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Quiz about Three Little Letters well almost

Three Little Letters... well almost Quiz

Almost all the answers in this quiz have three letters. The quiz is alphabetical except for J,Q and X. The quiz is aimed at a five minute coffee break, have fun and enjoy.

A multiple-choice quiz by Fiachra. Estimated time: 8 mins.

Author
Fiachra

Time
8 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
153,535

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
25

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
18 / 25

Plays
1935

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 25

1. What little tool makes holes, especially in leather?

Answer: (hand held tool)

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Question 2 of 25

2. What three letter word can you find with the same meaning as gargantuan?

Answer: (NY)

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Question 3 of 25

3. How do you make a fool of a fish?

Answer: (with chips)

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Question 4 of 25

4. Which is NOT a correct meaning of dab? Hint

daub

scallop

dollop

swab

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Question 5 of 25

5. Which little guy/gal had 'attitude', in that great Christmas movie "The Santa Clause"?

Answer: (Almost self)

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Question 6 of 25

6. What fruit was imported by Romans and eaten as a dessert?

Answer: (seeds)

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Question 7 of 25

7. Is this one way to stop talk?

Answer: (joke)

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Question 8 of 25

8. Which H word means a termagant? Hint

hug

hag

hog

heg

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Question 9 of 25

9. What adjective might describe a glacial look?

Answer: (brrrrr!)

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Question 10 of 25

10. Which part of this little cat is important when getting ready for sports?

Answer: (Gear)

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Question 11 of 25

11. What little word is both a piece of wood and a cake?

Answer: (Fire)

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Question 12 of 25

12. Which is a Russian fighter plane? Hint

Meg

Mig

Mag

Myg

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Question 13 of 25

13. Which word means to grab something/someone suddenly? Hint

Nag

Nap

Nam

Nab

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Question 14 of 25

14. If someone hangs a note reading 'OTL' on the office door what does s/he mean?

Answer: (3 words)

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Question 15 of 25

15. Which palindrome is found in many fruits?

Answer: (bitter)

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Question 16 of 25

16. A very small scrap of unwanted cloth is called a rag but what is a rag top? Hint

Bus

Man

Van

Car

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Question 17 of 25

17. Which three letter word beginning with S means both life-blood and idiot?

Answer: (impair)

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Question 18 of 25

18. Which three letters must be removed from "suburb" to leave you with a school vehicle spelled backwards? Hint

sub

bub

urb

ubu

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Question 19 of 25

19. This sounds like a popular hot drink, but when used in sport it is spelled differently.

Answer: (golf)

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Question 20 of 25

20. Which U word means to employ?

Answer: (odd meaning)

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Question 21 of 25

21. This V word means tax, in the UK and Ireland at any rate.

Answer: (UGH!)

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Question 22 of 25

22. What is clever humour called? Hint

Way

Wit

Why

Wat

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Question 23 of 25

23. You, Yew, Ewe, U, are all similar in sound but which is a poisonous tree? Hint

You

Ewe

Yew

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Question 24 of 25

24. What TWO letters added to z will give a segment of a course running opposite to zig.

Answer: (JUST WRITE LETTERS)

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Question 25 of 25

25. This is the hardest question in the quiz. From which heavenly body do UVA and UVB come?

Answer: (How many have three letters?)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What little tool makes holes, especially in leather?

Answer: Awl

It might be used, for example, to punch holes in belts.

2. What three letter word can you find with the same meaning as gargantuan?

Answer: Big

Imagine New York being called the gargantuan apple? Never in a month of Sundays!

3. How do you make a fool of a fish?

Answer: Cod

To cod someone is to make a fool of them, a cod is also a tasty white fish. Britain and Iceland had a fishing dispute called the 'Cod War'.

4. Which is NOT a correct meaning of dab?

Answer: scallop

A scallop is a shell fish, which is sometimes spelled scollop.

5. Which little guy/gal had 'attitude', in that great Christmas movie "The Santa Clause"?

Answer: Elf

Remember the famous line "We're elves with attitude"? Lately a movie called Elf has appeared.

6. What fruit was imported by Romans and eaten as a dessert?

Answer: Fig

Figs are also a natural laxative.

7. Is this one way to stop talk?

Answer: Gag

Gag means a good joke. It also means to tie something around the mouth to prevent talk.

8. Which H word means a termagant?

Answer: hag

Hag also means vixen, shrew and battle axe. What a combination!

9. What adjective might describe a glacial look?

Answer: icy

Such a look usually accompanies me opening my mouth and forgetting to engage my brain first.

10. Which part of this little cat is important when getting ready for sports?

Answer: Kit

Kitten is a little cat, kit, a part of the word describes the gear worn in sports.

11. What little word is both a piece of wood and a cake?

Answer: Log

Logs burn in a fire, but at Christmas beautiful gateaux are made called 'Yule Logs'. They are made from sponge, covered with chocolate frosting, and then decorated with robins, holly etc.

12. Which is a Russian fighter plane?

Answer: Mig

This plane was a high speed, high altitude, fighter plane and got its name from its designers, Mikoyan and Gurevich.

13. Which word means to grab something/someone suddenly?

Answer: Nab

If the word as written in capitals NAB, it means New American Bible.

14. If someone hangs a note reading 'OTL' on the office door what does s/he mean?

Answer: Out to lunch

This is one of my favourite notes, especially at Christmas, when eating out is so much fun.

15. Which palindrome is found in many fruits?

Answer: Pip

A palindrome is spelled the same backwards and forwards. Pips are found in oranges and lemons.

16. A very small scrap of unwanted cloth is called a rag but what is a rag top?

Answer: Car

It is a car which has a retractable fabric roof. It would never do in Ireland as there is too much rain.

17. Which three letter word beginning with S means both life-blood and idiot?

Answer: sap

I love the informal words put with sap in the dictionary, clot, twit, nit, nitwit, jerk, prat etc.

18. Which three letters must be removed from "suburb" to leave you with a school vehicle spelled backwards?

Answer: urb

If you take urb away, then you are left with sub. Turn that around and you get bus, a school vehicle.

19. This sounds like a popular hot drink, but when used in sport it is spelled differently.

Answer: Tee

The tee is the small plastic piece put in the ground to hold the ball.

20. Which U word means to employ?

Answer: Use

This is a strange meaning to the word employ. If I was employing someone to type my questions I would not say I was using them, would you?

21. This V word means tax, in the UK and Ireland at any rate.

Answer: VAT

Value Added Tax makes all services and most products more expensive.

22. What is clever humour called?

Answer: Wit

This is the type of humour which makes you think as well as laugh.

23. You, Yew, Ewe, U, are all similar in sound but which is a poisonous tree?

Answer: Yew

Although the berries are poisonous, the English archers made excellent bows from the timber in the middle ages.

24. What TWO letters added to z will give a segment of a course running opposite to zig.

Answer: Ag

Zig zag, like a donkey coming up a hill.

25. This is the hardest question in the quiz. From which heavenly body do UVA and UVB come?

Answer: Sun

UVA, ultra violet radiation, with a long wavelength; and UVB, ultra violet radiation, with a relatively short wavelength.

Source: Author Fiachra

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