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From Zenith to Nadir Trivia Quiz

Starting from a six letter word, remove a letter, and rearrange if necessary to get a new word. When you get to the one letter word start adding a letter to get back to a five letter word.

A multiple-choice quiz by Lottie1001. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
Lottie1001

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
372,036

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Very Easy

Avg Score
9 / 10

Plays
499

Question 1 of 10

1. The highest point reached in the sky by a celestial body.

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Question 2 of 10

2. Old fashioned form of a possessive pronoun.

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Question 3 of 10

3. An insinuation.

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Question 4 of 10

4. A louse's egg.

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Question 5 of 10

5. An abbreviation for Information Technology.

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Question 6 of 10

6. Number one for the Romans.

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Question 7 of 10

7. The opposite of out.

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Question 8 of 10

8. A loud noise.

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Question 9 of 10

9. The outer covering of bacon or cheese.

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Question 10 of 10

10. The lowest point.

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. The highest point reached in the sky by a celestial body.

Answer: zenith

A journalist wrote a poem in the Lexington Times in the USA in the nineteenth century describing a mint julep as "the zenith of man's pleasure".

2. Old fashioned form of a possessive pronoun.

Answer: thine

A stone mason inscribe "Lord, she is thin" on a gravestone in Yorkshire. The grieving widower looked at the result, and remarked that he had missed the 'e' off. The stone mason went back to work - the epitaph then said "Eh, Lord, she is thin".

3. An insinuation.

Answer: hint

"If I had been present at the creation, I would have given some useful hints for the better arrangement of the Universe" is a quotation attributed to Alfonso, the wise king of Castille in the thirteenth century.

4. A louse's egg.

Answer: nit

Generations of British schoolchildren dreaded the arrival of the 'Nit Nurse' whose job was to inspect their hair for head lice.

5. An abbreviation for Information Technology.

Answer: IT

IT could also mean Income Tax, "India Today" (a website) or International Trade amongst other things.

6. Number one for the Romans.

Answer: I

The ninth letter of the alphabet is also used as the chemical symbol for iodine and to represent electric current in physics.

7. The opposite of out.

Answer: in

In various forms, the same letters are also used as abbreviations for Indiana (IN), inches (in.) and Indium (In).

8. A loud noise.

Answer: din

The Deutsche Industrie-Norm (DIN) is a series of technical standards used internationally, especially for electrical connections and film speeds.
[Thanks to the Oxford English Dictionary for the definition.]

9. The outer covering of bacon or cheese.

Answer: rind

The German word, 'Rind' means beef.

10. The lowest point.

Answer: nadir

As might be expected from the title of the quiz, we have reached the opposite point to the zenith. Nadir comes through Middle English and French from the Arabic word 'nazir' meaning 'opposite'.

Source: Author Lottie1001

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