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Wicked Garden Trivia Quiz

I wandered into the garden of good and evil with a handful of books and harvested a bumper crop of wicked words.

A multiple-choice quiz by pollucci19. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
pollucci19

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
331,895

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
8 / 10

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Question 1 of 10

1. In the 'Thomas Covenant Chronicles', Stephen Donaldson named his villain Lord Foul. Foul is a synonym of wicked that speaks of a morally detestable nature; however, it may also lean toward obstruction, dishonour or pollution. Which of the following words is NOT a synonym of foul? Hint

Purge

Funky

Revolting

Noisome

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Question 2 of 10

2. I thumbed through my series of Martin Beck crime novels and spotted the title "Abominable Man". I realised that abominable is as similar to wicked as much as which one of the following is NOT similar? Hint

Atrocious

Abhorrent

Accursed

Admirable

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Question 3 of 10

3. I picked Eric Van Lustbader's 1983 novel 'Black Heart'. "Oh dear" I thought, "'black-hearted' could also be a synonym of wicked". I checked my thesaurus and found which of the following words to confirm my suspicions? Hint

I found all three

Heinous

Malignant

Pernicious

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Question 4 of 10

4. I turned to poetry to get some relief. Unfortunately I'd stumbled upon Li Po's 'Nefarious War'. Nefarious taunted me with its similarity to the word wicked. Fortunately only one of his friends was among the following words, which one is a synonym of nefarious? Hint

Upright

Virtuous

Iniquitous

Honourable

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Question 5 of 10

5. Reading through JRR Tolkien's 'Lord of the Rings' I noted the creature, Gollum, using the word 'tricksy'. This had a wicked, mischievous sound about it, much like three of the following words. Which word does NOT fit? Hint

Roguish

Knavish

Ingenuous

Impish

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Question 6 of 10

6. I picked up a John D. MacDonald story, 'The Dreadful Lemon Sky' and started to feel uneasy because I knew that dreadful was a synonym of wicked. I was assaulted by four words but fortunately one of them was an antonym of dreadful. Which one? Hint

Alarming

Appealing

Appalling

Atrocious

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Question 7 of 10

7. Ironically, I hit the chair as I reached for my copy of Tom Robbins' 'Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates' and a wicked (or fierce) pain shot through my elbow. Other words shot through my mind. Are all these words synonyms of fierce?

Furious, tearing, cut-throat and boisterous.

Yes

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Question 8 of 10

8. Looking for something lighter I grabbed my 'Ace-High' (Western) magazine and soon realised that ace, meaning good or skilful, is synonymous with wicked when wicked is used informally. Which of the following words is also a synonym of ace? Hint

Amateur

Maven

Sciolist

Dilettante

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Question 9 of 10

9. Evangeline Walton's book, 'Island of the Mighty', reminded me that the word mighty also has similarities with wicked, as in "a mighty or wicked wind". However, which of the following is NOT a synonym of mighty? Hint

Doughty

Innocuous

Stalwart

Puissant

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Question 10 of 10

10. I'd saved my Spike Milligan for last only to be assailed by a thesaurus of wicked words, 'Sir Nobonk and the Terrible, Dreadful, Awful, Naughty, Nasty Dragon'. I liked the word naughty, it implied mischief, but which of the following is an antonym of naughty? Hint

Seemly

Wayward

Fractious

Playful

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

Answer: Purge

The three synonyms all point toward dirt. Revolt is to dirty or pollute, to become an offense to the senses. Funky speaks of musty smells and unwashed odours while noisome is to become offensive as to arouse disgust. Purge, on the other hand, is a move toward purity or cleaning out i.e. to get rid of sin.

Answer: Admirable

To be admirable is to be praise-worthy or to perform actions that merit praise. Abominable speaks of unpleasantness or loathsomeness, for example 'the abominable treatment of prisoners of war'. In much the same way, atrocious deals with cruelty, accursed with being hateful and abhorrent will describe something as obscene: 'obscene cruelty'.

Answer: I found all three

Black-hearted means to have a wicked, malignant disposition, to be morally bad. Other alternatives include deathful and flint-hearted. Pernicious means to be deadly or able to cause great harm. Heinous is grossly wicked or reprehensible.

Answer: Iniquitous

Nefarious means flagrantly wicked or evil. Nefarious schemes and villainous plots go hand in hand. In much the same way, an iniquity is a gross injustice or a sin. The other three words speak of good standing and purity.

Answer: Ingenuous

"Sneaky little hobbitses. Wicked, tricksy, false!" (Quote taken from the movie 'Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers' (2002)).
To be ingenuous means to be artless or be without guile. Knavish, roguish or impish people would be viewed as being crafty or deceitful, possessing a mischievous quality.

Answer: Appealing

Dreadful is a word that means terrible or extremely unpleasant. In much the same as we say "the wicked wind" we can also say that the wind was dreadful, alarming, appalling or atrocious. Appealing, on the other hand, relates to attractiveness, being pleasing or sympathetic.

Answer: Yes

Fierce lends itself to four separate meanings:
Furious - to be savage or unrestrained in nature.
Tearing - to possess an intense or turbulent force.
Cut-throat - as a measure of intensity, for example cut-throat or fierce competition.
Boisterous - to be highly disagreeable or rough in action.

Answer: Maven

A maven, of Yiddish and Hebrew origins, is one who has special knowledge or is an expert in their field. An amateur, however, is one who only tinkers in a field of endeavour, using it more as a hobby than a profession. A dilettante is similar to an amateur in that they will dabble in a field, their interest being superficial.

A sciolist is one who holds a pretentious attitude in respect to scholarship.

Answer: Innocuous

The word mighty means to possess a great power or force, whereas innocuous is seemingly harmless. To be doughty is to be stout hearted and brave. A stalwart is firm and resolute and puissant means to contain great power, for example a powerful athlete.

Answer: Seemly

Oh, I hope you didn't say playful? To be playful does mean to be full of spirit but it can also mean to be full of high jinks and mischief and to possess a roguish quality. To be fractious is to be a trouble maker and wayward means to deliberately deviate from standards. Seemly, on the other hand, means to conform to standards.

Source: Author pollucci19

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