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The Ups and Downs of the Internet Quiz

Start with an six-letter word (an internet term). The next word will be one letter less and may need to be unscrambled. After you get down to one letter, I'll begin to add letters to make a new word. Have fun.

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

Author
reedy

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
379,240

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Easy

Avg Score
8 / 10

Plays
684

Question 1 of 10

1. The first word of six letters is what you do with programs like Internet Explorer or Google Chrome.

Answer: (6 Letters)

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Question 2 of 10

2. Drop a letter and rearrange the rest to become something that is inferior in quality.

Answer: (5 Letters)

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Question 3 of 10

3. Drop another letter and rearrange the rest to make a flower that by any other name, would smell as sweet.

Answer: (4 Letters)

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Question 4 of 10

4. Lose another letter and rearrange the rest to come up with a valuable rock extracted from the ground.

Answer: (3 Letters)

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Question 5 of 10

5. Again, drop a letter and rearrange the rest to come up with the chemical symbol for the element Erbium.

Answer: (2 Letters)

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Question 6 of 10

6. Drop one last letter to leave yourself with the letter that represents the base of the natural system of logarithms (approx. value of 2.71828).

Answer: (1 Letter)

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Question 7 of 10

7. Now add a letter to make a word that is objective case of I.

Answer: (2 Letters)

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Question 8 of 10

8. Add a letter and rearrange them to make units of measurement (in printing) equal to one sixth of an inch (plural).

Answer: (3 Letters)

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Question 9 of 10

9. Add another letter and rearrange them to make a word that means to give the impression of existing.

Answer: (4 Letters)

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Question 10 of 10

10. Finally, add one last letter and rearrange them to come up with concepts, catchphrases, or pieces of media that are spread via the Internet (plural).

Answer: (5 Letters)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. The first word of six letters is what you do with programs like Internet Explorer or Google Chrome.

Answer: Browse

The use of the word 'browse' as an internet term has its origins in the animal kingdom. When animals 'browse', they nibble at leaves, tender shoots, and other 'soft' vegetation. This got appropriated to describe how people may skim or scan through items (a casual look), like window shopping.

An internet browser allows a person to do the same sort of thing with all of the information on the World Wide Web.

The term derives its origins from the Middle English word 'brost', meaning 'young shoot'.

2. Drop a letter and rearrange the rest to become something that is inferior in quality.

Answer: Worse

'Worse' can be used as a noun, an adjective, or as an adverb, and adding an 'n' to the end of it will turn it into a verb. 'Worse' is comparative of 'bad' or 'ill', and basically means that the condition of something is of a poorer quality or lower standard.

The term is from the Old English words 'wyrsa / wiersa / wiers', related to war. I think everyone can agree that a state of war is worse than the alternative.

3. Drop another letter and rearrange the rest to make a flower that by any other name, would smell as sweet.

Answer: Rose

'Rose' can refer to the prickly bush or shrub that bears the flowers we also call roses, or even to things that have a resemblance (like a compass rose). As a colour, 'rose' is associated with a warm pinkish to light crimson colour. In fact, it is the French word for pink.

Its origin can be traced back to the Latin term 'rosa'.

4. Lose another letter and rearrange the rest to come up with a valuable rock extracted from the ground.

Answer: Ore

The term 'ore' comes from the Old English word '�ra', which means 'unwrought metal'. And that's exactly what the present-day meaning of the word is - a naturally occurring solid material (unwrought) from which a metal or valuable mineral can be extracted (definition from Google).

5. Again, drop a letter and rearrange the rest to come up with the chemical symbol for the element Erbium.

Answer: Er

The element erbium is a silvery-white solid metal (when extracted and pure). It is always found in nature in combination with other elements and is quite rare. It has an atomic number of 68 and is found in the lanthanide series on the Periodic Table of the Elements.

It was discovered by Carl Gustaf Mosander in 1843 near the Swedish village of Ytterby for which the element is named.

6. Drop one last letter to leave yourself with the letter that represents the base of the natural system of logarithms (approx. value of 2.71828).

Answer: E

This 'e' is also known as Euler's number (after Swiss mathematician Leonhard Euler), or as Napier's constant (after Scottish mathematician John Napier). The 'e', however, is in honour of Mr. Euler. Although, oddly enough, the concept was actually discovered by John Bernoulli while he was studying compound interest?

So, what is 'e'? I don't really understand it, but one definition (as per the Wikipedia page on the subject) is that it is 'the unique positive number [a] such that the graph of the function [y = ax] has unit slope at [x = 0]'.

7. Now add a letter to make a word that is objective case of I.

Answer: Me

What can be said about me? Me is (yes, that's grammatically correct) what I call myself. "Look at me!"

It comes from a Germanic origin, related to the Dutch 'mij' and German 'mir'.

And if you're a "Doctor Who" fan, it also refers to the character from Season 8 originally named Ashildr (played by Maisie Williams) who renamed herself 'Me'.

8. Add a letter and rearrange them to make units of measurement (in printing) equal to one sixth of an inch (plural).

Answer: Ems

An 'em' can also be defined as a print measurement where the width of the printed letter is equal to the height (of the type size being used), or as a unit of measurement equal to 12 points.

I guess it all depends on what system of measurement to which you ascribe.

9. Add another letter and rearrange them to make a word that means to give the impression of existing.

Answer: Seem

It may seem as though the word 'seem' is related to the word 'see', but in reality it comes from the Old Norse words 'sɶma' (to honour) and sɶmr' (fitting).

10. Finally, add one last letter and rearrange them to come up with concepts, catchphrases, or pieces of media that are spread via the Internet (plural).

Answer: Memes

Memes, I would have to say, are a guilty pleasure of mine. I have found a lot of enjoyment in memes based off of my favourite TV shows and movies, among many other things (like all the cute cat and other fluffy animal memes that circulate the 'net).

It comes from the Greek root 'mimema', meaning 'that which is imitated'.

Source: Author reedy

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