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Quiz about Random Promenade Through The Dictionary

Random Promenade Through The Dictionary Quiz

Here's another random trip through dictionary land, by popular request. Have a safe and pleasant journey through a standard collegiate version.

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

Author
Bruyere

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
46,786

Updated
Jun 20 24

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
2011

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. Coffin bone: Hint

A cigarette

a hairpin curve

The death blow in one of the martial arts

A horse's hoof bone

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Question 2 of 10

2. Curule: Hint

a dead end

a mathematical term

a Roman high dignitary's chair

a quarrel

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Question 3 of 10

3. A fellmonger: Hint

Someone who hauls wood from the forest

An undertaker

A tailor's apprentice

A person who removes the hair or wool off of hides for the tanner

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Question 4 of 10

4. Funambulism: Hint

cigarette smoking addiction

tightrope walking

to smoke bees out of their hives

to walk with a wooden leg

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Question 5 of 10

5. Hellbender: Hint

A wild road trip

A meandering river

A drunken spree

A salamander from the Ohio valley

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Question 6 of 10

6. Jugum: Hint

A critical vein in the neck

The act of bottling whisky

A part of a butterfly's body

A dance from Africa

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Question 7 of 10

7. Penuche: Hint

A small log in Quebec

Type of pasta

Type of fudge

Type of river barge

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Question 8 of 10

8. Legerdemain: Hint

'tomorrow will be better'

Inheritance one receives upon majority

Give someone an arm and they take a leg

Sleight of hand, a trick

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Question 9 of 10

9. Menhaden: Hint

Fish from herring family, Atlantic coast

Someone who sincerely dislikes his or her fellow man

Celtic monolith

Irish funeral dirge

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Question 10 of 10

10. Peewit: Hint

A simple minded person

Bird, lapwing

The toilet

Pulpit in a church

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Coffin bone:

Answer: A horse's hoof bone

A coffin nail is a cigarette of course.

2. Curule:

Answer: a Roman high dignitary's chair

3. A fellmonger:

Answer: A person who removes the hair or wool off of hides for the tanner

And you thought your job was tough!

4. Funambulism:

Answer: tightrope walking

5. Hellbender:

Answer: A salamander from the Ohio valley

I just love this salamander's name! Sounds like he went on a bender along the meandering river.

6. Jugum:

Answer: A part of a butterfly's body

This is the part that joins the wings to the body.

7. Penuche:

Answer: Type of fudge

Most of you fudge lovers will have guessed this I bet. Peniche is the barges that tourists take in France. A buche is a log in French.

8. Legerdemain:

Answer: Sleight of hand, a trick

9. Menhaden:

Answer: Fish from herring family, Atlantic coast

10. Peewit:

Answer: Bird, lapwing

Source: Author Bruyere

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