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Quiz about Its All Lies
Quiz about Its All Lies

It's All Lies Trivia Quiz


A falsehood; is that a lie? Think about that carefully but before you do here are some other questions that stem from the word lie.

A multiple-choice quiz by pollucci19. Estimated time: 3 mins.
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Author
pollucci19
Time
3 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
346,784
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Easy
Avg Score
8 / 10
Plays
5475
Awards
Top 10% Quiz
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Question 1 of 10
1. All of the following words are adjectives that essentially mean untruthful except one. Which one? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. George Washington once said "I can't tell a lie, Pa; you know I can't tell a lie". Which of the following words could George have also used instead of the word lie? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Is the phrase "Pork Pie" British rhyming slang for "lie"?


Question 4 of 10
4. "The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway" is a 1974 album by the band Genesis. Fortunately the band chose the word lies instead of which of the following which, in the context, would have meant the same thing? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. When the casket was lowered into the ground the priest began his prayer with "Here lies Bruce Wayne ...". Which of the following phrases would best represent the priest's words? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. Three of the following words mean "to uncover a lie" but only one means a "lie". Can you uncover the one that is to lie? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. All golfers lie! Well maybe they just embellish the truth a little but did you know that their golf balls also lie? Which of the following words would best describe how a golf ball lies? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. The pants, the pants, the pants are on fire. Which one of these words is a real liar? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. Which one of these is *NOT* a liar? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. Which of the following represents a morbid fear of lies? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. All of the following words are adjectives that essentially mean untruthful except one. Which one?

Answer: Veracious

Veracious means to be honest or truthful or, more to the point, accurate. Perfidious leans toward deceit and treachery, and fallacious means to contain a fallacy while mendacious is straight out untruthful.
2. George Washington once said "I can't tell a lie, Pa; you know I can't tell a lie". Which of the following words could George have also used instead of the word lie?

Answer: Deceit

If George had used the word debris he would have been talking about strewn fragments like the chips of bark from the cherry tree that were lying (is that an intended pun) around after he chopped the tree down. Debunk means to remove the false statement from which would achieve the opposite of the word lie and decant means to pour off a liquid, such as wine, and leave the sediment behind.
3. Is the phrase "Pork Pie" British rhyming slang for "lie"?

Answer: Yes

Pork pie is often shortened to "porky" or "porkie(s)". The term gained major (another intended pun) attention during the 1997 UK General Elections when the Labour Party labelled John Major's campaign as "The Pork Pie Factory". I suppose pork pies would also sit comfortably with the idiom "lying through one's teeth".
4. "The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway" is a 1974 album by the band Genesis. Fortunately the band chose the word lies instead of which of the following which, in the context, would have meant the same thing?

Answer: Reclines

In this instance lies means to lie down or be in a recumbent position. Recedes doesn't fit because it means to shrink back, receives means to take into one's hands while recites indicates to that something is being repeated out aloud.
5. When the casket was lowered into the ground the priest began his prayer with "Here lies Bruce Wayne ...". Which of the following phrases would best represent the priest's words?

Answer: Here interred is Bruce Wayne

The priest is using the word lies as the final resting place for Bruce Wayne. In other words Bruce Wayne has been buried or interred.
Bruce was most likely intercepted (caught or seized) by the bad guys. As he is being buried then he's most likely passed on which means he would be insouciant (or unconcerned) and he's definitely innocuous (or harmless).
6. Three of the following words mean "to uncover a lie" but only one means a "lie". Can you uncover the one that is to lie?

Answer: Misrepresent

To misrepresent is to be dishonest about something, to make it up, to tell a lie. For example "He said he was sick". The other three words would indicate that he was lying; "but I saw him at the party and looked fine". Oh dear, our man has been exposed, disproved and contradicted.
7. All golfers lie! Well maybe they just embellish the truth a little but did you know that their golf balls also lie? Which of the following words would best describe how a golf ball lies?

Answer: Sit

In this situation the lie of the ball indicates the position in which it is sitting. This is usually accompanied by either a negative or positive adjective. For example; "Oh dear he's landed in the rough and now he really has a bad lie". This would indicate that the golfer's ball has not landed on the fairway and his/her ball is lying in a difficult spot. Model and lounge also have connections to the word sit but in a slightly different manner. To model would mean to sit for a photographer or an artist. To lounge indicates to sprawl. Both look at assuming a position and not the position in which it rests.

A fib is a fabrication.
8. The pants, the pants, the pants are on fire. Which one of these words is a real liar?

Answer: Fabulist

The fabulist is the one who makes up fanciful stories while a figurine is a statuette. The fundamentalist is a person who hangs onto traditional beliefs while a fumaroles is a smoke hole in a volcano.
9. Which one of these is *NOT* a liar?

Answer: Somnambulist

An autohaumaturgist is a person who brags about their station, often pretending that they're someone of note. On the other hand, hypocrisy is also a pretence but it generally relates to morals or beliefs. A quack or quackery is the holding out that one possesses a medical skill or qualification. A somnambulist is a sleepwalker.
10. Which of the following represents a morbid fear of lies?

Answer: Mythophobia

A myth is a lie. Hopefully this led you to the right conclusion. Autophobia is a fear of being alone, gelotophobia is the morbid fear of being laughed at and a fear of fat in food is lipophobia.
Source: Author pollucci19

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