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Can You Spell Like Akeelah? Trivia Quiz

This is a spelling bee quiz using ten words from "Akeelah and the Bee". I'll give a brief definition and describe the scene in which the word was given; you pick the correct spelling.

A multiple-choice quiz by maxomega300. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
maxomega300

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
254,604

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
1991

Awards
Top 20% Quiz

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Question 1 of 10

1. Akeelah's first word at school level meant "to be uncertain of". Hint

doubt

hesitate

dout

hesitait

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Question 2 of 10

2. Akeelah's winning word at school meant "imaginative or whimsical". Hint

fanciful

bazaar

fancyful

bizarre

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Question 3 of 10

3. This word was given to Akeelah at district, and is a kind of figure of speech. Which is the correct spelling? Hint

synecdoche

synecdochy

sinecdokey

sinecdochey

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Question 4 of 10

4. One student was caught cheating on this word that means a kind of dance. What is it? Hint

masqueraid

carmaniole

carmagnole

masquerade

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Question 5 of 10

5. What was Akeelah's winning word at district, meaning a type of masterpiece in art or literature? Hint

burlesque

burlesk

pastishe

pastiche

6. While Akeelah was having a talk with her mother during the regional bee (which she attended only with her father's "permission"), Javier was given this word, and tried to stall as much time as possible with it to give Akeelah time to get back. Given that it is a type of stew, what was it? Hint

ratatouille

vichyssoise

ratatouie

vishyswoise

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Question 7 of 10

7. At nationals, Akeelah had some trouble with this word that means clay-like. What is the correct spelling? Hint

argillaceous

argillacious

argillatious

argellacious

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Question 8 of 10

8. Both Akeelah and Dylan were given this word, and both of them missed it deliberately. It means a yellow discoloration of the skin. What is the correct spelling? Hint

zanthosis

xanthosis

xanthoses

zanthoses

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Question 9 of 10

9. Dylan won the national bee with this word, meaning excessive talkativeness. What spelling did he give? Hint

logorrhia

logoria

logorrhea

logorhea

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Question 10 of 10

10. Akeelah correctly spelled this word that means physical beauty, tying Dylan for first place at nationals. Could you have ended up like she did? Hint

pulcritude

comliness

comeliness

pulchritude

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Akeelah's first word at school level meant "to be uncertain of".

Answer: doubt

She spelled it knowingly (without a doubt), but quietly and shyly at first, before being told to speak up. At this point, she didn't want to do the spelling bee, but was given the choice of the bee or detention for all her absences from school.

2. Akeelah's winning word at school meant "imaginative or whimsical".

Answer: fanciful

This word moved her on to district. She didn't feel too excited that she won.

FYI, "bizarre" is a (sort of) synonym for "fanciful"; a "bazaar" is a kind of store.

3. This word was given to Akeelah at district, and is a kind of figure of speech. Which is the correct spelling?

Answer: synecdoche

Specifically, a synecdoche is a figure of speech in which a part is used for a whole or vice versa (such as "four new wheels" for "a new car"). Unfortunately, Akeelah missed this word at the district bee; she spelled it sinecdokey, after she was taught to spell it how it sounded.

4. One student was caught cheating on this word that means a kind of dance. What is it?

Answer: carmagnole

A carmagnole is a lively dance that was popular during the French Revolution. When the student struggled with the spelling, his mother told him that there was a G. This naturally got him disqualified, and Akeelah had another chance.

5. What was Akeelah's winning word at district, meaning a type of masterpiece in art or literature?

Answer: pastiche

This word moved her on to regionals, although her mother had other plans for her.

Answer: ratatouille

He walked very slowly up to the microphone, and then asked for the pronunciation five times, as well as two separate sentences... he even asked to hear it in a song. When he saw Akeelah coming back, he spelled the word quickly and correctly, and eventually went on to take second place.

7. At nationals, Akeelah had some trouble with this word that means clay-like. What is the correct spelling?

Answer: argillaceous

Dr. Larabee had previously told Akeelah to stay focused on the word, and helped her develop the "mnemonic" (could you have spelled that?) of jumping rope. When Akeelah received this word at nationals, she did just that; she pretended to jump rope as she spelled the word.

8. Both Akeelah and Dylan were given this word, and both of them missed it deliberately. It means a yellow discoloration of the skin. What is the correct spelling?

Answer: xanthosis

Akeelah remembered Dylan telling her it started with an X, but nevertheless spelled it zanthosis, trying to give the competition to Dylan in order to please his father. Dylan, not wanting to win unless Akeelah tried her best, also threw the word, spelling it xanthoses.

Afterwards, he asked the judges for some water. This was also the winning word from the [real] national spelling bee in 1995.

9. Dylan won the national bee with this word, meaning excessive talkativeness. What spelling did he give?

Answer: logorrhea

Coincidentally, this was also the winning word from the [real] national spelling bee in 1999.

10. Akeelah correctly spelled this word that means physical beauty, tying Dylan for first place at nationals. Could you have ended up like she did?

Answer: pulchritude

As she was spelling, each character said one letter. This word was also given to her by Dr. Larabee after she had won at school level. She missed it, spelling it pulcritude, and was given a consolation prize of laughter and taunting from her peers.

Source: Author maxomega300

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