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Quiz about Colour Idioms
Quiz about Colour Idioms

Colour Idioms Trivia Quiz


In idioms we often use colors, though we don't mean them to be taken literally anymore.To be called a bluestocking you don't have to wear blue stockings ... See how 'colorful' your language is. Insert the idiomatic colors in the blanks.

A multiple-choice quiz by flem-ish. Estimated time: 9 mins.
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Author
flem-ish
Time
9 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
65,005
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
20
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
15 / 20
Plays
6522
Last 3 plays: cleeclope (14/20), Mazee1 (19/20), Guest 74 (12/20).
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Question 1 of 20
1. A harmless untruth for the sake of politeness is a ___ lie.

Answer: (One Word)
Question 2 of 20
2. Puritanical people are ___ noses.

Answer: (One Word)
Question 3 of 20
3. Puritanical people don't watch ___ movies.

Answer: (One Word)
Question 4 of 20
4. If we get a ___ light, it means that we get permission.

Answer: (One Word)
Question 5 of 20
5. If we go ___ - bagging , it means that we have a meal with others, but take our own food (e.g., in paper bags).

Answer: (One Word)
Question 6 of 20
6. Won't a country that exports its ___ matter soon be short of brainy people ?

Answer: (One Word)
Question 7 of 20
7. If you buy or sell on the ___ market, you are doing it illegally.

Answer: (One Word)
Question 8 of 20
8. The influence and political pressure of old and or retired people is sometimes called ___ power.

Answer: (One Word)
Question 9 of 20
9. Elderly and (semi-) retired politicians often still have a lot of influence behind the scene. We call them ___ eminences.

Answer: (One Word)
Question 10 of 20
10. A most urgent warning of imminent danger or enemy attack is a ___ alert.

Answer: (One Word)
Question 11 of 20
11. A misleading clue is a ___ herring.

Answer: (One Word)
Question 12 of 20
12. Useless presents or useless possessions may be called ___ elephants.

Answer: (One Word)
Question 13 of 20
13. An amusing (and often cynical) way to look at what is basically sad and serious, is what can occasionally be called ___ humour.

Answer: (One Word)
Question 14 of 20
14. A bad character in an otherwise well-behaved group is a ___ sheep.

Answer: (One Word)
Question 15 of 20
15. Excessive official (or bureaucratic) formalities are ___ tape.

Answer: (One Word)
Question 16 of 20
16. A sale of household linen can be called a ___ sale.

Answer: (One Word)
Question 17 of 20
17. Gay power has sometimes been called purple or ___ power.

Answer: (One Word)
Question 18 of 20
18. The practice of tricking or forcing women into prostitution has been called ___ slavery.

Answer: (One Word)
Question 19 of 20
19. If you run away for lack of courage, people will call you ___.

Answer: (One Word)
Question 20 of 20
20. A text that either contains too many taboo words or too many unnecessarily complicated passages, can be called ___ prose.

Answer: (One Word)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. A harmless untruth for the sake of politeness is a ___ lie.

Answer: white

White is o.k. - culturally speaking. In representations of Heaven angels and saints wear white.
2. Puritanical people are ___ noses.

Answer: blue

Do they feel slightly depressed??
3. Puritanical people don't watch ___ movies.

Answer: blue

blue movie = very adult movie (XXX-rated)
4. If we get a ___ light, it means that we get permission.

Answer: green

As in a traffic-light context.
5. If we go ___ - bagging , it means that we have a meal with others, but take our own food (e.g., in paper bags).

Answer: brown

Brown paper bags originally.
6. Won't a country that exports its ___ matter soon be short of brainy people ?

Answer: grey

Remember Hercule Poirot's little grey cells.
7. If you buy or sell on the ___ market, you are doing it illegally.

Answer: black

Culturally speaking, in Western civilisation, it ain't no good, if it ain't 'to the right' and white. In contrast to Asia, the colour for funerals in Western societies is black.
8. The influence and political pressure of old and or retired people is sometimes called ___ power.

Answer: grey

'Grey wolves' they occasionally call themselves.
9. Elderly and (semi-) retired politicians often still have a lot of influence behind the scene. We call them ___ eminences.

Answer: grey

Maybe those politicians are bald already, but we politely suppose they have matured into grey-haired sages.
In French "eminences grises".
10. A most urgent warning of imminent danger or enemy attack is a ___ alert.

Answer: red

Red means 'danger' in Western society. Fire-alert kind of. In Chinese restaurants it's the festive colour.
11. A misleading clue is a ___ herring.

Answer: red

Red herrings draw the attention ... away from what you should keep an eye on.
12. Useless presents or useless possessions may be called ___ elephants.

Answer: white

They may be rare things, but a bit unpractical.
13. An amusing (and often cynical) way to look at what is basically sad and serious, is what can occasionally be called ___ humour.

Answer: black

Humour that refers to the darker sides of human life.
14. A bad character in an otherwise well-behaved group is a ___ sheep.

Answer: black

Well it's already in the Bible: there are good animals to Christ's right side and bad animals to Christ's left side. The sheep are to be separated from the goats. And we in our enthusiasm even separate the black sheep from the white.
15. Excessive official (or bureaucratic) formalities are ___ tape.

Answer: red

Already in Middle Ages the sealing that was used to guarantee that a document was legally and officially approved was red wax.
16. A sale of household linen can be called a ___ sale.

Answer: white

Because household linen has to be white (as the washing-powder industry keeps telling us).
17. Gay power has sometimes been called purple or ___ power.

Answer: Pink

Pink Triangles were used in Nazi concentration camps to indicate the inmates there for homosexuality. Another colour association for gay is lavender, a colour between blue and pink. However, this word does not pattern up with power into an alliterative slogan. More at www.lavendermagazine.com.
18. The practice of tricking or forcing women into prostitution has been called ___ slavery.

Answer: white

Well the story goes that white women were popular in the Arab world. Nowadays the trafficking sometimes follows slightly different routes.
19. If you run away for lack of courage, people will call you ___.

Answer: yellow

Do people turn yellow in the face because of cold feet?
20. A text that either contains too many taboo words or too many unnecessarily complicated passages, can be called ___ prose.

Answer: purple

Is not Henry Miller too full of purple prose?
Source: Author flem-ish

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