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'Q' is for... Trivia Quiz

Part 16 now and a tricky one finding 10 obscure words beginning with Q. Managed it though and there are 10 scenario questions involving a word beginning with Q. All you have to do is guess the right answer. Enjoy!

A multiple-choice quiz by kristian88. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
kristian88

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
148,665

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

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834

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Question 1 of 10

1. A friend of mine phoned up the other day and asked if I wanted to play a game of 'quadrille' with him and a couple of mates. I only knew quadrille as a dance but what was the game I was invited to play? Hint

Archery like game with four targets

Backgammon type game for four people

Card game for four people

Croquet game with just four hoops

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Question 2 of 10

2. On my favourite channel, the Discovery Channel, there was a programme featuring a 'quadrumanous' creature. Which of these is best described as this? Hint

Spider

Bee

Monkey

Giraffe

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Question 3 of 10

3. If you were to meet a Scotsman in the town of Clachnacuddin and he had a 'quaich', what would you expect him to be doing with it (assuming him not to be mad)? Hint

Drink from it

Collect water in it

Dance around it

Eat it

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Question 4 of 10

4. If, whilst in Scotland, witnessing a man with his quaich, you saw another man, this time a farmer, with a 'quey', what would you be seeing him with? Hint

Youngest daughter

Young horse

Young wife

Young cow

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Question 5 of 10

5. My stepmother, being a riding enthusiast, recently went to America on a riding holiday, and was showing me the pictures from it. I asked what something was in one photo she had taken there. She told me it was a 'quirt'. What was it? Hint

Young horse

Saddle

Ornamental bridle piece

Whip

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Question 6 of 10

6. After visiting my doctor for travel sickness he gave me some tablets and told me to take them 'quotidian'. How often should I take them? Hint

Four times a day

Every four days

Weekly

Daily

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Question 7 of 10

7. After taking some tablets to alleviate my travel sickness it caused another problem. I went back to the doctor and he told me I had 'quinsy'. Where was the problem? Hint

In my stomach

In my throat

In my legs

In my head

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Question 8 of 10

8. Whilst I was on a tour of South America, I came across something called a 'quebracho'. What was it that I took a photo of? Hint

Tree

Hillside shanty village

Hat

Bus

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Question 9 of 10

9. I don't often go to the supermarket myself but was sent with a shopping list which included 'quarendens'. What was it I had to get? Hint

Apples

Biscuits

Oats

Beers

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Question 10 of 10

10. I arrived home from the supermarket, after buying some quarendens, and went into my kitchen to see my wife 'quiching' her cup of tea. What was she doing to it? Hint

Stirring it

Spilling it

Drinking it

Reading the tea leaves

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

Answer: Card game for four people

Quadrille is an old card game for four people that is played with a pack of 40 cards. The game and the word are both from the French.

2. On my favourite channel, the Discovery Channel, there was a programme featuring a 'quadrumanous' creature. Which of these is best described as this?

Answer: Monkey

Quadrumanous means four-handed and such are monkeys described, having the dexterity in all four limbs to use them as hands.

3. If you were to meet a Scotsman in the town of Clachnacuddin and he had a 'quaich', what would you expect him to be doing with it (assuming him not to be mad)?

Answer: Drink from it

A quaich (or quaigh) is a wooden drinking-cup. The word comes from the Gaelic 'cuach', meaning cup.

4. If, whilst in Scotland, witnessing a man with his quaich, you saw another man, this time a farmer, with a 'quey', what would you be seeing him with?

Answer: Young cow

A quey in Scotland is a young cow or a heifer. The word comes from the Gaelic.

Answer: Whip

A quirt is a riding whip made from plaited leather.

6. After visiting my doctor for travel sickness he gave me some tablets and told me to take them 'quotidian'. How often should I take them?

Answer: Daily

Quotidian, from the Latin 'quotidie', means daily or recurring every day. It can also be used to mean commonplace or trivial.

7. After taking some tablets to alleviate my travel sickness it caused another problem. I went back to the doctor and he told me I had 'quinsy'. Where was the problem?

Answer: In my throat

Quinsy is an inflammation of the throat or a form of tonsillitis. The word comes from the Greek and literally translates as throttle the dog.

8. Whilst I was on a tour of South America, I came across something called a 'quebracho'. What was it that I took a photo of?

Answer: Tree

A quebracho is a hard timbered tree. The word in Spanish means break with an axe. Its bark is used for medicinal purposes.

9. I don't often go to the supermarket myself but was sent with a shopping list which included 'quarendens'. What was it I had to get?

Answer: Apples

Quarenden, or quarender, is a dark-red apple.

10. I arrived home from the supermarket, after buying some quarendens, and went into my kitchen to see my wife 'quiching' her cup of tea. What was she doing to it?

Answer: Stirring it

Quich is to stir and comes from the Old English 'cweccan' meaning cause to quake.

Source: Author kristian88

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