Triple Treat - or Not 6 Trivia Quiz

Answer: Correspond

1. The core of an apple is the centre part that contains the seeds for new apple trees.
2. "Res" is the Latin word for thing.
3. A pond is a small enclosed body of water that is much smaller than a lake.

Together they form "correspond", a word meaning to match another of its kind in some way. Two halves of a circle, for example, would correspond with one another.

Answer: Question

1. Perhaps more associated with the religious or spiritual, a quest is a usually arduous journey to seek a highly desired object or some spiritual gain.
2. The first person singular form is "I".
3. "On" is a preposition meaning on top of or unto.

Together they form "question", a word that means to ask or enquire about some necessary or needed information. "Question" can also be a noun as in "He asked the speaker a question", for example.

Answer: Proposal

1. If you are in favour of any topic under discussion, you are said to be "pro" the topic. The opposite stance is "con".
2. To adopt a stance or position for a photograph or painting is to "pose" for same.
3. The symbol for aluminium is "al".

Together they form "proposal", a word that means, as far as marriage goes, to ask for the hand of one's beloved in marriage.

Answer: Hastening

1. "Has" is a word meaning to own or possess some object in your hand.
2. There are ten years in a decade.
3. The Ing is a tributary of Asia's Mekong river.

Together they form the seldom used "hastening", a word that means hurrying, speeding or quickening.

Answer: Fibula

1. To tell an untruth is to lie, prevaricate or "fib".
2. "U" is the 21st letter of the English alphabet.
3. "La" is the sixth sound in the solfege pitch training scale of "Do Re Mi Fa Sol La Ti Do". If you eventually attune your pitch to these sounds, it makes sight singing a lot easier when based on the tonic (bass note) of any scale.

The fibula is the bone on the outside of the tibia in both of your lower legs. Rather painful when broken and makes a horrible crunch during the process.

Answer: Meditate

1. If anyone is seriously mentally ill, either permanently or temporarily, that person is often harshly described as "mad". Replacing the middle letter with an "E" gives you "med".
2. "It" is a third person singular neutral pronoun.
3. If you have consumed food, you "ate".

Together they form the word "meditate", a word meaning to focus one's mind for a period of time to clear it of all troubling thoughts, as an aid in relaxation, and even perhaps as a source of inspiration. It is sometimes jokingly described as contemplating one's navel.

Answer: Elephant

1. Mexican singer and actress Lucero's debut album "El" was produced when she was only thirteen.
2. An Eph receptor is one of the erythropoietin-producing human hepatocellular receptors that maintain several of the human adult bodily processes.
3. A busy little ant is a member of the Formicidae family of insects.

Together this gives us a large African elephant, whose vocalisations are known as trumpeting.

Answer: Together

1. "To" is a standard proposition often used to describe the direction of something.
2. "Get" is a word that means to acquire or receive some commodity
3. "Her" is a third person singular pronoun used for a female.

That gives us the word "together" which means in conjunction with another person or persons.

Answer: Vacation

1. The postal abbreviation for the American state of Virginia is "VA".
2. A "cat" is a beautifully fluffy feline whose graceful movements are like watching poetry in motion.
3. An "ion" is an electrically charged atom.

A short period of respite or holiday from work or school or any other demanding activity is known as a "vacation" - and I need one.

Answer: Encyclopedia

1. An "en" is a unit of width in typography. It is half the height of a normal font.
2. Cy the cardinal is the mascot of the Iowa State University
3. A "clop" is a phonetic sound attributed to the sound of a horse's hooves hitting the ground.
4. The famous television talking horse is Mr. Ed - or Ed used by intimate acquaintances and friends.
5. The 9th letter of the English alphabet is "I".
6. "A" is usually referred to as the indefinite article in crosswords etc.

Together this doozy of a word forms "encyclopedia" (alt. spelling), a large reference work of many books that contain detailed information on very many subjects worldwide.