And Then There Were Some Trivia Quiz

Answer: watt

A watt is a unit of power that measures the rate that energy transfers. Its symbol is the Greek letter omega and is named after James Watt, because he was the inventor of the steam engine.

Answer: wait

Interim means a pause or delay. When someone or something is delayed, then that person or object must wait until a later day or time.

Answer: wail

When you wail, it is a mournful type of crying. Wailing is done to show sorrow or grief, rather than to show someone is happy.

Answer: mail

Mail is a type of armor often used in battle to prevent the person wearing it from dying. Mail has been used for over 2,000 years and has almost always been made of riveting rings together. Since the 19th century, the term chainmail has also been used to describe mail.

Answer: mall

A mall (sometimes called a shopping mall or shopping center) is similar to a store, except there are multiple stores that are connected. In most malls, a person buys clothes. However, there are also restaurants where someone can buy food.

Answer: tall

To qualify as tall, someone or something must be higher than the average. The average height of an American man is approximately 5 foot 10 inches. The average height of an American woman is approximately 5 foot 4 inches. In different parts of the world, the average height for men and for women is different than in United States.

Answer: tale

A homophone is when two words are spelled differently but are pronounced the same. Tail (an object near the end of an animal) and tale (a lie or a type of story) are examples of homophones. Other examples are week & weak, meat & meet, reed & read, and pair & pear.

Answer: tame

A domesticated animal is a tame animal and thus can serve as a pet. The animal may once have been a wild animal but has been trained to fit into human society.

Answer: same

Identical things are referred to as being the same. Objects that are nearly identical but not completely identical can be considered close to the same or nearly the same (another word for this is similar). Most objects usually have more than one of them existing, which means nearly every object has something that is the same as it.

Answer: some

Some refers to an unspecified or unknown amount of something. Although unspecified, to qualify as some, there must be several or much of something, rather than a few. With dealing with "some", the correct term to use is less rather than fewer. Less is used with things that aren't countable and fewer is used with things that can be counted.