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From Autumn to Zirconium 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 UM sound, as in AUTUMN, BOTTOM, and COME. This type of quiz is more fun if you go FAST!

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

Author
robynraymer

Time
10 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
231,559

Updated
Nov 27 24

# Qns
25

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
18 / 25

Plays
2120

Awards
Top 35% Quiz

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Author's Note: Please note that regional variations in pronunciation may make some of these seem to your ears as not fitting the given pronunciation. You may feel that another neutral vowel would be closer, or indeed (in the case of -ism words) no vowel at all. But these pronunciations can be attested in various sources, even if sometimes marked as a variant.

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Question 1 of 25

1. An institution for the mentally ill?

Answer: (Begins with A and has 6 letters.)

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Question 2 of 25

2. A small chicken?

Answer: (Begins with B and has 6 letters.)

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Question 3 of 25

3. A Corinthian, Doric, or Ionic _______?

Answer: (Begins with C and has 6 letters.)

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Question 4 of 25

4. A blue flower?

Answer: (Begins with D and has 10 letters.)

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Question 5 of 25

5. An offensive smell or waste product?

Answer: (Begins with E and has 9 letters.)

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Question 6 of 25

6. A public meeting place?

Answer: (Begins with F and has 5 letters. Funtrivia.com has one.)

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Question 7 of 25

7. _______ crackers?

Answer: (Begins with G and has 6 letters. With chocolate bars and marshmallows, an ingredient of s'mores.)

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Question 8 of 25

8. A reed organ?

Answer: (Begins with H and has 9 letters.)

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Question 9 of 25

9. An expression that is peculiar to a language?

Answer: (Begins with I and has 5 letters.)

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Question 10 of 25

10. Flotsam and _______?

Answer: (Begins with J and has 6 letters.)

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Question 11 of 25

11. An area ruled by a king?

Answer: (Begins with K and has 7 letters.)

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Question 12 of 25

12. A type of opium preparation?

Answer: (Begins with L and has 8 letters.)

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Question 13 of 25

13. An antonym for MAXIMUM?

Answer: (Begins with M and has 7 letters.)

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Question 14 of 25

14. _______ with cold or terror?

Answer: (Begins with N and has 4 letters.)

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Question 15 of 25

15. The opposite of pessimism?

Answer: (Begins with O and has 8 letters.)

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Question 16 of 25

16. To _______ the ocean's depths?

Answer: (Begins with P and has 5 letters.)

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Question 17 of 25

17. In a body of lawmakers, an adequate number of members present?

Answer: (Begins with Q and has 6 letters.)

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Question 18 of 25

18. A belief of racial superiority?

Answer: (Begins with R and has 6 letters.)

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Question 19 of 25

19. A sacred place, an inner _______?

Answer: (Begins with S and has 7 letters.)

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Question 20 of 25

20. Tom _______?

Answer: (Begins with T and has 5 letters.)

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Question 21 of 25

21. A radioactive element?

Answer: (Begins with U and has 7 letters.)

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Question 22 of 25

22. A place for raising and keeping live animals?

Answer: (Begins with V and has 8 letters.)

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Question 23 of 25

23. A witty remark?

Answer: (Begins with W and has 9 letters.)

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Question 24 of 25

24. I'm skipping X. Short for YUMMY?

Answer: (Begins with Y and has 3 letters.)

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Question 25 of 25

25. Attribution of animal characteristics to a god? (Think of ANTHROPOMORPHISM.)

Answer: (Begins with Z, ends with ISM, and has 11 letters.)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. An institution for the mentally ill?

Answer: asylum

Or anthem, aluminum, atheism, athleticism, aquarium, or antidisestablishmentarianism.

2. A small chicken?

Answer: bantam

Or bum, bottom, bosom, balsam, Bolshevism, or Helena Bonham Carter.

3. A Corinthian, Doric, or Ionic _______?

Answer: column

Or catechism, colostrum, conundrum, condominium, or crumb.

4. A blue flower?

Answer: delphinium

Or dumb, drum, denim, duodenum, or Dedham, Massachusetts.

5. An offensive smell or waste product?

Answer: effluvium

Or envenom or encomium (a eulogy).

6. A public meeting place?

Answer: forum

Or fathom, factotum, fascism, fatalism, fanaticism, or Fauvism (the painting school to which Matisse belonged).

7. _______ crackers?

Answer: graham

Or gum, gingham, gallium (a metallic element), gigantism, gymnasium, or Gollum, my precioussss. (This only works if you live where graham is pronounced with two syllable!)

8. A reed organ?

Answer: harmonium

Or hum or hafnium (a metallic element) or hahnium (a radioactive element).

9. An expression that is peculiar to a language?

Answer: idiom

Or idealism, ileum (part of the small intestine), iridium (a metallic element), or ad infinitum.

10. Flotsam and _______?

Answer: jetsam

Or jingoism or jugulum (a part of a bird's neck).

11. An area ruled by a king?

Answer: kingdom

Or Kirkham, a town in Lancashire, England.

12. A type of opium preparation?

Answer: laudanum

Or lyricism, lyceum, lithium, linoleum, or laburnum (a kind of tree).

13. An antonym for MAXIMUM?

Answer: minimum

Or mum, madam, magnum, magnesium, meconium (a newborn baby's first poop), millennium, modicum, or momentum.

14. _______ with cold or terror?

Answer: numb

Or neoplasm, nepotism, narcissism, nativism, nihilism, or a noisome insect.

15. The opposite of pessimism?

Answer: optimism

Or odeum (a concert hall) or opprobrium, organism, or opossum.

16. To _______ the ocean's depths?

Answer: plumb

Or plum, pabulum, phantom, pacifism, paganism, populism, priggism, pugilism, pygmyism, possum, palladium, paroxysm, podium, pendulum, plectrum, or pomatum.

17. In a body of lawmakers, an adequate number of members present?

Answer: quorum

Or quantum physics or queendom.

18. A belief of racial superiority?

Answer: racism

Or rum, radium, realism, rowdyish, royalism, ruralism, rebeldom, rectum, rhythm, or rosarium (a rose garden).

19. A sacred place, an inner _______?

Answer: sanctum

Or sum, some, scrum, sacrum (a pelvic bone), sadism, satanism, solecism, sarcasm, sexism, snobbism, sophism, stoicism, schism, spasm, spectrum, speculum, sternum, stickum, saintdom, selfdom, serfdom, sheikdom, serum, solarium, scrotum, skookum (excellent), synonym, sorghum, or strum.

20. Tom _______?

Answer: Thumb

Or totem, teetotum (a spinning toy), terrarium, thraldom, tsardom, tedium, toadyism, tokenism, or tympanum (the middle ear).

21. A radioactive element?

Answer: uranium

Or ultimatum, unbosom, unionism, urbanism, or um.

22. A place for raising and keeping live animals?

Answer: vivarium

Or veganism, vitalism, vocalism, or velum.

23. A witty remark?

Answer: witticism

Or wampum or whilom (formerly), with fewer letters

24. I'm skipping X. Short for YUMMY?

Answer: yum

Or yahooism.

25. Attribution of animal characteristics to a god? (Think of ANTHROPOMORPHISM.)

Answer: zoomorphism

Or zirconium.

Source: Author robynraymer

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