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Quiz about The Amazing Postal CODE Plus 3

The Amazing Postal CODE Plus 3 Quiz

The Amazing Postal CODE Plus 2 featured all three-letter words and its rating was less difficult than its predecessor. Here we are back to five-letter answers, e.g., CARLA: CA, AR and LA, using US Postal Service state abbreviations.

A multiple-choice quiz by scalar. Estimated time: 7 mins.

Author
scalar

Time
7 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
263,726

Updated
Jul 23 22

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
273

Question 1 of 10

1. Keep in mind that each word is made up of three US Postal Service abbreviations, with an overlap between two of the states.
The first word to figure out this time is the only proper noun in the quiz; there are actually two possible groups of states making the same answer.
It is the California county just across the Golden Gate Bridge north of San Francisco. It has come to symbolize rich and trendy.

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Question 2 of 10

2. This adjective refers to the position now held by Benedict XVI. One state abbreviation is used twice.

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Question 3 of 10

3. These usually illegal schemes take many forms and are unfortunately common on the internet.

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Question 4 of 10

4. This tasty pastry goes well with clotted cream, honey, jam and sausage, among other things. Popular at "Tea."

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Question 5 of 10

5. Selene's seas or a musical just-met Sharks girl.

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Question 6 of 10

6. If you want a warm coat with iffy karma, these weasels often provide the pelts.

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Question 7 of 10

7. This adjective goes well with pastry dough, but not friends.

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Question 8 of 10

8. Atoll makers.

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Question 9 of 10

9. A famous majority or an Aesop ending.

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Question 10 of 10

10. A source of light, heat and even love.

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Keep in mind that each word is made up of three US Postal Service abbreviations, with an overlap between two of the states. The first word to figure out this time is the only proper noun in the quiz; there are actually two possible groups of states making the same answer. It is the California county just across the Golden Gate Bridge north of San Francisco. It has come to symbolize rich and trendy.

Answer: MARIN

Marin County has the highest per capita income in the US. It is home to San Quentin Prison, George Lucas' Skywalker Ranch and a civic center designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Indiana or Massachusetts, Arkansas and Indiana.

2. This adjective refers to the position now held by Benedict XVI. One state abbreviation is used twice.

Answer: PAPAL

PAPAL refers to the Pope or spiritual leader of the Roman Catholic Church, as in the Papal See, Papal audience, etc.. Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania and Alabama.

3. These usually illegal schemes take many forms and are unfortunately common on the internet.

Answer: SCAMS

None of my dictionaries has "scam." Online sources usually say "origin unknown," but "Word for Word" (Plateau Press) indicates it may come from "scamp" or "scamper."
South Carolina, California and Mississippi.

4. This tasty pastry goes well with clotted cream, honey, jam and sausage, among other things. Popular at "Tea."

Answer: SCONE

I didn't know that SCONE is pronounced as commonly as rhyming with "gone" as with "cone." South Carolina, Colorado and Nebraska.

5. Selene's seas or a musical just-met Sharks girl.

Answer: MARIA

Selene was the Greek goddess of the moon and MARIA is the plural of mare, Latin for sea; early astromomers mistook the moon's plains and craters for bodies of water. Tony (a Jet) falls in love with Maria (a Shark) in "Westside Story" and sings about it.
Massachusetts, Arkansas and Iowa.

6. If you want a warm coat with iffy karma, these weasels often provide the pelts.

Answer: MINKS

The mink, genus Mustela, is native to North America and northern Europe; trapping wild mink (an alternate plural form) gave way to farming them. Animal rights groups deplore the use of skins in clothing and accessories.
Michigan, Indiana and Kansas

7. This adjective goes well with pastry dough, but not friends.

Answer: FLAKY

FLAKY pie shells are sought after, if sometimes difficult to acheive. The origin of the word as it applies to an unreliable person (a "flake") is hard to find.
Florida, Alaska and Kentucky

8. Atoll makers.

Answer: CORAL

CORAL atolls are built by the many different kinds of this animal, sometimes on sunken volcanoes, sometimes off coasts. Colorado, Oregon and Alabama

9. A famous majority or an Aesop ending.

Answer: MORAL

The Moral Majority became a powerful political force in the United States in the 1970's and 1980's. The Greek writer Aesop wrote fables with moral lessons, such as "The Tortoise and the Hare." Missouri, Oregon and Alabama

10. A source of light, heat and even love.

Answer: FLAME

FLAME is an old word for one's love interest.
Florida, Louisiana and Maine
You will probably be glad that I ran out of room for the final word (number 211) in this 21 quiz series; here it is: Moorish castles in general, or the palace at Seville, Spain: ALCAZAR (Alabama, California, Arizona and Arkansas)
I think this is the very end of the Amazing Postal CODE Quizzes; they have been rated from "Average" to "Very Hard." Go back and give some a try.

Source: Author scalar

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