Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Like most things, Scrabble has gone electronic. There are many sites where you can play online, against a computer bot, or even a person on the other side of the world. Type 'online Scrabble' into your favourite search engine, and you will get thousands of matches.
Try this pair of words- 'Ocean-dwelling pilots'.
2. The lower-value letters are more conducive to building longer words, but whilst you do not get the scores that a 'Z' on a Triple Letter Score will yield, it is good for tile turnover. The more tiles you can get, the more you will score.
Solve this one- 'Remnants of boxes'.
3. Duplicated, or even triplicated letters are not often helpful in making long words, especially if they are inflexible letters like 'V', 'B' 'G' and 'D'. Amongst the vowels, 'UU' and 'II' are horrible.
This question has a 'nice' duplicate- 'Allow whale teeth'.
4. In 2005, two Tasmanians played a game of Scrabble 15 metres under the surface of the sea. They even had a dictionary with them, to check any doubtful words!
Neither of these words has anything to do with the above factoid- 'Filter transport'.
5. These two anagrams are a bit peculiar, because they have directly opposite meanings.
Can you solve- 'Joins and separates'.
6. Scrabble is not just a game for nerds and little old ladies with blue hair. Some big names that are fond of a dabble at Scrabble are Dustin Hoffman, John Travolta, Linda Evangalista, Vladimir Nabokov, Graham Greene and Sophia Loren.
Unfortunately, none of those people are available to help you with this poser- 'Delay merchant'.
7. Despite the best efforts of Bart Simpson, 'KWYJIBO' is NOT a word, and should NOT be played. EVER!
I promise that these two words are both valid!- 'A meal of thin candles'.
8. George Bernard Shaw uttered that America and England are 'two countries separated by a common language'. This is very evident on the international Scrabble scene, with both countries using different dictionaries. Americans at World Championships are at a large disadvantage, because their dictionary is over 30,000 words smaller than the standard used by most of the rest of the world.
This puzzle has no such problems, as the answers are the same in both 'languages'- 'Satisfying Brobdingnagians'.
9. Before it became well-known as a game, the word 'scrabble' had a different meaning. It simply means 'to grope with the hands', such as you do when you search for your keys in the dark. The origins of the name of the game Scrabble seem to come from there.
Try -'Military raid by political conservatives'.
10. I had to fit at least ONE 'Q' answer into my quiz, so here it is, and a triple-banger to boot!
'Lewd landowner with quantities of paper'.
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ozzz2002
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