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Quiz about Weird Words for the Wise
Quiz about Weird Words for the Wise

Weird Words for the Wise Trivia Quiz


Weird words for the wise who have a few spots left in their five-figure vocabularies.

A multiple-choice quiz by shiloh65. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Author
shiloh65
Time
5 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
865
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
15
Difficulty
Very Difficult
Avg Score
6 / 15
Plays
2111
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Question 1 of 15
1. What is a 'gudgeon'? Hint


Question 2 of 15
2. 'Bumblepuppy' is another name for which of these? Hint


Question 3 of 15
3. Who in the list below was the most 'lucifugous'? Hint


Question 4 of 15
4. 'Macaronic' refers to: Hint


Question 5 of 15
5. If someone calls you 'sesquipedalian', he is saying you are: Hint


Question 6 of 15
6. A 'xenopus' is an... Hint


Question 7 of 15
7. 'Paraphilimea' is Hint


Question 8 of 15
8. We've all heard the phrase 'Hoist with his own petard'. What is a petard? Hint


Question 9 of 15
9. If you are in a state of 'nullibiety' you are... Hint


Question 10 of 15
10. If you 'inspissate' the soup, you are Hint


Question 11 of 15
11. A 'quidnunc' is a Hint


Question 12 of 15
12. If you are lapidating, you are... Hint


Question 13 of 15
13. If someone calls you dirhinous, he means you... Hint


Question 14 of 15
14. Of the list below, who was the 'Eponymous Hero'? Hint


Question 15 of 15
15. Leaping to the end of the alphabet what does 'zori' refer to? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. What is a 'gudgeon'?

Answer: Pivot

A gudgeon serves as the base of a rocker or wheel.
2. 'Bumblepuppy' is another name for which of these?

Answer: Tetherball

Bumblepuppy is a game played with a tennis ball slung to a post.
3. Who in the list below was the most 'lucifugous'?

Answer: Dracula

'Lucifugous' means avoiding daylight.
4. 'Macaronic' refers to:

Answer: a poem

A macaronic is a poem in which modern vernacular is mixed with Latin words or inflections.
5. If someone calls you 'sesquipedalian', he is saying you are:

Answer: fond of big words

Literally, a 'foot and a half', hence words of that length.
6. A 'xenopus' is an...

Answer: African frog

A xenopus is a frog with teeth in its upper jaw and tentacles on its head.
7. 'Paraphilimea' is

Answer: love play

What can you say about such a word?
8. We've all heard the phrase 'Hoist with his own petard'. What is a petard?

Answer: Small explosive

Derived from the French word 'peter' which means 'to break wind', a petard was used to blow up bridges, castle walls, etc.
9. If you are in a state of 'nullibiety' you are...

Answer: Nowhere

You can use this saying often: when I want something done, everyone else is in a state of nullibiety.
10. If you 'inspissate' the soup, you are

Answer: thickening it

to thicken a liquid by evaporation--to reduce, as sauce.
11. A 'quidnunc' is a

Answer: Gossip

Literally, quid nunc is Latin for 'what now', one who is prying into others' affairs. Once referred to politicians.
12. If you are lapidating, you are...

Answer: stoning someone to death

We wanted to make one of the choices 'going out with Mick Jagger' but...

Lapidary art includes polishing stones, but a lapidation is an execution - to lapidate means to stone someone to death.
13. If someone calls you dirhinous, he means you...

Answer: have paired nostrils

From the Latin: di meaning two and rhinous meaning nose.
14. Of the list below, who was the 'Eponymous Hero'?

Answer: David Copperfield

An eponymous hero is the person after whom the work is named. Oliver Twist, Lassie, or the Three Musketeers all qualify.
15. Leaping to the end of the alphabet what does 'zori' refer to?

Answer: Thong-type sandals

At the end of the summer, you never have to save your zori.
Source: Author shiloh65

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