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The Letter Dropper VII Trivia Quiz

Episode Seven of the Letter Dropper saga. Will it ever end?

A multiple-choice quiz by ozzz2002. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
ozzz2002

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
359,845

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
607

Awards
Top 20% Quiz

Question 1 of 10

1. Let's start with an 11-letter verb, that means 'complained loudly'. Its origin is the Latin for 'voice'.

Answer: (11 letters. Starts with V and ends with D)

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Question 2 of 10

2. What 10-letter adjective could be used to describe something that is merely ornamental, or perhaps not serving any useful function?

Answer: (10 letters- Starts with D)

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Question 3 of 10

3. I just dropped a letter and hammed it up. I upstaged my fellow cast members with ridiculously outrageous stagecraft. In a single word, what did I do?

Answer: (9 letters)

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Question 4 of 10

4. Down to eight letters now. This word means 'pranced, jumped around happily', or even 'acted with gay abandon'. It has its roots in horse dressage- what is the mystery word?

Answer: (8 letters- Past tense.)

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Question 5 of 10

5. Drop a letter and shuffle. What name was given to an English soldier, particularly in the American Revolutionary War?

Answer: (7 letters, clothing.)

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Question 6 of 10

6. Drop another letter. What is a word that means 'to edit' or 'to prepare for publication'?

Answer: (6 letters)

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Question 7 of 10

7. The capital of this country is Beirut, but what living thing is shown on the flag?

Answer: (5 letters)

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Question 8 of 10

8. Drop another and we are now down to four letters. What name is given to an area of 4,046 square metres, or a city in Israel?

Answer: (Four letters)

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Question 9 of 10

9. Three letters left. What is a part of the circumference of a circle?

Answer: (3 letters)

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Question 10 of 10

10. A chartered accountant from California would have a liking for element number 20. What two letters would get him all excited?

Answer: (2 letters)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Let's start with an 11-letter verb, that means 'complained loudly'. Its origin is the Latin for 'voice'.

Answer: vociferated

A chronic complainer is a vociferous person. I have known a few people like that over the years, but I guess everyone else has, too.

2. What 10-letter adjective could be used to describe something that is merely ornamental, or perhaps not serving any useful function?

Answer: decorative

A fluffy dice hanging from your car's rear-vision mirror is decorative. Your steering wheel is not!

3. I just dropped a letter and hammed it up. I upstaged my fellow cast members with ridiculously outrageous stagecraft. In a single word, what did I do?

Answer: overacted

The origin of the word 'ham' as in 'ham actor' is a bit cloudy. One theory is that it derives from the ham-fat used by early actors to remove their excessive make-up, another says that it is merely a corruption of the word 'amateur', whilst a third says that it is somehow related to the Shakespearean play, 'Hamlet'.

4. Down to eight letters now. This word means 'pranced, jumped around happily', or even 'acted with gay abandon'. It has its roots in horse dressage- what is the mystery word?

Answer: cavorted

A 'curvet' is a jump made by a horse, where all four legs are off the ground.

5. Drop a letter and shuffle. What name was given to an English soldier, particularly in the American Revolutionary War?

Answer: redcoat

The British Army has been wearing predominantly red uniform coats or jackets for hundreds of years.

6. Drop another letter. What is a word that means 'to edit' or 'to prepare for publication'?

Answer: redact

It can also mean 'to censor'. The missing minutes of the Watergate tapes could have been considered to have been redacted.

7. The capital of this country is Beirut, but what living thing is shown on the flag?

Answer: cedar

The country in question is Lebanon. The Lebanon cedar tree has been the symbol of the country for many centuries, and it also features on the national coat of arms. The flag has red bands top and bottom, with the tree in the centre, on a white background.

8. Drop another and we are now down to four letters. What name is given to an area of 4,046 square metres, or a city in Israel?

Answer: acre

Historically, an acre was the area that an ox-span could plough in a day- about 200ft square.

The ancient city of Acre is in northern Israel, just a short distance from the border with Lebanon.

9. Three letters left. What is a part of the circumference of a circle?

Answer: arc

If you draw a line between the two ends of an arc, it is called a chord. If the arc is 180 degrees, the chord would also be a diameter. Now that I have bored you all with basic geometry, let's move on to the last question.

10. A chartered accountant from California would have a liking for element number 20. What two letters would get him all excited?

Answer: ca

Calcium is a reactive metal in its pure form, but it is also vital for the health of our bones and teeth. It is most commonly found in milk and certain vegetables. Both 'Chartered Accountant' and 'California' use CA as an abbreviation.

Source: Author ozzz2002

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