N 2 Z Trivia Quiz

Answer: Noctambulous

Noctambulous means literally walking at night, whether asleep or awake. Somnambulous means walking while asleep.

Nidiculous refers to being reared in a nest, usually of birds. Nictitating means winking. Nightjar is a bird, such as a whipporwill or nighthawk.

Answer: Psychasthenia

Psycholepsy is being seized by an emotion such as depression, often after a contrasting feeling of euphoria.
Psychosomatic refers to physical symptoms brought about by mental causes, though the person experiences real pain. Psychosensory refers to (incorrect) sense perception, illusion or hallucination which may be visual, auditory or a combination.

Answer: True

Originally meaning 'fifth essence', it was considered the highest element in nature, which permeates all celestial bodies.
Seattle Slew, a triple Crown winner and prodigious sire, was regarded by many as 'the quintessential racehorse' because he had that certain something that is often referred to as heart, courage, game or simply the compelling desire to be the best.

Answer: Vain boasting

From the character Rodomonte in "Orlando Innamorato" by Matteo M. Boiardo, the word refers to vainglorious bragging.

Answer: Syzygy

Syzygy can refer to a lunar or solar eclipse. Pronounced SYZ ih gee.
Synergy refers to the combined actions of two discrete entities which more than doubles their single efforts.Synecdoche is using part of an object as a reference to the whole, such as billows or waves for ocean. Pronuounced Si NEK do key. Systole refers to the ongoing rhythmic contraction of an organ such as a beating heart.

Answer: False

A tachymeter is an instrument used by surveyors and others to measure how far away or how high a distant object is.
A tachometer measures speed of rotation. Tachycardia is a relatively fast heartbeat from psychological, phsyiological or pathological causes. Bradycardia is the opposite.

Answer: Volitate

Butterflies seem to volitate, as do other insects and some birds.
Vitiate is to make defective. Volant means capable of flying or having the wings extended, as in flight. Volitive means of or relating to the will.

Answer: Windfirm

Usually used of trees, plants and buildings, the term refers to plantlife that has deep strong roots and buildings that have a solid base and construction.
Windlass is a machine used for hoisting or hauling.
Windrow is a row of harvested hay or other vegetation raked up to dry before being baled or stored. Windgall is a soft tumor or swelling on a horse's leg near the fetlock joint.

Answer: Xanthippe

She may have been the reason Socrates spent so much time away from home!
Xanadu was the locale mentioned in Coleridge's poem, and means an idyllic place.
Xhosa is a member of a Bantu-speaking tribe in Eastern Cape province, and also the language. Xerxes I was a great king of Persia who ruled from 486 to 465 B.C. ZERK zees is the pronunciation.

Answer: Zero gravity

Zeugma is one word used to modify two other words that would make sense only in the specified statement, as in, "He closed the door and his mind to their cries for help."
Zone out is what you're doing when you suddenly realize you haven't been paying attention. You may have gone to your 'happy place'. Zoogenic refers to anything caused by or associated with animals, such as a disease or allergy.