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A Bridge to Nowhere Trivia Quiz

We start with the letters to "a bridge", lose some letters, do a u-turn, add some, do some rearranging and end up "nowhere". Best of luck.

A multiple-choice quiz by pollucci19. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
pollucci19

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
353,155

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Easy

Avg Score
9 / 10

Plays
869

Awards
Top 35% Quiz

Question 1 of 10

1. Lose a letter from "a bridge", rearrange the rest to make a word that represents a burrowing mammal from the Family Mustelidae or a word that means to pester or harry?

Answer: (6 Letters)

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Question 2 of 10

2. Lose a letter and rearrange the rest to make a word that means hair found on a man's cheeks, chin and throat?

Answer: (5 Letters)

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Question 3 of 10

3. Lose another letter, rearrange the rest to create a word that means to challenge someone to an act of boldness?

Answer: (4 Letters)

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Question 4 of 10

4. Lose a letter and rearrange the rest to create an alternate word for a Communist?

Answer: (3 Letters)

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Question 5 of 10

5. Lose another letter to create the symbol for the element Rhenium?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 6 of 10

6. Now for the u-turn. Rearrange the letters in the previous answer to identify an American medical drama television series created by novelist Michael Crichton?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 7 of 10

7. Now add a letter and rearrange to create a word that represents the egg mass of particular crustaceans and fish?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 8 of 10

8. Add another letter and rearrange to make a word that indicates the principal male character in a novel?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 9 of 10

9. Add a letter and rearrange to identify a major French river valley famous for its wines?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 10 of 10

10. Add another letter and rearrange to produce an archaic term that means "on this place"?

Answer: (One Word)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Lose a letter from "a bridge", rearrange the rest to make a word that represents a burrowing mammal from the Family Mustelidae or a word that means to pester or harry?

Answer: BADGER

Alternative words that can be used for badger (not the mammal) include harass, bug or bully.

2. Lose a letter and rearrange the rest to make a word that means hair found on a man's cheeks, chin and throat?

Answer: BEARD

Beards are not confined to men. The silky tufts on corn ears are also known as beards.

3. Lose another letter, rearrange the rest to create a word that means to challenge someone to an act of boldness?

Answer: DARE

The motto of the British SAS is "Who Dares Wins".

4. Lose a letter and rearrange the rest to create an alternate word for a Communist?

Answer: RED

The Online Free Dictionary describes the colour red as: "The hue of the long-wave end of the visible spectrum, evoked in the human observer by radiant energy with wavelengths of approximately 630 to 750 nanometers". Whoa!

5. Lose another letter to create the symbol for the element Rhenium?

Answer: RE

In music "re" (pronounced ray) is the second tone on the diatonic scale.

6. Now for the u-turn. Rearrange the letters in the previous answer to identify an American medical drama television series created by novelist Michael Crichton?

Answer: ER

Er ... "he who hesitates is lost". Now for something serious, the "ER" of the television series stands for Emergency Room.

7. Now add a letter and rearrange to create a word that represents the egg mass of particular crustaceans and fish?

Answer: ROE

Roe can be classified as hard and soft. Hard roe comes from female fish whose ovaries are full of mature eggs, while soft roe is the sperm filled testes of the male.

8. Add another letter and rearrange to make a word that indicates the principal male character in a novel?

Answer: HERO

Nowadays it is not uncommon for the term hero to be treated as gender-neutral.

9. Add a letter and rearrange to identify a major French river valley famous for its wines?

Answer: RHONE

The Rhone River enters the Mediterranean Sea near the city of Marseilles in France.

10. Add another letter and rearrange to produce an archaic term that means "on this place"?

Answer: HEREON

Hereon is an archaic use of the word hereupon which means "at or on this". Alternatively it can also say "immediately after this".

Hereon, if we add the letter "w" and rearrange the letters we end up nowhere.

Source: Author pollucci19

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