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Still Another Drop a Letter Trivia Quiz

Here's my latest attempt at a Drop a Letter quiz. Start with a two letter word, add letters until you have a six letter word, and end with a single letter. Letters will be rearranged sometimes.

A multiple-choice quiz by bernie73. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
bernie73

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
379,347

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Easy

Avg Score
9 / 10

Plays
536

Awards
Top 35% Quiz

Question 1 of 10

1. Start with two letters. Which two letters represent the FORMER chemical symbol for Element 103, named for the inventor of the cyclotron?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 2 of 10

2. Now add a letter and you have three letters. Which word describes something that was Burke's on a 1960s television show starring Gene Barry?

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Question 3 of 10

3. Now add a letter and rearrange and you will have four letters. Which word describes some that is "great" when it appears in China?

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Question 4 of 10

4. Now, add a letter and rearrange and you have five letters. Which word is a synonym for permit?

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Question 5 of 10

5. Now add a letter and you have six letters. Which word describes soil that has been left to rest rather than being used for planting crops?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 6 of 10

6. Now subtract a letter and rearrange into a one letter word and a four letter word with the five letters you have left. Which pair of words are an indefinite article and water in a stream?

Answer: (Two Words)

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Question 7 of 10

7. Now drop a letter and rearrange and you will have four letters. Which word describes a soldier being away from duty without permission? (It is an acronym.)

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Question 8 of 10

8. Now, drop a letter and you will have three letters left. Which word is a tool used by cobblers?

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Question 9 of 10

9. Now drop a letter and rearrange, and you'll have two letters left which you will need to rearrange. Which word represents a musical note between sol and ti?

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Question 10 of 10

10. Now drop a letter and you will have one letter left. Which letter symbolizes 50 in Roman numerals?

Answer: (One Letter)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Start with two letters. Which two letters represent the FORMER chemical symbol for Element 103, named for the inventor of the cyclotron?

Answer: lw

Lawrencium (now symbolized by Lr) was named for Ernest Lawrence. All isotopes of Lawrencium are radioactive--the most stable has a half-life measured in hours. Lawrencium is the final member of the actinide series.

2. Now add a letter and you have three letters. Which word describes something that was Burke's on a 1960s television show starring Gene Barry?

Answer: law

"Burke's Law" ran from 1963-1965 and starred Barry as Police Chief Aaron Burke. In the 1965-1966 season, the series was reworked as "Amos Burke, Secret Agent". The show was produced by TV legend, Aaron Spelling.

3. Now add a letter and rearrange and you will have four letters. Which word describes some that is "great" when it appears in China?

Answer: wall

The Great Wall of China goes back to ancient times. It is most associated with Emperor Qin Shi Hunag of the 2nd Century BCE. Originally designed to stop invasions, the full length of the wall runs for thousands of miles.

4. Now, add a letter and rearrange and you have five letters. Which word is a synonym for permit?

Answer: allow

Suffer, assign, and tolerate are more synonyms for allow. "Allow" can be traced back to the Latin word alloco (to assign).

5. Now add a letter and you have six letters. Which word describes soil that has been left to rest rather than being used for planting crops?

Answer: fallow

The practice of crop rotation--one form of leaving fields fallow--has been practiced since ancient times. Basically, different crops draw different nutrients from the soil and planting the same crop in the same field for several years in a row can exhaust the soil. Switching crops or growing nothing (or grass) can allow the original nutrients to reappear in the soil.

6. Now subtract a letter and rearrange into a one letter word and a four letter word with the five letters you have left. Which pair of words are an indefinite article and water in a stream?

Answer: a flow

Water can flow in a stream or from a faucet. Other liquids can also flow. If your movement is graceful and fluid, you might also be said to flow.

7. Now drop a letter and rearrange and you will have four letters. Which word describes a soldier being away from duty without permission? (It is an acronym.)

Answer: awol

Absent without leave refers to temporarily leaving your post. Desertion is a more permanent leaving of your post. The term was originally used in military situations, but since has been used in civilian situations also.

8. Now, drop a letter and you will have three letters left. Which word is a tool used by cobblers?

Answer: awl

The shoemaker would use the metal spike of the awl to put holes into the leather. The awl is an ancient tool--stone awls used by prehistoric people have been discovered. In Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar", a character who is a shoemaker makes a pun when he says (paraphrasing) "I meddle with none, but I meddle with awl."

9. Now drop a letter and rearrange, and you'll have two letters left which you will need to rearrange. Which word represents a musical note between sol and ti?

Answer: la

The basic musical scale in Western music can be represented by the words Do, Re, Mi, Fa, Sol, La, Ti, Do. One well-known use of these terms is in the stage musical and movie "The Sound of Music". In this, Maria teaches the von Trapp children how to sing using these aids.

10. Now drop a letter and you will have one letter left. Which letter symbolizes 50 in Roman numerals?

Answer: L

L is 50 just as X is 10, C is 100, and D is 5. An ornate L is also used as the symbol for the British pound. It is based on the Latin word "libra" a unit of weight equalling 12 ounces. The British pound, however, was equal to 240 pence until 1971 and 100 pence thereafter.

Source: Author bernie73

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