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The Quiz Chameleon

You'll get nine word pairs in which the last letter of the first word is also the first letter of the last word. Replace this common letter by another letter. The correct solution will give you (9 for 10) a word from top to bottom.

A multiple-choice quiz by JanIQ. Estimated time: 9 mins.

Author
JanIQ

Time
9 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
382,173

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
237

Question 1 of 10

1. Let's start with a simple example. I'll give you the following word pairs:
b o O - O u t
p a N - N e t
d u E - E l d

The capital letters spell out "ONE". If you correctly replace these capital letters, you get "TWO":
b o T - T u t
p a W - W e t
d u O - O l d

Likewise, you could replace the C in "a r C - C a t" with an E to get the first letter of the word "ELEPHANTS".

Of course, the question asks for another letter. To offer a better readability, all the letters in the words to be replaced, have been capitalized. Note: all words obtained by substituting the correct letters are valid words according to the Scrabble dictionary.

Now the question: Which letter can replace the C in "U M I A C - C I S" so you get two new valid words, the first word ending with the initial of the last one?

Answer: (one letter. One of the resulting words is a large open boat.)

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Question 2 of 10

2. Another example shows how I could go from SEA to AIR. Look at the following word pairs:
y e S - S i t
l e E - E l l
b a A - A i m
and replace with
y e A - A i t
l e I - I l l
b a R - R i m

In the example of the CHAMELEON hiding ELEPHANTS, the task would consist of "p a H - H a y" being replaced by "p a L - L a y".

Now the question: Which letter can replace the H in "F E H - H M M" so you get two new valid words of which the first one ends with the initial of the last one?

Answer: (one letter. One of the resulting words is a piece of land in a feudal arrangement.)

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Question 3 of 10

3. You might need a more elaborate example. Let's turn "HE" into "IS".
I'd give you the following word pairs:
r a H - H o n
h a E - E o n
and you'd have to come up with
r a I - I o n
h a S - S o n.
Likewise, the A of "CHAMELEON" would become an E using the word pair "s e A - A r e"

Now your question: Which letter could replace the second A in "A M A" and the A in "A C E" to get two new valid words of which the first one ends with the initial of the last?

Answer: (One letter. One of the resulting words can be a sweet treat.)

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Question 4 of 10

4. In the running example of a "CHAMELEON" hiding "ELEPHANTS", we would now have the task of replacing the M with a P in the word pairing "t o M - M a n". You'd come up with the solution "t o P - P a n".

Your question is something else: Which letter can replace the M in the word pair "W H I M - M A P" so you get two new valid words of which the first one ends with the initial of the last one?

Answer: (One letter. One of the resulting words is an action typical of couch potatoes.)

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Question 5 of 10

5. In the running example of a "CHAMELEON" hiding "ELEPHANTS", we would now have the task of replacing the E with an H in the word pairing "i c E - E a t".
You would get the word pair "i c H - H a t".

Now the real question: Which letter can replace the E (the first E in the second word) in the word pair "F U Z E - E E K" so that you get two new valid words of which the first one ends with the initial of the last one?

Answer: (one letter. One word can be used to describe the surface of a peach.)

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Question 6 of 10

6. In the running example of a "CHAMELEON" hiding "ELEPHANTS", we would now have the task of replacing the L with an A in the word pairing " s e L - L i d". This leads to the word pair "s e A - A i d".

Your question is: Which letter can replace the L by another letter in the word pair "S E L - L A M B" so that you get two new valid words of which the first one ends with the initial of the last one?

Answer: (one letter. One of the resulting words is a word used in linguistics (analysis of poetry).)

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Question 7 of 10

7. In the running example of a "CHAMELEON" hiding "ELEPHANTS", we would now have the task of replacing the E with an N in the word pairing "p i E - E t h". The result would be "p i N - N t h", where NTH means position number N in a mathematical series.

And here is your question: Which letter can replace the E (the only E in the first word and the first E in the second word) by another letter in the word pair "S A E - E E L" so that you get two new valid words of which the first one ends with the initial of the last one?

Answer: (one letter. One resulting word is something that may be used as a container.)

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Question 8 of 10

8. In the running example of a "CHAMELEON" hiding "ELEPHANTS", we would now have the task of replacing the O with a T in the word pairing " n o O - O a r". The result is "n o T - T a r".

And now your question: Which letter can replace the O in the word pair "M O O - O D S" so that you get two new valid words of which the first one ends with the initial of the last one. (In the first word, you have to alter only the last O in M O O).

Answer: (one letter. One of the resulting words was an animal.)

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Question 9 of 10

9. In the running example of a "CHAMELEON" hiding "ELEPHANTS", we would now have the task of replacing the N with an S in the word pairing "b u N - N o w". The replacing pair would then be "b u S - S o w".

Your question is: Which letter can replace the letter N in the following word pair: "D O N - N A P" so that you get two new valid words of which the first one ends with the initial of the last one?

Answer: (one letter. One of the resulting words is a body part.)

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Question 10 of 10

10. I'll reiterate the different word pairs from the previous questions here:
U M I A C - C I S
F E H - H M M
A M A - A C E
W H I M - M A P
F U Z E - E E K
S E L - L A M B
S A E - E E L
M O O - O D S
D O N - N A P
You can clearly read out the original nine letter word "CHAMELEON".

The answers from Q1 to Q9, in order, will spell out a nine-letter word from top to bottom. What is this word we're looking for?

Answer: (one word (nine letters). The title of this game may help you.)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Let's start with a simple example. I'll give you the following word pairs: b o O - O u t p a N - N e t d u E - E l d The capital letters spell out "ONE". If you correctly replace these capital letters, you get "TWO": b o T - T u t p a W - W e t d u O - O l d Likewise, you could replace the C in "a r C - C a t" with an E to get the first letter of the word "ELEPHANTS". Of course, the question asks for another letter. To offer a better readability, all the letters in the words to be replaced, have been capitalized. Note: all words obtained by substituting the correct letters are valid words according to the Scrabble dictionary. Now the question: Which letter can replace the C in "U M I A C - C I S" so you get two new valid words, the first word ending with the initial of the last one?

Answer: q

The common letters from the first nine questions will spell out "CHAMELEON" top to bottom. Each and every letter in the word "CHAMELEON" will have to be replaced by another letter. I've mentioned in the question (as a running example) how the C can be replaced by an E, the H by an L, the A by an E, the M by a P, the first E by an H, the L by an A, the second E by an N, the O by a T and the N by an S - so that one CHAMELEON hides multiple ELEPHANTS. Yes we can!
The correct answer is Q, which gives "U M I A Q - Q I S". An UMIAQ (also written with a C or a K at the end) is a transport boat used by the Inuit people, sort of a large canoe. QIS is the plural of the Chinese word QI meaning life energy or vitality, and has been adopted into the English language.
By the way, CIS is a musical note.

2. Another example shows how I could go from SEA to AIR. Look at the following word pairs: y e S - S i t l e E - E l l b a A - A i m and replace with y e A - A i t l e I - I l l b a R - R i m In the example of the CHAMELEON hiding ELEPHANTS, the task would consist of "p a H - H a y" being replaced by "p a L - L a y". Now the question: Which letter can replace the H in "F E H - H M M" so you get two new valid words of which the first one ends with the initial of the last one?

Answer: u

Replacing a vowel with a consonant or vice versa is not the easiest task in this type of quiz. Be aware that it could happen anytime.
The resulting words are "F E U - U M M". FEU is used in legal history to indicate either the feudal agreement to use a parcel of land against a retribution paid in money or in agricultural produce, or the parcel of land involved in such an agreement. UMM is an interjection which pops up in hesitating speech.
By the way, HMM and UMM are synonyms. FEH is an interjection expressing disgust or contempt.

3. You might need a more elaborate example. Let's turn "HE" into "IS". I'd give you the following word pairs: r a H - H o n h a E - E o n and you'd have to come up with r a I - I o n h a S - S o n. Likewise, the A of "CHAMELEON" would become an E using the word pair "s e A - A r e" Now your question: Which letter could replace the second A in "A M A" and the A in "A C E" to get two new valid words of which the first one ends with the initial of the last?

Answer: i

The correct answer is I, which gives you "A M I - I C E". ICE can, of course, be a sweet treat (as in ice cream), but it could also be plain frozen water. AMI is originally a French word adopted into English, indicating a male friend (not necessarily the male friend in a romantic affair).

By the way, an AMA is used in Scrabble as a synonym for AMAH, the Chinese - South-Asian word for a wet nurse or a nanny. An ACE can be a decisive serve (in tennis, volleyball...), a high trump or a pilot with five confirmed kills.

4. In the running example of a "CHAMELEON" hiding "ELEPHANTS", we would now have the task of replacing the M with a P in the word pairing "t o M - M a n". You'd come up with the solution "t o P - P a n". Your question is something else: Which letter can replace the M in the word pair "W H I M - M A P" so you get two new valid words of which the first one ends with the initial of the last one?

Answer: z

The letter Z gives the correct solution: it renders the word pair "W H I Z - Z A P".
Couch potatoes do, of course, ZAP whenever the television program they're watching is not entirely to their liking or has just ended. But the verb "to ZAP" has other meanings too: either to hit with some sort of energy beam (laser, electrical charge, infrared light) or to obliterate. It can also be used as a synonym for moving at high speed. A zap can even be an outburst of political upset.

WHIZ is a modern word (perhaps derived from the old terms "wizard" and "witch") to indicate a person especially good at performing a task, such as solving computer problems. But the verb "to whiz" can also be used for the action of flying by at high speed, or the sound provoked by this flight.
The words WHIM (a sudden idea, maybe a folly) and MAP (a geographical design) are of course well known.

5. In the running example of a "CHAMELEON" hiding "ELEPHANTS", we would now have the task of replacing the E with an H in the word pairing "i c E - E a t". You would get the word pair "i c H - H a t". Now the real question: Which letter can replace the E (the first E in the second word) in the word pair "F U Z E - E E K" so that you get two new valid words of which the first one ends with the initial of the last one?

Answer: z

The correct solution is a Z, which gives the word pair "F U Z Z - Z E K".
The surface of a peach has many tiny fibres, and the correct word for such as surface is "FUZZ". But my experience with fuzz is perhaps less desirable: it is also what my cat likes to leave as a decoration of my trousers...
ZEK is quite an unusual word, but it is the only one I could find that fits the needs for this quiz. ZEK is most notably an inmate of a Russian Gulag.
By the way, EEK is an interjection expressing an unpleasant surprise. FUZE is an alternate spelling for fuse, a length of cord to ignite some kind of explosive.

6. In the running example of a "CHAMELEON" hiding "ELEPHANTS", we would now have the task of replacing the L with an A in the word pairing " s e L - L i d". This leads to the word pair "s e A - A i d". Your question is: Which letter can replace the L by another letter in the word pair "S E L - L A M B" so that you get two new valid words of which the first one ends with the initial of the last one?

Answer: i

The correct letter I results in the word pair "S E I - I A M B".
A IAMB is a metrical foot sounding that accords to the scheme "ta TAA". Indeed: the first syllable of a iamb is short and/or not stressed, whereas the second syllable is long and/or stressed. Other metrical feet are the trochee (exactly the opposite of a iamb), the spondee (twice long and/or stressed) and the pyrrhic (twice short and/or unstressed). There are also metrical feet of three syllables.
The SEI is a rare Norwegian whale.
By the way, the LAMB is of course well known as a young sheep. SEL is a Scottish variant of SELF (and so has nothing to do with FLEUR DE SEL, an expensive kind of salt).

7. In the running example of a "CHAMELEON" hiding "ELEPHANTS", we would now have the task of replacing the E with an N in the word pairing "p i E - E t h". The result would be "p i N - N t h", where NTH means position number N in a mathematical series. And here is your question: Which letter can replace the E (the only E in the first word and the first E in the second word) by another letter in the word pair "S A E - E E L" so that you get two new valid words of which the first one ends with the initial of the last one?

Answer: c

The correct answer is a C, which gives us "S A C - C E L".
A SAC is a kind of pouch, mostly used in biology (the pouch of a marsupial, the pouch in which plants store their pollen...)
CEL (as allowed in Scrabble) is short for celluloid, a transparent plastic film.
In the question you've of course grasped the meaning of the word EEL - a long freshwater fish. The word SAE may have made you frown: it is officially the abbreviation for a self-addressed envelope or stamped addressed envelope, but the official Scrabble dictionary accepts this word. Thanks to player ozzz2002 who confirmed that SAE is Scottish for "SO".

8. In the running example of a "CHAMELEON" hiding "ELEPHANTS", we would now have the task of replacing the O with a T in the word pairing " n o O - O a r". The result is "n o T - T a r". And now your question: Which letter can replace the O in the word pair "M O O - O D S" so that you get two new valid words of which the first one ends with the initial of the last one. (In the first word, you have to alter only the last O in M O O).

Answer: a

The correct letter is the a, resulting in the word pair "M O A - A D S".
A MOA was a flightless bird from New Zealand. Alas, it is now extinct.
ADS is short for advertisements.
By the way, MOO is, of course, something you know. Cows do make this sound. ODS is very rarely used as short for "God's", especially in expletives.

9. In the running example of a "CHAMELEON" hiding "ELEPHANTS", we would now have the task of replacing the N with an S in the word pairing "b u N - N o w". The replacing pair would then be "b u S - S o w". Your question is: Which letter can replace the letter N in the following word pair: "D O N - N A P" so that you get two new valid words of which the first one ends with the initial of the last one?

Answer: l

The correct answer is L, which gives us "D O L - L A P".
The LAP is the body part I hinted at (a body part almost daily visited by my cat. Meow!)
DOL is, apart from several abbreviations, also a unit to measure pain.
By the way, NAP is (among other meanings) a short sleep - the ones my cat enjoys. DON may be a verb meaning to put on (said of some kind of clothing).

10. I'll reiterate the different word pairs from the previous questions here: U M I A C - C I S F E H - H M M A M A - A C E W H I M - M A P F U Z E - E E K S E L - L A M B S A E - E E L M O O - O D S D O N - N A P You can clearly read out the original nine letter word "CHAMELEON". The answers from Q1 to Q9, in order, will spell out a nine-letter word from top to bottom. What is this word we're looking for?

Answer: QUIZZICAL

Still puzzled by this brain teaser? Well, QUIZZICAL is indeed a word meaning puzzling, sometimes mocking or teasing, maybe even eccentric.
In this third chameleon quiz, I've shown you it is possible to use quite rare letters such as a Q or a Z. But if you found it too challenging, I'll console you by saying the next one will be a bit less quizzical.
If someone would challenge me to describe a QUIZZICAL CHAMELEON, I would perhaps come up with a drawing of a lizard with a tongue in the shape of a question mark. But I'm still in doubt if the question mark would then have to curl upwards or downwards. So personally I found creating a verbose QUIZZICAL CHAMELEON a bit easier...
Do you want to create a chameleon quiz too? Feel free to do so, but it takes quite a lot of time to look up good words.

Source: Author JanIQ

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