PRO Plus: Part 2 Trivia Quiz

Answer: Prolate

Pro + late = Prolate.

Late, as in "We were already running late when my wife decided she didn't like her dress and went back upstairs to change".

Prolate, as in "A prolate spheroid is one that has been rotated about its major axis, resulting in a rugby ball shape".

Answer: Profit

Pro + fit = Profit.

Fit, as in "Linda had decided that she wanted to get fit this year, so she started to go running in the evenings after work".

Profit, as in "My uncle is great at DIY, and has made a tidy profit over the years by buying houses that are in need of work, doing them up, and selling them on at a much higher price".

Answer: Proclaim

Pro + claim = Proclaim.

Claim, as in "There was one doughnut left in the pack, and I was hungry, so I thought I'd claim it before anyone else had a chance to!"

Proclaim, as in "George was not a shy person, and he decided to proclaim his love for his girlfriend Mary in front of the entire class".

Answer: Program

Pro + gram / gramme = Program / Programme.

Gram / gramme, as in "I was shocked to discover that just one gram of fat contains nine calories. That really made me think twice about having that extra bar of chocolate".

Program, as in "Dave had had a really hard week at work, so he was glad to get home on Friday evening, settle down in his armchair, and watch his favourite program on the television".

Answer: Promotion

Pro + motion = Promotion.

Motion, as in "Sally really suffers from motion sickness, and refuses to go on any fairground rides that spin the rider round for fear of being physically sick".

Promotion, as in "After years of hard work and loyal service, Frank was finally rewarded with a well-deserved promotion to senior sales executive".

Answer: Product

Pro + duct = Product.

Duct, as in "The strange smell that had been lingering in the building for the past few days had been due to a blockage in the air conditioning duct".

Product, as in "Bob had been working for weeks on making a bunk bed for his twin daughters, and was very pleased when the finished product was greeted with squeals of delight by the girls".

Answer: Protractor

Pro + tractor = Protractor.

Tractor, as in "My journey home takes me via a number of country roads, and I always seem to get stuck behind a tractor when I am in a hurry".

Protractor, as in "My daughter's maths homework required her to determine how many degrees were in a number of example angles, so she found her protractor in her pencil case and got to work measuring those angles!".

Answer: Profuse

Pro + fuse = Profuse.

Fuse, as in "Our evening television viewing came to an abrupt halt when the screen suddenly went blank, so I checked the plug and realised the fuse had blown. Luckily we had a set of spares, so a quick changeover later, and we were once again enjoying our favourite show".

Profuse, as in "The star performer had been badly held up in traffic getting to the performance hall, so he decided to go on stage prior to putting his costume on to offer his profuse apologies for the delay in the start of the show".

Answer: Procreate

Pro + create = Procreate.

Create, as in "My two children are only young, but my goodness they know how to create a lot of noise and mess in the house".

Procreate, as in "Seahorses are fascinating creatures that procreate via the female depositing hundreds of eggs into the pouch of the male, who will then carry them until the young seahorses are born".

Answer: Proposition

Pro + Position = Proposition.

Position, as in "My friend's new house is in a fantastic position, as not only can he see the sea from his bedroom, but he is just a short walk away from the home ground of his beloved soccer team".

Proposition, as in "I had spent days fine-tuning my proposition for a new forecasting process at work, so was rather upset when my boss said that the forecasting process was being outsourced".