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Weird and Wonderful Words 1 Trivia Quiz
I will give you an uncommon word and four alternate meanings for that word. I suggest you make your choices with the help of a very good dictionary. All words in this quiz are real.
A multiple-choice quiz
by steveneldaher.
Estimated time: 6 mins.
Answer: The light field-cannon invented by Marchal Saxe
Amusette - The light field-cannon invented by Marshal Saxe. Cornsed - Bread supposed to choke the guilty in Anglo Saxon trials. Morphew - A rash on the face. Chunter - The sound of animals making their respective sounds.
2. Bagheera?
Answer: A rough crease-resistant fabric with a velvet-like texture
Bagheera - A rough crease-resistant fabric with a velvet-like texture. Jollop - A red wattle on a turkey or chicken. Mohoohoo - The white rhinoceros. Trampot - A support for the foot of the spindle in a mill.
3. Nystagmus?
Answer: Continuous uncontrollable rolling of the eyeballs
Nystagmus - Continuous uncontrollable rolling of the eyeballs. Brandrith - A fence around a well. Almuce - A fur hood worn by ministers when the church is cold. Crapula - Nausea caused by eating and drinking too much.
4. Flacket?
Answer: To rustle like a taffeta dress
Flacket - To rustle like a taffeta dress. Mormal - An infected sore, epsecially on the leg. Ugli - A tangelo grown in the West Indies. Quandong - A small Australian sandalwood tree with edible, drooping fruit.
5. Cascaron?
Answer: An egg shell filled with confetti, emptied on a bride
Cascaron - An egg shell filled with confetti, emptied on a bride. Parasang - A Persian measure of length, from 2 to 4 miles. Granadillo - A West Indian tree used for making flutes and clarinets, etc. Australopithecine - Having apelike characteristics.
6. Titubate?
Answer: To rock and roll in a stumbling manner
Titubate - To rock and roll in a stumbling manner. Capperclaw - To abuse and torture victims. Whangee - Tall, woody grasses related to bamboo. Sicsac - The crocodile bird of Egypt.
7. Scriggling?
Answer: A runty apple left on a tree after a harvest
Scriggling - A runty apple left on a tree after a harvest. Fluther - Collective term pertaining to two or more jellyfish. Cartophily - The collecting of bubblegum cards depicting famous people, baseball players, etc. Frizzack - A rasher of bacon.
8. Calcaneum?
Answer: The heel bone
Calcaneum - The heel bone. Hellebore - A drug extracted from a plant, used in Elizabethan times as a cure for madness. Pooter - A rod used to stiffen folds of fabric into ruffles. Hornsman - A snake called the plumed viper.
9. Fasibitikite?
Answer: A coarse-grained rock containing quartz and zircon
Fasibitikite - A coarse-grained rock containing quartz and zircon. Palaimolops - A person or animal that cannot be taught new tricks. Schipperke - A small black sheep dog. Chamfron - Armour for a horse's forehead.
10. Hungkleck?
Answer: The rhinoceros beetle
Hungkleck - The rhinoceros beetle. Sanveelting - A horse illness caused by swallowing sand with their food. Jorinker - The cry of the wild titmouse bird. Alectoromancy - Fortune telling by observing letters revealed as a cock eats kernels of corn covering them.
11. Pleon?
Answer: The abdomen of any crustacean
Pleon - The abdomen of any crustacean. Samshu - Chinese liquor distilled from rice. Osculum - A mouth of a sponge, through which water is expelled. Pleonast - A person who uses more words than necessary.
12. Picapare?
Answer: A strange tropical bird related to the finfoot
Picapare - A strange tropical bird related to the finfoot. Bonga - Name for mythical spirit who gives away gifts such as teaching humans to understand the speech of ants. Scagliola - Imitation marble or granite. Kedlack - A week in a corn field.
13. Komeceras?
Answer: A horn which is shed annually
Komeceras - A horn which is shed annually. Siagush - The Asiatic lynx, according to zoologist named Smellie. Neruopter - A family of carnivorous insects. Kirtle - A garment with a skirt.
14. Terfa?
Answer: An edible fungus eaten by the Arabs of North Africa
Terfa - An edible fungus eaten by the Arabs of North Africa. Claudicant - Walking with a limp. Gyving - Binding with shackles. Pozzuolana - Volcanic ash, used in making cement.
15. Jargoon?
Answer: A gold coloured zircon found in Ceylon
Jargoon - A gold coloured zircon found in Ceylon. Polemist - A person who enjoys controversy. Dziggetai - A species of Mongolian wild ass with long ears. Interlucation - Cutting away branches of trees to let more light through.
16. Cenocrantic?
Answer: Empty-headed
Cenocrantic - Empty-headed. Luggie - A small wooden dish with lugs or ears. Grubble - To feel around in the dark. Tirsog - A novice pilot who flies dangerously low.
17. Vansire?
Answer: A small brown weasel of Madagascar
Vansire - A small brown weasel of Madagascar. Stercoration - Pertaining to spreading manure. Spermophile - A squirred-like rodent. Medipedunculus - The middle peduncle of the brain.
18. Lingthorn?
Answer: A starfish found in European waters
Lingthorn - A starfish found in European waters. Polydipsia - Extreme thirst. Liknon - A basket carried as a fertility symbol at ancient Greek weddings. Peridomophily - The study of transport tickets.
19. Slurries?
Answer: Watery cement used to repair furnaces
Slurries - Watery cement used to repair furnaces. Cologuintida - The bitter apple, a fruit related to the watermelon. Aphelia - Points in planet's orbits when they are farthest from the sun. Doseh - A terrifying Mohammedan custom of riding over prostrate dervishes.
20. Geebung?
Answer: The fruit of an Australian tree
Geebung - The fruit of an Australian tree. Cypripedium - A type of orchid known as the lady-slipper. Zubr - A nearly extinct species of cattle found only in Lithuania. Oarlap - A rabbit with ears at right angles to the head.
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