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Quiz about Fractured Literary Quotations

Fractured Literary Quotations Trivia Quiz

I give you a well-known quotation in fractured form. For example: Two bee oar nut tubby = To be or not to be. DON'T INCLUDE ANY PUNCTUATION AT ALL--even if the clue has punctuation!

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

Author
robynraymer

Time
8 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
54,069

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
4 / 10

Plays
1406

Question 1 of 10

1. Day Oslo swerve coo lonely stunned on weight.

Answer: (Eight words--4, 4, 5, 3, 4, 5, 3, and 4 letters.)

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Question 2 of 10

2. Whoa deaf, Aries dye sing?

Answer: (Six words--2 or 1, 5, 5, 2, 3, and 5 letters.)

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Question 3 of 10

3. Alda whirls assuage.

Answer: (Five words--3, 3, 6, 1, and 5 letters. NO PUNCTUATION!)

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Question 4 of 10

4. Shell icon party tour simmers Dei?

Answer: (Eight words--5, 1, 7, 4, 2, 1, 7, and 3 letters. NO PUNCTUATION!)

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Question 5 of 10

5. Bud salved, wad lied true yawn Darwin dough brakes?

Answer: (Eight words--3, 4, 4, 5, 7, 6, 6, and 6 letters. NO PUNCTUATION!)

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Question 6 of 10

6. Howl dewy loaf see? Lemming county vase.

Answer: (Ten words--3, 2, 1, 4, 4, 3, 2, 5, 3, and 4 letters. NO PUNCTUATION!)

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Question 7 of 10

7. Due rose die virgin Aiello would.

Answer: (Seven words--3, 5, 8, 2, 1, 6, and 4 letters.)

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Question 8 of 10

8. Doughnut goo Gentile undo sat goon eye.

Answer: (Seven or eight words--2, 3, 2, 6, 4, 4, 4 and 5 letters, OR the last two words can form a 9-letter c)

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Question 9 of 10

9. Heifer leek, hovel leak, Hoffa leaf fawn weird!

Answer: (Ten words--4, 1, 6, 4, 1, 6, 4, 1, 6, and 6 letters. First three words appear 3 times in a row.)

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Question 10 of 10

10. Farting hiss switch suite sorrel...

Answer: (Five words--7, 2, 4, 5, and 6 letters.)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Day Oslo swerve coo lonely stunned on weight.

Answer: They also serve who only stand and wait

By John Milton.

2. Whoa deaf, Aries dye sing?

Answer: Oh Death where is thy sting

From Corinthians I, Chapter 15, verse 55. The verse continues: "O Grave, where is thy victory?"

3. Alda whirls assuage.

Answer: All the worlds a stage

By William Shakespeare.

4. Shell icon party tour simmers Dei?

Answer: Shall I compare thee to a summers day

By William Shakespeare. The second line goes: "Thou art more lovely and more temperate." BTW: "Dei" means "God" in Latin.

5. Bud salved, wad lied true yawn Darwin dough brakes?

Answer: But soft what light through yonder window breaks

Romeo's line from Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet." He's watching her bedroom window from down below.

6. Howl dewy loaf see? Lemming county vase.

Answer: How do I love thee Let me count the ways

By Elizabeth Barrett Browning.

7. Due rose die virgin Aiello would.

Answer: Two roads diverged in a yellow wood

From "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost. Actor Danny Aiello is perhaps best known for playing Cher's fiance (and her lover's older brother) in "Moonstruck."

8. Doughnut goo Gentile undo sat goon eye.

Answer: Do not go gentle into that goodnight

By Dylan Thomas.

9. Heifer leek, hovel leak, Hoffa leaf fawn weird!

Answer: Half a league half a league half a league onward

From "The Charge of the Light Brigade" by Alfred Lord Tennyson. The next part goes: "All in the Valley of Death rode the six hundred."

10. Farting hiss switch suite sorrel...

Answer: Parting is such sweet sorrow

Also from Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet." The line continues: "...that I shall say good-night till it be morrow."

Source: Author robynraymer

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