All in One Trivia Quiz

Answer: All

You can only use "all" when referring to three or more objects or people. Use "both" with two.

Answer: Awl

Both augers and awls are used for making holes in things. Like a drill, an auger has a bit, though auger bits and drill bits are different shapes. But augers are used in much the same way as drills, for boring holes in wood or in the ground. An awl is a long, pointed spike.

There are different kinds of awls, like a bradawl, a tool for making holes in wood and a stitching awl, which is used to pierce holes in leather.

Answer: owl

The great English playwright and poet William Shakespeare wrote about an owl in a poem that is often included in poetry anthologies. Here it is.

Winter
(From "Love's Labour's Lost")

"When icicles hang by the wall,
And Dick the shepherd blows his nail,
And Tom bears logs into the hall,
And milk comes frozen home in pail,
When blood is nipp'd and ways be foul,
Then nightly sings the staring owl,
Tu-whit;
Tu-who, a merry note,
While greasy Joan doth keel the pot.

When all aloud the wind doth blow,
And coughing drowns the parson's saw,
And birds sit brooding in the snow,
And Marion's nose looks red and raw,
When roasted crabs hiss in the bowl,
Then nightly sings the staring owl,
Tu-whit;
Tu-who, a merry note,
While greasy Joan doth keel the pot."

But Mr. Shakespeare was a poet. Sometimes poets make things fancier than ordinary people might do. It is usually stated that owls say "Whoo!"

Answer: owe

You don't want to owe money if you can help it. If you do, you should try to pay back what you owe as soon as possible.

Answer: Awe

Most of us are familiar with the word "awe" as part of the phrases "awe inspiring" or "awe struck." Awe is also part of the words "awful" and "awesome." Though we usually use "awful" to mean bad or terrible and "awesome" to mean wonderful or terrific, the basic meaning of both words is much closer to "awe inspiring." Just something to think about the next time you exclaim excitedly that your new pair of sneakers is awesome.

Answer: Ewe

Ewe is a homophone of (that is sounds the same as) you and yew.

Answer: Eye

Eye is an interesting word. Not only is it the name for the bodily organ you see with (most people have two of them), but it has other meanings too. A potato has eyes. These are the parts new potato plants grow from. An eye is a loop, often made of metal, that a hook fastens into. And, the eye is the still, calm place at the middle of a hurricane where there is no wind because it is the center around which the winds blow.

Answer: Ere

We often see this word in the phrase "ere long."

Answer: Ore

Metal doesn't come out of the ground in nice, convenient sheets and blocks. It starts out as part of the rock that makes up the Earth's crust. A great deal of hard work is needed to extract it and make it useable.

Answer: One

One might be by itself or it might be where things start. Either way, one is always special.

With the right steps, you can turn "all" into "one."