The Letters Spell the Answer Trivia Quiz

Answer: E

SLEIGHT - SLIGHT = E

For a magician, especially a close-up one, to be any good, he must master many techniques including such tricks as the Elmsley count and the false shuffle. However, nothing is quite as important as learning sleight of hand. Even the slightest of movements can be caught by the human eye, so it is imperative that the magician learn the ways of manipulation so as to make the slightest sleight he might.

Answer: M

SAMPLING - SAPLING = M

Sampling is a music technique that involves using a part of a previous song in a new one. For instance, in Jason Derulo's 2009 song "Whatcha Say", the main chorus of the song is actually taken from Imogen Heap's 2005 song "Hide and Seek". Listen to both tracks if you wish to hear exactly how Jason Derulo "sampled" Imogen Heap's song.

A sapling is, of course, a young tree.

Answer: O

GROOVE - GROVE = O

Of course, to water my COPSE, I used a NARROW TRENCH that stretched through the garden to water all my trees at once. The groove came in handy while working in the grove.

Answer: T

THEATER - HEATER = T

I usually get cold in a movie theater, so I always bring a jacket. But when the heater stopped working, I had wished I brought a heavier coat!

Answer: I

PAIRING - PARING = I

I used to own nothing but black socks. Since they were all the same color and size, they were very easy to pair. However, once they all wore down, I had to buy new socks. I bought a bunch of multicolored socks, and because I store all my socks in a drawer mixed together, I found it difficult to find a pair. Later, I pared down my sock stockpile, and it became easier for me to pair two socks together every morning.

Answer: C

PITCH - PITH = C

Pitch has, of course, dozens of meanings. In this particular case, I was listening to a contract bid to cover the sloped roof with tar. Yes, it was in fact a pitch to pitch a pitched house. After what seemed like hours of talking, it seemed that the salesman would never reach the core, the pith, of his pitch.

Answer: O

ORALLY - RALLY = O

If I were to make it to the concert later that week, I would need to rally my strength once again. Seeing as I was ill, the doctor gave me medicine to be taken orally. Even though it was flavored orange to make it taste a little better, I could hardly swallow the vile vial. I felt I needed to rally a group of supporters just to choke the drench down.

Answer: N

CROWN - CROW = N

Have you ever seen a crow in a crown? I most certainly have not, but I should suppose it would be quite the sight! And then, if a group are all wearing royal headwear, wouldn't that make them an "assassination" of crows instead of a murder? (pun pun pun)

Answer: S

WHIST - WHIT = S

As it so happens, it does not matter how good you are at a card game if your opponents are just a smidge better. I guess you could say my wit of whist was a whit less than the wittier whisters.

As a bonus clue, if you noticed, "whist" is just one letter less from the very first word of the clue, "whilst".

Answer: Emotions

Mariah Carey sang "Emotions" in 1991, and the song can be found on her album of the same name. "Emotions" reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100, Carey's fifth single to do so. This was quite a feat, in fact, because it was also her fifth single. This marked a new record; Mariah Carey became the first person to have her first five singles all become number one hits.

The answers to the first nine questions spelled EMOTICONS. Removing the C, then, gave us the answer "EMOTIONS". Alternately, if you guessed the answer to be C, you were also correct - since the quiz asked for just the dropped letter, the answer "C" was also acceptable.