Get That Letter Out of Here! (2) Quiz

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1. Example: Remove a 'typeset measure' from a Hawaiian favourite reveals a health resort. Spam - M = Spa First question: Remove the 'question' from the first man in space

Answer: Swiss canton

Yuri - Y = Uri

The first man in space was Yuri Gagarin and a 'Y' sounds like 'why' - a question. So remove the Y from Yuri and you are left with Uri - one of 26 Swiss cantons.
Both history and geography in one question? It's enough to have you questioning my sanity.

2. Release Mr Gatsby from prison

Answer: Unwell

Jail - J = Ail

Mr Gatsby's first name is Jay (J). A prison is a jail. So removing Mr Gatsby from prison leaves him feeling unwell. Better put him back.

3. Take 'Mendel's plant' out of the ballet step

Answer: Fib

Plie - P = Lie

Gregor Mendel's observations involved a pea (P) plant. A type of ballet step is a plie. A lie is a fib, or untruth. So removing the pea from the ballet is a lie. And that's the truth.

4. Separate the 'Oolong' from the identical sibling

Answer: Victory

Twin - T = Win

An identical sibling is a twin. Oolong is a variety of tea (T). A win is a victory. Not Nike, the goddess of victory, because she didn't have a twin.

5. Unfasten the debt from the building block

Answer: Limb

Lego - O = Leg

A debt is to 'owe' (O) something. A famous and popular building block is Lego. Your limbs are your arms and legs. In this case removing the debt from the Lego leaves your leg. Let's not talk about stepping on the Lego, because that's a very painful subject.

6. Take your optical organ off the couple

Answer: Golf score

Pair - I = Par

A couple of something is a pair. Your optical organ is your eye (I). A golf score to aim for is par, though I'd rather aim for a couple of birdies. What pair did you think I was talking about?

7. Remove the honey maker from the scald

Answer: Water heater

Burn - B = Urn

Bees (B) make honey and a scald is a surface burn. An urn is a large vessel for heating water, usually for large gatherings. An urn can also be a decorative vessel for storing ashes. Better not talk about what you'd burn to get those ashes. Cricket bails?

8. Part the Red or Black from something salacious

Answer: Beam

Racy - C = Ray

Red or Black are seas, so either of these is a sea (C), not a snooker ball. Something salacious is something racy. This ray is a beam of light, not Ray Reardon, snooker player extraordinaire.

9. Take thee from the lily

Answer: Supply munitions

Arum - U = Arm

A type of lily is the Arum lily. 'Thee' is an olde worlde version of yourself, or you (U), not me. To supply someone with weapons is to arm them, provide them with munitions. So which one would be gilding the lily?

10. Take Ms Macpherson away from the tart

Answer: Admirer

Flan - L = Fan

Elle (L) Macpherson is a model nicknamed 'The Body'. A tart can be a type of flan. The remaining fan may be either an admirer or a summer cooler though both fans could be considered cool. And if she ate too many tarts would 'the Body' become a bigger model?

Source: Author leith90

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Questions		Choices
1. Example: Remove a 'typeset measure' from a Hawaiian favourite reveals a health resort. Spam - M = Spa First question: Remove the 'question' from the first man in space		Admirer
2. Release Mr Gatsby from prison		Victory
3. Take 'Mendel's plant' out of the ballet step		Golf score
4. Separate the 'Oolong' from the identical sibling		Swiss canton
5. Unfasten the debt from the building block		Limb
6. Take your optical organ off the couple		Water heater
7. Remove the honey maker from the scald		Supply munitions
8. Part the Red or Black from something salacious		Beam
9. Take thee from the lily		Unwell
10. Take Ms Macpherson away from the tart		Fib

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