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Splat! Trivia Quiz

SPLAT! It came from outer space. It's invading my life. It's infiltrating my chores today. The SPLAT landed among other letters and created new words,sometimes rearranging itself. Can you determine the word?

A multiple-choice quiz by books407. Estimated time: 7 mins.

Author
books407

Time
7 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
354,761

Updated
Jul 23 22

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
8 / 10

Plays
377

Question 1 of 10

1. Trying to forget about the visitor from outer space, I decided to tackle my "to-do" list. The first thing on my list was to paint a chair for the local craft competition. It took a while to begin my chair painting because I had put my brush in the wrong place. What would you call this?

Answer: (_ _ s p l a _ _ _ _ _ t)

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Question 2 of 10

2. I found my brush, but the SPLAT interfered and caused me to splash bits of paint on the floor. What do you call these droplets of liquid soiling the floor?

Answer: (s p l a t _ _ _)

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Question 3 of 10

3. After I cleaned up my mess from the chair, I decided to use some sparkly stones for a design on the back of the chair. When I was finished, the chair certainly did sparkle. This time, SPLAT rearranged itself. My husband said it was the "______ chair" he'd ever seen. What word did he use in the blank?

Answer: (s p a _ _ l _ _ _ t)

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Question 4 of 10

4. When my husband spoke of the chair I was decorating, he offered his opinion without my asking for it. The beauty of the chair inspired him to speak, and again SPLAT rearranged itself. How did my husband respond?

Answer: (s p _ _ t a _ _ _ _ _ l _ Think impulse)

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Question 5 of 10

5. While the chair dried, I had two cooking challenges. My husband gave me such wonderful compliments, I decided to cook him a quick snack. All he wanted was eggs, over-easy. I needed this tool to turn the eggs and not break the yolks, and here is a rearranged SPLAT interfering again. What tool did I use?

Answer: (s p a t _ l _)

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Question 6 of 10

6. My second cooking challenge was a little harder. My German aunt was visiting and I wanted to cook a special dish for her. There's the SPLAT again -- this time as an egg noodle cooked in boiling salted water. The noodle batter is pushed through a colander with large holes to form these little round balls. What is this German dish called?

Answer: (s p a t _ l _)

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Question 7 of 10

7. I've entered my chair in the local craft competition. I loved the chair so much, I was sure the judges would, too. I didn't want to throw a temper tantrum in front of the judges or SPLAT. What would I have been making of myself if I did?

Answer: (s p _ _ t a _ l _)

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Question 8 of 10

8. What is the home planet of SPLAT like? Is it big? Small? What do I do if I meditate and reflect on this subject?

Answer: (s p _ _ _ l a t _)

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Question 9 of 10

9. SPLAT is officially staying. It won't be returning to its home planet, but will stay on ours. What do you call someone or something that moves from one location to another and stays?

Answer: (t _ a _ s p l _ _ _ Think gardening or organ donation)

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Question 10 of 10

10. SPLAT has become my friend. I see it everywhere. Maybe I should go to its home planet and see its origins. To travel in space to another planet, I would have to board a space ship and take what?

Answer: (s p a _ _ _ l _ _ _ t )

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

Answer: misplacement

Misplace can mean "to assign the wrong position to" as well as to mislay. Misplaced affections and confidences can be given to the wrong people. The word is in recorded text as early as the 1630s. I hate it when people tell me my lost item will be in the last place I look. Duh!

2. I found my brush, but the SPLAT interfered and caused me to splash bits of paint on the floor. What do you call these droplets of liquid soiling the floor?

Answer: splatter

"Splatter" may be a blend of "splash" and "spatter" and has been recorded as early as 1784. There is a subgenre of horror films called splatter. It is called that because of the portrayal of graphic violence.

Answer: sparkliest

Sparkle can also refer to the effervescent quality of sparkly wines or juices. "Sparkle" is also a movie about a girl singing group (loosely based on the Supremes). It was made in 1976 and again in 2012. The later version starred Whitney Houston and Jordin Sparks.

Answer: spontaneously

Spontaneous comes from a Latin word meaning "of one's own accord." A "spontaneous combustion" was first named around 1795. A spontaneous combustion occurs when a material with a low ignition temperature begins to release heat that cannot escape.

Answer: spatula

A spatula is called a "danny" in Fiji. Other names are turner and flipper. It is a kitchen utensil with a long handle and a broad flat edge and is used for lifting and turning fried foods.

Answer: spatzle

Spatzle literally means "little sparrow" The noodles were originally formed by hand and resembled little birds. These noodles are used in savory dishes (maybe with meat or cheese and onions) or sweet dishes (with apples, brown sugar, and cinnamon).

Answer: spectacle

A spectacle doesn't have to have a negative connotation. For example, the Sphinx is also a spectacle because it is remarkable and impressive. The earliest definition (mid 14th century) is "specially prepared or arranged display."

8. What is the home planet of SPLAT like? Is it big? Small? What do I do if I meditate and reflect on this subject?

Answer: speculate

Another meaning for "speculate" is to engage in the buying or selling of a commodity with an element of risk on the chance of profit. The earliest meaning (14th century) was "contemplation, consideration. The negative meaning of "mere conjecture" was recorded in the 1570s.

9. SPLAT is officially staying. It won't be returning to its home planet, but will stay on ours. What do you call someone or something that moves from one location to another and stays?

Answer: transplant

Transplant comes from the Latin word transplantare "plant again in a different place." It was extended to people (1550s) and then to organs or tissue (1786). In reference to surgical transplanting of human organs or tissue it is first recorded 1951, but not in widespread use until Christiaan Barnard performed the world's first successful heart transplant in 1967 at Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa.

10. SPLAT has become my friend. I see it everywhere. Maybe I should go to its home planet and see its origins. To travel in space to another planet, I would have to board a space ship and take what?

Answer: spaceflight

Yuri Gagarin was the first human to take a spaceflight. That flight was launched by the Soviet Union on April 12, 1961. He didn't go anywhere -- just around the planet. But it was still quite a feat.

Source: Author books407

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