Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. EXAMPLE: Changing one letter, make A DEPARTURE DOOR become a word that means MAKE CHANGES OR REVISE. (4 letters, 4 letters)
ANSWER: EXIT EDIT (No commas in between, NO punctuation!)
Your turn!
Can you take A MEMBER OF THE DOMESTIC FOWL FAMILY and change its head so that it becomes SOMETHING ROUX DOES TO BROTH? (7,7)
2. This time we'll do three: Change TO HOLD DEAR into A CIVIL DIVISION OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA and then into something GLARING, GAUDY OR FLASHY. (7,6,6)
3. Back to two: By altering the lead, take a BREED OF CATTLE OR LATIN TERM MEANING TO THE RIGHT and change it into SOMEONE WHO USES THE SHORT MESSAGE SERVICE. (6,6)
4. Another trio, this one involves air: A REFLEXIVE ACT OF VIOLENT AIR EXPULSION gets tamed down to A LIGHT WIND and ultimately becomes a BREATHING DIFFICULTY INVOLVING A WHISTLING SOUND. (6,6,6)
5. Let's get brave and try four that don't necessarily rhyme: Begin with THROW IN THE TOWEL and change a letter to get HEARTS, DIAMONDS, CLUBS OR SPADES. When you've got those two wrapped up, add a third word by changing the first two letters resulting in TO USE NEEDLES AND YARN, followed by a fourth word for LEMONS, LIMES, BANANAS AND GRAPES. (4,4,4,5)
6. Can you change SOMETHING THAT ASKS FOR AN ANSWER into THE ACT OF DISCHARGING OR EXCRETING FROM THE BODY, then make changes which result in THE ACT OF TAKING INTO THE BODY for the purposes of the fourth word meaning THE BREAKING DOWN, ABSORPTION AND ASSIMILATION OF FOOD? (8,8,9,9)
7. A BUNCH OF BEES becomes A TYPE OF AMULET becomes A WARNING SIGNAL becomes TO TAKE AWAY ONE'S WEAPON. (5,5,5,5 or 5,5,5,6)
8. EMPTY becomes A MILITARY VEHICLE which becomes TO GIVE A COUPLE SLAPS ON THE BUTTOCKS which then becomes THE PAST TENSE OF TO GET SMALLER. (5,4,5,6)
9. Start with ANOTHER MEMBER OF THE POULTRY FAMILY, parlay that into DRIED MEAT which can quickly become BRISK, JAUNTY, PEPPY OR LIVELY. (6,5,5)
10. Begin with A NOTICEABLE FLAW, change one letter and it becomes A DUTCH DIALECT that can be converted into A WORD THAT MEANS LIKE MUCUS IN NATURE. (7,7,9)
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