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A New Year's Drop a Letter Trivia Quiz

A drop a letter puzzle in which some of the words are related to New Year's Eve or New Year's Day.

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

Author
Joepetz

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
391,002

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
446

Question 1 of 10

1. Start with a 10-letter word for a small item people clap on New Year's Eve.

Answer: (One word - Starts with N)

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Question 2 of 10

2. Drop a letter and rearrange the letter to get a word that means monasteries.

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 3 of 10

3. Drop a letter and scramble to get a word that means nicknames.

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 4 of 10

4. Drop a letter and rearrange the others to get a seven-letter word for annoying.

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 5 of 10

5. Drop a letter and solve to get a six-letter word for a person who might make a New Year's resolution to kick a certain habit.

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 6 of 10

6. Drop another letter and unscramble to get the last name of an inventor.

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 7 of 10

7. Drop a letter and unscramble to get the Greek version of Cupid.

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 8 of 10

8. Drop yet another letter and rearrange to get the source of metals.

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 9 of 10

9. Drop a letter (no need to unscramble) to get "a drop of golden sun" according to Julie Andrews (and Oscar Hammerstein).

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 10 of 10

10. Eliminate one letter to find another letter that stands for an irrational number in mathematics.

Answer: (One Letter)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Start with a 10-letter word for a small item people clap on New Year's Eve.

Answer: Noisemaker

Noisemakers come in all sizes and shapes. A popular noisemaker is shaped like a pair of hands that sound like applause when shook. Noisemakers are popularly seen at parties, especially on New Year's Eve.

2. Drop a letter and rearrange the letter to get a word that means monasteries.

Answer: Monkeries

A monkery is simply another name for a monastery - a place where monks live. Typically speaking, monks in a monkery practice austerity and live very simply.

3. Drop a letter and scramble to get a word that means nicknames.

Answer: Monikers

A moniker is an alias or nickname that a person uses to disguise his or herself. Typically, they are used by writers and artists such as El Greco.

4. Drop a letter and rearrange the others to get a seven-letter word for annoying.

Answer: Irksome

Irksome is a word that means annoying or irritating. Some people should probably make a resolution to be less irksome.

5. Drop a letter and solve to get a six-letter word for a person who might make a New Year's resolution to kick a certain habit.

Answer: Smoker

Giving up smoking is a common resolution many smokers make each year. The CDC published a report in 2017 stating that the success rate of people who try to quit smoking had reached an all-time high.

6. Drop another letter and unscramble to get the last name of an inventor.

Answer: Morse

Samuel Morse was an American inventor most famous for the Morse Code, a communication system of long and short dashes or sounds. It was commonly used on ships and airplanes to send messages from afar.

7. Drop a letter and unscramble to get the Greek version of Cupid.

Answer: Eros

Eros is the Greek god of sexual attraction whose Roman version is Cupid. It is from Eros' name that we get the English word erotic. Eros is sometimes incorrectly stated to be the Greek god of love, though finding love is another popular resolution people make for the New Year.

8. Drop yet another letter and rearrange to get the source of metals.

Answer: Ore

An ore is a solid rock from which metal or minerals can be extracted. A particularly valuable ore is called a motherlode or a bonanza.

9. Drop a letter (no need to unscramble) to get "a drop of golden sun" according to Julie Andrews (and Oscar Hammerstein).

Answer: Re

In 'The Sound of Music' song 'Do Re Mi', Maria (Julie Andrews) says the note re means "a drop of golden sun". This is the same song where do is a "deer, a female deer".

10. Eliminate one letter to find another letter that stands for an irrational number in mathematics.

Answer: e

In math, a lower case e is an irrational number beginning with the digits 2.718. It is called Euler's number and is used in a number of logarithms and equations.

Source: Author Joepetz

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