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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.

Author
steveneldaher

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
79,191

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
20

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
11 / 20

Plays
496

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Question 1 of 20

1. Amusette? Hint

Bread supposed to choke the guilty in Anglo Saxon trials

The light field-cannon invented by Marchal Saxe

A rash on the face

The sound of animals making their respective sounds

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Question 2 of 20

2. Bagheera? Hint

A rough crease-resistant fabric with a velvet-like texture

The white rhinoceros

A red wattle on a turkey or chicken

A support for the foot of the spindle in a mill

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Question 3 of 20

3. Nystagmus? Hint

Nausea caused by eating and drinking too much

A fence around a well

Continuous uncontrollable rolling of the eyeballs

A fur hood worn by ministers when the church is cold

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Question 4 of 20

4. Flacket? Hint

An infected sore, epsecially on the leg

A small Australian sandalwood tree with edible, drooping fruit

A tangelo grown in the West Indies

To rustle like a taffeta dress

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Question 5 of 20

5. Cascaron? Hint

An egg shell filled with confetti, emptied on a bride

A West Indian tree used for making flutes and clarinets, etc

A Persian measure of length, from 2 to 4 miles

Having apelike characteristics

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Question 6 of 20

6. Titubate? Hint

To abuse and torture victims

To rock and roll in a stumbling manner

Tall, woody grasses related to bamboo

The crocodile bird of Egypt

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Question 7 of 20

7. Scriggling? Hint

A rasher of bacon

Collective term pertaining to two or more jellyfish

A runty apple left on a tree after a harvest

The collecting of bubblegum cards depicting famous people, baseball players, etc

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Question 8 of 20

8. Calcaneum? Hint

The heel bone

A rod used to stiffen folds of fabric into ruffles

A drug extracted from a plant, used in Elizabethan times as a cure for madness

A snake called the plumed viper

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Question 9 of 20

9. Fasibitikite? Hint

Armour for a horse's forehead

A person or animal that cannot be taught new tricks

A coarse-grained rock containing quartz and zircon

A small black sheep dog

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Question 10 of 20

10. Hungkleck? Hint

The rhinoceros beetle

The cry of the wild titmouse bird

A hoose illness caused by swallowing sand with their food

Fortune telling by observing letters revealed as a cock eats kernels of corn covering them

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Question 11 of 20

11. Pleon? Hint

The abdomen of any crustacean

A mouth of a sponge, through which water is expelled

Chinese liquor distilled from rice

A person who uses more words than necessary

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Question 12 of 20

12. Picapare? Hint

Name for mythical spirit who gives away gifts such as teaching humans to understand the speech of an

A strange tropical bird related to the finfoot

Imitation marble or granite

A week in a corn field

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Question 13 of 20

13. Komeceras? Hint

A garment with a skirt

The Asiatic lynx, according to zoologist named Smellie

A horn which is shed annually

A family of carnivorous insects

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Question 14 of 20

14. Terfa? Hint

Walking with a limp

Volcanic ash, used in making cement

Binding with shackles

An edible fungus eaten by the Arabs of North Africa

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Question 15 of 20

15. Jargoon? Hint

Cutting away branches of trees to let more light through

A person who enjoys controversy

A gold coloured zircon found in Ceylon

A species of Mongolian wild ass with long ears

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Question 16 of 20

16. Cenocrantic? Hint

A novice pilot who flies dangerously low

A small wooden dish with lugs or ears

Empty-headed

To feel around in the dark

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Question 17 of 20

17. Vansire? Hint

Pertaining to spreading manure

A small brown weasel of Madagascar

A squirred-like rodent

The middle peduncle of the brain

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Question 18 of 20

18. Lingthorn? Hint

A starfish found in European waters

A basket carried as a fertility symbol at ancient Greek weddings

Extreme thirst

The study of transport tickets

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Question 19 of 20

19. Slurries? Hint

The bitter apple, a fruit related to the watermelon

Watery cement used to repair furnaces

Points in planet's orbits when they are farthest from the sun

A terrifying Mohammedan custom of riding over prostrate dervishes

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Question 20 of 20

20. Geebung? Hint

A rabbit with ears at right angles to the head

A type of orchid known as the lady-slipper

The fruit of an Australian tree

A nearly extinct species of cattle found only in Lithuania

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Amusette?

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.

Source: Author steveneldaher

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