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You Get Ten Points 'Per' Word! Quiz

Each answer is a word containing 'per.' Most (but not all) begin with 'per'. If you like this one, please try 'Get a Good Tan!'

A multiple-choice quiz by robynraymer. Estimated time: 11 mins.

Author
robynraymer

Time
11 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
56,044

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
25

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
14 / 25

Plays
968

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Question 1 of 25

1. What is something an employee might receive in addition to a regular salary?

Answer: (10 or 11 letters; includes the letters PER)

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Question 2 of 25

2. What's a synonym for 'saucy' or 'flippant'?

Answer: (4 letters; includes the letters PER)

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Question 3 of 25

3. What word means 'extremely picky'?

Answer: (10 or 11 letters; includes the letters PER)

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Question 4 of 25

4. A transformation?

Answer: (11 letters; includes the letters PER)

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Question 5 of 25

5. This one doesn't begin with 'per.' A noun that's a synonym for 'specialist' or 'authority'?

Answer: (6 letters; includes the letters PER)

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Question 6 of 25

6. This one doesn't start with 'per.' A synonym for 'insolent' or 'impudent'?

Answer: (11 letters; includes the letters PER)

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Question 7 of 25

7. The one-word title of a Jane Austen novel?

Answer: (10 letters; includes the letters PER)

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Question 8 of 25

8. Try to see the situation from the other person's _______.

Answer: (11 letters; includes the letters PER)

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Question 9 of 25

9. A city in Western Australia?

Answer: (5 letters; includes the letters PER)

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Question 10 of 25

10. A South American nation?

Answer: (4 letters; includes the letters PER)

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Question 11 of 25

11. What is the name of the mother dog in '101 Dalmatians'?

Answer: (7 letters; includes the letters PER)

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Question 12 of 25

12. Very tolerant or lenient--perhaps too much so?

Answer: (10 letters; includes the letters PER)

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Question 13 of 25

13. The name of a company that bottles fizzy water?

Answer: (7 letters; includes the letters PER)

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Question 14 of 25

14. Painter Edward _______?

Answer: (Last name only--6 letters; includes the letters PER)

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Question 15 of 25

15. British poet William _______ (1731-1800)? He was a favorite of Jane Austen's. This name ENDS with 'per.'

Answer: (Last name only; 6 letters; includes the letters PER)

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Question 16 of 25

16. A synonym for 'excellence'?

Answer: (10 letters; includes the letters PER)

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Question 17 of 25

17. A synonym for 'palpable'?

Answer: (11 letters; includes the letters PER)

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Question 18 of 25

18. That's 100 _______ correct!

Answer: (7 letters or Two Words (3,4); includes the letters PER)

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Question 19 of 25

19. A falcon species?

Answer: (9 letters; includes the letters PER)

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Question 20 of 25

20. To pierce?

Answer: (9 letters; includes the letters PER)

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Question 21 of 25

21. Puzzled?

Answer: (9 letters; includes the letters PER)

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Question 22 of 25

22. In Greek mythology, who is the wife of Hades and the daughter of Demeter and Zeus?

Answer: (10 letters; includes the letters PER)

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Question 23 of 25

23. To systematically oppress or harass?

Answer: (9 letters; includes the letters PER)

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Question 24 of 25

24. Eternity? (This is a word that sounds like a scrambled form of 'pituitary,' but actually isn't.)

Answer: (10 letters; includes the letters PER)

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Question 25 of 25

25. A word that has come to be synonymous with a pretty shade of purplish blue?

Answer: (10 letters; includes the letters PER)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What is something an employee might receive in addition to a regular salary?

Answer: perquisite

These are also known as 'perks.'

2. What's a synonym for 'saucy' or 'flippant'?

Answer: pert

Jonathan Swift wrote: 'Damp the pert!' I guess it means something similar to 'Take some of the wind out of bratty, cocky people's sails.'

3. What word means 'extremely picky'?

Answer: persnickety

'Persnickety' really sounds like its meaning.

4. A transformation?

Answer: permutation

This is a math term, too.

5. This one doesn't begin with 'per.' A noun that's a synonym for 'specialist' or 'authority'?

Answer: expert

Are you an expert at quiz taking or quiz making (or both)?

6. This one doesn't start with 'per.' A synonym for 'insolent' or 'impudent'?

Answer: impertinent

Antonyms might be 'respectful' and 'docile.'

7. The one-word title of a Jane Austen novel?

Answer: Persuasion

If you like Jane Austen, please take some JA quizzes in the Literature section.

8. Try to see the situation from the other person's _______.

Answer: perspective

Perspective is also something that architectural drawings have to have.

9. A city in Western Australia?

Answer: Perth

There's also a Perth in Ontario, Canada, and one in Scotland. I imagine that the Australian and Canadian Perths were named for the Scottish one.

10. A South American nation?

Answer: Peru

Peruvian artisans produce beautiful work.

11. What is the name of the mother dog in '101 Dalmatians'?

Answer: Perdita

The name means 'lost one.'

12. Very tolerant or lenient--perhaps too much so?

Answer: permissive

My own mother was fairly permissive, but I was a 'goody two shoes', so it didn't matter.

13. The name of a company that bottles fizzy water?

Answer: Perrier

Perrier was perhaps the first to persuade consumers that they needed to purchase bottled water.

14. Painter Edward _______?

Answer: Hopper

He painted 'Nighthawks'.

15. British poet William _______ (1731-1800)? He was a favorite of Jane Austen's. This name ENDS with 'per.'

Answer: Cowper

He wrote a great, funny poem called 'The Retired Cat.' Here's a tiny bit of it: 'A drawer impending o'er the rest, Half-open in the topmost chest, Of depth enough, and none to spare, invited her to slumber there; Puss with delight beyond expression Survey'd the scene and took possession.'

16. A synonym for 'excellence'?

Answer: perfection

Other synonyms include 'sublimity' and 'impeccability.'

17. A synonym for 'palpable'?

Answer: perceptible

It's also come to be a synonym for 'audible,' as in 'a barely perceptible sigh.'

18. That's 100 _______ correct!

Answer: percent

I want this quiz to be in the top ten percent of all Quizzyland quizzes (but I fear it won't be).

19. A falcon species?

Answer: peregrine

These falcons are found worldwide but are rare, since pesticides threaten their survival. The can dive on prey at speeds of up to 175 mph! Their sharp, clenched talons kill prey on impact.

20. To pierce?

Answer: perforate

Imagine how much more difficult it would be to tear off the part of a bill that you're supposed to send in with your check were it not for perforation.

21. Puzzled?

Answer: perplexed

Good Scrabble word!

22. In Greek mythology, who is the wife of Hades and the daughter of Demeter and Zeus?

Answer: Persephone

She ate some pomegranate seeds, which doomed her to spend four months per year underground with old Hades. Her mom Demeter (the Earth goddess) mourns during those months, which is why we have winter(according to the Greeks).

23. To systematically oppress or harass?

Answer: persecute

Let's wipe out religious persecution. I also wish that church and state would be absolutely separate throughout the world.

24. Eternity? (This is a word that sounds like a scrambled form of 'pituitary,' but actually isn't.)

Answer: perpetuity

I believe this word appears in last wills and testaments.

25. A word that has come to be synonymous with a pretty shade of purplish blue?

Answer: periwinkle

Periwinkle is also an evergreen herb in the dogbane family (some kinds have purplish-blue blooms), and it's been used as a folk remedy for diabetes.

Source: Author robynraymer

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