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From Six to Seven Trivia Quiz

This quiz combines letter drops and letter addings. From a six-letter word, letters are dropped and words re-anagrammed into new ones. Then, when it becomes a two-letter word, new letters are added and anagrammed until we have a new seven-letter word.

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

Author
tjoebigham

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
242,813

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
1669

Question 1 of 10

1. 6 letters: This seals some jars.

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 2 of 10

2. 5 letters: a proscenium.

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 3 of 10

3. 4 letters: box-office receipts, in slang.

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 4 of 10

4. 3 letters: day in Berlin.

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 5 of 10

5. 2 letters: locating word.

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 6 of 10

6. 3 letters: "headless" cross.

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 7 of 10

7. 4 letters: Mom or Dad's sister.

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 8 of 10

8. 5 letters: food fishes.

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 9 of 10

9. 6 letters: teases or torments.

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 10 of 10

10. 7 letters: what the X-Men are.

Answer: (One Word)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. 6 letters: This seals some jars.

Answer: gasket

A gasket is that rubber ring around some glass jars.

2. 5 letters: a proscenium.

Answer: stage

Proscenium is another word for stage.

3. 4 letters: box-office receipts, in slang.

Answer: gate

Besides a hinged part of an entrance, "gate" is old slang for box-office receipts.

4. 3 letters: day in Berlin.

Answer: tag

"Tag" is "day" in German.

5. 2 letters: locating word.

Answer: at

The old 60's phrase "where it's at" refers to "at's" original menaing of location.

6. 3 letters: "headless" cross.

Answer: tau

A tau cross gets its name from the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet...where we get our letter T!

7. 4 letters: Mom or Dad's sister.

Answer: aunt

Your mother or father's sister is your aunt!

8. 5 letters: food fishes.

Answer: tunas

The tuna is possibly the world's most popular food fish! (So why can't Star-Kist's Charlie can't get caught?)

9. 6 letters: teases or torments.

Answer: taunts

"Taunt" is a synonym for tease or torment.

10. 7 letters: what the X-Men are.

Answer: mutants

"Mutant" comes from the Latin for "change", as does "mutate" and "mutable". Marvel's X-Men are among the most popular comic book franchises today, and have spawned three hit movies.

Source: Author tjoebigham

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