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'D' Is For..... Trivia Quiz

Fourth installment of this quiz and still going strong.....ish. Up to 'D' now in which I will give you a scenario involving a D word and you pick the most suitable answer. As easy as writing out pi to infinity. Enjoy!

A multiple-choice quiz by kristian88. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
kristian88

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
142,967

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
860

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Question 1 of 10

1. Which of the following people would most likely be seen to 'digitigrade' in their chosen profession? Hint

Ballerina

Ice Skater

Tap Dancer

Florist

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Question 2 of 10

2. If you knew a 'daedalist' and he offered you a trip in his particular mode of transport, how would you be about to travel? Hint

By sea

By rail

By road

By air

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Question 3 of 10

3. You are sitting in a courtroom listening to the judge speaking of the accused. The judge tells him he has been accused of 'drygulch'. What the devil had he been accused of doing? Hint

Murdered someone by pushing them off a cliff

Buried someone in sand to their necks

Drowned someone in their bathtub

Deprived someone of water to dehydrate them

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Question 4 of 10

4. Sitting in a courtroom listening to a man being accused of drygulch, the person next to you refers to the judge as a 'deemster'. In which British dependancy am I? Hint

Tristan da Cunha

Gibraltar

Isle of Man

Barbados

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Question 5 of 10

5. Sitting in a courtroom listening to a man accused of drygulch by the deemster, a new charge is added of 'defenestration'. What has the accused been suspected of doing now? Hint

Disemboweling someone with a rusty trowel

Stuffing someone up a chimney

Entombing someone by walling them in

Throwing someone out of a window

6. After being accused of drygulch and defenestration, the deemster pronounced sentence. He told the accused to stand and said that he was sentenced to be 'decollated'. What was his punishment? Hint

Hung, drawn and quartered

Flogging

Beheading

Burnt at the stake

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Question 7 of 10

7. After a prisoner had had his sentence of decollation carried out, he would have been taken to the 'deadhouse'. Where would he have been taken? Hint

Prison Solitary Confinement

Cemetery

Mortuary

Prison Hospital

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Question 8 of 10

8. Where would you expect a 'dactylioglyph' to be employed as a professional? Hint

Chocolate manufacturers

Police station

Jewellers

Publishers

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Question 9 of 10

9. If I was referring to the Bible and talking about the 'diluvial' event that occurred in it, who would you most associate with this? Hint

Jesus

Noah

Pontius Pilate

John the Baptist

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Question 10 of 10

10. If you found out that your penfriend in China was being 'defiliated', what would she be being deprived of? Hint

Work

Children

Food

Land

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which of the following people would most likely be seen to 'digitigrade' in their chosen profession?

Answer: Ballerina

Digitigrade is the act of walking only on one's toes, with heel raised from the floor.

2. If you knew a 'daedalist' and he offered you a trip in his particular mode of transport, how would you be about to travel?

Answer: By air

A daedalist is an aviator or pilot.

3. You are sitting in a courtroom listening to the judge speaking of the accused. The judge tells him he has been accused of 'drygulch'. What the devil had he been accused of doing?

Answer: Murdered someone by pushing them off a cliff

Drygulch is an antiquated term meaning that.

4. Sitting in a courtroom listening to a man being accused of drygulch, the person next to you refers to the judge as a 'deemster'. In which British dependancy am I?

Answer: Isle of Man

A deemster is a Manx judge and also an old term for a judge from Jersey.

5. Sitting in a courtroom listening to a man accused of drygulch by the deemster, a new charge is added of 'defenestration'. What has the accused been suspected of doing now?

Answer: Throwing someone out of a window

The word came into existence around 1620 and was from the Latin literally meaning to de-window someone.

6. After being accused of drygulch and defenestration, the deemster pronounced sentence. He told the accused to stand and said that he was sentenced to be 'decollated'. What was his punishment?

Answer: Beheading

It came into English usage in 1599 and is from the Latin decollare, meaning literally to de-neck.

7. After a prisoner had had his sentence of decollation carried out, he would have been taken to the 'deadhouse'. Where would he have been taken?

Answer: Mortuary

A deadhouse is a mortuary or morgue....its full definition being, place for the temporary reception and exposure of dead bodies.

8. Where would you expect a 'dactylioglyph' to be employed as a professional?

Answer: Jewellers

A dactylioglyph is an engraver of rings and/or of gems.

9. If I was referring to the Bible and talking about the 'diluvial' event that occurred in it, who would you most associate with this?

Answer: Noah

The adjective diluvial refers to a flood, especially a mythical one.

10. If you found out that your penfriend in China was being 'defiliated', what would she be being deprived of?

Answer: Children

Defiliaton is the deprivation of being able to have a child, whether by force or natural reasons.

Source: Author kristian88

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