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From Assume to Zoom Trivia Quiz

Begin with A and continue on through Z. Use the clues to find words that begin with successive alphabet letters and end with the "oon" or "oom" sound--spelled a few different ways. (American pronunciations.)

A multiple-choice quiz by robynraymer. Estimated time: 10 mins.

Author
robynraymer

Time
10 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
80,818

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
25

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
19 / 25

Plays
3536

Awards
Top 20% Quiz

Last 3 plays: clevercatz (25/25), magijoh1 (24/25), Mark2617 (17/25).

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Question 1 of 25

1. A vestibule or waiting area?

Answer: (A--8 letters.)

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Question 2 of 25

2. A sweeping tool?

Answer: (B--5 letters.)

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Question 3 of 25

3. To speak or sing softly?

Answer: (C--5 letters.)

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Question 4 of 25

4. A hill composed of sand?

Answer: (D--4 letters.)

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Question 5 of 25

5. To place in a burial chamber?

Answer: (E--6 letters.)

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Question 6 of 25

6. To _______ with anger?

Answer: (F--4 letters.)

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Question 7 of 25

7. To brush a horse?

Answer: (G--5 letters.)

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Question 8 of 25

8. A spear?

Answer: (H--7 letters.)

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Question 9 of 25

9. To make insinuations against?

Answer: (I--6 letters. This one is hard to spell!)

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Question 10 of 25

10. Insipid or puerile?

Answer: (J--6 letters. Ends with the name of a summer month.)

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Question 11 of 25

11. A city in Sudan, Africa?

Answer: (K--8 letters.)

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Question 12 of 25

12. A large, fish-eating bird?

Answer: (L--4 letters.)

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Question 13 of 25

13. To set (someone) ashore alone on a desolate island?

Answer: (M--6 letters.)

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Question 14 of 25

14. High _______?

Answer: (N--4 letters.)

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Question 15 of 25

15. Occurring at an appropriate time?

Answer: (O--9 letters.)

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Question 16 of 25

16. A large, showy feather?

Answer: (P--5 letters.)

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Question 17 of 25

17. A person of one-quarter black ancestry? (This is a somewhat offensive term.)

Answer: (Q--8 letters.)

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Question 18 of 25

18. A chamber?

Answer: (R--4 letters.)

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Question 19 of 25

19. A bar in an Old West town?

Answer: (S--6 letters.)

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Question 20 of 25

20. Broadway star Tommy _______?

Answer: (T--4 letters.)

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Question 21 of 25

21. If a tree has not been cut down, it is _______?

Answer: (U--6 letters.)

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Question 22 of 25

22. What some men say when they see an attractive woman: Va va va _______?

Answer: (V--4 letters.)

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Question 23 of 25

23. A uterus?

Answer: (W--4 letters.)

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Question 24 of 25

24. I'm skipping X, and cheating a bit on Y. This word rhymes with actress Thurman's first name. Clue: ________, Arizona?

Answer: (Y--4 letters.)

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Question 25 of 25

25. This word is repeated three times in a TV jingle that advertises Mazda automobiles.

Answer: (Z--4 letters.)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. A vestibule or waiting area?

Answer: anteroom

The prefix "ante-" means "before" as in "antedate" or "antepast" (an appetizer). Another A + oon word is attune.

2. A sweeping tool?

Answer: broom

Or balloon, boom, or boon.

3. To speak or sing softly?

Answer: croon

Or cartoon or coon or consume.

4. A hill composed of sand?

Answer: dune

Or doom or dragoon or Lord Droon (the villain in The King's Stilts, by Dr. Seuss).

5. To place in a burial chamber?

Answer: entomb

Or exhume (the opposite of entomb)!

6. To _______ with anger?

Answer: fume

Or flume.

7. To brush a horse?

Answer: groom

Or gloom or goon.

8. A spear?

Answer: harpoon

Or philosopher David Hume.

9. To make insinuations against?

Answer: impugn

Believe it or not, "impugn" shares a Latin root with "pugnacious" and "pungent." Another i + oon word is immune.

10. Insipid or puerile?

Answer: jejune

Or June.

11. A city in Sudan, Africa?

Answer: Khartoum

Sudan gained its independence from Britain and Egypt in 1956. For many years the Sudanese have suffered from famine, civil rights abuses and fighting between Muslims and Christians. Another K + oom word is the last name of supermodel Heidi Klum.

12. A large, fish-eating bird?

Answer: loon

Or loom or lagoon or Clair de Lune.

13. To set (someone) ashore alone on a desolate island?

Answer: maroon

When it refers to a dark red color, the English word "maroon" comes from the French word "marron" for a Spanish chestnut. Another M + oon word is, of course, moon.

14. High _______?

Answer: noon

High noon was a favorite appointment time for rival gunslingers to meet in the center of town for shootouts.

15. Occurring at an appropriate time?

Answer: opportune

Or octoroon (an offensive term for a person of one-eighth black ancestry).

16. A large, showy feather?

Answer: plume

Or prune, platoon, or nom de plume.

17. A person of one-quarter black ancestry? (This is a somewhat offensive term.)

Answer: quadroon

European colonizers of the Americas, especially the Spanish, originated racist terms such as mulatto, quadroon, and octoroon. A person's civil rights were based upon how much European ancestry he or she had (so that an octoroon, someone of one-eighth black ancestry, had more privileges than a quadroon).

18. A chamber?

Answer: room

Or rune.

19. A bar in an Old West town?

Answer: saloon

Or soon or subsume.

20. Broadway star Tommy _______?

Answer: Tune

Or tomb or Toon Town.

21. If a tree has not been cut down, it is _______?

Answer: unhewn

That word was supplied by a helpful player, memorylane42. Check out her "All My Children" quizzes if you're an AMC fan from way back.

22. What some men say when they see an attractive woman: Va va va _______?

Answer: voom

Or varoom.

23. A uterus?

Answer: womb

The word "womb" comes from Middle English from an Old High German word, "wamb," which meant "belly."

24. I'm skipping X, and cheating a bit on Y. This word rhymes with actress Thurman's first name. Clue: ________, Arizona?

Answer: Yuma

Yuma, named after a Native American group, is located in the southwest corner of Arizona, near both California and Mexico. Yuma has a hot, clear desert climate, so a lot of retirees live there. Many flee during the summer, though, because average temperatures are over 100 degrees Fahrenheit.

25. This word is repeated three times in a TV jingle that advertises Mazda automobiles.

Answer: zoom

Thanks for taking the quiz! If you think of other words that end with the oon or oom sounds, please let me know. I will add them in.

Source: Author robynraymer

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