A Mystery Sort Countdown Quiz (5,4,3,2,1)

Answer: Golf terms

In golf an eagle is when a player hits the ball into the hole, two strokes under par.

Answer: Golf terms

In golf the green is the putting surface. The hole is placed somewhere on the green. It is the smoothest surface on the golf course and is often deceiving because of the slope of the green or sand bunkers surrounding it.

Answer: Golf terms

On a typical golf course there are eighteen holes. Each hole has a tee box, a fairway, often some sort of hazard and a green where the targeted hole is located. Most of the holes are rated a 3,4, or a 5 par hole.

Answer: Golf terms

The rough in golf is the area with longer grass that borders a fairway. The golfer's goal is to stay out of the rough as it is more difficult to control a golf swing when hitting it out of taller grass. The fairway is the area with shorter grass located between the tee box and green.

Answer: Golf terms

"Fore" is a shout given by a golfer whose struck ball is flying in the direction of people. It often happens when golfers hit their ball out of the fairway. Believed to have first been used around 1881, the term was used to warn a fore-caddie, a person who was stationed down toward the hole being played to help find the ball when it landed.

It is believed that when the ball was heading in the caddie's direction that "fore caddie" and later "fore" was shouted to warn him.

Answer: Ends in our

An hour is a unit of time roughly equaling to 1/24th of a day. 60 minutes make up an hour and 3600 seconds make up an hour. The unit of time is used with both a 12 hour and 24 hour clock.

Answer: Ends in our

"Four" is a homophone for the golf term "fore". In East Asia the number is considered unlucky and often connected to death. While in some western countries it is considered a lucky number (e.g. a four-leafed clover).

Answer: Ends in our

"Tour" can refer to an organized trip usually a pleasure trip, a musician's travel to perform concerts or a period of time a person is committed to an assignment (a tour of duty). The word comes from an Old French word ("tur") meaning "turn" and from a Latin word meaning "potter's wheel". The idea being that a tour is a trip that circles back to where it began.

Answer: Types of knives

A pocketknife is a small knife with one or more blades that can be folded into the handle and placed in one's pocket. It can be used for multiple tasks. Pocketknives have been around since 600 BCE with one of the earliest being found in Austria.

Answer: Types of knives

A butcher knife is an utensil that is used in the meat processing business. It is known for its thicker blade that can more easily cut through meat. Its "cousin" is the cleaver who has a thinner blade to more precisely cut meat. Butcher knives became popular in the American West where pioneers used them for self-defense and skinning animal pelts as well as cutting meat.

Answer: Types of knives

During the Victorian Era a butter knife became a common utensil at fancy meals. Many table settings included a bread plate that had a dull edged knife, a rounded blade and a pointed end. It was used to dish out pats of butter from the butter dish to be spread on the bread.

Answer: Types of knives

Steak knives usually feature a wooden handle and partially serrated blade. They became popular after WWII when improvements in the manufacturing of stainless steel allowed for knives to go a longer period of time between sharpenings. The knife is usually considered a table knife.

Answer: Synonym for small

"Microscopic" is a word used to describe something that is too small to be seen with the "naked eye" but can be seen through a microscope. Microscopy is the scientific field of using microscopes. Galileo was one of the first to use microscopy around 1610.

Answer: Synonym for small

"Minute" is a heteronym. They are words that are spelled the same but have multiple meanings and often differing pronunciations. For example "minute" can mean a short period of time or a time of sixty seconds. That word is pronounced "MIN ut". But "minute" can also be pronounced "My NOOT" and mean something that is very small or microscopic.

Therefore, in this quiz "minute" and "microscopic" belong in the category synonym for small.

Answer: Type of dance

A minuet is a slow to moderate paced French dance that is usually written in 3/4 time. It originated in the 17th century as a court dance. The word is similar to "minute" and comes from the French word "menuet" which means "small and graceful".