Keep It Stupid, Simple! Trivia Quiz

Answer: Rash

Start means that you need to take the first letters of the four words 'Really a strong heat' to find a four letter word which means a skin irritation. So the answer is rash.

As a synonym for stupid, rash is defined as 'acting or done impetuously, without careful consideration'. It is of Germanic origin and comes from Middle English. As a synonym for a skin irritation, the word comes from the eighteenth century, and is probably related to the Old French 'rasche' meaning 'eruptive sores'.

Answer: Simple

Moving indicates that an anagram is required. Rearranging MS (manuscript) and pile leads to the six letter word simple.

The word comes through Middle English and Old French from the Latin 'simplus', which translates as 'simple'. Among other meanings it is defined as 'easily understood or done' and 'of very low intelligence'.

Answer: Witless

Cover means that there is a hidden word. The seven letter word hiding inside 'Know it! Lessons' is witless.

Witless, defined as 'foolish or stupid' also means without wits, which are defined as 'the capacity for inventive thought and quick understanding'. Wit comes from the Old English 'witt'.

Answer: Inane

Indium is In; Sodium is Na. The East is E. Putting Na inside In and following the result with E leads to I-Na-n-E, or Inane.

Inane is defined as 'lacking sense or meaning'. It is a sixteenth century word from the Latin 'inanis' meaning 'empty or vain'.

Answer: Foolish

Look with out an end is 'loo'; when returning it is 'ool'. Inserting that into fish gives the seven letter word foolish.

Foolish is defined as 'lacking good sense or judgement'. It is derived from the word fool, which comes from the Latin 'follis' meaning 'bellows or windbag' referring to an empty-headed person.

Answer: Dull

Finally means that you need the last letters of the four words 'And you will feel' to give the four letter word dull.

Dull is defined as lacking brightness or sheen, or slow to understand. It comes from the Old English 'dol' meaning stupid.

Answer: Unwise

This is another anagram. the six letters of 'win use' can be arranged to make the word unwise.

Unwise, defined simply as 'foolish', is the opposite of wise which is defined as 'having or showing experience, knowledge and good judgement'. It is an Old English word of Germanic origin related to 'wit'.

Answer: Silly

Fifty-one in Roman numerals is LI; when it returns it is written backwards as IL. Inserting that into sly leads to the five letter word silly.

The word is defined as 'lacking in common sense or judgement'. Silly has a complicated etymology, coming from a Middle English word 'seely' meaning 'happy', and later 'innocent, feeble', from a West Germanic root meaning 'luck'.

Answer: Absurd

Taking alternate letters from the twelve letters in 'lamb is putrid' gives the six letter word absurd.

The word is defined as 'wildly illogical, unreasonable, or inappropriate'. It is a sixteenth century word from the Latin 'absurdus' meaning 'out of tune'.

Answer: Slow

A horse is a gee-gee or GG. Removing A and GG from Glasgow leaves 'lsow'. These four letters can be rearranged to make slow.

Slow means 'moving or capable of moving only at a low speed' or 'not prompt to understand, think, or learn'. It is of Germanic origin, coming from the Old English 'slaw' meaning 'slow-witted or sluggish'.

Answer: Asinine

Becoming is the word used to indicate an anagram here. The letters needed for the seven letter word are the four in Anne, the two in is, and I to represent one. They can be rearranged to make asinine.

Asinine is defined as 'extremely stupid or foolish'. It appeared in the fifteenth century, and comes from the Latin 'asinus' meaning 'ass'.

Answer: Daft

Taking the first letters of the four words 'dancing a fantastic tango', as indicated by the word starting, leads to the four letter word daft.

Daft is defined as 'silly or foolish'. It comes from the Old English 'gedaefte' meaning 'mild or meek', and is of Germanic origin.

Answer: Dense

The word changing indicates an anagram. Rearranging the letters of the word needs leads to dense.

Dense is defined as 'closely compacted in substance', and also as an informal term for 'stupid' when describing a person. It comes through Middle English from the Latin 'densus' meaning 'crowded or tightly packed'.

Answer: Idiotic

Six hundred and three in Roman numerals is DCIII. Making an anagram, as indicated by the word change, of DCIII and to leads to the seven letter word idiotic.

Idiotic is the adjective from idiot, which is defined as 'a stupid person'. The words comes through Middles English and Old French from the Latin 'idiota' and the Greek 'idiotes', both meaning 'ignorant person'.

Answer: Stupid

The words 'at the end' mean that we need the last letters of the previous six words, 'Yes, just you hop, I stand'. This leads to the answer stupid.

Stupid is defined as 'lacking intelligence or common sense'. It comes from the sixteenth century from the French 'stupide' and the Latin 'stupidus', which are both derived from the Latin 'stupere' meaning ' to be amazed or stunned'.