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Drop a Letter 12 Trivia Quiz

Welcome back! Start with a six letter word, drop a letter each time until you reach one letter. Then work your way back to a five letter word. Unscrambling required. The interesting information is from Wikipedia and word meanings from OED. Enjoy!

A multiple-choice quiz by angikar. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
angikar

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
377,669

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
8 / 10

Plays
812

Question 1 of 10

1. Start with a word of six letters.

A subdivisional unit of the church.

Answer: (One Word, Six Letters)

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Question 2 of 10

2. Drop a letter and unscramble.

An adjective describing a thing having a small, cross-sectional area which can pierce or cut something.

Answer: (One Word, Five Letters)

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Question 3 of 10

3. Drop another letter.

A string instrument which had been around for centuries.

Answer: (One Word, Four Letters : Kind of Lyre)

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Question 4 of 10

4. Drop yet another letter and rearrange.

A form of music.

Answer: (One Word, Three Letters)

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Question 5 of 10

5. Drop yet another letter.

Abbreviation of a type of mathematical progression.

Answer: (One Word, Two Letters)

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Question 6 of 10

6. Finally, drop a last letter.

Greek prefix meaning 'without' or 'lacking'.

Answer: (One Letter)

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Question 7 of 10

7. Now, start your way up to a five letter word. Add a letter.

Abbreviation of the phrase which, in Latin, this means 'in the year of the lord'. This phrase is used in history.

Answer: (One Word, Two Letters)

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Question 8 of 10

8. Add another letter.

Synonym of 'help'.

Answer: (One Word, Three Letters)

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Question 9 of 10

9. Add yet another letter.

Female domestic help.

Answer: (One Word, Four Letters)

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Question 10 of 10

10. Finally, add a last letter and rearrange.

An organic compound which is an acid derivative, where the OH group in the carboxylic acid group is replaced by a NH2 group.

Answer: (One Word, Five Letters)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Start with a word of six letters. A subdivisional unit of the church.

Answer: parish

A parish is a subdivisional unit of a diocese. The head of a parish is a parish priest. He is helped by curates.

2. Drop a letter and unscramble. An adjective describing a thing having a small, cross-sectional area which can pierce or cut something.

Answer: sharp

A sharp object such as a pin or a knife can cut or pierce something because of its small, cross-sectional area. A force applied to it is concentrated in a small area so the pressure, or force per unit area, is greater. A sharp object has a thin edge or a fine point.

3. Drop another letter. A string instrument which had been around for centuries.

Answer: harp

The strings in a harp are at an angle to the soundboard. Harps are usually made of wood and are triangular in shape. The pitch of each string can be changed by a peg at the top. The strings were made of gut in the past, which has been replaced by nylon today.

4. Drop yet another letter and rearrange. A form of music.

Answer: rap

Rap is characterized by its recitation-like, rhythmic, fast utterance of words. Rap often deals with ongoing social or political issues. Eminem and Jay Z are two famous rappers.

5. Drop yet another letter. Abbreviation of a type of mathematical progression.

Answer: AP

An arithmetic progression is a series where the difference between any two consecutive terms remains constant. An AP is in the form a, a+d, a+2d, a+3d and so on where a is the first term and d is the common difference. The simplest series in arithmetic progression is 1, 2, 3, 4 ... and so on.

The expression for summing an AP is [(n/2)*{a+(n-1)d}], where a and d have the same meanings as previous and n is the number of terms.

6. Finally, drop a last letter. Greek prefix meaning 'without' or 'lacking'.

Answer: a

Some words where 'a' stands for without are 'asexual' (non-sexual) and 'abiotic' (not biotic). 'A' is also a prefix meaning 'without' in Indian languages like Hindi and Bengali.

7. Now, start your way up to a five letter word. Add a letter. Abbreviation of the phrase which, in Latin, this means 'in the year of the lord'. This phrase is used in history.

Answer: ad

The years after the birth of Jesus Christ are marked as 'AD', or 'Anno Domini'. They are alternatively marked as 'CE', or 'Common Era'. The years before the birth of Christ are marked as 'BC', i.e., 'Before Christ'. Alternatively, they are marked as 'BCE', or 'Before Common Era'.

8. Add another letter. Synonym of 'help'.

Answer: aid

During situations of war, social or political unrest, natural or other disaster, countries often offer medical, monetary aid to the suffering country. The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) are two organizations which provide monetary aid to countries.

9. Add yet another letter. Female domestic help.

Answer: maid

A maid usually performs jobs like cleaning, dusting, etc. Maids are more common in developing countries than developed countries.

10. Finally, add a last letter and rearrange. An organic compound which is an acid derivative, where the OH group in the carboxylic acid group is replaced by a NH2 group.

Answer: amide

In the simplest amide, one hydrogen atom of ammonia gets replaced by an acyl group (RCO). More complex amides are formed from derivatives of primary and secondary amines. They are weak bases.

Source: Author angikar

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