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Eleven to Two Trivia Quiz

Start with an eleven letter word, remove one letter and rearrange, to get the next word, until you are left with a two letter word. If you get stuck on a word, try the next one and work back.

A multiple-choice quiz by delboy22. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
delboy22

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
318,827

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
8 / 10

Plays
697

Question 1 of 10

1. First word of eleven letters.

Eternal, infinite.

Answer: (One Word - begins with E)

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Question 2 of 10

2. Drop a letter, rearrange, and make a ten letter word.

One with a comprehensive knowledge of, or opinion on, many things.

Answer: (One Word - 10 letters)

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Question 3 of 10

3. Drop a letter, shuffle the remainder around a little, and make a nine letter word.

Two dimensional shapes having three sides.

Answer: (One Word - nine letters)

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Question 4 of 10

4. By dropping a letter and jiggling about a bit, you can make an eight letter word.

Suffocate by applying pressure to the throat.

Answer: (One Word - eight letters)

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Question 5 of 10

5. Drop and jiggle again, to make a seven letter word.

The biggest.

Answer: (One Word - seven letters)

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Question 6 of 10

6. Drop one off, shake it all about, and gimmee a six!

What do you call those little plastic bits at the end of your shoelaces?
I call them 'thingies', but that's too many letters :)

Answer: (One Word - six letters)

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Question 7 of 10

7. Lose one letter, rearrange the remainder, and make a five letter word.

An area on which actors perform.

Answer: (One Word - five letters)

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Question 8 of 10

8. Drop a letter, rearrange, and make a four letter word.

A male Deer.

Answer: (One Word - four letters)

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Question 9 of 10

9. Drop a letter, shuffle around, and make a three letter word.

The past tense of what you do when you plonk your rear end on a chair :)

Answer: (One Word - three letters)

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Question 10 of 10

10. Drop a letter, no need to shuffle this time, to make a two letter word.

Chemical symbol for the element astatine.

Answer: (One Word - two letters)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. First word of eleven letters. Eternal, infinite.

Answer: everlasting

If something is everlasting, it supposedly lasts forever - but how long is forever? Time does not have a start date, neither does it have an end date! It's another of those braintwisters that one can ponder on for hours, like 'where is the end of the universe'?

2. Drop a letter, rearrange, and make a ten letter word. One with a comprehensive knowledge of, or opinion on, many things.

Answer: generalist

A generalist is often defined as a 'renaissance person', a modern scholar with the skills to expand and enlarge upon knowledge.

3. Drop a letter, shuffle the remainder around a little, and make a nine letter word. Two dimensional shapes having three sides.

Answer: triangles

When it comes to triangles, Pythagoras must be the Grand-daddy! His theorem is the basis of trigonometry, and by extension, a whole host of mathematical formulas.

4. By dropping a letter and jiggling about a bit, you can make an eight letter word. Suffocate by applying pressure to the throat.

Answer: strangle

Strangulation, is a common method used in murder. A most undesirable way to die!
In medicine, there are many types of strangulation; perhaps one of the commonest is 'strangulated hernia', where a part of the intestine becomes twisted and constricted - a very painful condition requiring urgent medical attention.

5. Drop and jiggle again, to make a seven letter word. The biggest.

Answer: largest

There are many superlatives to describe something that is BIG - huge, massive, gigantic, enormous, to name but a few!

6. Drop one off, shake it all about, and gimmee a six! What do you call those little plastic bits at the end of your shoelaces? I call them 'thingies', but that's too many letters :)

Answer: aglets

The word 'aglet' comes from an old French word 'aguillette', which means 'needle'. I guess lacing up your shoes is a little like sewing, so those plastic thingies are aptly named :)

7. Lose one letter, rearrange the remainder, and make a five letter word. An area on which actors perform.

Answer: stage

The word 'stage' can be used in several applications. It also refers to a 'leg' of a race, or to a specific moment in a sequence - for instance; the stages of labour in childbirth.

8. Drop a letter, rearrange, and make a four letter word. A male Deer.

Answer: stag

A common use of the word 'stag', is with reference to the wild party given to a man on the eve of his wedding day - his 'stag party'!

9. Drop a letter, shuffle around, and make a three letter word. The past tense of what you do when you plonk your rear end on a chair :)

Answer: sat

Are you sitting comfortably? Then we shall continue :)

10. Drop a letter, no need to shuffle this time, to make a two letter word. Chemical symbol for the element astatine.

Answer: at

Other than scientific research, there are no known uses for astatine - a bit like having an ashtray on a motorbike - serves no purpose! lol

Source: Author delboy22

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