in 1845 in what is today Remscheid, North Rhein-Westphalia, Germany.

5. Now add a letter to give the name of an American television drama created in 1994 by novelist Michael Crichton.

Answer: ER

"ER" ran from 1994 to 2019, ending its run as the second-longest American prime time medical drama. The first words, and the final words, of the series were "Dr. Greene."

6. Add another letter, then change the order to reveal the nickname of Albert Schoendienst, who also starred for the Braves in 1957.

Answer: red

Although 15 of Schoendienst's 19 playing years were with the St. Louis Cardinals, the Braves were fortunate to have Red for a little over three years in Milwaukee, including the World Series victory over the Yankees.

7. Add another letter for the name of one of several wetland plants including papyrus, bamboo, and rattan.

Answer: reed

Common reeds also include horsetail, feather reed grass, and thatching reeds. Many reeds are used for construction.

8. Add another letter for a word meaning to discourage someone from doing something or to prevent something from happening.

Answer: deter

Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) began in 1969 in Helsinki, Finland, between the United States and the Soviet Union as an attempt to deter the possibilities of nuclear war.

9. Add another letter for the past tense of a verb meaning to soak a plant like flax in water in order to separate its fibers.

Answer: retted

The retting process takes advantage of micro-organisms and moisture in the plant to weaken bonds holding plant fibers together.

10. Add another letter and change their order for a word describing words that have been spoken out loud.

Answer: uttered

A legal definition of uttered refers to putting forged money into circulation.

Source: Author shvdotr

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