Sesquipedalian Logodaedaly!

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1. I’ll start this quiz by giving you an answer! "Sesquipedalian" means "pertaining to, or using long words". But what exactly is the root meaning of sesquipedalian? Derived from ancient Greek Boring old person Tongue-twister About 46 centimetres

2. "Logodaedalians", or "word wizards", can be a colourful bunch. All of the following words refer to colour in some way except for: Brunneous Xanthocyanopsia Purpuraceous Rosorial

3. "Philtrum" is a strangely uncommon word, for a strangely common feature. Which show business personality never professionally exposed his or her philtrum? Jim Morrison Arnold Schwarzenegger Drew Barrymore Groucho Marx

4. While you’re fishing for answers, which of the following words has nothing to do with fish? Halieutics Hircismus Harengiform Humuhumunukunukuapua'a

5. You have a friend who expresses the desire to move from a state of "steatopygia" to one of "callipygia". What DVD do you buy her for Christmas? Nothing, she’s obviously a Zoroastrian and doesn’t celebrate Christmas Complete first season of "The Sopranos" "Buns of Steel" "Carrot Top Rocks Las Vegas"

6. Leapin’ lizards! I’ll bet you’ve never met a reptile that was: Herpetofauna Squamaceous Pentapopemptic Poikilothermal

7. If you were in a foot race with three other people, and you achieved the "preantepenultimate" position, you would have: Attained nirvana Lost Won Hurt yourself

8. Even Willy the Shake was a logodaedalian, maybe the best ever. Which of the following sesquipedalianisms can be found in the works of Shakespeare? Honorificabilitudinitatibus Antidisestablishmentarianism Floccinaucinihilipilification Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

9. "But surely my dear, you must have realized from the start that I'm a confirmed gynotikolobomassophile," you murmur, as you: Nibble her ear Do her dishes Poison her wine Slip into her underwear

10. Which one of the following words did I make up just for this quiz? Ultraglabrescentaceous Quasihemidemisemiquaver Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis Hippopotomonstrosesquipedalian