The Haggard Hawks Quiz 4
Another milestone can only mean one thing... The fiendish @HaggardHawks quiz is back!
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Quiz Questions
1.
Which of these literally means ‘little bug’?
A.
Chinchilla
B.
Porcupine
C.
Porpoise
D.
Velociraptor
2.
If you ‘outbluster’ someone, what do you do to them?
A.
Laugh at them
B.
Mimic them
C.
Talk over them
D.
Throw them out
3.
Pen and paper at the ready—write out the full name of every English number, and what will be the only one spelled in alphabetical order?
A.
30
B.
40
C.
80
D.
90
4.
The word ‘archipelago’ was originally just another name for...?
A.
The Aegean Sea
B.
The Great Lakes
C.
The Pacific Ocean
D.
The Zambezi River
5.
Speaking of the Pacific Ocean, what does the word ‘pacific’ actually mean?
A.
Blue
B.
Calm
C.
Deep
D.
Warm
6.
What’s unusual about William Shakespeare’s signature?
A.
He used his wife’s maiden name
B.
He spelled his name differently every time
C.
He wrote it back to front
D.
It’s just an X
7.
Which of these four sets of four is also the name of a type of cake?
A.
1 2 3 4
B.
A B C D
C.
North South East West
D.
Up Down Left Right
8.
What happened to the word ‘aspirin’ in 1919?
A.
It had a town named after it
B.
It was accidentally left out of the dictionary
C.
Its spelling was officially changed
D.
It ceased to be a trademark
9.
True or false: In Old English, potatoes were called ‘earth-apples’?
A.
True
B.
False
10.
Where are you most likely to see a hobidy-booby?
A.
In a field
B.
On a ship
C.
Through a telescope
D.
Under the sea
11.
Which of these will make up 11% of all the language you’ll ever use?
A.
Numbers not letters
B.
The word ‘the’
C.
People’s names
D.
The letter E
12.
“He’s a star-queller AND a whooper-up!” Or, in other words...?
A.
“He’s a terrible actor AND a terrible singer!”
B.
”He’s an awful cook AND a messy eater!”
C.
“He’s a sore loser AND a bad sportsman!”
D.
“He’s an unlucky gambler AND he’s unlucky in love!”
13.
One of these isn’t true. Which one?
A.
Canaries are named after the Canary Islands
B.
Hobbies are named after hobby-horses
C.
Oranges are named after the colour orange
D.
Teddy bears are named after Teddy Roosevelt
14.
Who’s the best-looking out of these four?
A.
Assiepattle
B.
Callomaniac
C.
Colloverthwart
D.
Treacle-man
15.
Thinking caps on—which of these is the odd one out?
A.
Hyphenated
B.
Legible
C.
Polysyllabic
D.
Unhyphenated
16.
Which of these is a genuine medical condition?
A.
Dancing Scotsmen disorder
B.
Grinning Dutchmen disease
C.
Jumping Frenchmen syndrome
D.
Laughing Englishmen complex
17.
This is question 17 of 20—so which of these words best describes it?
A.
Penultimate
B.
Antepenultimate
C.
Preantepenultimate
D.
Propreantepenultimate
18.
If your job title were ‘archmime’, what questionable task would you do for a living?
A.
Impersonate dead people at funerals
B.
Insult guests at weddings
C.
Make children cry at christenings
D.
Throw food at people on their birthdays
19.
The earliest written English alphabet dates from AD 1011. How many letters did it have?
A.
18
B.
21
C.
26
D.
29
20.
And finally... Which of these best describes a clunchfist?
A.
The final day of a prison sentence
B.
The last word in an argument
C.
The latest possible train home
D.
The youngest child in a family
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...?
