FREE! Click here to Join FunTrivia. Thousands of games, quizzes, and lots more!

A Cold Dark Place Trivia Quiz

All the missing words in this quiz can be found hiding within the letters of 'A COLD DARK PLACE'. Please note - British spelling is used throughout.

A multiple-choice quiz by delboy22. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
delboy22

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
318,840

Updated
Jul 23 22

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
401

Question 1 of 10

1. It was a cold dark night. I could barely see my way in the ____ moonlight.

Answer: (Lacking in colour or brightness)

NEXT>

Question 2 of 10

2. Squawked shrilly and loudly.

Answer: (7 letters, begins with C)

NEXT>

Question 3 of 10

3. The hard outer covering of a turtle or tortoise.

Answer: (8 letters)

NEXT>

Question 4 of 10

4. An enclosure where horses are saddled, and exercised.

Answer: (7 letters)

NEXT>

Question 5 of 10

5. A wrapped package.

Answer: (6 letters)

NEXT>

Question 6 of 10

6. A device for securing a lidded box, or a set of gates - often used with a chain.

Answer: (7 letters)

NEXT>

Question 7 of 10

7. The crater left by an extinct volcano.

Answer: (One Word)

NEXT>

Question 8 of 10

8. A device that displays the time.

Answer: (One Word)

NEXT>

Question 9 of 10

9. Batman was known as the '_____ crusader'

Answer: (One Word)

NEXT>

Question 10 of 10

10. A 'device' used to seal a wine bottle - also the name of a city in Ireland.

Answer: (4 letters)

(Optional) Create a Free FunTrivia ID to save the points you are about to earn:

Select a User ID:

Choose a Password:

Your Email:

Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. It was a cold dark night. I could barely see my way in the ____ moonlight.

Answer: pale

The word pale means lacking in colour. One who has a 'pale' complexion is said to be pallid.

2. Squawked shrilly and loudly.

Answer: cackled

To 'cackle' is to emit a loud, shrill, unpleasant kind of laugh - often attributed to witches, and demons.

3. The hard outer covering of a turtle or tortoise.

Answer: carapace

The bony exoskeleton found on many species of animal, is known as a Carapace. The word can also be used to describe a form of protective 'shell' that we put around ourselves - a disguise.

4. An enclosure where horses are saddled, and exercised.

Answer: paddock

A paddock is also the area at a racecourse where the horses are paraded before the race. In the UK, this also applies to greyhounds.

5. A wrapped package.

Answer: parcel

A parcel is a package usually wrapped for postal delivery. The verb 'to parcel' means to divide into parts, as in the 'parceling' of land.

6. A device for securing a lidded box, or a set of gates - often used with a chain.

Answer: padlock

A padlock is a device with a looped steel bar that spring-locks into a solid block; opened with either a key, or a combination lock. It can be used to secure a door, a box, or a set of gates.

7. The crater left by an extinct volcano.

Answer: caldera

A caldera is created when a volcano explodes, expelling what is left of its magma, causing the body of the volcano to collapse in. There are hundreds, possibly thousands, of examples of caldera all over the world, in areas prone to volcanic activity - a huge, ancient caldera, can be found in Yellowstone Park USA.

8. A device that displays the time.

Answer: clock

Clocks of one kind or another have been around since 4000 BC. Through the centuries, and millennia, with the advancement of science and technology, clocks have become ever more accurate. It is mind-blowing to think that even a cheap quartz watch, is usually accurate to at least 1 second a MONTH!

9. Batman was known as the '_____ crusader'

Answer: caped

Co-created by artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger, I was surprised to learn that Batman first appeared in comic books in May 1939! I fondly remember as a youngster, watching the Batman TV series, starring Adam West in the title role :)

10. A 'device' used to seal a wine bottle - also the name of a city in Ireland.

Answer: cork

The material 'cork' which is used to make the 'stoppers' for wine bottles, comes from the cork oak tree, Quercus suber. Portugal is one of the biggest manufacturers of cork.
The city of Cork, is the second largest city in the Republic of Ireland.

Source: Author delboy22

This quiz was reviewed by FunTrivia editor crisw before going online.
Any errors found in FunTrivia content are routinely corrected through our feedback system.