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In Other Words

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In Other Words game quiz
"All of us are familiar with the old cliches---after all, they're "as plain as the nose on your face." But, let's see if we can figure out what they are when they are stated in unfamiliar terms. Let's go."

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1. A person who is so miffed that they are "visualizing photic energy with a wavelength of about 650 nanometers" is seeing what?
    money green
    blue
    red
    green


2. "Hominans habitating vitreous domiciles should refrain from the forceful projection of petrescent missiles." In this cliche, there is a construction material cited. Which construction material is it?
    concrete
    glass
    wood
    silly putty


3. Though it may be a snap to " direct the trajectory of a member of Equus caballus proximate of hydrogen oxide," this cliche informs us that it may not be so easy to persuade him to do what?
    eat
    dance with the devil in the pale moonlight
    yawn
    drink


4. Mother cow probably would join you if she saw you "Engaging in a lachrymous display consequent to inadvertently divulged bovine lacteal fluid," because of all the hard work she has done to give you what you're so distraught over. What bovine liquid is mentioned in this cliche?
    milk
    soda
    water
    underarm sweat


5. To all of the hardhearts out there, you'd do well to remember that, "You can ensnare more Musca domesticae utilizing an apian, saccharine foodstuff as opposed to the utilization of acetic acid." What disgusting creatures are we trying to catch?
    flies
    snakes
    hogs
    politicians


6. I have been advised, at one time or other throughout my life, never to "Enumerate your Gallus domestica antecedent to their emergence from their ova." To what creature is this admonition referring?
    A gangster rapper
    Peacock
    Chicken
    Puff adder


7. When something is getting me down, I always try to remember that every "amalgamation of airborne water vapor is in possession of a thin layer of argentum as a coating." What precious substance is referenced in this old saying?
    Silver
    Platinum
    Diamonds
    Jack Daniels Tennessee Whiskey


8. When something is occurring in an extremely short period of time we say it is happening within the time span required for the "nictitation of an ocular organ." What very fast movement are we referring to here?
    Two shakes of a lamb's tail
    A Congressman selling out to a lobbyist
    The strike of lightning
    The blink of an eye


9. You would do well to remember that you should never "injure by mastication the manuductory organ that supplies your nutritional sustenance." You are admonished here not to do what?
    Spend your economic stimulus check refund money all in one place
    Turn a blind eye
    Bite the hand that feeds you.
    Make a sudden move


10. What we all could use when deciding what to do in an unfamiliar situation is a good "regulation of the pollex." This is yet another cliche referring to the hand. True or false?
    True
    False


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Compiled Jun 28 12