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Quiz about A B C etc An Alphabetical Jumble

A, B, C, etc. An Alphabetical Jumble Quiz

Work is over, draw the blinds, brew some hot sweet tea, draw up your chair, kick off your shoes, wriggle those toes, R E L A X. Turn on your PC to your favourite website and earn 250 points with this little alphabetical gem.

A multiple-choice quiz by Fiachra. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
Fiachra

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
168,208

Updated
Jan 30 22

# Qns
25

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
18 / 25

Plays
3321

Last 3 plays: jonnowales (20/25), Kabdanis (13/25), workisboring (8/25).

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Question 1 of 25

1. Can you eat angelica?

Yes

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Question 2 of 25

2. Did bees live in a bee hive house in the past?

Yes

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Question 3 of 25

3. Would a censer remove objectionable/sensitive material from publications?

Yes

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Question 4 of 25

4. Is digamy legal?

Yes

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Question 5 of 25

5. Where would you be most likely to find end paper? Hint

Newspaper

Toilet

Book

Wallpaper

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Question 6 of 25

6. Can feral apply to plants?

Yes

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Question 7 of 25

7. Is a grasper greedy?

Yes

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Question 8 of 25

8. From which language does the word havoc come? Hint

Turkish

Gaelic

Old French

Arabic

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Question 9 of 25

9. If you incise do you cut into something?

Yes

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Question 10 of 25

10. Is jobbery a crime?

Yes

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Question 11 of 25

11. Is a Knight Bachelor allowed to marry?

Yes

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Question 12 of 25

12. What was a Long Tom? Hint

Tall man

Men's underwear

Big tomato

Swivelling cannon

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Question 13 of 25

13. Which word might refer to a seasonal wind shift, often bringing rain, usually associated with the tropics? Hint

Montage

Monmonth

Monday

Monsoon

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Question 14 of 25

14. If you suffer from nystagmus what part of your body are you moving? Hint

Eyes

Neck

Mustache

Spine

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Question 15 of 25

15. Which of these words goes with 'off' to describe being ill in British English? Hint

Chance

Course

Colour

Camera

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Question 16 of 25

16. What vegetable soup describes a thick fog, especially in the UK and Ireland? Hint

Bean

Pea

Carrot

Onion

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Question 17 of 25

17. Can you eat quiche?

Yes

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Question 18 of 25

18. 'I've a bad case of reiki,' Jean told the boss. Was she being truthful?

Yes

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Question 19 of 25

19. Satyrs abound in mythology. They were half man and half ... Hint

Goat

Lion

Donkey

Vulture

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Question 20 of 25

20. What flies according to this Latin maxim 'Tempus Fugit'? Hint

Tide

Tiredness

Tidings

Time

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Question 21 of 25

21. Must you be a town dweller to be called urbane?

Yes

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Question 22 of 25

22. Skipping to W. A wall rocket is a dangerous weapon used in Iraq.

True

False

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Question 23 of 25

23. What do you call a person who loves foreign customs, cultures and peoples? Hint

Xenophobe

Xenophile

Xenophon

Xenon

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Question 24 of 25

24. Please be polite, it's a family web site. Those who suck up to the boss are frequently referred to as... men or... women.

Answer: (3 letters)

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Question 25 of 25

25. You have heard of the zorilla no doubt, but to which continent is he native? Hint

Australia

Europe

South America

Africa

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Can you eat angelica?

Answer: Yes

Angelica belongs to the carrot family and is a tall hollow stemmed plant when growing. It is used as decoration on cakes, buns and trifles.

2. Did bees live in a bee hive house in the past?

Answer: No

Beehive houses were round houses with a domed roof in pre-historic times. The style persisted well into Christian times in Ireland, where the art of creating the domed roof was known as corbelling.

3. Would a censer remove objectionable/sensitive material from publications?

Answer: No

A censer was used for burning incense in a church; if it was swung like a pendulum it was called a thurible. A censor removes sensitive material.

4. Is digamy legal?

Answer: Yes

Digamy means taking a second spouse. Unlike bigamy, it is legal as the first spouse is either dead or divorced. Well,I never!

5. Where would you be most likely to find end paper?

Answer: Book

This is a sturdy sheet of paper which is glued to the front and back inside covers of a hardback book. You know those very handy pages in a textbook, where you can take extra notes.

6. Can feral apply to plants?

Answer: Yes

Feral applies to either plants or animals which have been previously domesticated, but return and breed in the wild. Someone brought a plant called Japanese vine to Ireland as a specimen plant, it went wild. Without its natural enemies it has gone on the rampage and is very difficult to eradicate.

7. Is a grasper greedy?

Answer: Yes

It comes from the word to grasp ... having a hold on something and not letting go.

8. From which language does the word havoc come?

Answer: Old French

It literally means to cry and was a signal to the army to pillage. Reading history proves they did just that. No wonder Shakespeare wrote 'Cry havoc and let loose the dogs of war.'

9. If you incise do you cut into something?

Answer: Yes

Think of incision in surgery, incisors, an incisive person who is quick to analyse and act. ... got anyone in mind?

10. Is jobbery a crime?

Answer: Yes

This is a serious offence, it means lining your pockets from public office.

11. Is a Knight Bachelor allowed to marry?

Answer: Yes

It just means he does not belong to any of the orders of knights, such as the Knights of the Garter.

12. What was a Long Tom?

Answer: Swivelling cannon

This swivelling cannon when used by the navy had a long barrel, and when used by the army had a long range.

13. Which word might refer to a seasonal wind shift, often bringing rain, usually associated with the tropics?

Answer: Monsoon

The monsoon is the rainy season in Asia. Maybe that's why umbrellas came from there originally. Of course, they doubled as sun shades. A monsoon is technically not a storm but is frequently misnamed.

14. If you suffer from nystagmus what part of your body are you moving?

Answer: Eyes

This describes involuntary movement of your eyes from side to side.

15. Which of these words goes with 'off' to describe being ill in British English?

Answer: Colour

It is often used to describe someone's appearance, e.g. the delicate green hue of sea sickness. Ooooooh! will someone stop everything spinning.

16. What vegetable soup describes a thick fog, especially in the UK and Ireland?

Answer: Pea

A pea souper is a dense fog, when visibility is reduced to a few yards.

17. Can you eat quiche?

Answer: Yes

A quiche is a deep filled pie with an egg and cream mixture and various vegetables and meats.

18. 'I've a bad case of reiki,' Jean told the boss. Was she being truthful?

Answer: No

Not at all, it's an alternative medicine which transfers energy from the practitioner to the patient. It's originally Japanese and has worked at least once for me.

19. Satyrs abound in mythology. They were half man and half ...

Answer: Goat

They lived in the woods in Greek mythology. In Roman mythology they were called fauns. They had a nasty reputation apparently.

20. What flies according to this Latin maxim 'Tempus Fugit'?

Answer: Time

Nothing flies like time when you are having fun on 'Funtrivia'. Nothing crawls like time when you are waiting for news.

21. Must you be a town dweller to be called urbane?

Answer: No

Urbane means being sophisticated, urbanite means a town dweller.

22. Skipping to W. A wall rocket is a dangerous weapon used in Iraq.

Answer: False

A wall rocket is a plant that grows on walls and waste ground in Europe. The rocket describes the speed of its growth.

23. What do you call a person who loves foreign customs, cultures and peoples?

Answer: Xenophile

I think there is a bit of xenophile in all of us as we collect souvenirs etc, on our holidays.

24. Please be polite, it's a family web site. Those who suck up to the boss are frequently referred to as... men or... women.

Answer: Yes

These individuals either lack or hide any sense of critical ability, and always support their immediate superiors. Ugh!

25. You have heard of the zorilla no doubt, but to which continent is he native?

Answer: Africa

This mammal looks like a skunk and has long black and white fur. His name means little fox in Spanish.

Source: Author Fiachra

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