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"De" Spaced Out Quiz

I give you the meaning of a word starting with "de" and then the meaning of the phrase created if a space is added after "de" and "de" is taken as "the". For instance, deport becomes "de port", "de port" being the place where they keep "de ships".

A multiple-choice quiz by uglybird. Estimated time: 8 mins.

Author
uglybird

Time
8 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
194,600

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
8 / 10

Plays
2814

Awards
Top 10% Quiz

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Question 1 of 10

1. Should you desire to express your great pleasure and joy with this quiz, you might wish to call on a noun that begins with "de". If one adds a space after "de" and reads "de" as "the", you have de thing that drives away de dark. What is the un-spaced "de" word?

Answer: (7 letters total. De + 5 more letters. (No spaces.))

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Question 2 of 10

2. Should you find this quiz especially abhorrent, a six-letter word beginning with "de" would be a good choice to express your dislike. If you place a space after "de" and read "de" as "the", you have de loathsome thing that students must take for a grade. What is the un-spaced "de" word?

Answer: (6 letters total. De +4 more letters. (No spaces.))

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Question 3 of 10

3. My friend Ann has decided to totally commit to the FunTrivia website. There is a verb beginning with "de" that would describe this action (present tense). If you add a space after "de" and read the "de" as "the", you have what they count on Election Day. What is the un-spaced word?

Answer: (6 letters total. De + 4 more letters. (No spaces.))

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Question 4 of 10

4. Having exposed my quiz as an utter fraud, you wish to let everyone know. There is a verb beginning with "de" that may suffice for describing the action of condemning my quiz in no uncertain terms. Should you add a space after the after "de" and read the "de" as "the", you would have de sound de baby makes when it is unhappy.

Answer: (5 letters total. de + 3 more letters. (No spaces.))

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Question 5 of 10

5. As my boss, you have decided that I have reached my level of incompetence, and it would be best if you returned me to my former, lower position in the hierarchy. The action you are planning to take could be described by a verb beginning with "de". Now, if you look carefully at the light streaming through the window you might see a minuscule particle of dust. If you take the aforementioned "de" word, place a space after "de" and read "de" as "the", you would have de word for de dust particle. What is the verb meaning to reduce my job level?

Answer: (6 letters total. De 4 more letters. (No spaces.))

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Question 6 of 10

6. Running a trivia site is an expensive proposition. Advertising and membership fees are use to offset the expenses. There is a word starting in "de" that could be substituted for "offset" in the previous sentence. If you add a space after "de" and read the "de" as "the", you have de thing I would enter if I wanted to join in a fight. What is the un-spaced word?

Answer: (Six letters total. De + 4 more letters. (No spaces.))

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Question 7 of 10

7. As your plane nears the airport, the pilot informs the passengers that he is in the process of losing altitude for the final time prior to landing, using a word beginning in "de" to describe the airplane's final drop. The person in the seat next to you removed his shoes earlier in the flight and there is a distinctly unpleasant aroma wafting in your direction. If you add a space after "de" in the word the pilot used for loss of altitude and read the "de" as "the", you have another expression for de aroma from your fellow passenger's feet. What is the un-spaced word?

Answer: (7 letters total. De + 5 more letters. (No spaces.))

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Question 8 of 10

8. Your train has pulled into the station. There is a word beginning in "de" that is typically used to designate train stations. If you add a space after "de" and read the "de" as "the", you would have something to cook in. What is the un-spaced word?

Answer: (5 letters total. De + three more letters. (No spaces.))

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Question 9 of 10

9. You want to lessen your taxable income by reducing it by the amount of your charitable contributions. There is a verb beginning in "de" that describes what you wish to do with your charitable contributions. If you add a space after "de" and read the "de" as "the", you have de tube that carries the heat in your home heating system.

Answer: (6 letters total. De + 4 more letters. (No spaces.))

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Question 10 of 10

10. You've discovered that my quiz is a pretentious sham. You could use a verb beginning with "de" to describe the act of exposing my shallow deception. Then, if you added a space after "de" and read the "de" as "the", you would have de place in which to sleep. What is the un-spaced word?

Answer: (Six letters total. De + 4 more letters. (No spaces.))

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

Answer: Delight

The Latin verb "lacere", meaning to entice, was the root for the Latin "delectare" from which two "de" words, delight and delectable, ultimately derived. The etymology of "light" is unrelated.

Answer: Detest

The Latin verb "detestar", from which detest derives, means to formally curse someone or something, calling on a deity to witness (testify). We see an echo of the ancient usage in Shakespeare's "Measure For Measure" when the character Elbow says, "My wife, sir, whom I detest before heaven and your honour..."

Answer: Devote

"Vote" and "devote" share a derivation from a common Latin word meaning "vow". The Latin word could also have the sense of a wish or prayer. This seems somehow an apt description of what we do while "voting".

Answer: Decry

Both cry and decry derive from the Latin "crier" meaning to cry. Decry has come to mean clamoring, usually publicly, against some presumed wrong or evil. It was Adlai Stevenson who observed, "Nothing so dates a man as to decry the younger generation."

Answer: Demote

"Mote" derives from the Old English "mot" and is often used as a term for the specks of dust visible in bright light. The "mote" in "demote" or "promote" relates to the Latin word for move. In 1969 Laurence Peter published "The Peter Principle", which described the process by which workers were promoted for their exemplary performance until they were promoted into a job for which they were not competent. "The Peter Principle" stated that workers would continue to be promoted until they reached their "level of incompetence".

Answer: Defray

In ancient Rome you could pay a "fredum" to compensate an official for an offence, or to discharge an obligation. This became "frai", meaning expense, in old French and was used to construct "desfrayer" from which "defray" entered English. "Affray" derived from the Old French "esfrei" meaning to frighten. "Fray" is a shortened version of "affray".

Incidentally, "fray" meaning brawl has a different derivation than "fray" meaning tatter and is therefore a homograph as well as a homonym of it.

Answer: Descent

The etymology of descent is unexciting. The word derives from the Old French feminine past participle of "descendr" and means... "to descend". "Scent" is only a trifle more interesting. The Latin "sentre" means feel. Somehow during its sojourn as the French word "sentir" it took on the additional meaning of "smell" before entering English as "scent" with a single meaning.

Answer: Depot

In Ancient Rome one might deposit their goods for storage in the "depositum". This became the French "depost" and the English "depot" where either goods or people may be deposited. The Vulgar Latin "pottus" supplied the prosaic "pot" in which we cook.

Answer: Deduct

"Deduct" and "duct" both originate from the same Latin root "ducere" meaning to lead away or down. "Duct" became a noun indicating the thing inside of which a substance was led. In the case of "deduct", the sense of leading down was maintained and the word came to mean reduce or subtract.

Answer: Debunk

In the United States congress on February 25, 1820, Felix Walker , whose constituency included Bunscombe, North Carolina, said of his overlong and boring speech in the House of Representatives, "I shall not be speaking to the House but to Buncombe. "Bunkum", phonetically derived from Buncombe, was shortened to "bunk". Later, the verb "debunk" came into use and has come to describe exposing shams and frauds.

The etymology of "bunk", meaning bed, is uncertain. It may derive from the Scandinavian "bonker", meaning chest. (And no, that's not bunk and I'm not bonkers.)

Source: Author uglybird

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