Triple Treat Words #7 Quiz | Word Play

Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. The part of your anatomy below the ankle is over twelve inches long. Be careful or you'll hit it on the base of the stairs.

Answer: Foot

Your FOOT is a FOOT long. Be careful or you'll hit it on the FOOT of the stairs.

As with the first six quizzes in this series, the Interesting Information section will have a quote or two which uses the answer in some form.

'How long was I in the army? Five foot eleven.'
Spike Milligan

I've borrowed this from the adorably nutty Mr Milligan. If I'm at work and a someone asks how long I've worked there, I look at the clock and say 'Oh, since 7:15.'

2. Yes, Peter. The audience might have liked the separate compartment of the house, but I didn't think it had much space in which you could perform with the orchestra.

Answer: Room

Yes, Peter. The ROOM might have liked the ROOM of your house, but I didn't think it had much ROOM.

'A room without books is like a body without a soul.'
G.K. Chesterton

'It's not quite the same with a Kindle, is it? They are fabulous for convenience and I love my Kindle, but it doesn't fill a house with atmosphere in the same way.'
Tizzabelle, 2013.

3. I hope there isn't an ursine creature around here. I couldn't tolerate it if the apple trees I expected to produce a bountiful harvest are stripped of all their fruit.

Answer: Bear

I hope there isn't a BEAR around here. I couldn't BEAR it if the apple trees I expected to BEAR a bountiful harvest are stripped of all their fruit.

'It seems to me that trying to live without friends is like milking a bear to get cream for your morning coffee. It is a whole lot of trouble, and then not worth much after you get it.'
Zora Neale Hurston

4. Please pass me that stiff piece of paper. I'd like to post it to a friend I met at the nine race programme at Flemington. He is such a character and I'd like to keep in touch.

Answer: Card

Please pass me that CARD. I'd like to post it to a friend I met at the nine race CARD at Flemington. He is such a CARD and I'd like to keep in touch.

'I haven't reported my missing credit card to the police because whoever stole it is spending less than my wife.'
Ilie Nastase

5. Isabelle placed the dial of her clock on the surface of a solid object before she attempted to climb the vertical side of the mountain.

Answer: Face

Isabelle placed the FACE of her clock on the FACE of a solid object before she attempted to climb the vertical FACE of the mountain.

'I never forget a face, but in your case I'll be glad to make an exception.'
Groucho Marx

'We gain strength, and courage, and confidence by each experience in which we really stop to look fear in the face... we must do that which we think we cannot.'
Eleanor Roosevelt

6. It's a pleasure to watch Jim shape that piece of wood on his lathe. He will then revolve to the left to face the colonial window in his shed so he can look at the leaves as they change colour.

Answer: Turn

It's a pleasure to watch Jim TURN that piece of wood on his lathe. He will then TURN to the left to face the window so he can look at the leaves as they TURN.

'The laziest man I ever met put popcorn in his pancakes so they would turn over by themselves.'
W. C. Fields

'A dog teaches a boy fidelity, perseverance, and to turn around three times before lying down.'
Robert Benchley

7. The political party made Julia put a different slant on her speeches in order to garner more votes. The political machine behind the party also suggested she twirl as she made her way across the stage before she was to narrate an amusing yarn.

Answer: Spin

The political party made Julia put a different SPIN on her speeches in order to garner more votes. The political machine behind the party also suggested she SPIN as she made her way across the stage before she was to SPIN an amusing yarn.

'The American people deserve to know that they're not just watching the administration's spin on their local newscasts -- they're paying for it, too.'
Senator John Kerry

At least he admitted that politicians spin the truth!

8. Tom, please don't compress that ochre-coloured gourd into my drink. It's a fruit-based, refreshing drink and I really don't think the flavours will mesh.

Answer: Squash

Tom, please don't SQUASH that ochre-coloured SQUASH into my drink. It's a SQUASH
and I really don't think the flavours will mesh.

'Trying to squash a rumor is like trying to unring a bell.'

Shana Alexander

But if rumours weren't squashed, what would the trashy parts of the media have to report?
Think of the journalists! They need to make a living, somehow.

9. This guidebook to Australian cricket grounds has a beautiful picture on the part which envelopes the book and protects it from damage. It also has statistics such as who fielded most often in the position to the right of point. A fieldsman in that position can travel many miles in a day as he runs after the cricket ball.

Answer: Cover

This guidebook to Australian cricket grounds has a beautiful picture on the COVER. It also has statistics such as who fielded most often at COVER. A fieldsman in that position can COVER many miles in a day as he runs after the cricket ball.

'When you are listening to music it is better to cover your eyes than your ears.'
Jose Bergamin

Tizz's tip of the day: Please don't try this while walking, driving, operating heavy machinery, cooking or doing anything other than sitting in a comfortable chair. ;-)

10. Inspector Plod of Scotland Yard thought this was a tricky criminal investigation. The villain packed away her jewelled possessions in a velvet-lined container before heading off to the Old Bailey for the hearing of her legal argument.

Answer: Case

Inspector Plod of Scotland Yard thought this was a tricky criminal CASE. The villain packed away her jewelled possessions in a velvet-lined CASE before heading off to the Old Bailey for the hearing of her legal CASE.

'I have never believed you make your case stronger by bad-mouthing your opposition.'
Glenda Jackson

'Age is strictly a case of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.'
Jack Benny

Source: Author Tizzabelle

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Triple Treat Words #7 Trivia Quiz

Many words have more than one meaning. For instance, 'set' can mean a division in a game of tennis, to solidify, or to lay the table. In this quiz, you need to find one word that can replace three words or phrases in the question.

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