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A RUM Kind of Quiz

All these words start with RUM. Can you work out what they mean?

A matching quiz by davejacobs. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
davejacobs

Time
4 mins

Type
Match Quiz

Quiz #
392,782

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
8 / 10

Plays
540

(a) Drag-and-drop from the right to the left, or (b) click on a right side answer box and then on a left side box to move it.

Questions		Choices
1. Oh Man, a deficient cat!		Rummer
2. Just think about it.		Rumble
3. Stranger, drink from this.		Rumen
4. Completes a quartet of islands with Eigg, Canna and Muck.		Rumpus
5. A commotion made by a strange cat?		Rum
6. First stop for a cow's meal?		Rumpy
7. Dock, for instance.		Ruminant
8. Fight a stomach noise?		Ruminate
9. Cud-chewing animal.		Rumour
10. Is the grape vine the source of our rum?		Rumex

Select each answer

1. Oh Man, a deficient cat!

2. Just think about it.

3. Stranger, drink from this.

4. Completes a quartet of islands with Eigg, Canna and Muck.

5. A commotion made by a strange cat?

6. First stop for a cow's meal?

7. Dock, for instance.

8. Fight a stomach noise?

9. Cud-chewing animal.

10. Is the grape vine the source of our rum?

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Oh Man, a deficient cat!

Answer: Rumpy

Rumpy is the colloquial name given to the Manx cat which is deficient in the tail department.

2. Just think about it.

Answer: Ruminate

To ruminate is to think about something in a leisurely way.

3. Stranger, drink from this.

Answer: Rummer

A rummer is a large drinking glass. Another meaning is more rum, more peculiar, or stranger.

4. Completes a quartet of islands with Eigg, Canna and Muck.

Answer: Rum

Rum, Eigg, Muck and Canna are four small islands in the Scottish Inner Hebrides.

5. A commotion made by a strange cat?

Answer: Rumpus

A silly pun - a rum puss. There are many synonyms for rumpus including disturbance, brouhaha, fracas, melee, ...

6. First stop for a cow's meal?

Answer: Rumen

The rumen is the first stomach of cud-chewing animals, known as ruminants. Cows for example, regurgitate food from the rumen and chew it again.

7. Dock, for instance.

Answer: Rumex

Rumex is a genus of plants that include dock and sorrel.

8. Fight a stomach noise?

Answer: Rumble

Stomach rumbling may precede a fight, or rumble.

9. Cud-chewing animal.

Answer: Ruminant

Like cows. See the answer to rumen.

10. Is the grape vine the source of our rum?

Answer: Rumour

An anagram of "our rum", and the grape vine is said to be a common source of rumours.

Source: Author davejacobs

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