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What's a Name In? (Part 8) Trivia Quiz

An example: F R A N K _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 7 letters after K have been replaced with blanks, leaving FRANK, a first name. What was the full word? 1. Magi gift 2. Relish 3. Frock 4. Schooner #1 is the answer because the Magi gave FRANKINCENSE as a gift

A multiple-choice quiz by Billkozy. Estimated time: 2 mins.

Author
Billkozy

Time
2 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
388,940

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Easy

Avg Score
8 / 10

Plays
439

Question 1 of 10

1. Okay here's the first word. Figure out what letter(s) go into the blank space(s) to form a word. Then find the best description that defines this word.

M A Y A _ Hint

Canadian area code

college advisory committee

Central American civilization

clean air campaign

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Question 2 of 10

2. _ _ _ _ H U N T E R Hint

email address

easily accessed

expert advisor

employment agent

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Question 3 of 10

3. J O S H _ _ _ Hint

within the body of

hippie-like

ribbing

torso

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Question 4 of 10

4. _ A L A N _ _ Hint

equine

equalize

equerry

equipment

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Question 5 of 10

5. A U D I E _ _ _ Hint

feelers

speakers

listeners

seers

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Question 6 of 10

6. _ _ D O M _ _ Hint

stop

stocked

stomach

stodgy

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Question 7 of 10

7. _ _ L E O N _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Hint

docile creature

apostle

colossal

fossil expert

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Question 8 of 10

8. _ _ _ _ _ L E O _ Hint

leonine

lizard

fiery

ingenious

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Question 9 of 10

9. _ _ _ _ M A T T _ _ Hint

language rules

untangled

small amount

physics term

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Question 10 of 10

10. _ _ I A N _ Hint

excessively large

illuminating

brave

flexible

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Okay here's the first word. Figure out what letter(s) go into the blank space(s) to form a word. Then find the best description that defines this word. M A Y A _

Answer: Central American civilization

Explorers from Spain descended upon the MAYAN civilization during the 16th century, and with them came European diseases leading in part to the devastation of the Mayans. Christianity was imposed upon the culture, which unfortunately included the burning of so many of their books.

2. _ _ _ _ H U N T E R

Answer: employment agent

We think of a HEADHUNTER as savage in some primitive culture, but the sense that we know today as being business oriented began in 1961. A HEADHUNTER recruits people for specific jobs, and the earliest source of this use is from a 1961 issue of Fortune magazine: "McCulloch had no compunction about using these executive recruiting firms.

They were, he knew, often derisively called 'body snatchers', 'head hunters', 'flesh peddlers', and 'pirates'."

3. J O S H _ _ _

Answer: ribbing

JOSHING somebody means to be kidding around with them, maybe teasing them a bit in a good-natured way.

4. _ A L A N _ _

Answer: equalize

To BALANCE something would be to make it equal on both sides, to balance it. The accounting sense of the word balance, that is, (Assets = Debits + Owner's Equity as I recall our accounting professor instructing us) originates around 1580 AD.

5. A U D I E _ _ _

Answer: listeners

AUDIENCE members were thrilled by seeing Audie Murphy in the movies, who before becoming a movie star was one of the most decorated soldiers in World War II. He made over 40 movies, and it was none other than Jimmy Cagney who got him to come to Hollywood and sign with Cagney's company.

6. _ _ D O M _ _

Answer: stomach

The ABDOMEN is the part of the body that houses our digestive organs. It is the mid-section with mammals, but for insects, the ABDOMEN is in the rear section.

7. _ _ L E O N _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Answer: fossil expert

A PALEONTOLOGIST is someone who studies fossils. The etymology is pretty basic: "paleo" comes from the Greek word for ancient, while "onto" comes from the Greek for "being", and we've all run across the suffix "logy" for "study."

8. _ _ _ _ _ L E O _

Answer: lizard

A CHAMELEON is a lizard with the ability to blend into various backgrounds so as to avoid detection. The CHAMELEON was a comic book villain who faced off from time to time with Marvel Comics' Spider-Man. CHAMELEON was the alter ego of Dmitri Smerdyakov--he was as you might guess, a master of disguise.

9. _ _ _ _ M A T T _ _

Answer: physics term

In physics ANTIMATTER refers to matter composed of the corresponding particles that comprise regular matter. These opposing particles are equal in mass to one other but have opposite electric charges.

10. _ _ I A N _

Answer: flexible

PLIANT means supple or bendable or flexible. Its origins begin in the 14th century from the French "plier" meaning easily bending.

Source: Author Billkozy

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