The Haggard Hawks Quiz 10
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Quiz Questions
1.
‘Gymnasium’ literally means ‘place to exercise...’?
A.
...naked
B.
...daily
C.
...outside
D.
...reluctantly
2.
What could come next in this series: know, salmon, mnemonic, hymn, colonel...?
A.
Answer
B.
Gnaw
C.
Island
D.
Receipt
3.
You’re looking at a marinorama. What can you see?
A.
The Sun
B.
The sea
C.
The sky
D.
The Moon
4.
Avocado. Tomato. Chocolate. Whose language did we borrow those words from?
A.
The Aztecs
B.
The Australian Aborigines
C.
The Inuit
D.
The Ancient Egyptians
5.
Speaking of ‘avocado’, it literally means...?
A.
Fart
B.
Buttock
C.
Bladder
D.
Testicle
6.
True or false: if you ‘beat the devil around the gooseberry bush’, you tell a short, pithy joke.
A.
True
B.
False
7.
You wake up on Sunday morning suffering ‘Saturday night palsy’. What were you doing last night?
A.
Eating too much
B.
Drinking too much
C.
Walking too far
D.
Talking too much
8.
“Knock, knock. Who’s there?” is a line from which of these literary works?
A.
Shakespeare’s Macbeth
B.
Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities
C.
Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales
D.
Poe’s The Raven
9.
Who is the oldest of these four people?
A.
Frumberdling
B.
Opsimath
C.
Leave-yer-omer
D.
Flirtigig
10.
Where might you find a naufragiated naufrague?
A.
On the Moon
B.
On a desert island
C.
On top of a mountain
D.
In a cave
11.
What would you do with an idioticon?
A.
Read it
B.
Wear it
C.
Eat it
D.
Worship it
12.
What are you doing if you’re chirographating?
A.
Playing a musical instrument
B.
Writing a song
C.
Signing your name
D.
Mispelling a word
13.
Which of these is an old name for a hammerhead shark?
A.
Balance fish
B.
Mudworm
C.
Vampire ray
D.
Horse whale
14.
The word ‘dollop’ could join which of these groups?
A.
BOOHOOED, DECIDED, EXCEEDED
B.
pod, SWIMS, suns
C.
Cabbage, acceded, face
D.
Typewriter, repertoire, peppery
15.
Which of these is another word for an inconsistency in a storyline?
A.
Homeric nod
B.
Chaucerian cough
C.
Shakespearian wink
D.
Dickensian nudge
16.
You’re experiencing barbaralalia. What are you trying to do?
A.
Read a tongue-twister
B.
Speak a foreign language
C.
Do an impression
D.
Recite something from memory
17.
The earliest record of the word ‘ragamuffin’ is as...?
A.
A place name
B.
A surname
C.
A ship name
D.
A street name
18.
Which of these literally means ‘sleeping place’?
A.
Boudoir
B.
Pyjamas
C.
Cemetery
D.
Coma
19.
Which of these was once defined as the period before 6 July 1189?
A.
Antiquity
B.
Olden days
C.
Ancient history
D.
Time immemorial
20.
And finally... Zythepsary is often claimed to be the last word in the dictionary. What does it mean?
A.
Windmill
B.
Brewery
C.
Church
D.
Hospital
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...?
