Black Words Trivia Quiz

Answer: Blackjack

Blackjack is a card game which people play against each other. The player is dealt with two cards, and the cards need to add up to twenty one. You can ask for more cards but you risk going over twenty one, or bust as it is called.

Answer: Blackmail

Another word for blackmail is extortion. This is when a criminal tries to obtain money through force or threats. They may have kidnapped another person and asked for blackmail money in exchange.

Answer: Blackboard

A blackboard was a writing surface on a wall where teachers could write in chalk for the rest of the class to see. They wiped the board clean when they were finished. These were replaced with whiteboards which use a black or coloured marker pen instead of white chalk.

Answer: Blackberry

Blackberries are the fruit from the bramble bush. The bramble bush is very prickly, but the fruit are very juicy and sweet. You can find wild bushes growing along the roadside all over Europe, but in other countries they grow fruit in specially cultivated farms.

Answer: Blackbird

The common blackbird is a small garden bird with black feathers and an orange beak. They mainly live in Europe, Asia and North Africa, but they also live in America and Australia. There are a large number of blackbirds, with up to 55 million pairs living in Europe alone. Their Latin name is Turdus merula.

Answer: Blackhead

A blackhead is a dark spot on your skin, normally caused by clogged hair follicles. Many teenagers get them because they tend to get oily skin as they go through puberty. Scrubbing the area with water will only make your skin dry, so it is best to use a special cleanser bought from a pharmacy.

Answer: Blackout

A blackout is when the lights have been removed from a room or area. Blackouts are very frequent in war-torn countries to stop people being detected by the enemy. A blackout is also the name given to when you faint and temporarily lose consciousness.

Answer: Blackfly

A blackfly is an aphid, or a sap-sucking insect which can cause the plant to wilt and die. They are similar to greenflies and whiteflies. If plants are infected, many gardeners use a chemical control, but they prefer to control blackfly naturally by encouraging more of their enemies into their garden. These include ladybirds.

Answer: Blackball

If a child is expelled from school, they are technically blackballed from attending. This is when a group of superiors or organisers have decided to remove somebody from a social group because of their previous actions. An example in a sentence would be, "The child was blackballed from the group because he was a trouble maker".

Answer: Blacksmith

A forge is where iron or steel is melted on a fire and then moulded into shape. The most common items made in a forge are horseshoes, weapons, gates and railing. A person who works in a forge is called a blacksmith.