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C is NOT for Cat Trivia Quiz

Mrs. C has decided to have her own quiz (Mr. C is at the local hangout having a few beers). Mrs. C has invited Mr. B over because he's a good friend. He also has a preference for B words. Enjoy!

A multiple-choice quiz by alexis722. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
alexis722

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
377,458

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
467

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. Mrs. C rarely calamistrates as she has no need of it. What does it mean? Hint

To tame the hair

To straighten the hair

To highlight the hair

To curl the hair

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Question 2 of 10

2. Mrs. C is on a new regimen to trim her figure a bit, as she is both callipygian and campaniform, which means what? Hint

Having a double-chin/being scrawny-necked

Having enormous breasts/being shaped like an inverted delta

Having shapely buttocks/being bell shaped

Having thunder-thighs/being narrow shouldered

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Question 3 of 10

3. Mrs. C explains that Mr. C used to belong to the Camorra, but its bumbledom was irritating, so he obtained a new identity and moved west. What is bumbledom? Hint

Extreme clumsiness which hindered some endeavors and almost resulted in arrests

Inefficiency and arrogance exhibited by minor officials

Daring rival mob members to outdo your stunts

Loud whispering that was overheard by police officials

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Question 4 of 10

4. Mr C made up an intricate capilotade to cover his background, and because of its resemblance to fact it was believed by most. What's a capilotade? Hint

A believable story thrown together

A rousing tale of injustice amid corruption and being framed

A confidential informant that was exposed

A sob story about losing his family in a street shootout.

5. It's a good thing that Mr. B brought his own 'bever' because there is nothing of that sort available at Mrs. C's residence. But, Mrs. C has had a 'catoptromancy' and requires an interpretation 'blive'. What do these three words mean in order? Hint

Drink/headache/truthfully

Snack/divination/a.s.a.p.

Pet vole/gut feeling/without nonsense

Canteen/misgivings/verbally

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Question 6 of 10

6. In Mrs C's vision, Mr, C was pictured as quite 'crapulous' and in a thick 'brume' and has been wandering around town speaking 'blesiloquently'. What in the world is going on? Hint

He was on all fours searching for a lost coin and weeping copiously.

He was wandering in a drunken fog and stammering at strangers.

He was running wildly, shouting "The Martians are coming!"

He was kicking a law officer and howling obscenities at him.

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Question 7 of 10

7. Mr. B confides to Mrs. C that he is a mere cereologist, and unless he can find a certain pattern in Mr. C's wanderings, he cannot interpret them. What does Mr. B study? Hint

Dry breakfast cereals

Writers who first publish in periodicals

Cereal killers

Crop circles

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Question 8 of 10

8. Mr. B suggests that Mrs. C does not suffer from 'cryptaesthesia', but should consult a 'cunctipotent' 'bouquinist'. Of course, this is meant as 'codology'. What do these four words mean? Hint

Powerful urges/inexpensive/fishmonger/trap

Supernatural powers/have-it-all/seller of old books/leg-pulling

Illogical thinking/eminent/fabulist/confusion

Delusional thought/nearby/flowery/espionage

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Question 9 of 10

9. Although Mrs. C feels a 'chiliad' of trepidations, she visits the recommended Dr. Hugh Mann and finds that both he and his office are quite 'couthy'. She relaxes and tells her story. What do the 'c' words mean? Hint

Tinglings/swank and pretentious

Thousands/friendly and warm

Creeps/dignified and earthy

Apprehensions/manly and well-organised

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Question 10 of 10

10. Meanwhile, Mr. B is practicing his 'chirography' while stroking his 'choller'. His 'bloncket' eyes slowly closing, thoughts of 'cultrivorous' activity fill his mind. What subversive meanings have those three 'c' and one 'b' words? Hint

Acceptance speech/cheek/myopic/wheat futures

Magic/patella/sad/gardening

Handwriting/double-chin/grey or bluish grey/sword-swallowing

Violin/gastrocnimius/slanted/cooking

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Mrs. C rarely calamistrates as she has no need of it. What does it mean?

Answer: To curl the hair

Calamistrate means to curl the hair. It comes from the Latin meaning a curling iron. Mrs. C is duly proud of her beautiful naturally curly hair and invites some bucculent comments. Bucculent simply means wide-mouthed, as in surprised or amazed at something.

2. Mrs. C is on a new regimen to trim her figure a bit, as she is both callipygian and campaniform, which means what?

Answer: Having shapely buttocks/being bell shaped

Zaftig she is, but a bit overabundantly, although Mr. B tells her she is simply being bogglish about it. Bogglish is to be unsure of something, even a wee bit skittish.

3. Mrs. C explains that Mr. C used to belong to the Camorra, but its bumbledom was irritating, so he obtained a new identity and moved west. What is bumbledom?

Answer: Inefficiency and arrogance exhibited by minor officials

Bumbledom is exhibited by fussiness, pettiness, boasting, arrogance, and laziness which leads to inefficiency. This leads to danger! The Camorra was a secret society, a forerunner of the Mafia and Black Hand. There are many such groups all over the world, and bumbledom is simply not tolerated.

4. Mr C made up an intricate capilotade to cover his background, and because of its resemblance to fact it was believed by most. What's a capilotade?

Answer: A believable story thrown together

Since truth is often stranger than fiction, the story has to be believable enough but not over the top. The strong silent type who rarely discusses his past is good at pulling this off. Once he gets to know his neighbors better he can confide little tidbits over a few drinks. Fiction has to make sense, the truth rarely does.

Answer: Snack/divination/a.s.a.p.

Mrs. C had a mental message about Mr. C, and needs to find out what meaning it may have immediately. He may be in danger. A catoptromnancy may mean a foretelling of the future, but it is not necessarily accurate. Oneiromancy is a foretelling in a dream, and chiromancy is palm reading.

A bever is simply a snack between meals.

Blive means something like 'chop-chop', or right away.

6. In Mrs C's vision, Mr, C was pictured as quite 'crapulous' and in a thick 'brume' and has been wandering around town speaking 'blesiloquently'. What in the world is going on?

Answer: He was wandering in a drunken fog and stammering at strangers.

Crapulous relates to a state of drunkenness.

Brume is a poetic word used for mist or fog.

Blesiloquency is speaking with a stammer or lisp.

7. Mr. B confides to Mrs. C that he is a mere cereologist, and unless he can find a certain pattern in Mr. C's wanderings, he cannot interpret them. What does Mr. B study?

Answer: Crop circles

A cereologist is a specialist in the study of crop circles, and Mr. C has certainly not been walking a straight line, but neither has he gone round in circles.

8. Mr. B suggests that Mrs. C does not suffer from 'cryptaesthesia', but should consult a 'cunctipotent' 'bouquinist'. Of course, this is meant as 'codology'. What do these four words mean?

Answer: Supernatural powers/have-it-all/seller of old books/leg-pulling

Cryptaesthesia can be an abnormal perceptive ability such as telepathy or clairvoyance. Mrs. C is probably in a state of unrest and requires the services of a competent doctor, one who is patient and understanding.

Cunctipotent means having all things, but in the form of wisdom.

A bouquinist is a seller of used books.

Codology is an Irish word for joking. 'Cod' is an Irish expression for a hoax, and one who pulls off the hoax is a codologist.

Answer: Thousands/friendly and warm

Couthy (from the Scottish) is a snug, warm, safe state, or describes a person who radiates such feelings. Most of us are more familiar with its opposite, 'uncouth' - rude, rustic, ill-mannered and oblivious to social customs.

Chiliad means thousands, and is derived from the Greek 'chilia'.

Answer: Handwriting/double-chin/grey or bluish grey/sword-swallowing

Chirography can be ordinary handwriting, calligraphy, or practicing another alphabet such as Cyrillic.

Choller can be a human's double chin or a dog's lower sagging lip, such as one on a bloodhound.

Bloncket is usually a shade of light grey, or one tinged with blue.

Cultrivorous is to be engaged in swallowing knives, or pretending to do so.

Source: Author alexis722

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