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Quiz about I can sing the rainbow
Quiz about I can sing the rainbow

I can sing the rainbow Trivia Quiz


A rainbow is red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet, but what if the colours were in alphabetical order?

A multiple-choice quiz by ASA. Estimated time: 3 mins.
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Author
ASA
Time
3 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
334,086
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
7 / 10
Plays
1422
Last 3 plays: Guest 73 (2/10), krajack99 (10/10), Guest 175 (4/10).
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Question 1 of 10
1. If the colours of the rainbow were written in alphabetical order, which colour comes last?
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Question 2 of 10
2. If the colours of the rainbow were written in alphabetical order, which colour comes second?
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Question 3 of 10
3. If the colours of the rainbow were written in alphabetical order, which colour comes between green and orange?
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Question 4 of 10
4. If the colours of the rainbow were written in alphabetical order, which colour comes between red and yellow?
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Question 5 of 10
5. If the colours of the rainbow were written in alphabetical order, which colour is in the middle?
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Question 6 of 10
6. If the colours of the rainbow were written in reverse alphabetical order, which colour comes last?
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Question 7 of 10
7. If the colours of the rainbow were written in reverse alphabetical order, which colour comes second?
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Question 8 of 10
8. In the song "I Can Sing a Rainbow" the colours mentioned are red and yellow and pink and green, purple and orange and blue. If these were put in alphabetical order, what colour is in the middle?
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Question 9 of 10
9. In the song "I Can Sing a Rainbow" the colours are red and yellow and pink and green, purple and orange and blue. If these were put in alphabetical order what colour comes between blue and orange?
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Question 10 of 10
10. What colour is normally in the middle of a regular rainbow?
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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. If the colours of the rainbow were written in alphabetical order, which colour comes last?

Answer: Yellow

The new order would be blue, green, indigo, orange, red, violet and yellow.
2. If the colours of the rainbow were written in alphabetical order, which colour comes second?

Answer: Green

A rainbow mnemonic is Richard Of York Gave Battle In Vain. The first letter of each word in the sentence represents the first letter of the colours of the rainbow.
3. If the colours of the rainbow were written in alphabetical order, which colour comes between green and orange?

Answer: Indigo

In a regular rainbow yellow comes between orange and green.
4. If the colours of the rainbow were written in alphabetical order, which colour comes between red and yellow?

Answer: Violet

Another way of remembering the usual rainbow order is to think of ROY G BIV.
5. If the colours of the rainbow were written in alphabetical order, which colour is in the middle?

Answer: Orange

I will have to come up with a new mnemonic for this alphabetical rainbow, perhaps Bill's Garden Is One Really Vicious Yard.
6. If the colours of the rainbow were written in reverse alphabetical order, which colour comes last?

Answer: Blue

The rainbow alphabetically backwards is yellow, violet, red, orange, indigo, green and blue.
7. If the colours of the rainbow were written in reverse alphabetical order, which colour comes second?

Answer: Violet

I remembered the colours of the rainbow backwards by using VIBGYOR, which happens to be the name of a band from Leeds, England.
8. In the song "I Can Sing a Rainbow" the colours mentioned are red and yellow and pink and green, purple and orange and blue. If these were put in alphabetical order, what colour is in the middle?

Answer: Pink

This alphabetical colourful rainbow goes blue, green, orange, pink, purple, red and yellow.
9. In the song "I Can Sing a Rainbow" the colours are red and yellow and pink and green, purple and orange and blue. If these were put in alphabetical order what colour comes between blue and orange?

Answer: Green

The second verse is

"Listen with your ears,
And sing everything you see,
I can sing a rainbow,
Sing a rainbow,
Sing along with me."

I like the idea of pink and purple in the rainbow.
10. What colour is normally in the middle of a regular rainbow?

Answer: Green

I thought I better give you a normal rainbow question to finish up with.

The regular rainbow colours are red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet. Green is always right in the middle.
Source: Author ASA

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