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A FunTrivia Mixed Quiz!

This is an untimed game, created by the FunTrivia QuizBot using questions submitted by players. Take your time, and please consider submitting questions of your own when you are done!

#1. Humanities Mixture. Player shahzy1022 asks:
  From which language are the words algebra, alchemy, and coffee borrowed?

    Hindi
    Arabic
    Russian
    French

#2. Humanities Mixture. Player anteenia asks:
  What does the word 'aptitude' really mean?

    amenable to confidence
    suitable skills, talents and abilities for some purpose
    potential for bravery and willingness
    intelligence quotient

#3. Humanities Mixture. Player dolano asks:
  The phrase 'Madam, I'm Adam" is a line that reads the same backwards as it does forwards. What is the singular term used to describe this type of occurrence within the English language?

    Palindrome
    Anagram
    Spoonerism
    Oxymoron

#4. Humanities Mixture. Player lorance79 asks:
  Which of these words mean to quote or refer to something in support of your argument?

    sight
    cyte
    site
    cite

#5. Humanities Mixture. Player czech7985 asks:
  What adjective (from another language) is often used in English to indicate a woman's maiden name?

    nee
    nei
    nay
    knee

#6. Humanities Mixture. Player timence asks:
  According to the well-known phrase, revenge is a dish best served how?

    Tepid
    Hot
    Cold
    Warm

#7. Humanities Mixture. Player MyGirl2000 asks:
  What word is defined as a male bee, a parasite, or as an unmanned aircraft or ship?

    insect
    drone
    tone
    queen

#8. Humanities Mixture. Player portgleep asks:
  You may know that Socrates taught Plato, and that Plato taught Aristotle, but can you continue the chain? Which famed King of Macedon did Aristotle teach?

    Alexander the Great
    Attila the Hun
    Julius Caesar
    Hannibal

#9. Humanities Mixture. Player FatherSteve asks:
  In Edgar Allan Poe's "The Murders in the Rue Morgue"(1841), Dupin says "The Parisian police, so much extolled for acumen, are cunning, but no more." What does he mean by "acumen"?

    eating the best herbs and spices
    the ability to disguise themselves
    having a network of informers
    keenness, insight, cleverness

#10. Humanities Mixture. Player Trivia_Fan54 asks:
  Which of the following words is NOT an antonym for the verb "increase"?

    Shrink
    Diminish
    Decline
    Expand