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Word Chain Trivia Quiz

Each one-word answer is connected to the next. Can you complete the chain?

A multiple-choice quiz by ErnestS. Estimated time: 9 mins.

Author
ErnestS

Time
9 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
288,223

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Very Difficult

Avg Score
6 / 15

Plays
485

Question 1 of 15

1. The connection could, for example, be a synonym: "press" - "iron",
or they might be two kinds of the same thing: "iron" - "steel",
or perhaps a homophone: "steel" - "steal"
Note: As the answers form a circular chain, it doesn't matter where you start.

Answers 1 and 15 are types of musical instrument.

Answer: (4 letters)

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Question 2 of 15

2. 1 and 2 are kinds of fish

Answer: (3 letters)

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Question 3 of 15

3. 2 and 3 are verbs meaning "to dupe"

Answer: (Also means a kind of dessert.)

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Question 4 of 15

4. 3 and 4 are both verbs meaning "to mess about"

Answer: (4 letters)

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Question 5 of 15

5. 4 and 5 are both nouns meaning "a stage performance"

Answer: (4 letters)

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Question 6 of 15

6. 5 and 6 are verbs meaning "to display"

Answer: (6 letters, second letter is 'x')

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Question 7 of 15

7. 6 and 7 are verbs meaning "to put out in the open"

Answer: (also means "a tune")

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Question 8 of 15

8. 8 is the movement of 7

Answer: (4 letters)

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Question 9 of 15

9. 8 and 9 are verbs meaning "to move in a circular motion"

Answer: (Begins with 't')

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Question 10 of 15

10. 9 and 10 are nouns meaning "the time in which one player in a game has to take their actions"

Answer: (Also a board game)

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Question 11 of 15

11. 10 and 11 are verbs meaning "to leave"

Answer: (4 letters)

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Question 12 of 15

12. 11 and 12 are nouns meaning "a section"

Answer: (Could also mean a counter from a board game)

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Question 13 of 15

13. 12 and 13 are homophones.

Answer: (5 letters)

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Question 14 of 15

14. 13 and 14 are nouns meaning "calm"

Answer: (Begins with 'Q')

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Question 15 of 15

15. 14 and 15 are adjectives meaning "not loud"

Answer: (Musical term)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. The connection could, for example, be a synonym: "press" - "iron", or they might be two kinds of the same thing: "iron" - "steel", or perhaps a homophone: "steel" - "steal" Note: As the answers form a circular chain, it doesn't matter where you start. Answers 1 and 15 are types of musical instrument.

Answer: bass

"Besides, the bass isn't a difficult instrument to play. It's like one step up from the kazoo, isn't it?" -- Dave Mustaine, lead singer of Megadeth.

2. 1 and 2 are kinds of fish

Answer: cod

There's a Spanish saying; "Tanta carne y yo comiendo bacalao." ("So much meat, and I'm eating cod!"), meaning something like "so good but I can't enjoy it". You might say this when you see an attractive person who is out of your league.

3. 2 and 3 are verbs meaning "to dupe"

Answer: fool

"Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me" - old Chinese proverb.

4. 3 and 4 are both verbs meaning "to mess about"

Answer: play

"I do not know what I may appear to the world; but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the seashore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me." -- Sir Isaac Newton

5. 4 and 5 are both nouns meaning "a stage performance"

Answer: show

"You know, you can't please all the people all the time... and last night, all those people were at my show." -- Mitch Hedberg

6. 5 and 6 are verbs meaning "to display"

Answer: expose

"Painting: The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather and exposing them to the critic." -- Ambrose Bierce (1842 - 1914), The Devil's Dictionary

7. 6 and 7 are verbs meaning "to put out in the open"

Answer: air

"I shot an arrow into the air, and it stuck." -- Graffiti in Los Angeles

8. 8 is the movement of 7

Answer: wind

"If a man does not know to what port he is steering, no wind is favourable to him." -- Seneca (5 BC - 65 AD)

9. 8 and 9 are verbs meaning "to move in a circular motion"

Answer: turn

"You can't turn back the clock. But you can wind it up again." -- Bonnie Prudden

10. 9 and 10 are nouns meaning "the time in which one player in a game has to take their actions"

Answer: go

"Is it my go? Is it your go? Sometimes I'm goody-goody. Right now I'm naughty-naughty." -- Aaliyah, 'Are You That Somebody"

11. 10 and 11 are verbs meaning "to leave"

Answer: part

"Good night, good night! Parting is such sweet sorrow, That I shall say good night till it be morrow." -- William Shakespeare, 'Romeo and Juliet'

12. 11 and 12 are nouns meaning "a section"

Answer: piece

"A compromise is the art of dividing a cake in such a way that everyone believes he has the biggest piece." -- Ludwig Erhard (1897 - 1977)

13. 12 and 13 are homophones.

Answer: peace

"Nothing is more conducive to peace of mind than not having any opinions at all." -- Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (1742 - 1799)

14. 13 and 14 are nouns meaning "calm"

Answer: quiet

"Are you going to come quietly, or do I have to use earplugs?" -- Spike Milligan, from "The Goon Show"

15. 14 and 15 are adjectives meaning "not loud"

Answer: piano

"I don't play accurately - any one can play accurately - but I play with wonderful expression. As far as the piano is concerned, sentiment is my forte. I keep science for Life." -- Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900), from 'The Importance of Being Earnest'

Source: Author ErnestS

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