'In' It To Win It Trivia Quiz

Answer: Definition

DE, fit and ion with 'in' inserted. The internet code for Germany is based on the name of the country in German - Deutschland. If you are feeling healthy, you can be described as fit (as a fiddle, maybe) and an ion is an electrically charged particle.

Putting 'in' in the middle gives the answer of definition - what you will find if you look up a word in a dictionary.

Answer: Nominate

No and mate with 'in' inserted. No is the antonym for yes, a friend can be a pal or mate with mate also referring to a partner, particularly in the animal world, and inserting 'in' creates the word nominate.

If you propose someone to serve on a committee, you nominate them.

Answer: Agincourt

Ag and court with 'in' inserted. Ag is the symbol for silver, based on the name of argentum while a court can refer to a monarch's entourage or a place of law. Inserting in creates the name of Agincourt.

Agincourt was the location of a major battle in the Hundred Years' War between England and France which England won decisiively.

Answer: Administration

Ad, mist and ration with 'in' inserted. The word advertisement is often abbreviated as 'ad' while mist describe moisture in the air which is less dense than fog. Ration means an allocation of food, often used when supplies are scarce and limited, so that what is available is doled out proportionately. Inserting 'in' creates the word administration.

Administration refers to organising the day to day running of a business or government and is sometimes used to describe the government itself.

Answer: Gasoline

Gas and ole with 'in' inserted. Hydrogen, oxygen and nitrogen are just three of the gases while the Spanish people shout 'ole' when the English would call out bravo or hooray. Adding 'in' in the middle of these words creates gasoline.

Petrol or gasoline, depending on which side of the Atlantic you live, is what is needed in a car's tank to make it run.

Answer: Confined

Con and fed with 'in' inserted. Con is Italian for with or could be used in English as being short for 'confidence' when referring to a scam artist - a con man or woman. Another possibility is using it as shorthand for a convict (prisoner). Fed, in contrast, could be used as shorthand for a member of the FBI as well as meaning 'to have eaten'.

If you are confined, you are not free. In the past, it was also use to refer to women who are about to give, or have given, birth. You will often see confinement being used in Victorian era novels in this sense.

Answer: Clinton

Cl and ton with 'in' inserted. Chlorine is a type of gas often used to purify water, especially in swimming pools. A ton can refer to a heavy weight literally or figuratively - 'that shopping weighed a ton', for example.

Bill Clinton was the US President from 1993 until 2001.

Answer: Reinstate

Re and state with 'in' inserted. As a prefix, re is used to mean again as in 'reiterate' or 'reinstall'. It can also mean 'about' - 're your recent letter', for example. The USA is divided into fifty different states.

If you reinstate something or somebody you are reversing a decision to remove or demote them and placing them back where they were.

Answer: Drinking

Dr and king with 'in' inserted. The word doctor is abbreviated as Dr. when writing about someone with medical or academic qualifications. A monarch is a male ruler, known as a king, while the female equivalent is a queen.

Drinking means to take in liquids, either alcoholic or non-alcoholic versions.

Answer: Tinnitus

T and nit and us with 'in' inserted. T is the twentieth letter of the English alphabet and a single louse egg is a nit. If you talk about yourself and another person, you mean 'us'.

Tinnitus describes a noise, often, but not always, a ringing or buzzing one, that can be heard only by the person suffering from it. Medicine finds it hard to come up with an explanation for this in many instances.