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Quiz about Emeralds Drop a Letter
Quiz about Emeralds Drop a Letter

Emerald's Drop a Letter Trivia Quiz


The first word has seven letters. For each word, you'll drop a letter and rearrange the remaining letters. After you get down to one letter, you'll add a letter until you work up to a nine letter word.

A multiple-choice quiz by emerald_door. Estimated time: 7 mins.
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Author
emerald_door
Time
7 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
306,258
Updated
Jul 23 22
# Qns
15
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
12 / 15
Plays
1439
Question 1 of 15
1. A small, inexpensive item or bauble, such as a piece of jewelry.

Answer: (7 letters)
Question 2 of 15
2. To make an attempt, often unsuccessfully, at repairing an item.

Answer: (6 letters)
Question 3 of 15
3. One who signs a document.

Answer: (5 letters)
Question 4 of 15
4. To restrain, or cause to stop.

Answer: (4 letters)
Question 5 of 15
5. European sea eagle.

Answer: (3 letters)
Question 6 of 15
6. It comes between "do" and "mi."

Answer: (2 letters)
Question 7 of 15
7. Children under the age of 17 may not attend movies with this rating unless accompanied by a parent or adult guardian.

Answer: (1 letter)
Question 8 of 15
8. Now, we'll starting adding letters.

Abbreviation for the Ocean State.

Answer: (2 letters)
Question 9 of 15
9. A word for anger.

Answer: (3 letters)
Question 10 of 15
10. A rubber covering for a wheel.

Answer: (4 letters)
Question 11 of 15
11. Attempts, or makes an effort.

Answer: (5 letters)
Question 12 of 15
12. A literary form, sometimes humorous, which exposes human vices to ridicule.

Answer: (6 letters)
Question 13 of 15
13. Tea, birthday, cocktail, and political are different types of these.

Answer: (7 letters)
Question 14 of 15
14. Confections that one might buy at a bakery.

Answer: (8 letters)
Question 15 of 15
15. Organisms that feed off and live in or on another living organism.

Answer: (9 letters)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. A small, inexpensive item or bauble, such as a piece of jewelry.

Answer: trinket

The 1953 song "Baubles, Bangles & Beads" is appropriate for someone who loves trinkets.
2. To make an attempt, often unsuccessfully, at repairing an item.

Answer: tinker

Henry Mille said, "The artist does not tinker with the universe, he recreates it out of his own experience and understanding of life."
3. One who signs a document.

Answer: inker

A famous American "inker" is John Hancock. His name is now a synonym for signature in the United States.
4. To restrain, or cause to stop.

Answer: rein

"I have to constantly rein in my nostalgia for the 1970s, in case it takes me over and I become one of those grumpy old men who just talks about how much better life was when he was a kid." - British writer Jonathan Coe
5. European sea eagle.

Answer: ern

I first ran across this word years ago when doing a crossword puzzle.
6. It comes between "do" and "mi."

Answer: re

The Rodgers and Hammerstein song is from "The Sound of Music."
7. Children under the age of 17 may not attend movies with this rating unless accompanied by a parent or adult guardian.

Answer: r

The letter "r" in this case stands for "restricted."
8. Now, we'll starting adding letters. Abbreviation for the Ocean State.

Answer: RI

The state bird is the Rhode Island Red, a chicken.
9. A word for anger.

Answer: ire

"Stay the patient course. Of little worth is your ire. The network is down." - Haiku Computer Error Message
10. A rubber covering for a wheel.

Answer: tire

"I may be a living legend, but that sure don't help when I've got to change a flat tire." - Roy Orbison
11. Attempts, or makes an effort.

Answer: tries

"If you're a young Mafia gangster out on your first date, I bet it's real embarrassing if someone tries to kill you." - Jack Handy
12. A literary form, sometimes humorous, which exposes human vices to ridicule.

Answer: satire

"Satire's my weapon, but I'm too discreet To run amuck and tilt at all I meet." - Alexander Pope
13. Tea, birthday, cocktail, and political are different types of these.

Answer: parties

"If I were invited to a dinner party with my characters, I wouldn't show up." - Dr. Seuss
14. Confections that one might buy at a bakery.

Answer: pastries

"Criminals should be punished, not fed pastries." - Lemony Snicket
15. Organisms that feed off and live in or on another living organism.

Answer: parasites

"Man is the only animal which esteems itself rich in proportion to the number and voracity of its parasites." - George Bernard Shaw
Source: Author emerald_door

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