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You Are Such an Idiom! Trivia Quiz

A little learning can be a dangerous thing, but if you know your idioms, then your answers won't need to be a shot in the dark.

A multiple-choice quiz by surdoux. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
surdoux

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
334,936

Updated
May 25 24

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Easy

Avg Score
9 / 10

Plays
2781

Awards
Top 35% Quiz

Last 3 plays: Fiona112233 (10/10), daveguth (8/10), RobertLee_1964 (10/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. My little nephew Jack was in floods of tears, as his carefully constructed snowman melted. He could be said to be making a mountain out of what? Hint

an anthill

a large hill

a small hill

a molehill

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Question 2 of 10

2. To cheer him up, I took Jack into town, but the bus was so crowded it felt uncomfortable; in fact, we could have been described as being packed like what? Hint

herrings

pilchards

sardines

sausages

3. As we arrived in town, I couldn't help but remember the last time I was here, celebrating a friend's birthday. "Let's paint the town!" one of the group said; what colour should he have added to this statement? Hint

pink

blue

red

green

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Question 4 of 10

4. Our first stop was the cinema, after deciding to see a film, but I just couldn't get the change out of my pocket. Today, I just seem to be all fingers and what? Hint

toes

thumbs

arms

legs

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Question 5 of 10

5. When we sat down to watch the film, the soundtrack was so loud that I thought I would finish up as _____ as a post. Which word idiomatically fills the blank? Hint

dead

hard

deaf

wooden

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Question 6 of 10

6. Thankfully, the film eventually finished (Jack chose it). It seemed to go on for a month of what? Hint

Mondays

Fridays

Wednesdays

Sundays

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Question 7 of 10

7. After the cinema, Jack wanted to visit a burger bar for something to eat. Having already had lunch beforehand, I was sure that afterwards, I would be as full as a what? Hint

tyke

tick

tock

tack

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Question 8 of 10

8. I actually knew the girl behind the counter, as she went to the same college as my son, and had passed all her exams with flying colours, all to end up working in a burger bar. It just shows that you can't judge a book by the what? Hint

cover

writing

page

credits

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Question 9 of 10

9. As we were finishing our meals, a stranger sat down next to us, and began talking to an invisible person opposite. We beat a hasty retreat, as he was obviously as nutty as a what? Hint

car

street

lobby

fruitcake

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Question 10 of 10

10. That was it, a good day out with my nephew, but now it was time to say, "Let's call it a what?" Hint

night

day

wrap

week

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. My little nephew Jack was in floods of tears, as his carefully constructed snowman melted. He could be said to be making a mountain out of what?

Answer: a molehill

Molehills can be dangerous! Did you know that a victim of a molehill was William III of England, who died from pneumonia in 1702? This was due to a complication from a broken collarbone when he fell from his horse that had stumbled on a molehill.

2. To cheer him up, I took Jack into town, but the bus was so crowded it felt uncomfortable; in fact, we could have been described as being packed like what?

Answer: sardines

To burn off the number of calories found in a standard can of sardines you would have to:

Box for 27 minutes (although a snowman should be a piece of cake);
Shovel snow for 24 minutes (and build Jack a new snowman);
Or do 35 minutes of low impact aerobics (Good exercise when it's cold).

Answer: red

One possible origin of this idiom (and because of its proximity to my home town, is the one I like the best) is of a tale dating back to 1837. This is when the Marquis of Waterford, who is described as a 'reprobate and landowner', and a group of his friends ran riot in Melton Mowbray, painting the town's toll-bar and several buildings red.

4. Our first stop was the cinema, after deciding to see a film, but I just couldn't get the change out of my pocket. Today, I just seem to be all fingers and what?

Answer: thumbs

Did you know that the first public exhibition of projected motion pictures in America was shown at Koster and Bial's Music Hall in New York City on the 23rd of April 1896?

5. When we sat down to watch the film, the soundtrack was so loud that I thought I would finish up as _____ as a post. Which word idiomatically fills the blank?

Answer: deaf

Sign languages are not universal. For example, British Sign Language (BSL) differs notably from American Sign Language (ASL) ASL is reputed to be the fourth most commonly used language in the United States.

6. Thankfully, the film eventually finished (Jack chose it). It seemed to go on for a month of what?

Answer: Sundays

Did you know, that in the Gregorian calendar, it is not possible for a century to begin on a Sunday?

7. After the cinema, Jack wanted to visit a burger bar for something to eat. Having already had lunch beforehand, I was sure that afterwards, I would be as full as a what?

Answer: tick

Did you know that ticks are normally thought of as insects, but they are actually arachnids like scorpions and spiders? They all have four pairs of legs as adults and have no antennae.

Answer: cover

The Library of Congress in Washington, DC contains 28 million books and has over 532 miles of shelves. If you were driving at a steady 70 mph it would take you a little under eight hours to pass them all. (Although you would probably be arrested before you finished.)

9. As we were finishing our meals, a stranger sat down next to us, and began talking to an invisible person opposite. We beat a hasty retreat, as he was obviously as nutty as a what?

Answer: fruitcake

In the UK, value added tax (VAT) is payable on chocolate covered biscuits, but not on chocolate covered cakes. In a famous case, McVities took Her Majesty's Customs and Excise to court, after they had demanded that VAT should be paid, as they were biscuits. McVities argued that the distinction between cakes and biscuits is that biscuits would normally be expected to go soft when stale, whereas cakes would normally go hard. McVities won the case and VAT is not paid on Jaffa Cakes in the UK.

10. That was it, a good day out with my nephew, but now it was time to say, "Let's call it a what?"

Answer: day

Did you know, that although it is so close (well, at least I can see it) that a day on our moon actually lasts for 29 and a half days?

Source: Author surdoux

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