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The Quiz Chameleon Strikes Again and Again

You'll get 9 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 having the same effect. The correct solution will give you (9 for 10) a word top to bottom.

A multiple-choice quiz by JanIQ. Estimated time: 7 mins.

Author
JanIQ

Time
7 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
382,841

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Easy

Avg Score
9 / 10

Plays
228

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" by 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: replace the C in "S I C - C Y S T" 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 number.)

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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 by
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" to be replaced by "p a L - L a y".
Now the question: replace the H in "B U S H - H A M " 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 an edible root.)

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Question 3 of 10

3. You might need one 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 would replace the A in "T E A - A I N" 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 an uncommon orthography of a small hill.)

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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 by a P in the word pairing "t o M - M a n". You'd have to come up with the solution "t o P - P a n".
Your question is something else: replace the M in the word pair "H A L M - M A T S" 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 an astronomical phenomenon.)

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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 by an H in the word pairing "i c E - E a t".
You would need the word pair "i c H - H a t".
Now the real question: replace the E in the word pair "D U E - E A R" 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 is a golf term.)

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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 by 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 to replace the L by another letter in the word pair "B A L - L E X" 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 can be associated with mathematics.)

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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 by 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: replace the E by another letter in the word pair "T O E - E D S" 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 an adverb, the other a rare interjection.)

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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 by 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: replace the O by another letter in the word pair "T A O - O I 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 of the resulting words is a colour.)

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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 by 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 to replace the letter N by another letter in the following word pair: "P I N - N A V E" so that you get two new valid words of which the first one ends with the initial of the last one.

Answer: (one letter. Both resulting words are nouns, one of them is edible.)

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Question 10 of 10

10. I'll reiterate the different word pairs form the previous questions here:
S I C - C Y S T
B U S H - H A M
T E A - A I N
H A L M - M A T S
D U E - E A R
B A L - L E X
T O E - E D S
T A O - O I L
P I N - N A V E
You can clearly read out the original nine letter word "CHAMELEON". Replacing the common letters as indicated in the previous questions, also gives a nine letter word from top to bottom. Which 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" by 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: replace the C in "S I C - C Y S T" so that you get two new valid words of which the first one ends with the initial of the last one.

Answer: x

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'll mention 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 X, which gives "S I X - X Y S T".

A xyst is a covered gallery or portico, as used in Greco-Roman architecture. By the way, a cyst is a sac in the body filled with liquid (usually pus).

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 by 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" to be replaced by "p a L - L a y". Now the question: replace the H in "B U S H - H A M " so that you get two new valid words of which the first one ends with the initial of the last one.

Answer: y

The resulting words are "BUSY - YAM". The yam is an edible root grown in tropical regions (native to equatorial Africa and southeast Asia). In culinary terms, the yam is similar to a sweet potato, but botanically they are not related.

3. You might need one 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 would replace the A in "T E A - A I N" 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. The resulting words are "TEL" (an alternative orthography for "TELL", the small hills in countries such as Iran and Iraq) and "LIN" - which is an uncommon synonym for "to cease".
Incidentally, "AIN" is either the Scottish for "own" or an alternative spelling for the Hebrew letter ayin.

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

Answer: o

The letter O gives the words "HALO" and "OATS". A halo is a light sphere around a heavenly object (most frequently around the sun, when the atmosphere is quite damp). Halo can also be used for the ring depicted around saintly figures.

5. In the running example of a "CHAMELEON" hiding "ELEPHANTS", we would now have the task of replacing the E by an H in the word pairing "i c E - E a t". You would need the word pair "i c H - H a t". Now the real question: replace the E in the word pair "D U E - E A R" so that you get two new valid words of which the first one ends with the initial of the last one.

Answer: p

When you replace the E by a P, you get "DUP" and "PAR".
Par is a golf score (the expected score of a professional golfer) on a certain hole or terrain. It is also the standard level in other measurements, such as in the financial world: a loan at par is a loan at 100% of the nominal value.
"To dup" is an ancient word for "to open".

6. In the running example of a "CHAMELEON" hiding "ELEPHANTS", we would now have the task of replacing the L by 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 to replace the L by another letter in the word pair "B A L - L E X" so that you get two new valid words of which the first one ends with the initial of the last one.

Answer: h

The correct letter H renders the words "BAH" and "HEX".
Hex can be the indication of hexadecimal numbers or of hexagonal objects, and then it has a mathematical association. But it can also deal with witchcraft: an evil spell, to bewitch...
By the way: LEX is used in some expressions such as "dura lex sed lex": the law can be harsh, but it still is the law.

7. In the running example of a "CHAMELEON" hiding "ELEPHANTS", we would now have the task of replacing the E by 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: replace the E by another letter in the word pair "T O E - E D S" so that you get two new valid words of which the first one ends with the initial of the last one.

Answer: o

The correct answer is O, which results in "TOO" (an obvious adverb) and "ODS" (the rare interjection: an archaic expletive, short for "God's").
Before moving on to the next question, I'll explain that "EDS" is an acronym for "explosive detection system", as used for instance on airports.

8. In the running example of a "CHAMELEON" hiding "ELEPHANTS", we would now have the task of replacing the O by 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: replace the O by another letter in the word pair "T A O - O I L" so that you get two new valid words of which the first one ends with the initial of the last one.

Answer: n

Here you needed the letter N, which gives you "TAN" (a popular skin colour) and "NIL". NIL is short for nihil, the Latin word which means nothing (and this is something quite different as "the word which doesn't mean anything").
Maybe some of you frowned on seeing the word "TAO". This word is the Chinese word for "way" or "right way", and it does indeed form a valid word in English scrabble. Tao is (according to ancient Chinese texts) the universal principle. Tao is not dualistic, but it is related to the duality between yin and yang.

9. In the running example of a "CHAMELEON" hiding "ELEPHANTS", we would now have the task of replacing the N by 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 to replace the letter N by another letter in the following word pair: "P I N - N A V E" so that you get two new valid words of which the first one ends with the initial of the last one.

Answer: e

The correct answer is E, and then you come up with the words "PIE" and "EAVE". The PIE is obviously edible.
An EAVE is the proper architectural term for a part of the roof that projects out of the building and thus forms a cover for those walking near the walls. There is also a verb TO EAVE, with a similar definition.
If you are not quite acquainted with English words for car parts: the NAVE is the central part of the wheel, where the wheel is mounted on the axle. A NAVE can also be the central part of a church.
As player Barracuda_1 pointed out, the G gives also satisafactory results. So I altered the hint to indicate that BOTH resulting words are nouns.

10. I'll reiterate the different word pairs form the previous questions here: S I C - C Y S T B U S H - H A M T E A - A I N H A L M - M A T S D U E - E A R B A L - L E X T O E - E D S T A O - O I L P I N - N A V E You can clearly read out the original nine letter word "CHAMELEON". Replacing the common letters as indicated in the previous questions, also gives a nine letter word from top to bottom. Which is this word we're looking for?

Answer: xylophone

If you had the first two letters, you probably have guessed the correct answer: a XYLOPHONE. I'm sure most of you have enough vivid imagination to see a CHAMELEON striking a XYLOPHONE again and again (most likely using its tongue), and thus hammering out a lively song. Surrealist painters such as Dali and Magritte would immediately start a new canvas if they had solved this quiz.
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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