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Watch Your Words Mate Trivia Quiz

This is a quiz on certain strange and some known words and phrases in English. There is some amount of word play involved. So watch out.

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

Author
rangss

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
17,919

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
9 / 15

Plays
1836

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 15

1. What is keraunothnetophobia a fear of? Hint

Space rockets exploding upon lift-off!

Man-made satellites dropping from the skies!

Asteroids colliding with the earth

UFOs and Aliens!

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Question 2 of 15

2. Which word in English has two meanings both exactly the opposite of each other? Hint

set

inflation

fabricate

cleave

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Question 3 of 15

3. The longest word in English language without a vowel starts with an R and ends with an S. What?

Answer: (One Word : seven letters: music beats)

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Question 4 of 15

4. A Googol is a number simply described as 1 followed by 100 zeroes. Then what is 1 followed by a googol of zeroes? Hint

Terplex

Tergol

Googolplex

Golgol

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Question 5 of 15

5. Sheridan's play 'The Rivals' introduced a word into English. One of the characters was always confusing between similar sounding words. What word? Hint

Tina

Esterism

Spoonerism

Malapropism

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Question 6 of 15

6. This country is the only one to have all five vowels appearing once in its name. Which country?

Answer: (One Word : kalashnikov on its flag!)

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Question 7 of 15

7. What distinction does the animal aardvark hold in English? Hint

The only word to begin with two consecutive vowels

The animal to be listed first, alphabetically in a dictionary

The only animal name to be listed twice in a dictionary.

The only name of an animal to share an abbreviation.

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Question 8 of 15

8. Which of the following words is an example of Onomatopoeia (a type of word)? Hint

Maybe

Shoot

Bang

Damn

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Question 9 of 15

9. What in English is Rauchen Verboten in German, Vietato Fumare in Italian and Defense de Fumer in French? Hint

Silence Zone

No Parking

No Smoking

School zone

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Question 10 of 15

10. What is Dendrochronology? Hint

Studying the age of trees.

Collection and study of grandfather clocks.

Studying the history of fossils.

Writing the history of future!

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Question 11 of 15

11. What unususal fear is 'Arachibutyrophobia'? Hint

Fear of spiders crawling up one'spants!

A housewife's pathological fear that milk shall curdle if left for long!

Morbid fear of being eaten alive by a giant praying mantis!

Fear of peanut butter sticking to one's mouth!

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Question 12 of 15

12. Simple. Which word according to the Guinness Book Of World Records has the most number of meanings? Hint

Suit(e)

Let

Set

Site

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Question 13 of 15

13. What word evolved out of a rowdy Irish family named Houlihan? Hint

Holy

Rowdy

Hooligan

Rude

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Question 14 of 15

14. What kind of museum or collection is a Xylarium? Hint

Paper

Wood

Herbs

Creepers

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Question 15 of 15

15. What does a Digitabulist collect? Hint

Calculators

Thimbles

Needles

Dandruff samples of people!

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What is keraunothnetophobia a fear of?

Answer: Man-made satellites dropping from the skies!

2. Which word in English has two meanings both exactly the opposite of each other?

Answer: cleave

Cleave means to join together and also cut apart.

3. The longest word in English language without a vowel starts with an R and ends with an S. What?

Answer: Rhythms

4. A Googol is a number simply described as 1 followed by 100 zeroes. Then what is 1 followed by a googol of zeroes?

Answer: Googolplex

5. Sheridan's play 'The Rivals' introduced a word into English. One of the characters was always confusing between similar sounding words. What word?

Answer: Malapropism

The lady in question was Mrs. Malaprop. Example of such a phenomenon is saying transit instead of transact.

6. This country is the only one to have all five vowels appearing once in its name. Which country?

Answer: Mozambique

Someone suggested Byelorussia..could be...but then it is now known as Belarus.

7. What distinction does the animal aardvark hold in English?

Answer: The animal to be listed first, alphabetically in a dictionary

The last one I guess, is zebu. These are in line with the Oxford Dictionary

8. Which of the following words is an example of Onomatopoeia (a type of word)?

Answer: Bang

These are the words that are in form of sounds and mean those sounds..e.g. bang, thud, hush etc.

9. What in English is Rauchen Verboten in German, Vietato Fumare in Italian and Defense de Fumer in French?

Answer: No Smoking

In my mother-tongue : 'Poga Traagaraadu'! Guess what?

10. What is Dendrochronology?

Answer: Studying the age of trees.

It is the study of a tree's age by studying the rings on its trunk (lateral profile).

11. What unususal fear is 'Arachibutyrophobia'?

Answer: Fear of peanut butter sticking to one's mouth!

Crazy but true!

12. Simple. Which word according to the Guinness Book Of World Records has the most number of meanings?

Answer: Set

But then, I found 98 million listing for the word 'site' on the Google engine. More than sex, that too!

13. What word evolved out of a rowdy Irish family named Houlihan?

Answer: Hooligan

In the 1890s, the Houlihan family featured in London music hall songs, and the word hooligan is supposed to have evolved from applying the family name to the behavior of others as well. The word 'hooligan' first appeared in an 1898 newspaper report of the proceedings in a police court.

14. What kind of museum or collection is a Xylarium?

Answer: Wood

Trees are also found in a Xylarium.

15. What does a Digitabulist collect?

Answer: Thimbles

Honestly, I borrowed the dandruff stuff from a whacky ad on the MTV. Good hobby though.

Source: Author rangss

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