B is NOT for Banana! Trivia Quiz

Answer: Barla-fumble

This silly word refers to one of the wrestlers calling a timeout during the contest.

Badot means frivolous.

Bematist is from the Greek word for 'measure in paces' and was applied in ancient times to an official who surveyed roads.

Bullimong is cattle fodder consisting of mixed grains.

BTW, a 'batie-bummil' is an obsolete Scottish term for a klutz.

Answer: Baculus

A baculus is a ceremonial staff carried as an indication of power. In kingdoms it is often called a sceptre.

Bagarre is a brawl or scuffle, usually between two or more men.

Balatron is a jester, joker or clown, often used to entertain royalty.

Baisemain is a kiss on the hand (from the French).

Answer: Blype

That's a blype your friend is peeling off your back. When we were kids we enjoyed peeling off each other's sunburnt skin - when it was ready, of course.

Blague is bombastic nonsense, folderol, balderdash.

Blauwbok was a bluish colored antelope of South Africa; it is now extinct.

Blewit is an edible toadstool. If you are not experienced in choosing which plants are edible as opposed to those that are poisonous, "you blew it!" could be what you hear after eating it.

Answer: Blue peter

The blue peter is a blue naval flag with a white square in the center. It is used for signaling to crew members still ashore that the ship is ready to sail.

Bobstay is a shipboard rope used to steady the bowsprit.

Bocking is smoked herring.

Bodkin is a small dagger or a tool for making small holes.

Answer: Bombilate

Bombilate means to drone, buzz or make a humming sound. A swarm of bees can bombilate quite piercingly, especially when pursuing a potential threat.

Bombosity simply refers to the buttocks.

Borborygmus is the rumbling of the stomach, particularly when it wants food, or you're in a very elite and quiet gathering. The trick here is to turn your head inquiringly, but politely, toward the person behind you - just as with passing gas in an elevator full of people who don't know one another.

Boning is judging straightness by looking along a row of poles. It is also used as in boning fish, removing the bones.

Answer: Deasil

Deasil means in the direction of the sun's path as it appears to rise and set. It means good luck to some people, and its opposite is widdershins, meaning counterclockwise.

Disboscation is the clearing of woods to create pasture and/or farmland.

Deturpate is to uglify or denigrate something.

The Draisine was a very early model of a bicycle designed by Baron von Drais.

Answer: Deipnosophist

Deipnosophist is from the Greek word meaning one who is skilled in 'the mysteries of the kitchen', as well as being an enjoyable dinner companion.

Druxy is healthy wood that conceals rotten spots underneath it.

Deglutition is the act of swallowing.

Delitescent means concealed.

Answer: Dia zingiber

Dia zingiber is a type of candy made with ginger.

Deliciate is to gladden yourself or indulge in something.

Doolally is a slang term for someone who is irrational, crazy or nutty as the proverbial fruitcake.

Dulocracy is a government by slaves or inferiors. It usually does not last long.

Answer: Dejerate

To dejerate is to swear to something or take a solemn oath.

Delassation means exhausted, worn out, pooped, dead tired.

Desticate means to squeak like a mouse or rat.

Diglot refers to either a bilingual person or a book using two languages, such as Spanish to French and French to Spanish translations. The word literally means 'two tongues'.

Answer: Dactylonomy

Not only children perform dactylonomy - adults often run out of integers when measuring or counting and resort to their fingers, and this is simply the technical term for it.

Dyslogistic means disapproving.

Dixit is an unconfirmed statement rendered as a fact.

Digitigradient is walking on one's toes like a cat.