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Quiz about Up With Capitalization

Quiz about Up With Capitalization

Up With Capitalization Trivia Quiz

"Capitonyms" change meaning when capitalized. These clues will have you find two words whose meaning AND pronunciation change when capitalized. (British or American pronunciation works throughout.) EXAMPLE: Bean from northeast of Cusco → Lima lima

A multiple-choice quiz by etymonlego. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
etymonlego

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
421,886

Updated
Nov 17 25

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
35

Last 3 plays: Guest 146 (0/10), Guest 207 (4/10), misstified (8/10).

Author's Note: Note: capitalization does NOT affect FITB answers in any way. "Lima lima," "lima Lima," and "lima lima" are identical answers.

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Question 1 of 10

1. Make a move down to Alabama.

Answer: (One word, changes pronunciation when capitalized)

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Question 2 of 10

2. Shine my shoes in Kosciuszko's homeland.

Answer: (One word, changes pronunciation when capitalized)

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Question 3 of 10

3. Aged and impressive, like the Perseid meteor shower.

Answer: (One word, changes pronunciation when capitalized)

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Question 4 of 10

4. Checking the paper riding a railroad out of Philadelphia.

Answer: (One word, changes pronunciation when capitalized)

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Question 5 of 10

5. Classified ad for the guy who said "the Lord giveth, and the Lord hath taken away."

Answer: (One word, changes pronunciation when capitalized)

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Question 6 of 10

6. More zesty, like in a Moroccan tourist destination.

Answer: (One word, changes pronunciation when capitalized)

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Question 7 of 10

7. There's polite, and then there's "second-largest city on the Mediterranean French coast" polite.

Answer: (One word, changes pronunciation when capitalized)

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Question 8 of 10

8. Some acreage owned by a certain Greek god.

Answer: (One word, changes pronunciation when capitalized)

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Question 9 of 10

9. A delicious breakfast treat (however you pronounce it) had at a Scottish palace.

Answer: (One word, changes pronunciation when capitalized)

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Question 10 of 10

10. My Hamburg friend, who's trying to cut a few pounds.

Answer: (One word, changes pronunciation when capitalized)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Make a move down to Alabama.

Answer: Mobile mobile

Something that moves is mobile ("MOH-bile" or "MOH-bill"). The city of Mobile (pronounced "moh-BEEL") is Alabama's second-largest after Birmingham. Mobile has been celebrating Mardi Gras for longer than New Orleans.

2. Shine my shoes in Kosciuszko's homeland.

Answer: Polish polish

Tadeusz Kosciuszko was a Polish ("POE-lish") folk hero and military leader, who later became a colonel in the American Revolution. Shoe polish is pronounced "Paul-ish".

3. Aged and impressive, like the Perseid meteor shower.

Answer: August august

The adjective "august" ("oh-GUST") means "dignified, respected." The Latin root, Augustus, is the name Gaius Octavius took for himself when he became Roman Emperor. The month August ("AW-gust") was named in honor of Augustus, as July was named for his adopted father Julius Caesar. The Perseids occur in July and August.

4. Checking the paper riding a railroad out of Philadelphia.

Answer: Reading reading

Reading Lines ("redding") was one of many major Mid-Atlantic railways, transporting coal out of northeast Pennsylvania to Philadelphia and New Jersey. Reading Railroad has since been immortalized as an asset in Monopoly. The act of reading is pronounced "reeding."

5. Classified ad for the guy who said "the Lord giveth, and the Lord hath taken away."

Answer: Job job

God tested Job (pronounced "jobe") by allowing for his family, riches, and health to be taken from him, to prove that Job will remain faithful even after losing everything. Job does exactly this, uttering the famous phrase above. Although we are told Job is a righteous and blessed man, we do not know what his job (pronounced "jawb") was.

6. More zesty, like in a Moroccan tourist destination.

Answer: Tangier tangier

Tangier ("TAN-jeer") is a city dating to the ancient Phoenicians, positioned on the western opening of the Strait of Gibraltar. Something zestier is tangier (tangy+er).

7. There's polite, and then there's "second-largest city on the Mediterranean French coast" polite.

Answer: Nice nice

Nice ("niece"), named for the goddess of victory and running shoes, is France's second-largest coastal city and the second-largest in the Provence-Alpes-C�te d'Azur (modern Provence), after Marseilles. I have no idea if the people there are actually nice (rhymes with "ice").

8. Some acreage owned by a certain Greek god.

Answer: Ares ares

Ares ("AIR-ees") is the Greek god of war. In the metric system, ares ("airs") are one-hundredth of a hectare. Surprisingly, ares and acres are from different systems and have an unrelated etymology ("are" from "area," "acre" from "agro-").

9. A delicious breakfast treat (however you pronounce it) had at a Scottish palace.

Answer: Scone scone

Scone, the breakfast pastry, can rhyme with "gone" or "bone." Both variations can be found on both sides of the Atlantic. Scone Palace (pronounced "skoon"), near Perth, Scotland, was the site of Robert the Bruce's coronation.

10. My Hamburg friend, who's trying to cut a few pounds.

Answer: Dieter dieter

The name Dieter (DEE-ter) is a shortened form of Dietrich. Both names can be a forename or a surname, but it's rare in the case of Dieter. A dieter (DIE-eh-ter) tries to lose weight.

Source: Author etymonlego

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