Compact #2 Quiz | Word Play

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1. 1. Additional - rhymes with floor (4) 2. Sell (6) 3. Person who makes clothes (6) Hint: XxXxXxxxxx Worked Example: 1. Additional - rhymes with floor (More) 2. Sell (Retail) 3. Person who makes clothes (Tailor) To achieve the answer first type MORE. The second answer (RETAIL) starts from the 'R' and is added on, thus it should look like MORETAIL. The third answer continues from within the second word and starts from the 'T' in retail. You now have the answer - MORETAILOR. Hint(a) XxXxXxxxxx - The large X indicates where each new word starts ie. MoReTailor Hint(b) Number in brackets besides each clue is how many letters are in the word.

Answer: MORETAILOR

More - Retail - Tailor
A tailor also mends or alters garments. Usually this term is connected to a person who concentrates only on men's clothing.

2. 1. Archer is to bow and arrow as Knight is to _________ (5) 2. Command (5) 3. Thus or therefore (4) XxXxxXxxx

Answer: SWORDERGO

Sword - Order - Ergo
Ergo is a Latin word which was used from approximately 14th Century. Apart from thus or therefore, it can be a substitution for the words "consequently" or "hence."

3. 1. Blackbird (5) 2. Air hole (4) 3. Go in (5) Hint: XxXXxxxx

Answer: RAVENTER

Raven - Vent - Enter
A raven is the common name of a group of birds in the crow genus. The best known is the common raven that is found throughout the northern hemisphere. The common raven is also the largest of all the songbirds. This bird is intelligent, social and very adaptable.

4. 1. Dark hue (5) 2. Homonym of the antonym of yes (4) 3. Night bird (3) Hint: XxxxXxXxx

Answer: BLACKNOWL

Black - Know - Owl
If an object is black, it has no colour. This is because it produces or reflects very little light and thus has no predominant hue and it absorbs every colour of the spectrum.

5. 1. Indian snake (5) 2. Competition of speed (4) 3. "Cornflakes" or "Rice Bubbles" (6) Hint: XxxXxXxxxxx

Answer: COBRACEREAL

Cobra - Race - Cereal
The longest sea race for rowers is held on the Irish Sea between Wicklow, Ireland and Ceredigion, United Kingdom. The length of the race is 78 nautical miles or 144.5 kms.

6. 1. Nearly night time (4) 2. Ball of wool (5) 3. To write name permanently on back of watch (8) Hint: XxXxxXxxxxxxx

Answer: DUSKEINSCRIBE

Dusk - Skein - Inscribe
Dusk occurs at night and is the part of the twilight which is the darkest.

7. 1. Desert Haven (5) 2. Nurses were called this and nuns still are (6) 3. Strict (5) 4. Cat___ or ___kin (3) XxXxXxxxXxx

Answer: OASISTERNAP

Oasis - Sister - Stern - Nap (catnap or napkin)
Oasis is a refuge from something unpleasant and also a fertile spot in a desert.

8. 1. Crockery item (5) 2. Not now (5) 3. "A ______ between two thorns" (4) 4. Ocean (3) Hint: XXxxxXxXxx

Answer: PLATEROSEA

Plate - Later - Rose - Sea
The rose was only the third most popular flower sent by Interflora in the United Kingdom in 2002. Lilies were the most popular, followed by the freesia.
Source: Interflora

9. 1. Year division (6) 2. Type of poem (6) 3. Mesh (7) Hint: XxxXxxXxxxxxx

Answer: SEASONNETTING

Season - Sonnet - Netting
A poll that was conducted on the Internet from 1992-98 worldwide which 40,000 people responded to, indicated that the most popular poem was written by Dylan Thomas. The poem was "Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night".
Source: The Poetry Poll

10. 1. "___ of the Worlds" by Orson Wells (3) 2. Group of defenders (4) 3. Type of potato (3) 4. Astonish (5) Hint: XXxxXXxxxx

Answer: WARMYAMAZE

War - Army - Yam - Amaze
The longest war that has been recorded was the Hundred Years War between France and England. This occurred in 1337-1453 and it went for 116 years. The battle that had the most causalities was at Stalingrad during World War II. It started on 19 August 1942 and went to 2nd February 1943. It is estimated that 2,000,000 lives was lost when adding the figures for German and Russian soldiers and civilians.

11. 1. Sweetener (5) 2. Horticultural area (6) 3. Fake Teeth (7) Hint: XxXxxXxxxxxx

Answer: SUGARDENTURE

Sugar - Garden - Denture
India was the biggest sugar producer in 2001, followed by Brazil. The country that consumed the most sugar was Belize in 1999. Denmark in 2000 was the highest confectionery consumer.
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and Euromonitor.

12. (1) Bali or Crete (6) (2) Illegal/hurtful gossip (7) (3) Time period (3) Hint: XXxxxxXxx

Answer: ISLANDERA

Island - Slander - Era
When the Fullard-Leos family sold Palmyra Island in 2000 to The Nature Conservancy the amount paid was the highest ever for an island. The Nature Conservancy bought it for $30 million. This island is located 1,545km or 960 miles southwest of Honolulu and it has never been colonized.

13. 1. American river that has a reptilian name (5) 2. Wine container (3) 3. Formerly known as United Arab Republic (5) Hint: XxxXXxxxx

Answer: SNAKEGYPT

Snake - Keg - Egypt
From 1958 to 1971 Egypt was known as United Arab Republic but now its official title is Arab Republic of Egypt. Egypt is in the northeast of Africa. Most of the population is concentrated in the Nile Valley and Delta as over 90% of the country is barren desert. The official language is Arabic, but English and French is widely spoken. The currency is the Egyptian pound.

14. 1. Dock (4) 2. ____ dance or water ____ (3) 3. Suitable (3) 4. Snare (4) Hint: XxxXXxXxxx

Answer: PORTAPTRAP

Port - Tap - Apt - Trap
On 25th May 1998 in Sydney (Australia) James Devine from Ireland tapdanced the fastest rate that had been ever recorded. He did 38 taps per second.

15. 1. What a person is known by (4) 2. Animal product that can be cooked (3) 3. A=1, B=2 and C=3 decode 7-1-13-5 (4) Hint: XxxXxXxxx

Answer: NAMEGGAME

Name - Egg - Game
In 1971, two blind men who were kitchen hands shelled 1050 dozen eggs. This was done in 7 1/2 hours.

Source: Author Auszev

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Compact #2 Trivia Quiz

Answers to three or four clues make one nonsensical word for the answer. Sounds hard, not really. A worked example is included.

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