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Robyn's 150th Quiz: From Albuquerque to Zincky

A quick and easy vocabulary quiz. Begin with A and continue on to Z. Use the clues to type in words that begin with successive alphabet letters and end with the "key" or "kwee" sound--spelled various ways.

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

Author
robynraymer

Time
10 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
164,301

Updated
Apr 25 23

# Qns
25

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
17 / 25

Plays
1668

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1. Absence of government?

Answer: (Begins with A--7 letters, ends with 'key'sound)

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2. Stubborn, as in a _______ horse that stops short and refuses to proceed?

Answer: (Begins with B--5 or 6 letters,ends with 'key'sound)

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3. Heavyset or plump?

Answer: (Begins with C--6 letters, ends with 'key'sound)

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4. Small?

Answer: (Begins with D--5 letters, rends with 'key'sound)

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5. A funeral procession? Hint

eparchy

exarchy

exequy

endarchy

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6. A servile follower?

Answer: (Begins with F--6 or 7 letters,ends with 'key'sound)

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7. Awkward?

Answer: (Begins with G--5 letters, ends with 'key'sound)

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8. A mark resulting from a love bite?

Answer: (Begins with H--5 or 6 letters, ends with 'key'sound)

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9. Pitch black?

Answer: (Begins with i--4 letters, ends with 'key'sound)

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10. A drug addict?

Answer: (Begins with J--6 letters. ends with 'key'sound)

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11. Tightly curled or sexually adventurous?

Answer: (Begins with K--5 letters. ends with 'key'sound)

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12. TWO WORDS INSTEAD OF ONE THIS TIME: A tall, thin, gangly servant?

Answer: (Two words, both beginning with L--5 and 6 letters, both end with 'key' sound)

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13. Balderdash?

Answer: (Begins with M--7 or 8 letters, ends with 'key'sound)

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14. Slang term for lovemaking?

Answer: (Begins with N--5 letters, ends with 'key'sound)

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15. A government run by a few people?

Answer: (Begins with O--9 letters, ends with 'key'sound)

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16. A society ruled by men?

Answer: (Begins with P--10 letters, ends with 'key'sound)

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17. Eccentric?

Answer: (Begins with Q--6 letters, ends with 'key'sound)

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18. Dangerous?

Answer: (Begins with R--5 letters, ends with 'key'sound)

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19. Elegant, chic, ostentatious, or showy: a _______ restaurant?

Answer: (Begins with S--6 letters, ends with 'key'sound)

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20. A prison worker with the power to lock and unlock cell doors?

Answer: (Begins with T, 7 letters, ends with 'key'sound)

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21. Dogged with bad fortune?

Answer: (Begins with U--7 letters, ends with 'key'sound)

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22. A nickname for Victoria?

Answer: (Begins with V--5 or 6 letters., ends with 'key'sound)

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23. Crazy?

Answer: (Begins with W--5 or 6 letters, ends with 'key'sound)

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24. I'm skipping X. During the American Civil War, a federal soldier?

Answer: (Begins with Y--6 letters, ends with 'key'sound)

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25. Like zinc?

Answer: (Begins with Z--5 or 6 letters, ends with 'key'sound)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Absence of government?

Answer: anarchy

Or Albuquerque or autarky (national economic self-sufficiency).

2. Stubborn, as in a _______ horse that stops short and refuses to proceed?

Answer: balky

Or Binky.

3. Heavyset or plump?

Answer: chunky

Or clunky, cranky, colloquy, or Coquille St. Jacques (a French dish made with scallops) or Cokie Roberts, TV newscaster.

4. Small?

Answer: dinky

Or donkey or dinkey (a small locomotive).

5. A funeral procession?

Answer: exequy

An exarchy was a province in the Byzantine Empire. A eparchy is a district of modern Greece. Endarchy is the condition of forming from the center outward.

6. A servile follower?

Answer: flunky

Or funky, flaky, finicky, or Frankie (Johnnie's lover).

7. Awkward?

Answer: gawky

Or gunky, geeky, gimmicky, or gynarchy (government by women).

8. A mark resulting from a love bite?

Answer: hicky

Or hinky, hunky, hooky, hockey, hanky, hulky, or hummocky.

9. Pitch black?

Answer: inky

Or icky.

10. A drug addict?

Answer: junkie

Or junky, jokey, Jacqui, or Jackie Kennedy.

11. Tightly curled or sexually adventurous?

Answer: kinky

Or kolacky (a type of pastry).

12. TWO WORDS INSTEAD OF ONE THIS TIME: A tall, thin, gangly servant?

Answer: lanky lackey

Or lucky, leaky, laky (blood colored), larky (playful), or Lakey (aka Elinor Eastlake, a character in Mary McCarthy's novel "The Group").

13. Balderdash?

Answer: malarky

Or monkey, mucky, murky, milky, minke (a small whale), monarchy, matriarchy, Mickey Mouse, or Marky Mark.

14. Slang term for lovemaking?

Answer: nooky

Or narky (irritable), Nickie, Nicky, Nikki, or Nanky Poo (a wandering minstrel in Gilbert and Sullivan's "Mikado").

15. A government run by a few people?

Answer: oligarchy

Or Okie (a hick from Oklahoma or thereabouts). If you can think of any more, let me know!

16. A society ruled by men?

Answer: patriarchy

Or picky, punky, pokey, panicky, or pawky (sly).

17. Eccentric?

Answer: quirky

Or quickie.

18. Dangerous?

Answer: risky

Or rinky dink.

19. Elegant, chic, ostentatious, or showy: a _______ restaurant?

Answer: swanky

Or slinky, sulky, stinky, soliloquy, or Sukey (a pioneer girl's name--I guess it's short for Susan).

20. A prison worker with the power to lock and unlock cell doors?

Answer: turnkey

Or turkey, talkie (a movie with sound), Hostess Twinkie, or twanky (a kind of green tea).

21. Dogged with bad fortune?

Answer: unlucky

Can't think of any more.

22. A nickname for Victoria?

Answer: Vickie

Can you think of any more? I can't.

23. Crazy?

Answer: wacky

Or whiskey, Wee Willie Winkie, walkie talkie, whelky (pimply), or wonky (unsteady or perhaps overly intellectual).

24. I'm skipping X. During the American Civil War, a federal soldier?

Answer: Yankee

Or yolky or yucky. I heard that the origin of "Yankee" was "Jan (pronounced Yawn) Cheese," a derogatory term for New Yorkers of Dutch ancestry.

25. Like zinc?

Answer: zincy

Or Zacky Farms turkey.

Source: Author robynraymer

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