OFF Plus Trivia Quiz

Answer: Offset

Off + Set = Offset.

Set, as in "The tennis player was forced to retire from the match during the second set, as he had pulled a muscle and was in great pain".

Offset, as in "The real risk of injury a professional stuntperson faces is somewhat offset by the remuneration they receive for their work".

Answer: Offline

Off + Line = Offline.

Line, as in "My young daughter wanted to write her own name in her Grandma's birthday card, so I got a ruler and pencil and drew a line on the card to help her make sure her writing was straight".

Offline, as in "Julia wanted to send her boyfriend a loving instant message, but was unable to as he was currently offline".

Answer: Offshoot

Off + Shoot = Offshoot.

Shoot, as in "The crowd shouted at the soccer player to "shoot", however he waited too long and was tackled by a defender, much to the frustration of the crowd".

Offshoot, as in "My father once told me that our family is a distant offshoot from the Tudor monarchy".

Answer: Offbeat

Off + Beat = Offbeat.

Beat, as in "It won't be long until my son can beat me at snooker, as he is getting better and better every time we play".

Offbeat, as in "A large number of people in the audience didn't get the humour of the offbeat comedian, but I thought he was absolutely hilarious!"

Answer: Office

Off + Ice = Office.

Ice, as in "It was going to be a hot weekend, and we were having friends over for a barbecue, so we made sure we had lots of ice in the freezer so we could serve nice cold drinks".

Office, as in "Dave had had a hard week at the office, so his work colleagues decided to treat him to a few drinks at the pub to start the weekend".

Answer: Offside

Off + Side = Offside.

Side, as in "The police finally came and arranged for a car that had been parked at the side of the road for weeks to be towed away".

Offside, as in "The striker thought he had scored the winning goal, but then he saw the linesman flagging that he was offside, and the goal was disallowed".

Answer: Offhand

Off + Hand = Offhand.

Hand, as in "I tell my young son that he must always hold my hand as we cross the road".

Offhand, as in "I think my wife must be in a bad mood, as I asked her a simple question to which she gave me an uncharacteristically offhand response".

Answer: Offload

Off + Load = Offload.

Load, as in "There was a massive tailback on the motorway, as a lorry had shed its load of milk all over the road".

Offload, as in "My supervisor hates doing the monthly departmental budget, so was very pleased when an ex-accountant joined our team, as he was able to offload this work onto her".

Answer: Offspring

Off + Spring = Offspring.

Spring, as in "Spring is definitely my favourite season, as the weather starts to get warmer, and the flowers start to bloom".

Offspring, as in "It was a beautiful sunny day, so the group off friends took their offspring to the park for outdoor games and a picnic".

Answer: Offend

Off + End = Offend.

End, as in "James was enjoying the concert so much that he really didn't want it to end".

Offend, as in "I didn't mean to offend my sister when I said her friend wasn't that good looking. I didn't realise he had just become her boyfriend."