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'F' is for.... Trivia Quiz

Part 6 now, when I give you a scenario involving a word beginning with 'F' and you guess the answer. It's just so easy an illiterate mouse could do it. Enjoy!

A multiple-choice quiz by kristian88. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
kristian88

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
143,777

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
946

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Question 1 of 10

1. Working as a coroner's assistant once upon a time, we had a cadaver delivered in. After examining it thoroughly we decided that death was caused by 'fusillation'. What had killed him? Hint

A dagger

Asphyxiation

Poison

A gunshot

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Question 2 of 10

2. After I had knocked off from work, I was enjoying a nice pint of beer in my local pub with a friend. A girl walked to the bar and she was very pretty until my friend pointed out her extremely bad 'furfur'. What was he referring to? Hint

Her moustache

Her underarm hair

Her dandruff

Her leg hair

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Question 3 of 10

3. On a recent visit to my local church, I was confronted by the vicar who asked if I could help him locate his 'frontal'. We both looked for it and eventually found it. What were we looking for? Hint

Part of his cassock that hangs from his neck

The cup with which communion is given

The cloth that overhangs on the altar

The flowers that sit either side of the altar

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Question 4 of 10

4. Whilst at my local church I got chatting to a woman. She told me she worked as a 'fossor' which I was surprised at because it is generally regarded as a man's job. What was her profession? Hint

Chimney sweep

Bricklayer

Coal miner

Gravedigger

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Question 5 of 10

5. Whilst at the zoo with my kids the other day, we stopped and looked at most of the animals. We stopped at one enclosure and my son asked what it was. I told him it was a 'formivorous' creature. What was it? Hint

Prairie dog

Polecat

Anteater

Antelope

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Question 6 of 10

6. Whilst at a local music festival I got chatting to a man who told me he was a 'fagottist'. I was a little unsure what to make of that until his friend explained what it meant. What was he? Hint

Oboeist

French horn player

Drummer

Bassoonist

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Question 7 of 10

7. I went to the repair shop the other day with a particular item and asked the man what was wrong with it. He told me he would have to replace the 'fusee'. What had I taken in to be repaired? Hint

Necklace

Television

Ring

Watch

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Question 8 of 10

8. I walked into a booth at a fair recently as I was curious about the poster in the window. It said the person inside was 'fatidic' and I would be amazed. What was the person able to do? Hint

Contortionism

Foretell the future

Levitate

Swallow swords

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Question 9 of 10

9. Speaking to my local shopkeeper recently he kept going on about the holiday he had had with his 'fils'. I was unsure who he meant so I asked. Who had gone on holiday with him? Hint

His dog

His son

His family

His mother

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Question 10 of 10

10. I was in my barber shop not so long ago and the barber told me he had misplaced his 'forfex'. I quickly spotted the item and pointed. What had he lost? Hint

Razor

Water spray

Comb

Scissors

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Working as a coroner's assistant once upon a time, we had a cadaver delivered in. After examining it thoroughly we decided that death was caused by 'fusillation'. What had killed him?

Answer: A gunshot

Fusillation is an antiquated word meaning death by shooting. A fusil was a light flint-lock musket, which is where the word fusillation comes from.

Answer: Her dandruff

Its literal meaning is epidermal scale, which is usually dandruff. It comes from the Latin meaning scale.

3. On a recent visit to my local church, I was confronted by the vicar who asked if I could help him locate his 'frontal'. We both looked for it and eventually found it. What were we looking for?

Answer: The cloth that overhangs on the altar

A frontal is indeed that. Its origin into English stems from around the 14th Century and the word is still in usage.

4. Whilst at my local church I got chatting to a woman. She told me she worked as a 'fossor' which I was surprised at because it is generally regarded as a man's job. What was her profession?

Answer: Gravedigger

A fossor is a minor clergyperson that is employed by the church primarily as a gravedigger. Its usage is quite obsolete nowadays as grave diggers are generally employed by the local council.

Answer: Anteater

Formivorous means eating ants. Its origin comes from the Latin formica, meaning ant.

6. Whilst at a local music festival I got chatting to a man who told me he was a 'fagottist'. I was a little unsure what to make of that until his friend explained what it meant. What was he?

Answer: Bassoonist

A fagottist is a bassoon player. A bassoon is a double reed woodwind instrument.

7. I went to the repair shop the other day with a particular item and asked the man what was wrong with it. He told me he would have to replace the 'fusee'. What had I taken in to be repaired?

Answer: Watch

A fusee is the spindle in a watch on which the chain is wound. It comes from the Latin fusus meaning spindle.

8. I walked into a booth at a fair recently as I was curious about the poster in the window. It said the person inside was 'fatidic' and I would be amazed. What was the person able to do?

Answer: Foretell the future

Fatidic is the foretelling of the future or being prophetic.

9. Speaking to my local shopkeeper recently he kept going on about the holiday he had had with his 'fils'. I was unsure who he meant so I asked. Who had gone on holiday with him?

Answer: His son

It derives from the French and is used primarily after a name to denote son from father, when they have the same name.

10. I was in my barber shop not so long ago and the barber told me he had misplaced his 'forfex'. I quickly spotted the item and pointed. What had he lost?

Answer: Scissors

Forfex are scissors. From the Latin meaning shears.

Source: Author kristian88

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