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Quiz about Look at the Moon First
Quiz about Look at the Moon First

Look at the "Moon" First Trivia Quiz


This quiz focuses on compound words beginning with "moon". Some of these questions will give you four choices to choose from, while others will have you fill in the blank.

A multiple-choice quiz by Earthboy. Estimated time: 6 mins.
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Author
Earthboy
Time
6 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
375,557
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
15
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
10 / 15
Plays
392
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Question 1 of 15
1. What is an act when a lone person wanders around in a dreamlike state?

Answer: (one word - a place in Tom and Jerry where cheese is limitless)
Question 2 of 15
2. What freshwater fish featuring large eyes is only found in central and eastern North America? Hint


Question 3 of 15
3. What is the topmost sail on the square-rigged, six-sailed ship called? Hint


Question 4 of 15
4. In baseball, which of these is slang for a home run? Hint


Question 5 of 15
5. Rainbows are not only seen during the day, but they can also be seen at night, albeit lot more rarely. What do we call a rainbow which is seen at night caused by light from the moon?

Answer: (seven-letters)
Question 6 of 15
6. What is the term for a person whose zodiac sign is Cancer? Hint


Question 7 of 15
7. What "moon" mineral, systematically named sodium potassium aluminum silicate, is used as a gem?

Answer: (nine letters)
Question 8 of 15
8. What is the hatch at the top of a vehicle that reveals a clear glass after opening the first panel, that may allow one to see the moon overhead from inside the car?

Answer: (eight letters)
Question 9 of 15
9. What is a deciduous climbing vine whose scientific name is Menispermum?

Answer: (look at the scientific name closely)
Question 10 of 15
10. What verb means to work in a secondary job, sometimes when the moon is shining brightly?

Answer: (one word, -ing is optional)
Question 11 of 15
11. What word matches both an inflatable bounce house and a dance move? Hint


Question 12 of 15
12. What is a place where spacecraft are launched specifically to the moon?

Answer: (eight-letters)
Question 13 of 15
13. What are ferns of the genus Botrychium called? Hint


Question 14 of 15
14. What is slang for a really nice girl, someone who is as pleasant to look at as is the moon? Hint


Question 15 of 15
15. What term means barren land that may look like the surface of the moon?

Answer: (nine-letters)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. What is an act when a lone person wanders around in a dreamlike state?

Answer: moon

There are other meanings of moon beyond the realm of astronomy, including the one mentioned in the question, as well as to gaze or think sentimentally, and to show one's buttocks in a public place in disrespect or as a prank.
2. What freshwater fish featuring large eyes is only found in central and eastern North America?

Answer: mooneye

Mooneye is a ray-finned silver-colored fish resembling herring. In another meaning, mooneye is also an eye inflammation in horses that can lead to blindness.

Moontail (more fully moontail bullseye) is a bigeye fish, common in the Indian Ocean east of Africa, Indo-Pacific, and Red Sea. Moonmouth and moonfin don't exist in nature.
3. What is the topmost sail on the square-rigged, six-sailed ship called?

Answer: moonraker

Moonraker or moonsail is the topmost sail on a square-rigged, six-sailed ship. It is used primarily for speed. Moonraker is a quadrilateral sail; if it is triangular, then it is called a skyscraper.
4. In baseball, which of these is slang for a home run?

Answer: moonshot

Moonshot is what some baseball announcers, analysts, fans, and the like sometimes call the home run shots, especially when hit high and far into the seats. Giancarlo Stanton hit a moonshot at Coors Field on August 17, 2012.
5. Rainbows are not only seen during the day, but they can also be seen at night, albeit lot more rarely. What do we call a rainbow which is seen at night caused by light from the moon?

Answer: moonbow

Moonbow is a rare phenomenon in which tiny water droplets refract the light from the moon instead of from the sun. Moonbows are lot fainter than regular rainbows and the colors are not discernable so they appear white. Moonbows can only occur around the full moon and lying low in the sky. Moonbows can often appear near waterfalls and in cloud forests.
6. What is the term for a person whose zodiac sign is Cancer?

Answer: moonchild

Moonchild is a person born between June 21 to July 21, when Cancer sign is in place. I'm a moonchild since my birthday is on July 19. The assumed origin of the term moonchild is that Cancer is ruled by the Moon. Ironically, "Moonchildren" is a play by Michael Weller that was formerly titled "Cancer".
7. What "moon" mineral, systematically named sodium potassium aluminum silicate, is used as a gem?

Answer: moonstone

Moonstone contains feldspar layers with white streaks. It has been used for jewelry since ancient times. The Romans believed that moonstone were solidified light from the moon.

Despite the fact that moonstone is the state gem of Florida, the mineral is not found naturally in Florida. The selection was made because all of the Apollo missions to the moon were launched from Florida.
8. What is the hatch at the top of a vehicle that reveals a clear glass after opening the first panel, that may allow one to see the moon overhead from inside the car?

Answer: moonroof

Moonroof has two hatches, the first can be opened to reveal the window that would allow the view high up in the sky, while the second can be opened to allow some fresh air in. Moonroof is not to be confused with sunroof in that a moonroof's glass panel is transparent while a sunroof panel is opaque.
9. What is a deciduous climbing vine whose scientific name is Menispermum?

Answer: moonseed

Moonseed is so-called because these plants produce crescent moon-shaped seeds. Their flowers are small, and produce little fruits in clusters like grapes, that are harmful or even fatal when consumed. There are just three to four species of genus Menispermum.

There are several medical applications of moonseeds, including skin disorder treatment, laxative to increase bowel movements, and diuretic to produce more urine.
10. What verb means to work in a secondary job, sometimes when the moon is shining brightly?

Answer: moonlight

Moonlight typically follows the regular employment, usually during the evening or night. Moonlight is so-called because people traditionally work in the second shift at night when the moon sometimes shines brightly. One benefit of moonlighting is making more money.

To follow the compound word, moonlight means light of the moon.
11. What word matches both an inflatable bounce house and a dance move?

Answer: moonwalk

In American usage, moonwalk is an inflatable where little kids jump and play inside. Moonwalk also refers to a dance move in which the feet moves as if walking forward but actually moving backward.

Both of these applications of the term derive from the original meaning of moonwalk, to walk on the moon.
12. What is a place where spacecraft are launched specifically to the moon?

Answer: moonport

If you think of places where you board to travel through air (airport), or go into space (spaceport), then that may have led you to this right answer based on their suffices. While spaceports take people into space in general, moonports send them to the moon exclusively. Every Apollo astronaut went to the moonport.
13. What are ferns of the genus Botrychium called?

Answer: moonworts

Moonworts are found in a wide range of environments, including prairies, forests, and mountains, such as in Minnesota and Colorado. These small plants reproduce by spores transmitted through air and have fleshy roots.
14. What is slang for a really nice girl, someone who is as pleasant to look at as is the moon?

Answer: moonbeam

Moonbeam is slang for an attractive girl who is nice. Guys see plenty of moonbeams in school. The root origin of the term and meaning goes back to the real definition of moonbeam, which is a ray or beam of moonlight. According to urbandictionary.com, its meaning came about because gazing at an attractive girl can be like seeing a ray of light. Because of that analogy, moonbeam was adopted based from the real meaning of it.
15. What term means barren land that may look like the surface of the moon?

Answer: moonscape

Because it is barren all over the moon, moonscape came to mean any barren land on any world, including Earth. The Death Valley is often called a moonscape.
Source: Author Earthboy

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