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The Short of It Trivia Quiz

All the words in this quiz begin with "short". Adding another word or letter to the end of short will create an entirely new word. I will give the meaning of the new word and you must indicate what word or letter needs to be added.

A multiple-choice quiz by Nannanut. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
Nannanut

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
200,189

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
4321

Awards
Top 20% Quiz

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Question 1 of 10

1. What word would you add to the end of "short" to create a new word that means "an abbreviated form of writing"?

Answer: (One word - 4 letters)

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Question 2 of 10

2. What word would you add to the end of "short" to create a new word that means "a breed of cattle"?

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Question 3 of 10

3. What word would you add to the end of "short" to create a new word that means a baseball fielder?

Answer: (One word - 4 letters)

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Question 4 of 10

4. What word would you add to the end of "short" to create a new word that means "an amount lacking"?

Answer: (One word - 3 letters)

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Question 5 of 10

5. What word would you add to the end of "short" to create a new word that means "a rich buttery cookie"?

Answer: (One word - 5 letters)

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Question 6 of 10

6. What word would you add to the end of "short" to create a new word that means "a more direct route"?

Answer: (One word - 3 letters)

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Question 7 of 10

7. What word would you add to the end of "short" to create a new word that means "myopic"?

Answer: (One word - 7 letters)

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Question 8 of 10

8. What word would you add to the end of "short" to create a new word that means "failure to attain a specified amount or level"?

Answer: (One word - 4 letters)

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Question 9 of 10

9. What letter would you add to the end of "short" to create a new word that means "trousers that end above the knee"?

Answer: (One letter)

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Question 10 of 10

10. What word would you add to the end of "short" to create a new word that means "ephemeral"?

Answer: (One word - 5 letters)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What word would you add to the end of "short" to create a new word that means "an abbreviated form of writing"?

Answer: Hand

Shorthand is an abbreviated form of writing.

While Isaac Pitman introduced his shorthand method to the world in 1837, Samuel Pepys used a method of abbreviated writing in his account of the Great Fire of London in 1666.

2. What word would you add to the end of "short" to create a new word that means "a breed of cattle"?

Answer: Horn

Shorthorn is a breed of cattle with short horns.

Shorthorn cattle are one of the oldest breeds of cattle in the world. The earliest oral history of the forerunners of the breed, dates back to the late 1500s. Shorthorns originated in Northeastern England.

3. What word would you add to the end of "short" to create a new word that means a baseball fielder?

Answer: Stop

A shortstop is a baseball fielder.

A shortstop fields in an infield position between second and third base. Usage of the word dates from 1837.

4. What word would you add to the end of "short" to create a new word that means "an amount lacking"?

Answer: Age

A shortage is an amount lacking.

The word "short" has its origins in the Old English "sceort", and from there dating back to the Old Norse "skorta" meaning to be short of.
Use of the word "shortage" is attested from 1868.

5. What word would you add to the end of "short" to create a new word that means "a rich buttery cookie"?

Answer: Bread

Shortbread is a rich buttery cookie.

Shortbread has its origins in Scotland. The rich crumbly cookie was once only made for Christmas and New Year. Baked in a round tin, it was then cut into wedges known as petticoat tails.
In this context, the word "short" refers to a secondary usage, involving butter or fat in cooking. Meaning "easily crumbled" the term has been in use from around 1430. The combined term "shortbread" dates from 1801.

6. What word would you add to the end of "short" to create a new word that means "a more direct route"?

Answer: Cut

A shortcut is a more direct route.

Combining short with cut - the usage of the term dates from 1568.

7. What word would you add to the end of "short" to create a new word that means "myopic"?

Answer: Sighted

Shortsighted or short-sighted is myopic.

Combining with "short", the word "sight" is from Old English "gesiht" meaning 'thing seen'. The word can also mean "lacking foresight". This usage is dated from 1622. The literal meaning is dated from 1649.

8. What word would you add to the end of "short" to create a new word that means "failure to attain a specified amount or level"?

Answer: Fall

A shortfall is the failure to attain a specified amount or level.

The actual origin of this term is hazy, but one reference links it to a term from archery meaning to "fall short".
Usage of the term today seems to occur mainly in the areas of marketing and commerce.

9. What letter would you add to the end of "short" to create a new word that means "trousers that end above the knee"?

Answer: S

Shorts are trousers that end above the knee.

Shorts or short pants can also mean men's underpants. Use of the term appears to date from 1826.

10. What word would you add to the end of "short" to create a new word that means "ephemeral"?

Answer: Lived

Shortlived or short-lived is ephemeral.

Short is combined with the past tense of live - from the Old English "lifian" meaning 'to be alive'.

Definitions are from Dictionary.com, The Australian Concise Oxford Dictionary and Online Etymology Dictionary.

Source: Author Nannanut

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