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What's a Name In? (Part 20) Trivia Quiz

An example: F R A N K _ _ _ _ _ _ _. 7 letters after K have been replaced with blanks, leaving FRANK, a first name. What was the full word? 1. Magi gift 2. Relish 3. Frock 4. Schooner. #1 is the answer because the Magi gave FRANKINCENSE as a gift

A multiple-choice quiz by Billkozy. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
Billkozy

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
390,653

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
8 / 10

Plays
303

Question 1 of 10

1. Okay, here's the first word:

_ _ _ L I L I _ _ _

You can see that some letters have been removed revealing the name LILI. So, LILI is the name in the word. Now figure out what letters are missing that spell out the larger word that LILI is in. Then choose the definition that best fits that larger word. Hint

mineral

perennial herb

volume measurement

troop transporter

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Question 2 of 10

2. _ N O R M _ _ _ Hint

out of the ordinary

weather condition

medium

huge

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Question 3 of 10

3. _ _ M A R A _ _ _ _ _ Hint

kind of raft

bird

rapport

pertaining to a gem

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Question 4 of 10

4. _ _ E D E N _ _ _ _ _ Hint

place of bliss

qualifications

initial beliefs

sea-worthiness

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Question 5 of 10

5. _ _ _ _ _ _ L E E _ _ _ Hint

geographical feature

part of a garment

area of a city

automobile function

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Question 6 of 10

6. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ E R I N Hint

vaccine

part of an architectural column

large cannon

dynamite ingredient

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Question 7 of 10

7. _ _ N E A L _ _ _ Hint

ancestral history

pertaining to the ear

product from a cactus

subject to censorship

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Question 8 of 10

8. _ _ _ _ C A R R I E _ Hint

football running back

Civil War military innovation

horror film trope

wedding day preparation

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Question 9 of 10

9. _ _ S A L L Y Hint

relating to the nose

creating works of prose

berating films or shows

translating what someone knows

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Question 10 of 10

10. And now the very last word/name that I'll have written for one of these quizzes. Time to move on to creating other quiz formats. I hope you have enjoyed this "What's a Name In?" series. So here's the name. Shout it out like Brando!

_ _ _ S T E L L A _ _ _ _ Hint

warden of a castle

astrological feature

enclosed in a building

beak

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Okay, here's the first word: _ _ _ L I L I _ _ _ You can see that some letters have been removed revealing the name LILI. So, LILI is the name in the word. Now figure out what letters are missing that spell out the larger word that LILI is in. Then choose the definition that best fits that larger word.

Answer: volume measurement

One MILLILITER is one-thousandth of a liter. It is a measure of volume and is equal to slightly more than two thousandths of a pint. Okay, but how big is that? What size can I think of when trying to imagine a milliliter. Well, you know a teaspoon right? One teaspoon equals 4.92892 milliliters, so a teaspoon hold holds almost 5 milliliters. So, picture just 1/5th of a teaspoon.

2. _ N O R M _ _ _

Answer: huge

Something that is ENORMOUS is huge, very big. The word comes from the Latin "enormis" which meant "irregular, extraordinary, or very large."

3. _ _ M A R A _ _ _ _ _

Answer: rapport

CAMARADERIE refers to the friendly rapport a group of people or team or even just two people have with each other. The French "camaraderie" came from the 16th century French "camarade" which gave us comrade.

4. _ _ E D E N _ _ _ _ _

Answer: qualifications

CREDENTIALS are documents that attest to one's ability or authority to perform a certain function or task. It originates in the Medieval Latin "credentialis" which meant credence or belief. It all eventually led to the latter 17th century meaning of "documents that entitled the holder to certain credit."

5. _ _ _ _ _ _ L E E _ _ _

Answer: part of a garment

A SHIRTSLEEVE is of course that part of the shirt that we put our arms through. "Shirtsleeves" is a song by the currently hugely popular Ed Sheerin; in the ballad the singer wipes away his girlfriend's tears with his shirtsleeves after she confesses to cheating on him.

6. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ E R I N

Answer: dynamite ingredient

In addition to being an ingredient in the composition of dynamite, NITROGLYCERIN can be used medically, taken orally to reduce chest pain from angina. People with arterial disease are sometimes prescribed it for moments when their heart isn't getting enough blood.

7. _ _ N E A L _ _ _

Answer: ancestral history

GENEALOGY is the study and research into a family's history. The Guinness Book of Records claims that the Confucius family tree is the largest one on record, with sources going back 2,500 years to support records of the members.
By the way, the word LINEALITY also works for this, both as the word missing letters and for the definition!

8. _ _ _ _ C A R R I E _

Answer: football running back

A BALLCARRIER is the football position that most often carries the ball on running plays. There have been many terrific legendary running backs in the history of football over the years--Jim Brown, Gale Sayers, Paul Hornung, Earl Campbell, Tony Dorsett, John Riggins, Larry Csonka...etc. What running back has amassed the most yardage running in the history of the NFL? Emmitt Smith of the Dallas Cowboys with 18,355 yards. Walter Payton is behind him with 16,726 yards.

9. _ _ S A L L Y

Answer: relating to the nose

Someone singing or talking NASALLY is doing so by primarily using the nose. Actress Fran Drescher who portrayed "The Nanny" on TV, has a famous nasal sounding voice. Nasal voices are due to poor air flow when speaking.

Answer: astrological feature

Aquarius is a CONSTELLATION of the zodiac; it's the sign I was born under. Its symbol is the water bearer. Ptolemy listed the Aquarius CONSTELLATION as far back as the second century. The shape does bear some resemblance to a sack of water on the end of a pole. Alpha and Beta Aquarii are the two brightest stars in the Aquarius CONSTELLATION.

Source: Author Billkozy

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These quizzes ask not "What's in a name?" as the saying goes, but rather, "What's a name in?" You will be shown a word that has several letters removed from it, with blank spaces in those missing letters spaces. The letters that have not been removed spell out a common first name. So for example, here's a big word: F R A N K _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 7 letters after the K have been replaced with blanks, leaving FRANK, a first name. But what was the full word? Was it: 1. A gift from the Magi, or 2. A condiment or relish, or 3. a colorful frock, or 4. a two-masted type of schooner? #1 is the answer because the Magi gave FRANKINCENSE as a gift when visiting the Nativity.

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