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More Easy Alliterations Trivia Quiz

Few things could be more basic for 'euphony' in English expressions than alliterative effects. Try these.

A multiple-choice quiz by flem-ish. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
flem-ish

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
69,947

Updated
Aug 06 22

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Easy

Avg Score
9 / 10

Plays
5701

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Question 1 of 10

1. Being rash is seldom a virtue. It's usually better, at first, to hold your __________ Hint

hands off

hat on

hammer

horses

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Question 2 of 10

2. It's common wisdom that before you marry, you should have found your ________ already, since financial security helps promote a happy marriage. Hint

floozie

filly

fling

feet

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Question 3 of 10

3. It's a bad thing when your boyfriend is as dull as _____________ Hint

dishwater

dirt

dust

duckmeat

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Question 4 of 10

4. Every Jack has his _____________ Hint

jackknife

jacket

Jill

jampot

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Question 5 of 10

5. When children behave very well, we say they are as good as __________ ?

Answer: (4 letters .And no we don't measure goodness in dollars, pounds or Euros)

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Question 6 of 10

6. Before taking a decision it's best to check your facts and __________ Hint

figures

fancies

files

fees

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Question 7 of 10

7. A miss is as good as a _____________ Hint

madame

mile

marriage

male

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Question 8 of 10

8. In for a penny, in for a _____________ Hint

dollar

pound

euro

peseta

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Question 9 of 10

9. Good talkers are said to have the gift of _______

Answer: (Three letters. Kissing the Blarney stone helps the Irish.)

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Question 10 of 10

10. A good cup of coffee may make you feel as right as _____ again.

Answer: (4 letters. Not sunshine.)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Being rash is seldom a virtue. It's usually better, at first, to hold your __________

Answer: horses

You might hold to your hat in windy weather. Keeping your hat on is not what was meant here.

2. It's common wisdom that before you marry, you should have found your ________ already, since financial security helps promote a happy marriage.

Answer: feet

Having a last fling before your marriage may be a good thing, and that's what stag- or hen-parties might be for. Whether testing floozies and fillies is a good or a bad thing, is not within the scope of this question.

3. It's a bad thing when your boyfriend is as dull as _____________

Answer: dishwater

The original expression, however, is dull as ditchwater.

The other idioms are: dry as dust; dirt cheap.

4. Every Jack has his _____________

Answer: Jill

Freudian symbols are not customary in the good old British version of English.

5. When children behave very well, we say they are as good as __________ ?

Answer: gold

Golden rules; golden mean; golden hearts ... all gold-standards.

6. Before taking a decision it's best to check your facts and __________

Answer: figures

It's a good idea to check beforehand what the fee will be like, to be well aware of what you fancy for yourself and to have had a look at your files, but the standing expression combines 'facts' with 'figures'- as opposed to 'fiction' one may suppose.

7. A miss is as good as a _____________

Answer: mile

No doubt that females are as good as males, that not all marriages are failures etc. If madames are as good as their misses is a different pair of shoes, but 'a miss is as good as a mile' means: it does not matter whether the shot is an inch wide or a mile, a miss does not count as a score.

Another popular saying: it's better to kiss a miss than to miss a kiss, may be a matter of scoring too.

8. In for a penny, in for a _____________

Answer: pound

The Spanish peseta may have gone, the pound is still going strong. But remember: 'Take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves' is contradicted by another saying that warns you from 'Being penny-wise and pound-foolish'.

9. Good talkers are said to have the gift of _______

Answer: gab

When you have the gift of gab, you are good at persuading audiences and people in general. Yet your eloquence may be nearer to the eloquence of the politician and the salesman, than to that of the prophet and the poet.

10. A good cup of coffee may make you feel as right as _____ again.

Answer: rain

Right as rain is a completely different thing than as good as gold or as straight as a ruler. It simply means you feel o.k.

Source: Author flem-ish

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