The Less You Know Trivia Quiz

A quiz with homophones (words that sound the same but are spelled differently ) as answers, taken from the letters in the title of the quiz. You only need to enter the two words as the answer.

A multiple-choice quiz by lampshade56. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. "Do I use needle and thread when I plant my seeds?" said the seamstress to the farmer.

Answer: Sew Sow

For the interesting information I will quote from some classic books, where the words are used.

"Singer and tailor am I- Doubled the joys that I know- Proud of my lift to the sky. Proud of the house that I sew- Over and under, so weave I my music- So weave I the house that I sew." "The Jungle Book" by Rudyard Kipling

"Pinocchio finds the Fox and the Cat again, and goes with them to sow the gold pieces in the Field of Wonders." The Adventures of Pinocchio" by Carlo Collodi

2. "Which person will chop down the tree " said the soldier to the lumberjack.

Answer: Who Hew

"Except an unfortunate few who don't go in to drink milk." "The Wisdom of Father Brown by G.K. Chesterton

"Undaunted, he continued his experiments, finding that he could hack splinters of wood from the tables and chairs with this new toy." "Tarzan of the Apes" by Edgar Rice Burroughs

3. The long distance runner did not lose the race and so became this number.

Answer: Won One

"When the animals saw that, they thought all was lost and began to flee, each into his hole, and the birds had won the battle. "Fairy Tales" by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm

" 'I planned to spend mine in new music,' said Beth, with a little sigh, which no one heard but the hearth brush and the kettle holder." "Little Women by Louisa M. Alcott

4. "Can I have some water to douse this stone before I sharpen your knife?" asked the tinker.

Answer: Wet Whet

"But a wet snow, melting to sleet, had fallen in the night and turnedthe roads to glass." "Ethan Frome" by Edith Wharton

"Still calmly, though my heart was going pitpat, I pulled out Louis's dirk and began to whet it on the stone." "The Sea Wolf" by Jack London

5. The first word describes a nautical mile and the second is a negative word used, for example, in "Ripley's Believe It Or ...".

Answer: Knot Not

"Most of the spectators had gathered in one or two groups - one in a little crowd towards Woking, the other a knot of people in the direction of Chobham." "The War of the Worlds" by H.G. Wells

A British tv programme this time. "Not The Nine O'Clock News"

6. "Are you familiar with your times tables?" asked the teacher, afraid the child would answer with the opposite of yes.

Answer: Know No

"Don't you know where you came from?" "The Road to Oz" by Frank L. Baum

Just the title this time.
"Dr. No" by Ian Fleming

7. "It will take sixty minutes to ensure the necklace belongs to you and me" said my sister.

Answer: Hour Our

"This is the hour of John Barleycorn's subtlest power. "John Barleycorn" by Jack London

"Our Mutual Friend" by Charles Dickens

8. Did the angel Gabriel utter this word before coming down from on high?

Answer: Lo Low

"So he broke into the 'Tivity Hymm, just as of Christmas carol-singing, when, lo and behold, down went the bull on his bended knees, in his ignorance." "Tess of the d'Urbervilles- A Pure Woman" by Thomas Hardy

"I seemed to be lying in a deep circular basin, along the outer verge of which I could distinguish the irregularities of low hills." "A Princess of Mars" by Edgar Rice Burroughs

9. Two definitions this time. The yellow part of an egg and a wooden pole which fitted on the milkmaid's shoulders.

Answer: Yolk Yoke

"But in place of the white and the yolk of the egg, a little yellow chick, fluffy and gay and smiling , escaped from it." "The Adventures of Pinocchio" by Carlo Collodi

"Shortly afterwards, at the Harvest Festival,the owner released the Ox from its yoke." "Fables" by Aesop

10. This star shines all day onto my male child.

Answer: Sun Son

"People said 'The Evening Bell is sounding, the Sun is setting.'" "Fairy Tales" by Hans Christian Andersen

"Sing, O goddess, the anger of Achilles son of Peleus, thatbrought countless ills upon the Achaeans." "The Iliad" by Homer

Source: Author lampshade56

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The Less You Know Trivia Quiz

A quiz with homophones (words that sound the same but are spelled differently ) as answers, taken from the letters in the title of the quiz. You only need to enter the two words as the answer.

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