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Quiz about From Addle to Zizzle
Quiz about From Addle to Zizzle

From Addle to Zizzle Trivia Quiz


A quick and easy vocabulary quiz. Begin with A and continue on through Z. Use the clues to type in words that begin with successive alphabet letters and end with the ull sound--spelled a few different ways, e.g. middle, mental, Carole, Errol, idyll.

A multiple-choice quiz by robynraymer. Estimated time: 10 mins.
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Author
robynraymer
Time
10 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
140,985
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
25
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
19 / 25
Plays
1581
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Question 1 of 25
1. Eve wasn't supposed to eat one?

Answer: (Begins with A--5 letters.)
Question 2 of 25
2. To confuse?

Answer: (Begins with B--6 letters.)
Question 3 of 25
3. To mend such items as shoes?

Answer: (Begins with C--6 letters.)
Question 4 of 25
4. A coarse woolen fabric? _______ bag?

Answer: (Begins with D--6 letters.)
Question 5 of 25
5. _______ Merman?

Answer: (Begins with E--5 letters.)
Question 6 of 25
6. An implement used to pour liquids from one vessel to another?

Answer: (Begins with F--6 letters.)
Question 7 of 25
7. To drink quickly?

Answer: (Begins with G--6 letters.)
Question 8 of 25
8. To limp?

Answer: (Begins with H--6 letters.)
Question 9 of 25
9. A small piece of land surrounded by water?

Answer: (Begins with I--4 letters, no double consonants.)
Question 10 of 25
10. A doglike creature?

Answer: (Begins with J--6 letters, no double consonants.)
Question 11 of 25
11. Doghouse?

Answer: (Begins with K--6 letters.)
Question 12 of 25
12. To soothe to sleep?

Answer: (Begins with L--4 letters.)
Question 13 of 25
13. A mix-up?

Answer: (Begins with M--6 letters.)
Question 14 of 25
14. To worry over petty details?

Answer: (Begins with N--6 letters.)
Question 15 of 25
15. To stare at?

Answer: (Begins with O--4 letters.)
Question 16 of 25
16. Trivial nonsense? (This is a somewhat antiquated word.)

Answer: (Begins with P--6 letters.)
Question 17 of 25
17. To argue over trivialities?

Answer: (Begins with Q--7 letters.)
Question 18 of 25
18. A mob? (As in _______ rouser.)

Answer: (Begins with R--6 letters.)
Question 19 of 25
19. In ancient times, a prophetess?

Answer: (Begins with S--5 letters. Watch your spelling!)
Question 20 of 25
20. A prickly plant?

Answer: (Begins with T--7 letters.)
Question 21 of 25
21. Ordinary? (As in "the _______ suspects.")

Answer: (Begins with U--5 letters.)
Question 22 of 25
22. Seeking to get even?

Answer: (Begins with V--8 letters.)
Question 23 of 25
23. To cut or shave bits from material such as wood?

Answer: (Begins with W--7 letters.)
Question 24 of 25
24. I'm skipping X. To sing with a fluctuating voice?

Answer: (Begins with Y--5 letters.)
Question 25 of 25
25. Here's a freebie from the quiz title: To fry with a hissing sound?

Answer: (Begins with Z--6 letters.)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Eve wasn't supposed to eat one?

Answer: apple

Or amble, aisle, animal, or ample.
2. To confuse?

Answer: baffle

Or battle, bustle, bumble, or bramble.
3. To mend such items as shoes?

Answer: cobble

Or castle, couple, cattle, cuddle, cuttle, Carol, colonel, or carrel.
4. A coarse woolen fabric? _______ bag?

Answer: duffle

Or diddle, dabble, dental, drivel, or diesel.
5. _______ Merman?

Answer: Ethel

Or evil, effable, enamel, or Errol (Flynn). Born in Queens, New York, Ethel Agnes ZimMERMAN, 1908-1984, was a Broadway star, a singer with a big, showy, somewhat scratchy voice.
6. An implement used to pour liquids from one vessel to another?

Answer: funnel

Or fiddle faddle, fuddle, fettle, or fable.
7. To drink quickly?

Answer: guzzle

Or gristle, gambol, gamble, gimbal, gavel, or gimel (a Hebrew letter).
8. To limp?

Answer: hobble

Or huddle, hovel, humble, or hostel.
9. A small piece of land surrounded by water?

Answer: isle

Or icicle, ironical, integral, inimical, informal, idol, or idyll.
10. A doglike creature?

Answer: jackal

Or juggle, jiggle, jostle, or jarful.
11. Doghouse?

Answer: kennel

Or kettle, kernel, or knuckle.
12. To soothe to sleep?

Answer: lull

Or lyrical, local, lable, libel, little, literal, lintel, or Jim Lovell (the Apollo 13 astronaut).
13. A mix-up?

Answer: muddle

Or middle, Muggle (in the Harry Potter books, a non-magical person), muffle, missile, missal, metal, mettle, marshal, mammal, marble, mackle (to blur printing), mickle (a large amount), or mull.
14. To worry over petty details?

Answer: niggle

Or null, Nigel, nettle, nestle, nibble, nubble (a small nub), nuptial, nasal, or nautical.
15. To stare at?

Answer: ogle

Or offal, oral, oval, owl (depending on how you pronounce it), and ossicle (a small bone).
16. Trivial nonsense? (This is a somewhat antiquated word.)

Answer: piffle

Or petal, puddle, paddle, piddle, or prattle.
17. To argue over trivialities?

Answer: quibble

Or quetzal (a Central American bird with brilliant plumage) or quintal (a unit of weight).
18. A mob? (As in _______ rouser.)

Answer: rabble

Or raddle, rattle, riddle, radical, raffle, ramble, rassle, rational, ravel, reddle and ruddle (both mean "to color with a red dye"), rental, rectal, and the Russian ruble.
19. In ancient times, a prophetess?

Answer: sibyl

Or supple, sisal (rope fiber), saddle, subtle, settle, sable, or sniffle.
20. A prickly plant?

Answer: thistle

Or tipple, title, tattle, table, trammel, trouble, turtle, or tussle.
21. Ordinary? (As in "the _______ suspects.")

Answer: usual

Or unbuckle, unofficial, uncouple, or untangle.
22. Seeking to get even?

Answer: vengeful

Or vital, variable, voluble, or valuable.
23. To cut or shave bits from material such as wood?

Answer: whittle

Or waddle, wattle, waffle, wobble, wiggle, waggle, wrinkle, wrangle, wrongful, or wimple (a pleat).
24. I'm skipping X. To sing with a fluctuating voice?

Answer: yodel

Or "Yentl", the 1983 film with Barbra Streisand and Mandy Patinkin. Its screenplay was adapted from an Isaac Bashevis Singer story.
25. Here's a freebie from the quiz title: To fry with a hissing sound?

Answer: zizzle

Rhymes with sizzle, swizzle, fizzle, drizzle, and grizzle (to complain).

By the by, American English speakers often turn the Ts in a word like "bottle" into Ds: we pronounce it "boddle." This is what some linguists call "the American flap." My mom is from Canada and she pronounces the T in "seventy." But I say, "sevendy."
Source: Author robynraymer

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