The Haggard Hawks Quiz 11
The HH Twitter feed is 4 years old today! But how much have you learned over the last 1400+ days? These 20 fiendish questions will find out...
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Quiz Questions
1.
The very first word HH ever tweeted was ‘vampire trap’. But where would you find one?
A.
In a forest
B.
In a kitchen
C.
In a theatre
D.
In a library
2.
If A = 1, B = 2, and so on, ARM + BEND = ?
A.
ELBOW
B.
WRIST
C.
JOINT
D.
REACH
3.
What is tachygraphy?
A.
Beautiful writing
B.
Fast writing
C.
Your own handwriting
D.
Illegible writing
4.
In 18th century slang, if you ‘had your crooked stockings on’, you were probably...?
A.
Dead
B.
In prison
C.
In love
D.
Drunk
5.
What might be subject to ‘feaguing’ and ‘bishoping’ to make it appear younger than it actually is?
A.
A car
B.
A house
C.
A horse
D.
A piece of fruit
6.
When it was written down for the first time in AD 1086, how many letters did the English alphabet have?
A.
9
B.
19
C.
29
D.
Trick question—26
7.
You’ve got a climb-tack and a vierspannel in your house. So what have you got?
A.
A wandering cat and a lazy dog
B.
A noisy tenant and mooching relative
C.
An open fire and a cosy armchair
D.
A freezing cold draught and a damp patch
8.
Each of these words derives from a number. But which one is the highest?
A.
Duodenum
B.
Decimate
C.
November
D.
Myriad
9.
12 is a dozen. 13 is a baker’s dozen. So what’s 11?
A.
A banker’s dozen
B.
A butcher’s dozen
C.
A teacher’s dozen
D.
A lawyer’s dozen
10.
Alcove, coffee, sherbet and mattress all arrived in English from what language?
A.
Greek
B.
French
C.
Dutch
D.
Arabic
11.
Which of these are ‘squadrons’?
A.
[ and ]
B.
! and ?
C.
/ and \
D.
< and >
12.
What is a ‘portrait-parlé’?
A.
A vague description of a place
B.
A vivid description of someone’s face
C.
An incorrect description of a past event
D.
An exaggerated description of a victory
13.
True or false: ‘shitten-luck’ is good luck.
A.
True
B.
False
14.
‘The Prisoner’s Restriction’ is a type of deliberately constrained writing. Which of these sentences is written using it?
A.
Our men soon saw seven women
B.
Twenty trendy Frenchmen even met me
C.
Effaced, dad bagged a bad cabbage
D.
I do not know where bright doctors practise
15.
Which of these is true?
A.
Midwife literally means ‘wife-wife’
B.
Twilight literally means ‘light-light’
C.
Sledgehammer literally means ‘hammer-hammer’
D.
Honeymoon literally means ‘moon-moon’
16.
Work this out—the word ‘defeat’ could join which of these groups?
A.
Tow, ether, evens, tiffy
B.
Hijack, nope, stump, Tuvalu
C.
Ghost, mossy, forty, chimps
D.
Automobile, misbehaviour, facetious, authorize
17.
“That shoful sells nothing but penny-wabble!” Or in other words...?
A.
“That coffee shop sells nothing but cold coffee!”
B.
“That poor-quality pub serves watered-down beer!”
C.
“That swanky restaurant sells the best food in town!”
D.
“That clothes shop sells all the latest fashions!”
18.
Shakespeare used the word ‘housekeeper’ in Macbeth. What did he use it to mean?
A.
Thatched roof
B.
Archbishop
C.
Midday sun
D.
Guard dog
19.
Speaking of Shakespeare, when the Globe Theatre burned down in 1613, no one died—but which one of these happened instead?
A.
A man’s trousers caught on fire and he used his beer to put them out
B.
A woman’s wig caught on fire and she threw herself in the Thames to put it out
C.
A dog’s tail caught on fire and it bit Shakespeare’s hand when he tried to put it out
D.
An early draft of Hamlet in which the prince survived was destroyed
20.
And finally, you really should know this by now ... What exactly is a ‘haggard’ hawk?
A.
A captive hawk that escapes into the wild
B.
A wild hawk caught and trained to hunt in captivity
C.
A young hawk kept as a pet and never trained to hunt
D.
A crossbred hawk that’s unable to fly
Quiz Outcomes
1.
UH OH...
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Let’s face it, that could have gone better. Worth another go?
2.
UH OH...
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Let’s face it—that could have gone better... Worth another go?
3.
MUST TRY HARDER...
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Not a bad mark for a tough quiz—but there’s certainly room for improvement...!
4.
ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT...
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Not bad for such a tough quiz! But there’s room for improvement... Time for one more go?
5.
NOT BAD AT ALL!
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Not a bad score at all for such a tough quiz—well played!
6.
HALF MARKS
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Nothing wrong with half marks when the questions are as tough as these! Well played.
7.
WELL PLAYED!
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A great score for such a tough quiz! Well played.
8.
WELL PLAYED!
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An excellent score for such a tough quiz, well played!
9.
A BRILLIANT SCORE!
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Brilliantly played for such a tough quiz—well done!
10.
EXCELLENT!
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A superb score all round—consider yourself an honorary Haggard Hawk!
11.
TOP MARKS!
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Blimey, you really do know your HH trivia. Ever thought about starting a Twitter account about words...?
