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'U' is for.... Trivia Quiz

Part 21 now (I think) and the turn of U words. You guess the answer from a scenario involving a word beginning with U. Enjoy!

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

Author
kristian88

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
149,323

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

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Tough

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Question 1 of 10

1. If you were sat at home and you looked out of your window and realised your neighbour was an 'ucalegon', what would be the best course of action? Hint

Call the police department

Call your mates, this is going to be fun

Call for an ambulance

Call the fire department

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Question 2 of 10

2. You are down the pub chatting to your mate when he turns and tells you that he thinks you're 'uxorious'. Who does he think you are very fond of? Hint

Your doctor

Your friend's wife

Your wife

Your neighbour

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Question 3 of 10

3. If you happened to be aimlessly wandering around Brazil and came across a 'unau', what would you have just seen? Hint

Animal

Plant

Vehicle

Mountain

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Question 4 of 10

4. Supposing you go and visit your doctor and he then refers you to the hospital where you are to see an 'uletic' specialist. What is the specialist going to be mainly looking at? Hint

Your bottom

Your hair

Your belly button

Your gums

5. If you were writing something down in hieroglyphics and were unsure of a character...so you asked an expert, and he said that it should be written as 'unciform'...what shape should you write it? Hint

Ankh shaped

Hook shaped

Serpent shaped

Letter U shaped

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Question 6 of 10

6. Whilst in the pub, I was chatting to a guy who told me he worked as an 'urinator'. I was unsure what this was and asked him. What did he tell me he was? Hint

Toilet cleaner

Diver

Bricklayer

Parachutist

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Question 7 of 10

7. If you were suffering from 'uranophobia', what fictional place would you have a fear of? Hint

Asgard

Hell

Heaven

Valhalla

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Question 8 of 10

8. A little puzzle now. Which of the following lines would be described as being 'univocalic'? Hint

The flea we see be free

Aunt Agatha asked Adrian about an albatross

R u a b 2

Bob took John's old book of York

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Question 9 of 10

9. If you were stood listening to an 'ullagone', where is the most obvious place you are likely to be? Hint

In the Houses of Parliament

At a wedding

At a funeral

In a concert hall

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Question 10 of 10

10. If you purported to the belief of 'ubiquitarianism', what is the belief that you hold strong? Hint

That Jesus Christ is your father

That Jesus Christ is everywhere

That Jesus Christ talks to you in your dreams

That Jesus Christ was the son of God and not his mum and dad

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. If you were sat at home and you looked out of your window and realised your neighbour was an 'ucalegon', what would be the best course of action?

Answer: Call the fire department

Ucalegon means a neighbour whose house is on fire. It translates from the Greek into English as 'what-me-worry?'

2. You are down the pub chatting to your mate when he turns and tells you that he thinks you're 'uxorious'. Who does he think you are very fond of?

Answer: Your wife

Uxorious means being fond of one's wife. It comes from the Latin 'uxor', meaning 'wife'.

3. If you happened to be aimlessly wandering around Brazil and came across a 'unau', what would you have just seen?

Answer: Animal

An unau is a Brazilian two-toed sloth.

4. Supposing you go and visit your doctor and he then refers you to the hospital where you are to see an 'uletic' specialist. What is the specialist going to be mainly looking at?

Answer: Your gums

Uletic means of, or pertaining to, the gums.

Answer: Hook shaped

Unciform, from the Latin 'uncus', means hook shaped.

6. Whilst in the pub, I was chatting to a guy who told me he worked as an 'urinator'. I was unsure what this was and asked him. What did he tell me he was?

Answer: Diver

An urinator is a diver or one who dives underwater in search of a specific thing (i.e. pearls, etc).

7. If you were suffering from 'uranophobia', what fictional place would you have a fear of?

Answer: Heaven

Uranophobia is the fear of the thought of heaven. The word 'hell, incidentally, comes from Norse mythology where the Goddess of the Dead was called Hel.

8. A little puzzle now. Which of the following lines would be described as being 'univocalic'?

Answer: Bob took John's old book of York

An univocalic line of verse is one where it contains only one of the five main vowels throughout.

9. If you were stood listening to an 'ullagone', where is the most obvious place you are likely to be?

Answer: At a funeral

An ullagone is a funeral lament or a cry of lamentation.

10. If you purported to the belief of 'ubiquitarianism', what is the belief that you hold strong?

Answer: That Jesus Christ is everywhere

Ubiquitarianism is indeed the belief that Jesus Christ is everywhere.

Source: Author kristian88

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