Two Becomes One #1 Trivia Quiz

Answer: blowhole

body blow - blowfly - over-blow - hole card - mouse hole - hole punch
Apart from a hit to the body, body blow is a serious personal setback usually in the form of a major disappointment. A hole card is a card in stud poker that is dealt face down. A blowhole is an opening for breathing that whales and dolphins have, also it is a vent for air or gas to escape through.

Answer: Network

dragnet, tennis net, netball, work station, work ethics, bodywork
Netball was founded in 1891 in the USA. It was introduced to England in 1895. A dragnet is used in fishing or it is a co-ordinated procedure used to catch criminals by law enforcement agencies.

Answer: Everyone

everyday, everybody, everything, begone, hexone, one way
Hexone is an alternative name for methyl isobutyl ketone.

Answer: Carrot

boxcar, carport, carpet, rotate, foot rot, rotten
Gut rot is slang for very cheap alcoholic drink (in Australia). A boxcar is a type of enclosed railway car that mostly is used for hauling freight. Foot rot occurs when a bacterial infection infects the feet of hoofed animals, especially sheep and cattle, that may ultimately cause them to lose the hoof.

Answer: Insect

inside, begin, robin, sector, sectaries, religious sect
The heaviest insect in the world is the Goliath beetle, which is found in Africa. A full grown male can weigh between 70 to 100g or 2.5-3.5 ounces. Sectaries are devoted members of a sect that is usually religious.

Answer: Hourglass

hour hand, man-hour, half hour, glass eye, shot glass, glass cabinet
A shot glass is a small glass that alcoholic drinks such as vodka are drunk out of.

Answer: snowman

snowfall - snowflake - snowshoe - mandate - mandrill - caveman
Mandate can mean a command or instruction. In the legal sense it refers to an order issued by a superior court to a lower court or a contract by which binds one party to perform a service for another, but it involves non-payment. A mandrill is a large baboon of western Africa.

Answer: Warpath

civil war, war bonnet, warlord, garden path, pathway, footpath
A war bonnet is a ceremonial headdress that was used by some of the Plains Indians in America. It consisted of a cap or band and a trailing extension was attached that was decorated with feathers. A warlord refers to a military commander that exercises civil power in a region, whether with or without the consent of the government.

Answer: peppermint

pepper mill, peppercorn, red pepper, spearmint, mint sauce, mint mark
A capsicum is commonly called a red pepper (or green pepper - depending upon the colour) in some areas of Australia. A pepper mill is an instrument that grinds peppercorns. Black pepper comes from the small, dark and unripe fruit of the pepper plant. A mintmark is a letter or symbol that is embedded in a coin that identifies which mint it came from.

Answer: Treetop

tree house, tree fern, pine tree, topless, topcoat, bottle top
The oldest tree in the world that has been recorded was a bristlecone pine that grew on Wheeler Ridge, Sierra Nevada in California, USA. During 1963/64 it was estimated to be 4,900 years old, but unfortunately someone cut it down using a chain saw.

Answer: crossbow

Cross-examine - Iron Cross - crossword - bowline - bowman - rainbow
To cross-examine is to question someone closely. The Iron Cross is the highest bravery award in the German armed forces. A bowline is a knot that does not slip. Bowman is an archer or an oarsman. A crossbow is a weapon that has a fixed bow in a crosswise direction.

Answer: starfish

stardust - starboard - evening star - fishnet - tropical fish - lung fish
Stardust is way to describe a romantic feeling or a non-scientific way of describing a cluster of distant stars that look like a cloud of dust. Starboard is the right hand side of a ship or an aircraft as you are facing forward. Sunstar is a starfish that has up to 13 arms. Starfish's alternative names are a sea star or an asteroid. A starfish has five arms extending from a central disc.

Answer: bobbin

bobcat - bobsled - bobtail - binding - dust bin - bingo
A bobcat, also known as a bay lynx, is a large wild cat of North America. A bob skate is a type of ice skate. Ding is to ring or to clang. A bobbin is a spool or reel, and also in times past, it was a narrow braid that was used in trimming, e.g., on clothing.

Answer: wasteland

wastebasket - waste pipe - wastepaper - Iceland - landlady - landslide
A waste pipe is a pipe that aids the removal of liquid wastes. Landslide may be used to describe earth and rock falling down or an overwhelming victory. Iceland is an island near the Arctic Circle. Reykjavik is the capital and its biggest city. Wasteland can describe a land that is desolate and barren.

Answer: pothole

potash - hotpot - inkpot - manhole - hole up - watering hole
Potash is a compound that contains potassium. Hotpot is a British stew that consists of meat and vegetables cooked in a tightly covered container. An inkpot is a container that ink is stored in. Hole up is an American term which means to hibernate or go into hiding. In Australian slang, a watering hole is another name for a pub or hotel.