With Pen in Hand Trivia Quiz

Answer: penalty

The word "penalty" comes from the word for "pain" and means a punishment imposed or incurred for a violation of law or rule...
("Penguin Macquarie Dictionary" 1986)

Penlite: This is a battery-operated torch (flashlight for those in USA) about the size of a fountain pen.
Penally: This is a rarely used adverb meaning 'in a penal manner'. (It is more common to use the word 'punitively' but that word doesn't fit my criteria!)
Pencel: This is "a small, narrow streamer borne at the top of a lance - also known as a pennoncel."

Answer: penchant

To have a penchant for something means to have a decided taste or preference for it.

Pennon is another word for a pinion (or wing). It also means a small flag or pennant.
Pendency is "the quality or state of being pendent or suspended."
Pennia is the plural of penni, which is an old Finnish coin.

Answer: pencil

A pencil is a narrow cylinder of graphite, usually encased in wood, though also available with plastic or metal casing.
To 'pencil' something in is to
a) "execute, draw, colour or write with, or as with, a pencil."
("Penguin Macquarie Dictionary" 1986)
b) schedule tentatively; eg. I penciled in the staff meeting for 3:00 pm.

Pencel: "a small, narrow flag or streamer borne at the top of a lance."
Pentagraph: "(from the Greek words pente = five and grapho = write) is a sequence of five letters used to represent a single sound (phoneme) or a combination of sounds that do not necessarily correspond to the individual values of the letters." (Answers.com)
Pendulum: something suspended from a fixed support so that it swings freely back and forth - e.g. a clock pendulum.

Answer: pendant

The word, pendant, means "something which hangs or depends; something suspended; a hanging appendage, especially one of an ornamental character; as to a chandelier or an earring; also, an appendix or addition, as to a book."
("Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary", 1913)

Pennyweight: "a troy weight containing twenty-four grains, or the twentieth part of an ounce. It was anciently the weight of a silver penny, whence the name."
Penicil: This is a small tent or pledget (flat absorbent pad) for protection and healing of wounds or ulcers.
Penetrant: "Having power to enter or pierce; penetrating; sharp; subtile; as, penetrant cold."

Answer: penguin

Pa's particular pic was of an Emperor Penguin, one of 17 recognised species of penguins in the world. Penguins are found mainly in the Southern Hemisphere, although there are colonies found elsewhere (such as the Galapagos penguin near the equator), and they are not native to the Arctic circle.

Penstemon: This is a pretty flowering plant from the same family as snapdragons and foxgloves. It is a popular cottage garden plant.
Penola: This is the oldest town in the famous Coonawarra wine region of South Australia. Rich in history, including the little three-room Catholic school where Sister Mary MacKillop (Australia's first person beatified by the Catholic Church) formed the Sisters of St Joseph, this town is a tourist mecca.
Penuche is a type of fudge with nuts.

Answer: penitent

To feel penitent means to feel sorry or remorseful on account of something you've done that has caused pain or sorrow.

Pensive refers to being "deeply, seriously or sadly thoughtful"
("Penguin Macquarie Dictionary")
Pendent means "supported from above, suspended, depended, pendulous, hanging"
Penurious is the adjective form of penury, meaning extreme poverty or destitution.

Answer: peninsula

A peninsula is a mass of land projecting into a body of water, or an island joined to the mainland by an isthmus (neck).

Penates: Originally gods of the storeroom in Roman mythology, these later became gods of the whole household or community to which they belonged. (Dictionary.com)
Peneplain is "a land surface reduced by erosion to the general condition of a plain, but not wholly devoid of hills; a base-level plain."
Pengo was formerly the basic unit of money in Hungary. It was replaced by the forint in 1946. (Princeton's wordnetweb site)

Answer: penicillin

The story of penicillin begins in 1928 when British scientist, Alexander Fleming noticed that mould had prevented growth of bacteria in his lab.
However, it was an Australian scientist, Howard Florey, who, along with his dedicated team, ten years later transformed penicillin from an interesting observation into a life saver.
Penicillin is "any of various antibiotics obtained from Penicillium molds (or produced synthetically) and used in the treatment of various infections and diseases." (ABC News' Australian site)

Pentavite is a liquid multivitamin developed for infants and children by Bayer. I remember having it as a child myself, and also gave it to my daughter.
Penicillate means "having the form of a pencil; furnished with a pencil of fine hairs; ending in a tuft of hairs like a camel's-hair brush, as the stigmas of some grasses."
Penumbral means "of or pertaining to the region of partial shadow around an umbra. The umbra, penumbra and and antumbra are the names given to three distinct parts of a shadow, created by any light source." (Princeton's wordnetweb site)

Answer: penultimate

As this is question number nine, it is the penultimate question of Penny's posers! Penultimate is "last but one; as, the penultimate syllable, the last syllable but one of a word."

Pentagonal means having five corners or angles.
Pendentive is "the part of a groined vault which is supported by, and springs from, one pier or corbel."
Pentaploid means "a plant with five sets of chromosomes. Pentaploids are usually sterile." (The Open Plant Breeding Foundation's glossary)

Answer: pennywhistle

The pennywhistle is a cheep and cheerful six-holed woodwind instrument, usually with a plastic mouthpiece and a tin body. It's also known as a tin whistle.

Pennyroyal is a member of the mint (mentha) family of plants. It is perennial, with small, lilac-blue flowers. We have it planted next to the dog's run to repel fleas!
Pennywort is a low-growing, common weed from the Umbelliferae family - genus hydrocotyle.
"Penny Dreadful" is a term coined to describe a cheaply produced pulp magazine in Britain in the 1800's. The term stemmed from the name, 'Penny Bloods', used to describe former periodicals printed on cheap paper and featuring stories of murder, torture, ghostly sightings and bizarre customs, etc. In America this type of literature was known as a dime novel. (WiseGeek)