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Drop a Letter Ladder 31 Trivia Quiz

Okay, I lied. #30 isn't the last in the series. The lure of letter dropping overwhelmed me. So, once again, start with a long word, drop one letter at a time in each question, anagramming the remaining letters if necessary, and end up with a short word.

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

Author
eburge

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
363,971

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
8 / 10

Plays
505

Awards
Top 20% Quiz

Question 1 of 10

1. What 13-letter word gives itself to the process of trying to revive someone, or, if you prefer, what does the R in CPR stand for?

Answer: (One Word - 13 letters)

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Question 2 of 10

2. Drop a letter from the previous word and rearrange if you think it's necessary, then give me a 12-letter word used to describe people who believe the Bible is true with regards to God making the universe and people (and who consequently dispel the theory of evolution)?

Answer: (One Word - 12 letters)

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Question 3 of 10

3. What would the 11-letter plural for speaking aloud from lists or from memory be (or, to put it another way, the plural for the act of quoting something again)?

Answer: (One Word - 11 letters)

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Question 4 of 10

4. Dropping down to a 10-letter word now. Which plural, which could be a synonym of the previous word, is more commonly used in the world of computer coding, where processes are repeated (perhaps until a given condition is satisfied)?

Answer: (One Word - 10 letters)

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Question 5 of 10

5. Which 9-letter word, not in particularly common usage, could describe a person or shop that sells things like pens, pencils, notebooks, office supplies, and the like?

Answer: (One Word - 9 letters)

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Question 6 of 10

6. These 8-letter compounds are good for the soil and, symbolically speaking, are denoted by the formula NO3. What are they?

Answer: (One Word - 8 letters)

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Question 7 of 10

7. We're at the airport. We've just got off the plane and are making our way to our connecting flight. What 7-letter word describes the state that we're in?

Answer: (One Word - 7 letters)

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which 6-letter word simply refers to a body of water, such as a Bering or a Bass or even of Gibraltar?

Answer: (One Word - 6 letters)

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Question 9 of 10

9. Which 5-letter long word refers to the traditional Indian musical instrument famously played by Ravi Shankar?

Answer: (One Word - 5 letters)

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Question 10 of 10

10. Our final word, only 4 letters long, keeps with our Indian theme and is a traditional garment for Indian women?

Answer: (One Word - 4 letters)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What 13-letter word gives itself to the process of trying to revive someone, or, if you prefer, what does the R in CPR stand for?

Answer: resuscitation

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is a technique used to restart someone's heart if it stops beating, by alternating between pumping on the chest of the person above the heart and blowing air into their lungs via the mouth.

Answer: creationists

The debate between creationism versus evolution has been going on for many, many years, with creationists believing the Bible is a true account of how the universe was made and how God created life. Those supporting the theory of evolution believe all life evolves from something that came before it based on DNA and genetic characteristics, like humans evolving from apes.

3. What would the 11-letter plural for speaking aloud from lists or from memory be (or, to put it another way, the plural for the act of quoting something again)?

Answer: recitations

I'm sure we're all familiar with reciting things, particularly at school. I remember I used to recite the first sixty-odd digits of pi or the first hundred-odd elements in order on a regular basis. Not for any lesson, mind you. Just because I'd memorised them for some unknown reason. Maybe that's why I didn't have many friends.

Answer: iterations

Some of you may be familiar with loops in coding, like "for" or "while" loops. Basically, these repeat a set of instructions until a set amount of iterations have been completed, or until a condition is satisfied. For example, a "for" loop might be set to run 10 times, adding up 10 inputs given by the user. Once it finishes the tenth iteration, the loop ends.

5. Which 9-letter word, not in particularly common usage, could describe a person or shop that sells things like pens, pencils, notebooks, office supplies, and the like?

Answer: stationer

What we're talking about here is stationery. I know quite a few people fall into the old stationery/stationary trap now and again. "Stationery" is for office equipment and paper and whatnot, while "stationary" means not moving. I suppose you could say that a static shop that sells office equipment is a stationary stationery shop, but that might get a bit confusing.

6. These 8-letter compounds are good for the soil and, symbolically speaking, are denoted by the formula NO3. What are they?

Answer: nitrates

Commonly used nitrates in fertilisers include potassium nitrate and sodium nitrate. They are not, as some of you might have though, expensive late-night taxi fares. At least, not with that spelling.

7. We're at the airport. We've just got off the plane and are making our way to our connecting flight. What 7-letter word describes the state that we're in?

Answer: transit

Transit doesn't necessarily have to mean immediately getting off one plane and getting onto another. If you're sitting around in the departure lounge for hours, jetlagged out of your mind and trying not to fall asleep because the airport staff said they'd be making an announcement when the flight was ready to board, that's being in transit too.

8. Which 6-letter word simply refers to a body of water, such as a Bering or a Bass or even of Gibraltar?

Answer: strait

The Bering Strait lies between Russia and Alaska, while the Bass Strait separates mainland Australia from the island state of Tasmania, and the Strait of Gibraltar joins the Mediterranean Sea with the Atlantic Ocean and lies between Gibraltar and Morocco.

9. Which 5-letter long word refers to the traditional Indian musical instrument famously played by Ravi Shankar?

Answer: sitar

The sitar has a gourd-shaped base with a long neck with varying numbers of strings on it (although originally the word sitar came from the Persian for "three strings").

10. Our final word, only 4 letters long, keeps with our Indian theme and is a traditional garment for Indian women?

Answer: sari

The sari is generally one piece of material, wrapped around and draped on the woman. It's not exclusively an Indian garment - other nearby countries like Bangladesh and Pakistan also use it.

Source: Author eburge

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