No Slaughter Without Laughter Trivia Quiz

Answer: Bought bough

Bought being the past tense of buy and rhyming with ought and sought. Bough on the other hand, is a homonym of bow, as in 'to bow'. You could even use them in a sentence together, "I bought a bough".

Answer: Drivel drive

Drivel is derived from the Old English word 'dreflian'. It has multiple meanings, one being 'nonsense' and the other 'drool', but this is a far more archaic term. It rhymes with dribble. Drive, on the other hand, rhymes with hive and comes from the Old English 'drīfan'. You could encounter drivel while you drive. Depending on who is drivelling you may need either earplugs or a towel.

Answer: Devil evil

The word devil has many etymological origins. Middle English (devel), Old English (dēofol) and Late Latin/Greek (diabolus/diabolos). Generally the word refers to Satan, but can just refer to a demon or the more archaic meaning 'the great evil'. The rhyme refers to Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden who were tempted by Satan in the form of a serpent.

The word evil comes from the Middle English, 'yfel' and refers to something sinful or morally reprehensible.

Answer: Route rout

A route is defined as a 'selected course of travel'. The US Highway system works in routes to denote highways, with Route 66 being most famous, having been immortalised in songs by the likes of Depeche Mode ("Route 66") and Woody Guthrie ("Will Rogers Highway").

It is derived from the Anglo-French, 'rute' and rhymes with the word shoot. There are a number of meanings for rout. A disastrous defeat, to flee in a disorderly fashion, a crowd or even to poke around as a pig would with its snout. In certain cases it depends on its use as to its etymology, but generally the word is derived from the Anglo-French, 'rute' same as the word 'route', or from the Middle French, 'route'.

Answer: Banger anger

Bangers and mash is a popular British dish consisting of sausages with mashed potatoes. Generally this is the most common reference for the word, but it is also used as a slang term for someone who is in a gang, i.e. gangbanger. I suppose someone who bangs a drum or a door is a banger too. Anger, referring to ire and rage, is taken from the Old Norse, 'angr'.

Answer: Beard bear

Beards have been around as long as men or goats could grow them. Many different styles abound, each with their own unique name. From the Van Dyke (moustache and chin, bare cheeks), to the goatee (same style, sans moustache), to the mutton chop (from the sideburns, down the length of the jaw, framing the chin on either side, meeting at the moustache). Having a beard can be a lot of fun too, just ask the entrants of the World Beard and Moustache Championships.

A birdcage styled in your beard is not odd at all for some of the entrants. Bears are carnivores from the family 'Ursidae' and come in a variety of species like grizzly, brown, black, Kodiak and polar.

Answer: Herring erring

Herring are fish from the family 'Clupeidae' and are found all over the world, particularly in the North Pacific and North Atlantic oceans. Half of the world's capture is done in the Atlantic. Two different schools of thought exist over the etymology of the word. One says that the word derived from Old English 'hǣring', while other suggests that it may come from Old High German, 'heri' meaning 'multitude', referring to the fact that these fish swim in schools. Pickled herring, or rollmops as they are known, is a very popular dish in Northern Europe. To err, is to make a mistake.

It stems from the Latin word, 'errare' meaning to 'stray or wander'. Erring on the side of caution, is an idiom referring to not taking risks and being careful.

Answer: Flower lower

Flowers are everywhere, from roses to carnations, gardenias and delphiniums. All shapes, sizes, colours and smells. The word generally refers to the blooms at the end of the branches which have petals or sepals and contain the reproductive parts of the plants like the pistils and stamens. Lower can mean either to glare at someone or to be less advanced or to move downward, be below something else.

The word comes from the Middle English word, 'louren'.

Answer: Cameo came

A cameo is usually a brooch or medallion with a head carved in relief. A well known actor playing a small role, sometimes even just a single scene in a film is referred to as a cameo. Alfred Hitchcock, the famed English director, was well known for playing cameos in his own films.

The origin of the word is from Middle English, 'camew' and Medieval French, 'camau, kamaheu'. 'Came' is either the past tense of the word come, or it can refer to a lead rod holding panes of glass together in a stained glass window.

Answer: Moor moo

Moor has a number of meanings. In UK English, it can refer to an expanse of land. It also refers to the act of tying a ship up at a dock, as well a term used for the Arab and Berber conquerors of Spain during the Middle Ages. Each use has its own etymology, the land (Old English 'mōr'), the ship tying (Middle English 'moren') and the people (Middle English 'more' and Latin 'maurus'). Moo is the sound a cow makes when lowing.