Mad Tea Party Analogies Trivia Quiz

Answer: Hatless

As the Hatter explains to Alice, more tea can easily be taken by a person who hasn't had any. Likewise, more hats can be acquired by a person who has no hats. They simply can't have fewer hats than no hats.

Answer: Drawing

Nonsense is composed of English words arranged, or disarranged, so they convey a message that is ridiculous, or impart no clear and meaningful message. Scribble is disorganized or strangely arranged drawing like nonsense is weirdly arranged English.

Answer: Water

During the tea party, the Dormouse tells the story of three girls who lived in a treacle-well and lived on treacle. He says treacle-wells function like water-wells, but contain treacle.

Answer: Beans

Coffee beans are the seeds of berries of the coffea plant, which is a shrub. They are roasted, ground and brewed with hot water to make coffee, as tea leaves are dried and brewed with hot water to make tea. Tea leaves are the leaves from the camellia shrub. Tea originated in China and coffee in Ethiopia.

Answer: Farrier

Hatter and milliner are synonyms for a person who makes and sells hats. Shoer and farrier both are words for a person who shoes horses.

Answer: Anemometer

Anemos is a Greek word which means "wind" and "anemometer" is a combination of this word and meter which means "measuring instrument". A watch measures time and an anemometer measures the speed of wind.

Answer: Cruelty

Alice thinks it's rude to offer a person wine when you have no intention of giving them any, and the March Hare thinks it's rude to join a party if you haven't been invited to. Rudeness is the opposite of considerateness, as cruelty is the opposite of kindness.

Answer: Dancing when you move

Alice claims meaning what she says is the same thing as saying what she means. The March Hare proves it isn't by referencing a pair of concepts which are comparable to hers, and obviously aren't the same. He suggests that because his pair of ideas are like hers but not the same, hers aren't the same either.

Answer: A piano

Lewis Carroll provided the answer to the question, "Why is a raven like a writing desk?" in one edition of "Alice In Wonderland". I assumed his answer, "Because it can produce a few notes, though they are very flat; and it is never put with the wrong end in front!" was correct. A songbird is like a piano because it makes pleasant sounds, and is, likewise, "never put with the wrong end in front".

Answer: Buoyed

In the context of a conversation, offended and pleased are opposite responses to something another person said. Buoyed and disheartened are opposite ways of feeling in response to something someone has said in that context.