What's a Name In? (Part 11) Trivia Quiz

Answer: buy

To PURCHASE something is to buy it, to exchange currency perhaps for goods and/or services. The word originates from the French "porchacier" which meant to search for or pursue something.

Answer: graceful

WILLOWY means lithe and graceful. You may picture the long languid strands of a willow tree to get the idea. Hard to imagine a great beauty thinking of herself this way, but actress Elizabeth Taylor has said, "I hate myself on the screen. I want to die...my voice is either too high or too gravelly. I want to dive under the carpet...I'd love to be tall and willowy...I'm short."

Answer: sports equipment

The SKATEBOARD has transcended mere plaything/toy status to become a bona fide sporting equipment tool for athletes in the Olympics and the X-Games. Some of many SKATEBOARD manuevers include the Ollie, Fakie Pivot Grind, and the Pop-shuvit. If you're just starting out, it is most important to take extra care during your initial attempts because one-third of all skateboard injuries are suffered by skateboarders who have been skating for less than a week.

Answer: firestarter

Of all these Stephen King novel titles, it is the word firestarter that best describes a PYROMANIAC, that is someone with an impulse control disorder that leads them to want to set fire to things. The difference between an arsonist and a pyromaniac would be that an arsonist is probably setting fire to a building for some monetary gain, or as a threat out of some personal anger towards someone, whereas a pyromaniac does it to feel an instant pleasure gratification.

Answer: adorn

To DECORATE something is to adorn something with ornaments of some kind, to beautify something. It comes from the Latin "decoratus", which meant "to make beautiful".

Answer: new, unique

Something that is ORIGINAL is new or unique, not a copycat version. The word comes from the 13th century French word "original" which meant "first" and before that the Latin word "originalis" which meant "beginning."

Answer: awakening

A REVIVAL is when something or someone is revived, brought back to life, awakened. Its meaning of bringing an old play back to the stage again originates as far back as the 1660s.

Answer: competitor in a sporting event

In the men's event, Olympic swimming FREESTYLER Anthony Ervin took home the gold in the 50-meter freestyle for the U.S. at the 2016 games in Rio, while Australia's Kyle Chalmers won gold in the 100-meter freestyle. China's Sun Yang won the 200-meter, and Mack Horton won the 400-meter again for Australia.

There was no 800-meter freestyle swimming event at the Rio Olympics as that distance wasn't included on the programme, but Gregorio Paltrinieri won gold for Italy in the 1,500-meter freestyle.

Answer: antiquated

ANTEDILUVIAN has become an almost humorous way of describing something or someone that is so old they existed "before the flood", that is, so far back it was before Noah's Ark. The Latin "ante" means "before", while "diluvium" meant "a flood", as in a deluge.

Answer: announcement

The DECLARATION of Independence announced to Great Britain that the 13 colonies were hereby separating themselves from the country. This announcement was approved by the American Congress on July 4th, 1776.