FREE! Click here to Join FunTrivia. Thousands of games, quizzes, and lots more!

Headlines Trivia Quiz

The word 'head' can be changed to 'lines' in a series of steps replacing one letter at a time (& adding one at the end). Can you work out how from the clues I'll give you?

A multiple-choice quiz by rossian. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
rossian

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
319,288

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Easy

Avg Score
9 / 10

Plays
2040

Awards
Top 20% Quiz

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. Change one letter in 'head' for a new word meaning 'a heavy metal'.

Answer: (Four letters)

NEXT>

Question 2 of 10

2. Change one letter in the last answer to make another word, meaning 'to give money to someone else, who promises to return it to you later'.

Answer: (Four letters)

NEXT>

Question 3 of 10

3. Now change another letter to find a word for a 'turning in a straight road'.

Answer: (Four letters)

NEXT>

Question 4 of 10

4. Another change of letter will give you a new word meaning 'a cord, rope or ligament that ties someone up'.

Answer: (Four letters)

NEXT>

Question 5 of 10

5. One more change of letter to find a word meaning 'one of the parts of a skeleton'.

Answer: (Four letters)

NEXT>

Question 6 of 10

6. Another letter change will give you a new word which means 'a dull or tiresome person'.

Answer: (Four letters)

NEXT>

Question 7 of 10

7. Change one letter to find a word meaning 'an additional quantity or amount'.

Answer: (Four letters)

NEXT>

Question 8 of 10

8. Change one letter and you will find a word meaning 'wet, swampy ground'.

Answer: (Four letters)

NEXT>

Question 9 of 10

9. One more change will find you another word meaning 'an excavation in the earth to extract ore, coal or precious stones'.

Answer: (Four letters)

NEXT>

Question 10 of 10

10. The final change of letter will give you a word meaning 'a mark or stroke drawn on a piece of paper'. Then add the letter 's' to the end of this word to find the final answer.

Answer: (Five letters)

Most Recent Scores

Nov 07 2024 : Guest 47: 10/10
Nov 03 2024 : TriviaFan22: 9/10

Score Distribution

Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Change one letter in 'head' for a new word meaning 'a heavy metal'.

Answer: Lead

The symbol for lead is Pb, which comes from its Latin name of plumbum. At one time, lead was used for making toys, such as soldiers, but it is poisonous and can cause serious illness. Most toys are now made from plastic.

2. Change one letter in the last answer to make another word, meaning 'to give money to someone else, who promises to return it to you later'.

Answer: Lend

If you lend a book or money to someone, they should return it to you as soon as they can as they have only borrowed it for an agreed time. Unfortunately, this does not always happen so you should always be careful only to lend things to people you can really trust.

3. Now change another letter to find a word for a 'turning in a straight road'.

Answer: Bend

A bend in the road is also known as a corner. You can also use bend to describe changing the shape of something, such as bending a piece of wood, or to bend your knee when you kneel down.

4. Another change of letter will give you a new word meaning 'a cord, rope or ligament that ties someone up'.

Answer: Bond

A bond is anything that fastens something or holds it together. It can also be used in a financial sense to describe a document guaranteeing to pay a certain amount of money on an agreed date.

5. One more change of letter to find a word meaning 'one of the parts of a skeleton'.

Answer: Bone

An adult's body is made up of 206 bones, from tiny ones in the ear to large ones like the thigh bone. When babies are born, they have more bones than this as some of the bones join together as they grow.

6. Another letter change will give you a new word which means 'a dull or tiresome person'.

Answer: Bore

Bore can also mean 'to make a hole in a solid substance with a rotary instrument' and 'a tidal wave running inland from an estuary'. A famous bore in the UK is on the river Severn, and surfers try to ride the bore as far as they can.

7. Change one letter to find a word meaning 'an additional quantity or amount'.

Answer: More

A famous quotation using 'more' comes from Oliver Twist, who asks 'Please sir, can I have some more?' when he had not had enough food.

8. Change one letter and you will find a word meaning 'wet, swampy ground'.

Answer: Mire

Other words meaning 'mire' are bog or marsh. It can also be used as a figure of speech to mean someone is in deep trouble - 'he is really in the mire'.

9. One more change will find you another word meaning 'an excavation in the earth to extract ore, coal or precious stones'.

Answer: Mine

A mine can also be a type of explosive device, either in the sea to blow up ships or hidden on land. Another usage is to describe something belonging to 'me' as in 'that coat is mine'.

10. The final change of letter will give you a word meaning 'a mark or stroke drawn on a piece of paper'. Then add the letter 's' to the end of this word to find the final answer.

Answer: Lines

The word 'line' is also used to describe other marks, like wrinkles on the skin. It an also be used for a number of people waiting behind each other to be served, although in the UK we use the word 'queue' for this.

Source: Author rossian

This quiz was reviewed by FunTrivia editor NatalieW before going online.
Any errors found in FunTrivia content are routinely corrected through our feedback system.