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Herding Cats Trivia Quiz

I've rounded up a herd of renegade cats. If I give you some clues, can you help me to get them back into the beginning, middle or end of the words from which they escaped?Type the complete word as the answer.

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

Author
Cymruambyth

Time
8 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
280,702

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
4 / 10

Plays
449

Question 1 of 10

1. This cat escaped from a word meaning a sudden disaster.

Answer: (One Word, 11 letters)

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Question 2 of 10

2. Oops! Grab that cat, it's heading for the hills. It has to be returned to the word that means to link together

Answer: (One word, 11 letters)

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Question 3 of 10

3. This bundle of fur has to be returned to an old word meaning panther or leopard.

Answer: (One Word, 9 letters)

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Question 4 of 10

4. This cat has to be returned to the word for a condition that causes people to fall into trances.

Answer: (One Word, 9 letters)

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Question 5 of 10

5. Take this cat back to the word that means to assert or affirm.

Answer: (One Word, 9 letters)

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Question 6 of 10

6. This unprepossessing feline belongs in a word meaning a representation of a person which exaggerates certain features.

Answer: (One Word, 10 letters)

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Question 7 of 10

7. This dainty little puss escaped from a word meaning fine, sensitive, or not of robust health.

Answer: (One Word, 8 letters)

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Question 8 of 10

8. This cat wandered off from the word that means to express disapproval of something or someone.

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Question 9 of 10

9. This naughty moggy got out of the word that means to wipe off the face of the earth!

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Question 10 of 10

10. Almost done! This last cat belongs in the word that means show or point.

Answer: (One word, 8 letters)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. This cat escaped from a word meaning a sudden disaster.

Answer: catastrophe

A catastrophe is a sudden disaster and it comes from the Greek verb katastrophein, meaning overturn.

The poet Sir Edmund Spenser (who wrote 'The Faerie Queen') applied the word to the denouement of a drama, while Shakespeare used catastrophe to describe a disastrous end or an event subversive of fortune.

2. Oops! Grab that cat, it's heading for the hills. It has to be returned to the word that means to link together

Answer: concatenate

Concatenate is derived from the Latin word catena, meaning chain. Scientists refer to a concatenation of atoms to describe a molecule.

3. This bundle of fur has to be returned to an old word meaning panther or leopard.

Answer: catamount

Catamount is a shortened version of the original cat o'mountain, a multi-purpose word for leopard, panther, puma, mountain lion, ocelot - any exotic feline, seemingly.

4. This cat has to be returned to the word for a condition that causes people to fall into trances.

Answer: catalepsy

Catalepsy (aka catatonia) is a neurological disorder which is characterized by seizures or trances, sometimes accompanied by muscular rigidity. The person with catalepsy will go into catatonic state. The word is derived from the Greek katalambanein, meaning to seize or take hold.

5. Take this cat back to the word that means to assert or affirm.

Answer: predicate

Nowadays we know the word predicate as part of the formation of a sentence - subject, object, predicate. Originally, however, it meant assert or affirm, and that meaning is still in use today, as in when one predicates one's findings on observation. The word comes from the Latin praedicare, which means preaching.

6. This unprepossessing feline belongs in a word meaning a representation of a person which exaggerates certain features.

Answer: caricature

Political cartoonists are masters of caricature and home in on outstanding physical features of their targets. For instance, Charles de Gaulle's nose, Prince Charles' ears, Mao Tse Tung's hairline, Hitler's moustache and so on. The word is derived from the Latin caricare, a burden. I expect de Gaulle's nose was something of a burden!

7. This dainty little puss escaped from a word meaning fine, sensitive, or not of robust health.

Answer: delicate

It's interesting that the words delicate, delicious and delight have the same Latin root - delictare, meaning allure or charm.

8. This cat wandered off from the word that means to express disapproval of something or someone.

Answer: deprecate

Deprecate is derived from the Latin deprecare (de=from,precari=pray) and means to pray agaisnt or plead for the avoidance of.

9. This naughty moggy got out of the word that means to wipe off the face of the earth!

Answer: eradicate

When we eradicate something we are getting rid of it completely. Erase has the same Latin root - eradicare(e=away from, radix=root).

10. Almost done! This last cat belongs in the word that means show or point.

Answer: indicate

More Latin! The root word of indicate is indicare, meaning to declare, mention or proclaim.

Source: Author Cymruambyth

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Herding Cats Trivia Quiz

I've rounded up a herd of renegade cats. If I give you some clues, can you help me to get them back into the beginning, middle or end of the words from which they escaped?Type the *complete* word as the answer.

I've rounded up a herd of renegade cats. If I give you some clues, can you help me to get them back into the beginning, middle or end of the words from which they escaped?Type the complete word as the answer.