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Quiz about The Amazing Postal CODE 10
Quiz about The Amazing Postal CODE 10

The Amazing Postal CODE 10 Trivia Quiz


This is the Postal CODE (Colorado and Delaware) Quiz where we reach the 100th word MADE (Massachusetts and Delaware) from the US Postal Service's two-letter abbreviations.

A multiple-choice quiz by scalar. Estimated time: 7 mins.
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Author
scalar
Time
7 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
213,248
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Difficult
Avg Score
5 / 10
Plays
309
Question 1 of 10
1. Well, we've gotten to the point where more than a few of the easier words have already been used. I'll exercise my brain making clues, you work yours figuring them out; just combine two-letter postal abbreviations. Acutally, "more than a few" makes a good first clue.

Answer: (One Word, Four Letters)
Question 2 of 10
2. The next answer means winged or wing-like. Cruciverbalists will know this one.

Answer: (One Word, Four Letters)
Question 3 of 10
3. How about an old word for wagon? With "wright" it's the guy who makes them and a fairly common surname.

Answer: (One Word, Four Letters)
Question 4 of 10
4. A kind of ice, archaically to sound alike or to enlarge a hole in a sail

Answer: (One Word, Four Letters)
Question 5 of 10
5. Merry Marian of Sherwood

Answer: (One Word, Four Letters)
Question 6 of 10
6. Unconsciously part of a comet? (COME may be part of comet, but it is not the answer.)

Answer: (One Word, Four Letters)
Question 7 of 10
7. Finely decorated jewelery and cabinetwork

Answer: (One Word, Six Letters)
Question 8 of 10
8. Ask forcefully

Answer: (One Word, Six Letters)
Question 9 of 10
9. The Adjutant Bird, aka Adjutant Stork. It is said to walk in a military manner. Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. A thermosetting resin. Knowing its name comes from ammonium thiocyanate might help, but really isn't necessary. Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Well, we've gotten to the point where more than a few of the easier words have already been used. I'll exercise my brain making clues, you work yours figuring them out; just combine two-letter postal abbreviations. Acutally, "more than a few" makes a good first clue.

Answer: MANY

Massachusetts and New York
2. The next answer means winged or wing-like. Cruciverbalists will know this one.

Answer: ALAR

Alabama and Arkansas
3. How about an old word for wagon? With "wright" it's the guy who makes them and a fairly common surname.

Answer: WAIN

Washington and Indiana
4. A kind of ice, archaically to sound alike or to enlarge a hole in a sail

Answer: RIME

Rhode Island and Maine
5. Merry Marian of Sherwood

Answer: MAID

Maid Marian of Robin Hood's Merry Men. Massachusetts and Idaho
6. Unconsciously part of a comet? (COME may be part of comet, but it is not the answer.)

Answer: COMA

The coma is the gaseous envelope around the nucleus of a comet. Colorado and Massachusetts
7. Finely decorated jewelery and cabinetwork

Answer: INLAID

Indiana, Louisiana and Idaho
8. Ask forcefully

Answer: DEMAND

Delaware, Massachusetts and North Dakota
9. The Adjutant Bird, aka Adjutant Stork. It is said to walk in a military manner.

Answer: ARGALA

From the Oxford English Dictionary in Limerick Form (submitted by Tim Alborn):
"The argala or adjutant-bird?
For its diet, dead fish are preferred.
It's an Indian Stork,
That's as big as New York!
(No? Well, maybe I'm off by a third.)"
The online OEDILF is great fun. Arkansas, Georgia and Louisiana
10. A thermosetting resin. Knowing its name comes from ammonium thiocyanate might help, but really isn't necessary.

Answer: MELAMINE

LE, LI and LO are not state abbreviations. Maine, Louisiana, Michigan and Nebraska
Source: Author scalar

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