Triple Treat Words #8 Multiple Choice Quiz | Word Play

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1. Greg, are you up for a challenge? We'll go chasing prey to eat for dinner and for salting. After we dine, we can have a competitive round of cards.

Answer: Game

Greg, are you GAME? We'll go chasing GAME to eat for dinner and for salting. After we eat, we can have a GAME of cards.

As with previous my quizzes, I've selected a quote with the answer in some form. The only exception is a quote from an author with the word as a surname.

'I went to a fight the other night, and a hockey game broke out.'
Rodney Dangerfield

I have long called field hockey 'soccer with weapons' as they have the same field positions, same objective (get the ball into the goal), are both played on grass, but the hockey players are armed with sticks. Somehow violence rarely occurs on a field hockey pitch.

2. Victor applied for a job moving a large piece of marble. The interview took place over several hours in a large building divided into different compartments situated on a piece of land near the river.

Answer: Block

Victor applied for a job moving a BLOCK of marble. The interview took place over several hours in a large BLOCK divided into different compartments situated on a BLOCK of land near the river.

'Americans will put up with anything provided it doesn't block traffic.'
Dan Rather

3. Josh, the pub will permanently ban you for brandishing that long, rigid piece of metal and moving it to the public house's room where they serve drinks ranging from beer to liqueurs.

Answer: Bar

Josh, the pub will permanently BAR you for brandishing that BAR and moving it to the BAR where they serve drinks ranging from beer to liqueurs.

'We may have our private opinions but why should they be a bar to the meeting of hearts?'
Mahatma Gandhi

4. Watch me stretch my neck to gaze at the long legged bird in the family Gruidae. Ow! Now I can't move my neck. I need a hoist to lift my head above the horizontal position.

Answer: Crane

Watch me CRANE my neck to gaze at the CRANE. Ow! Now I can't move my neck. I need a CRANE to lift my head above the horizontal position.

'What is a friend? I will tell you... it is someone with whom you dare to be yourself.'
Frank Crane

5. Walter, pass me the hand tool I use for boring holes into a substance. My instructor taught me, with repetition, how to use one so I can see the dark brown baboon with the blue bottom through the hole I shall create in this hut.

Answer: Drill

Walter, pass me the DRILL. My instructor taught me, with a DRILL, how to use one so I can see the DRILL through the hole I shall create in this hut.

Found in West Africa, a drill is a variety of baboon. Short-tailed and with a blue or purple rump, it lives in the African rainforests.

'Happiness is your dentist telling you it won't hurt and then having him catch his hand in the drill.'
Johnny Carson

6. It's easy to see that the flat area of land with few trees is unadorned with decorations despite it being Christmas.

Answer: Plain

It's PLAIN to see that the PLAIN with few trees is PLAIN despite it being Christmas.

'Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.'
Ralph Waldo Emerson

It sometimes astonished me when I see it from politicians as common sense and plain speaking seem to be forgotten when political office is aspired to.

7. Having a stick with a heavy, bulbous end will not help you attain membership of the association. You must select the card with the trefoil upon it from the pack if you want to join.

Answer: Club

Having a CLUB will not help you attain membership of the CLUB. You must select the CLUB from the pack if you want to join.

'Getting out of the hospital is a lot like resigning from a book club. You're not out of it until the computer says you're out of it.'
Erma Bombeck

I recently told my mother to ignore the junk mail from a certain company that sends you books. She ignored me and now receives an incredible amount of advertising material from them. She likes the books though!

8. Virgil, hurry up and groom that horse before we go out for dinner in the city. We're having a traditional Indian dish with many spices and if you're late, I'll give you a firm rebuke you won't forget in a hurry!

Answer: Curry

Virgil, hurry up and CURRY that horse before we go out for dinner in the city. We're having a CURRY and if you're late I'll give you CURRY you won't forget in a hurry!

'That politician who curries favor with the citizens and indulges them and fawns upon them and has a presentiment of their wishes, and is skillful in gratifying them, he is esteemed a great statesman.'
Plato

Over 2,000 years later, Plato's words still ring true!

9. The zipper of the pair of trousers in your uniform is broken. They need repair before you aviate the bomber to collect the winged insect specimens from the laboratory.

Answer: Fly

The FLY of the pair of trousers in your uniform is broken. They need repair before you FLY the bomber to collect the FLY specimens from the laboratory.

'I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.'
Douglas Adams

10. Roger, I don't want to fib to you but your golf ball has a bad position. You may need to recline in bed for a while to get over the shock.

Answer: Lie

I don't want to LIE to you but your golf ball has a bad LIE. You may need to LIE in bed for a while to get over the shock.

'A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.'
Winston Churchill

Source: Author Tizzabelle

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Triple Treat Words #8 Trivia Quiz

Words can have more than one meaning. For instance, 'set' can mean solidify, to lay the table, and a division of a tennis match. This quiz asks you to find one word which can replace three words or phrases in the question.

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