1. Scrabble players will be all too familiar with QAT, the word we tend to use to get rid of a Q without waiting for a U. What's the definition of this useful word? A ceremonial cave, often used for burials A pillar or post at one of four corners of a temple The leaves of an evergreen shrub A head-covering shawl woven of linen or wool

2. What would you most likely do in a SUQ? Shop Argue a case Be dressed in a space suit Give birth to a baby

3. A recent addition to some Scrabble arsenals has been the only acceptable two-letter Q word. What is it? Answer: (One Word)

4. A QINTAR is a former monetary unit of which country? North Korea Yemen Kazakhstan Albania

5. Of the lonely Q words QAID, QANAT, QOPH and BUQSHA, which is the only Hebrew one? Qoph Qanat Qaid Buqsha

6. There are many wonderful place names that don't need Us after their Qs. Many of them are Arabic; others are Inuit. Which of the following places is NOT in Canada? Zaqaziq Kangiqsualujjuaq Oqsuqtooq Auyuittuq

7. Africa has some lovely lonely Q words, like QWAQWA, a place in South Africa. What African thing is a MBAQANGA? A dance A village elder A cooking pot A brook trout

8. YAQONA is the Fijian term for a certain intoxicating drink native to that land. What is it more commonly called? Pastis Lomilomi Kava Arak

9. "SHEQEL" is an alternate spelling for the Israeli currency SHEKEL. How is "SHEQEL" pluralized? Sheqelqa Sheqelae Sheqelim Sheqelot

10. These four actual words all end in Q. Which is the only one listed as obsolete in the "Oxford English Dictionary"? Rencq Tranq Umiaq Talaq