Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Escaping from the evil website SadTrivia, Rich and Birdy returned to find the body of a man sprawled in front of their computer. A red arrow on body's chest pointed toward an ancient appearing parchment URL in their FunTrivia mailbox. Pushing the body aside, they clicked the link. The monitor went blank and began to smoke. When the smoke cleared they read:
L O S T Q U I Z -- Solve at your own risk - GD
First question:
An ancient game that backwards spelled,
Can bring about a lashing.
Write it now in blank supplied,
Or you may get the thrashing.
"GD..." pondered Birdy. "Could the initials "GD" stand for Glen DaLeachi?"
"He was known to be a poet," mused Rich.
"And a very poor one," added Birdy. "I think this the genuine article."
"This question seems to be asking for the name of a game that can bring about a whipping if the letters are reversed," said Rich.
Help our boys by putting the name of a sport in the blank.
2. Just as our intrepid heroes finished filling in the blank, the screen faded out and back in to reveal the second clue:
Oft the aged are blessed with knowledge,
So if you wish to hear the truth,
Be advised to check the mouth.
You'll want one who's "thetoolongth"
"Oh no! The final words are in a cryptic!" said Birdy
"Yes," replied Rich. "And I think it's asking for a phrase indicating that a person is old."
Can you assist our lads by putting the solution to the cryptic "THETOOLONGTH" in the blank!
3. Once again the writing faded off the screen and new words appeared saying,
Egg's a lad,
And begs this lad,
"Don't make me eat my
___ _____!"
"Hmmm..." said Rich. "I'll bet the letters in the last line are exactly the same as in the first. They're probably in the same order too, just making two words instead of three."
"And if I know DaLeachi," added Birdy, "the last and first line probably don't really rhyme."
Please help out by placing the answer in the blank.
4. The words to the fourth question of the quiz appeared on the screen.
To the word for when the waxing sun,
Stands highest o'er the head of man.
Add only this, a single "e".
If you can't do this, __ ___can.
"This shouldn't be too hard," remarked Birdy.
"Yes, I see," said Rich. "He wants us to add an "e" to a word and break it into two words. And the initial word is for the time of day when the sun is at its zenith."
5. Rich and Birdy stared at the first letters of the first four questions and realized they spelled... what... a name or a geographic feature? Before they could ponder further the fifth clue appeared.
There is a splendor in the grass,
A sentiment one plant contains.
The lucky find the special kind.
Remove one leaf, still three remain.
"We're doomed!" exclaimed Birdy after reading the newest clue.
"No, wait. We can do this." Rich said. "It's one of those word within word puzzles. We have to figure out a type of plant that grows in lawns (grass) and has an emotion contained in it, then write the emotion in the blank"
6. Now Birdy and Rich pondered the sixth clue.
The raven would have meant "for always"
Had Poe removed the "n" before.
For then the famous line would read,
"Quoth the raven _____________"
"Well Birdy," said Rich. "All we have to do is take an "n" from a word meaning "never again" and we'll get the answer: a word that means "from now on".
7. Soon the seventh clue appeared.
Speckled, spotted, mottled, stippled,
Can you say the fruity name,
That with a "d" placed fore and aft,
Creates a word that means the same?
"I think we're after a fruit here," said Birdy. "And when you put a letter 'd' in front of and in back of the word for the fruit you end up with a word meaning 'speckled'."
8. Soon Birdy and Rich found themselves staring at the eighth clue.
A homophone lover named Beck,
Was indebted clear up to his neck.
When a kindly Prague friend,
His deep trouble did mend,
By writing a great big _____ _____.
"OK," said Rich. We're looking for two words that rhyme with Beck and neck."
"And," added Birdy, "they should be pronounced the same but spelled differently.
9. Yet again the writing faded and new writing appeared giving our boys the penultimate clue.
Seek out the leaky chalice,
And finding it you will not fail,
To name the many punctured cup,
That some might call the _____ _____.
"DaLeachi is a real nut when it comes to puns," said Birdy.
"And you've been waiting the whole quiz to say that," Rich responded.
"But I think it's relevant. Birdy countered. "I think DaLeachi is looking for a pun on a famous and possibly mythical object."
"And I wholly agree," conceded Rich.
Which words belong in the blanks. Either the "punned" or "un-punned" version will be accepted.
10. Their careful puzzle solving left Rich and Birdy in good position to solve the final clue when it appeared.
When you put them all together,
The first letters spell my American name.
Now rearrange them and you'll have,
A reason people play this game.
On seeing the last clue Birdy exclaimed, "Wait, wait! I've got it. People play trivia to get drunk. See, Leachi is an anagram for chalice and the chalice contains wine and...
"Leachi is NOT an anagram for chalice." Rich interrupted.
"It's not?"
"It doesn't even have the same number of letters, Birdy."
"Oh. Yeah, that's right," said Birdy, his crest falling. "Two "c's" in chalice... I always have trouble counting letters."
"As the editors know well," said Rich dryly. "But Birdy, look at the first letters of the answers to the quiz. Not only do they spell the Americanized form of Glen DaLeachi's name, but if you rearrange them..."
"Of course!" Birdy exulted. "People don't play FunTrivia for the chalice, they play FunTrivia for the _____________.
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uglybird
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