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"No" Can Be Such A Keyword! Trivia Quiz

Unlike "thing" and "where", some words can alter their meaning in an unexpected manner when the word "no" is prefixed to them. You may provide either the original word or the one prefixed with "no" as an answer.

A multiple-choice quiz by gentlegiant17. Estimated time: 7 mins.

Author
gentlegiant17

Time
7 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
388,796

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
240

Question 1 of 10

1. Each question in this quiz provides a clue to two words that differ only by the addition of the prefix 'No'. Give either the shorter word or the one starting with 'no' as your answer - but not both.

Who died if a corpse cannot be found?

Answer: (6 or 4 letters)

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Question 2 of 10

2. It stands out that a piece of furniture is missing!

Answer: (7 or 5 letters)

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Question 3 of 10

3. Where is the deputy? I can only see a rookie here.

Answer: (6 or 4 letters)

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Question 4 of 10

4. I suspected this shoddy healer's remedy as soon as he failed to play his guitar.

Answer: (7 or 5 letters)

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Question 5 of 10

5. The wanderer is sane.

Answer: (5 or 3 letters)

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Question 6 of 10

6. Not a single islander relates to the dark movie genre.

Answer: (7 or 5 letters)

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Question 7 of 10

7. Given a prescription to take 500 green pills a day, he had done so. However, there isn't an amount of medicine that can handle numerous knot-like swellings.

Answer: (6 or 4 letters (anagram hint in question body))

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Question 8 of 10

8. The penniless man is dangerous!

Answer: (6 or 4 letters (think currency))

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Question 9 of 10

9. A musical composition for nine instruments? How can I catch it?!

Answer: (5 or 3 letters)

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Question 10 of 10

10. She should have been up here at 12:00PM.

Answer: (4 or 2 letters)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

Answer: nobody

Etymological resources suggest that usage of the word "body" to refer to a corpse commenced from the 13th century (the start of the Middle English era).

2. It stands out that a piece of furniture is missing!

Answer: notable

The word "notable" is derived from Latin where "nota" means "mark", while "table" is derived from the Latin "tabula" used for both material (e.g. dining furniture) and non-material (e.g. league table) objects.

3. Where is the deputy? I can only see a rookie here.

Answer: novice

I don't think I would have ever learnt the word "novice" if it had not been for computer games - I never liked it. By definition, "novice" means that one does not have previous experience, which is true only for the first run of play in such games. As a result I've always pushed myself to go "expert" starting from the second run.

4. I suspected this shoddy healer's remedy as soon as he failed to play his guitar.

Answer: nostrum

Interesting word, "nostrum". Quacks offered to the ill their "nostrum remedium" ("our remedy") which with time got shortened back to the seemingly neutral "nostrum" ("our").

5. The wanderer is sane.

Answer: nomad

Originally the word "nomad" referred to wandering tribes of Arabia (e.g. Bedouines). It bears an interesting similarity to the Hebrew words "navad" and "noded" (as well as the idiom "na vanad"), which have the same meaning.

6. Not a single islander relates to the dark movie genre.

Answer: noirish

Post-WWII era French critics chose "film noir" ("black film") to describe the new genre of deeply pessimistic and sometimes violent films of directors such as Fritz Lang, Orson Welles and John Huston. Hence, a French commentary on American films (Lang migrated to the USA after Nazism took over Germany) got adopted into English, then allotted its own adjective.

7. Given a prescription to take 500 green pills a day, he had done so. However, there isn't an amount of medicine that can handle numerous knot-like swellings.

Answer: nodose

In Latin "nodosum" means "knotty". The vagus ("vagrant") nerve is the only cranial nerve stretching as far as the abdomen and is used to transmit sensation of internal organs. Its inferior ganglion is called the nodose ganglion.

8. The penniless man is dangerous!

Answer: nocent

Oddly, "innocent", the negating word of "nocent", is much more popular and far more commonly used.

9. A musical composition for nine instruments? How can I catch it?!

Answer: nonet

In music, "nonet" can describe either an ensemble of nine musicians (e.g. The Miles Davis Nonet) or a musical composition written for such (e.g. "Grand Nonetto" by Louis Spohr).

10. She should have been up here at 12:00PM.

Answer: noon

The word "noon" has its root in "nine", referring to the ninth hour of the canonical day observed by medieval monks.

Source: Author gentlegiant17

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