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Definitely Daffy! Trivia Quiz

Daffy definitions - the English language is full of weird, wonderful words - here's a few! Can you work out what word/s 'match' the dual definitions or the clues given : do NOT punctuate your answers! Good luck! (Ref: Cambridge, Macquarie Dictionaries)

A multiple-choice quiz by Engadine. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
Engadine

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
129,152

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
860

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Question 1 of 10

1. What word means both to split apart and stick together?

Answer: (One Word - Starts with C, Six Letters)

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which two words, both ending in the same nine letters, with one commencing with 'in', mean something that burns easily?

Answer: (Two Words - Start With F and I (just the two words, no 'and' and no hyphenation either))

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Question 3 of 10

3. What word, a noun, means both to give permission and legal provision to prohibit? Think of both Afghanistan and Iraq!

Answer: (One Word - Starts with S, Eight Letters)

4. Which two 'opposites', both descriptive words, usually used in reference to a persons body size, when preceding 'chance' make a phrase that means much the same thing? Think of DJ with the middle name Boy!

Answer: (Two Words - Start with F and S (just the two words, no 'and' and no hyphenation either) Three and F)

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Question 5 of 10

5. Which word, grammatically used to describe an 'action' is actually a noun? Think 'doing word' (as I was always taught in primary school!).

Answer: (One Word - Starts with V, Four Letters)

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Question 6 of 10

6. Fill in the blanks in the following sentence using the same two words only! Both words sound the same but are spelt differently!
Isn't it . . . . . that when you . . . . . copy you have the . . . . . to copyright the copy you . . . . .?
And isn't it also _____ that if you _____ religious services you _____ rite and have the _____ to copyright
the rite you _____?

Answer: (Two Words - Start with R and W (just the two words, no 'and' and no hyphenation either))

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Question 7 of 10

7. What word belies its true meaning, that being, a word having one syllable? The answer has five syllables!

Answer: (One Word (no hints!))

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which two words, made up of the same letters, L N T and S with two vowels, I and E, are virtually synonyms of each other? One is an adjective, the other a verb!

Answer: (Two Words - Start with S and L (just the two words, no 'and' and no hyphenation either))

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Question 9 of 10

9. What word when preceding 'man' and 'guy' makes phrases of virtually opposite meaning? Think clever or smart!

Answer: (One Word - Starts with W, Four Letters)

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Question 10 of 10

10. What word, when used preceding both up and down, makes phrases that mean the same thing? Think of a tortoise!

Answer: (One Word - Starts with S, Four Letters)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What word means both to split apart and stick together?

Answer: Cleave

The verb cleave, from the archaic 'clave', means to stick or cling to. Alternatively, it also means to part by a cutting blow, to split, rend and to separate by splitting!

2. Which two words, both ending in the same nine letters, with one commencing with 'in', mean something that burns easily?

Answer: Flammable Inflammable

Both adjectives mean the same thing!

3. What word, a noun, means both to give permission and legal provision to prohibit? Think of both Afghanistan and Iraq!

Answer: Sanction

The noun, sanction, from the Latin, means permission or support given to an action. But, it also means a legal provision allowing a penalty to be imposed for disobedience or the actual penalty itself!

Answer: Fat Slim

In informal language, fat chance means you don't think something is likely to happen, so similarly does slim chance! These two opposites mean much the same thing when used in this way!

5. Which word, grammatically used to describe an 'action' is actually a noun? Think 'doing word' (as I was always taught in primary school!).

Answer: Verb

This noun, in grammar, is one of the major parts of speech and means a word or phrase that describes an action or experience!

6. Fill in the blanks in the following sentence using the same two words only! Both words sound the same but are spelt differently! Isn't it . . . . . that when you . . . . . copy you have the . . . . . to copyright the copy you . . . . .? And isn't it also _____ that if you _____ religious services you _____ rite and have the _____ to copyright the rite you _____?

Answer: Right Write

"Isn't it right that when you write copy you have the right to copyright the copy you write? And isn't it also right that if you write religious services you write rite and have the right to copyright the rite you write?"

7. What word belies its true meaning, that being, a word having one syllable? The answer has five syllables!

Answer: Monosyllabic

Isn't the English language a funny thing, as there are five syllables in a word that means having only one syllable!

8. Which two words, made up of the same letters, L N T and S with two vowels, I and E, are virtually synonyms of each other? One is an adjective, the other a verb!

Answer: Silent Listen

Silent is an adjective which means making no sound, being quiet or speechless, even mute. Listen is a verb which means to pay attention to someone or something in order to hear them!

9. What word when preceding 'man' and 'guy' makes phrases of virtually opposite meaning? Think clever or smart!

Answer: Wise

In informal use, wise guy, means someone who is always trying to seem more clever than anyone else in a way that is annoying, and, a wise man is just that, a wise man!

10. What word, when used preceding both up and down, makes phrases that mean the same thing? Think of a tortoise!

Answer: Slow

Both phrasal verbs, slow down means to be less active and relax more and slow up means to become slower or to make someone or something become slower.

Source: Author Engadine

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