Weird and Wonderful Words 2 Trivia Quiz

Answer: A spiny Australian lizard

Moloch - A spiny Australian lizard also called a thorny devil. Chaco - Bolivian earth eaten with chocolate. Badiaga - A sponge found in Russian rivers. Aptyalia - Inability to salivate; spitless.

Answer: An Iranian myth, the gigantic three legged donkey which stands in the middle of the sea

Kara - An Iranian myth, the gigantic three legged donkey which stands in the middle of the sea. Gilenyer - A cheating swindler. Clicalote - A prickly poppy of California. Harigals - The pluck (heart, liver and lungs) of an animal.

Answer: Wet matting hung in doors and windows in the East Indies, to keep the air cool

Tatties - Wet matting hung in doors and windows in the East Indies, to keep the air cool. Tatties is also a slang term for potatoes in Scotland.
Glyptics - The art of carving on precious stones.
Bucranion - The snap-dragon.
Xiffoid - Shaped like a sword.

Answer: Pitch black in colour

Piceous - Pitch black in colour. Meliphagan - A honey-eating bird with a very long tongue. Titanothere - An extinct odd-toed ungulate resembling the rhino. Sacculate - Pertaining to the labyrinth of the inner-ear.

Answer: Bat-like

Vespertillian - Bat-like. Antefurca - An internal forked projection in a cockroach. Binturong - An Asian polecat that uses its tail like a hand. Trichobezar - A hairball.

Answer: Bliss enjoyed upon waking from a pleasant dream

Euneirophrenia - Bliss enjoyed upon waking from a pleasant dream. Filipendula - Hanging by a thread. Gaydiang - A boat resembling a Chinese junk. Zinsang - The East Indian polecat; (skunk).

Answer: A balsam tree of Guiana

Acouchi - A balsam tree of Guiana. Entropion - An unusual condition when the edge of an eyelid in turned inward. Territelarian - Pertaining to the trap-door spider. Pedimanus - An animal having feet shaped like hands, such as a monkey or raccoon.

Answer: A person who has no faith in medicine

Therapisita - A person who has no faith in medicine. Pantisocrat - A believer in the theory of government of all by all. Mirliton - A crude toy pipe that is played by humming. Ruderal - Referring to plants which flourish in rubble.

Answer: A Belgian farm implement, used chiefly for dropping manure

Mollebart - A Belgian farm implement, used chiefly for dropping manure. Brekekekex - Imitation of the sound of croaking frogs. Cerement - Wax-coated cloths used to wrap a mummy. Bearleap - A 17th century carrying basket.

Answer: A cockroach

Kakkerlac - A cockroach (specifically, one of the species Periplaneta americana, also called a ship cockroach and a Bombay canary). Jowpy - A cornice extending between the pillars of a Gothic roof. Cabalassou - The giant armadillo. Scarige - To clear off the last apples left on a tree after harvest.

Answer: Armour worn by an early Scandinavian

Byrnie - Armour worn by an early Scandinavian. Cruster - One who hunts game when the snow-crust will hold a man but not the quarry. Castoreum - Perfume made from beavers' foreskin follicles. Motetus - A voice part in medieval music.

Answer: A starch prepared from the edible acorns of the Barbary oak

Raccahout - A starch prepared from the edible acorns of the Barbary oak. Pinpinel - A plant called the burnt saxifrage. Onomatechny - Telling the future by the letters of a name. Pinetum - A grove or plantation of pine trees.

Answer: The time of the full moon

Plenilune - The time of the full moon. Topinambou - The Jerusalem artichoke. Rotch - The little short-billed auk of the Arctic. Falanaka - A ferret found in the forests of Madagascar.

Answer: A food fish found on the Atlantic coast of North America

Tautog - A food fish found on the Atlantic coast of North America. Bunsing - An evil-smelling animal from the Cape of Good Hope. Tiglic - Designating the poisonous acid of croton oil. Benshie - An Irish fairy or his wife.

Answer: A dwarf tree or shrub

Arbust - A dwarf tree or shrub. Bulltow - A method of fishing popular in Newfoundland, using several hooks on one side. Opodipsia - An insatiable desire for juices. Nerfling - A small European fish of the carp family.

Answer: A discus thrower

Discobolus - A discus thrower. Gryllid - Belonging to the cricket family of insects. Cannelure - A fluting around the rim of a bullet. Hylodes - The tree-dwelling frog of North America.

Answer: A bowl made from a gourd

Bockey - A bowl made from a gourd. Stultiloquence - Babble. Cilicious - Made from the hair of a goat. Pachyrhizid - A poison from the seeds of a tropical vine.

Answer: A dictionary

Onomasticon - A dictionary. Virgaloo - A pear grown in the French village of Virgoulie. Machicolate - To shower missiles or boiling liquids through an opening in a parapet. Lablab - A bean grown in Egypt.

Answer: Points when the moon is new, or full

Syzgies - Points when the moon is new, or full. Ghetchoo - A water weed with edible tubers. Dambrod - A checker-board in Scotland, for playing checkers. Omodynia - A sharp pain in the shoulder.

Answer: A Chinese bean also known as the cow pea

Towcock - A Chinese bean also known as the cow pea. Kamalayka - A waterproof shirt made from seal intestines. Pallasite - A famous iron meteorite found by P.S. Pallas in Siberia. Mahovo - A heavy flywheel attached to a locomotive engine.