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Tricky Word Puzzles Trivia Quiz

Give your intellect some exercise with these tricky little word puzzles!

A multiple-choice quiz by crisw. Estimated time: 8 mins.

Author
crisw

Time
8 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
471

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
4 / 10

Plays
18704

Awards
Top 20% Quiz

Last 3 plays: Guest 66 (5/10), Guest 174 (0/10), Guest 24 (4/10).

Question 1 of 10

1. This one is in the 'oldie but goodie' category. Fill in the blank... YYUR,YYUB. ICURYY4

Answer: (One Word (not just one letter!))

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Question 2 of 10

2. What word in the English language changes its pronunciation when capitalized?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 3 of 10

3. She was a 'nice silky woman', and her seducer may have said ' Wacky loins? Mine?' Who is described by these anagrams?

Answer: (Two Words)

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Question 4 of 10

4. You have 4 black socks and 5 brown socks in a drawer. If you need a matching pair- either black or brown-, what is the maximum number of socks you will have to remove to ensure getting one?

Answer: (One Word- a number)

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Question 5 of 10

5. There are 12 1 cent stamps in a dozen. How many 2-cent stamps are in a dozen?

Answer: (One Word- a number)

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Question 6 of 10

6. What word, when you add two letters to it, becomes smaller?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 7 of 10

7. If today is Monday, what is the day after the day before the day before tomorrow?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 8 of 10

8. What is the last word in this famous phrase? 'A man, a plan, a canal...'?

Answer: (One Word- look carefully at the phrase!)

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Question 9 of 10

9. Another anagram! What evil person's name, when anagrammed, becomes 'Hated for ill'?

Answer: (Two Words)

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Question 10 of 10

10. Whew, almost done! Does your brain hurt yet? How about an analogy for our last question- and even a multiple-choice question at that! Loops is to spool as straw is to... Hint

hay

stable

haystack

warts

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Dec 06 2024 : Guest 66: 5/10
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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. This one is in the 'oldie but goodie' category. Fill in the blank... YYUR,YYUB. ICURYY4

Answer: me

Too wise you are, too wise you be. I see you are too wise for...

2. What word in the English language changes its pronunciation when capitalized?

Answer: Polish

3. She was a 'nice silky woman', and her seducer may have said ' Wacky loins? Mine?' Who is described by these anagrams?

Answer: Monica Lewinsky

The phrases in quotes are anagrams of 'Monica Lewinsky'

4. You have 4 black socks and 5 brown socks in a drawer. If you need a matching pair- either black or brown-, what is the maximum number of socks you will have to remove to ensure getting one?

Answer: 3

The third sock has to match one of the socks you have already taken. For example, you could get a black and a brown sock with picks one and two- pick three will be either black or brown and thus match either one or two.

5. There are 12 1 cent stamps in a dozen. How many 2-cent stamps are in a dozen?

Answer: 12

There are 12 *anything* in a dozen...

6. What word, when you add two letters to it, becomes smaller?

Answer: small

Ugh...I know....

7. If today is Monday, what is the day after the day before the day before tomorrow?

Answer: Monday

8. What is the last word in this famous phrase? 'A man, a plan, a canal...'?

Answer: Panama

This phrase is a palindrome (it reads the same forwards and backwards!)

9. Another anagram! What evil person's name, when anagrammed, becomes 'Hated for ill'?

Answer: Adolf Hitler

10. Whew, almost done! Does your brain hurt yet? How about an analogy for our last question- and even a multiple-choice question at that! Loops is to spool as straw is to...

Answer: warts

Loops is spool spelled backwards, and warts is straw spelled backwards.

Source: Author crisw

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