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1. I'll start this quiz by giving you an answer! "Sesquipedalian" means "pertaining to, or using long words". But what exactly is the root meaning of sesquipedalian?
2. "Logodaedalians", or "word wizards", can be a colourful bunch. All of the following words refer to colour in some way except for:
3. "Philtrum" is a strangely uncommon word, for a strangely common feature. Which show business personality never professionally exposed his or her philtrum?
4. While you're fishing for answers, which of the following words has nothing to do with fish?
5. You have a friend who expresses the desire to move from a state of "steatopygia" to one of "callipygia". What DVD do you buy her for Christmas?
6. Leapin' lizards! I'll bet you've never met a reptile that was:
7. If you were in a foot race with three other people, and you achieved the "preantepenultimate" position, you would have:
8. Even Willy the Shake was a logodaedalian, maybe the best ever. Which of the following sesquipedalianisms can be found in the works of Shakespeare?
9. "But surely my dear, you must have realized from the start that I'm a confirmed gynotikolobomassophile," you murmur, as you:
10. Which one of the following words did I make up just for this quiz?
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