You Have the Right to Be Right Quiz

Answer: Club

There are quite a few types of club:

-A heavy, tapered stick (blunt weapon).
-A recreational venue (dance club)
-A group formed with a common interest (book club)
-Playing card suit (clubs)
-A type of sandwich

And those are just the nouns.

Answer: Lead

Here we have our homonym given as both a verb and a noun.

To lead is to go in advance of, typically guiding others to follow or to set a path.

As a noun, lead can be used with the same reference as above (he is in the lead), but in the case of this quiz question, lead is the soft, heavy metal originally called plumbum at number 82 on the periodic table of the elements (hence the symbol Pb).

Answer: Seal

Pinnipeds include 33 species of fin-footed aquatic mammals that include seals, fur seals, and sea lions.

The second meaning of seal from the question is used as a verb (to close something so that water or air cannot pass through), but could also refer to the thing that made it thus, like a gasket (seal).

Answer: Plain

Something that is plain is generally unadorned or lacking embellishment. Thus for our two definitions, the words are definitely related.

Our first plain is a region typically without much variation in elevation (mostly flat) without many trees (land suitable for farming).

Our second plain refers to something not physical, but still basic in composition - something (or someone) unsophisticated does not have complexity of structure.

Answer: Quail

The game bird quail seems to have a different etymology than the quail that describes cowering in fear or faltering in courage, but it is interesting to note that in the same way that 'chicken' equates the bird's behaviour to a description of a person's cowardice, so to does 'quail'.

Answer: Desert

The two uses of the heteronym 'desert' in this question are related in their root meaning. A physical desert is an area largely barren of life (comparatively), while to desert a group or a person (leave with no intention to return) can leave them feeling desolate or barren.

Answer: Refuse

Another heteronym, and another connection. While refuse as a noun refers to garbage or other cast off items, to refuse something is to decline receiving it (akin to discarding it or not valuing it). Of course, you can refuse something that is not a physical item (like an offer of help) - but in that case you might be treating someone like garbage in the process.

Answer: Quarry

Our two uses of the word quarry do not share a common etymology this time.

As an object of a hunt, 'quarry' comes from the Old French cuiriee, meaning 'the spoils'.

In the other given sense (mining), 'quarry' refers to the squaring off of stone and stems from the Latin 'quadrare', translating as 'to make square'.

Answer: Capital

In both cases of 'capital' in this question, the concept of making something important or recognizing its prominence is at the fore. What a capital idea!

Answer: Entrance

Another heteronym to finish off the quiz. The two terms in this case use different bases for their definitions.

A physical entrance (a doorway or a gate) is related to the word 'enter'.

To entrance (mesmerize) is related to the word 'trance'.