Easy A Tisket, A Tasket - Words In Basket Trivia Quiz

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1. Using only the letters found in the word BASKET, spell a word for what you do with an oven.

Answer: bake

The word 'bake' is usually used in reference to the method of cooking food in an oven, but you can also bake over hot stones or ashes. The person doing the baking is called a baker, and you can find fresh-baked goods in a bakery.
For many years, a favorite toy in America was the 'Easy Bake Oven', which used a regular light bulb as a heat source.

2. Using only the letters found in the word BASKET, spell a meat-based dish that you might have for dinner.

Answer: steak

While beef is what usually comes to mind when the word steak is mentioned, there are also pork steaks, fish steaks and lamb steaks. Steak is simply a cut of meat, usually served as the main course of a meal and accompanied by various sides such as potatoes and vegetables.

3. Using only the letters found in the word BASKET, spell a word that means something you have to do.

Answer: task

A task is simply a chore or duty or a step in a series of actions. You can be tasked, be part of a task force, or task someone else.

4. Using only the letters found in the word BASKET, spell a word for a mammal that usually flies at night.

Answer: bat

There are approximately 1,240 bat species worldwide, and bats are the only mammals capable of actual flight. Most bats are insectivores, but there are also bats that are frugivores, and a few that feed on animals other than insects.

5. Using only the letters found in the word BASKET, spell a word that means to stitch loosely.

Answer: baste

Sewing with loose large stitches is called basting. You usually baste to hold a seam temporarily, when you plan on taking the stitches out again, or replacing them with a lock-stitch.
But, you can also baste a turkey, by spreading liquid - usually pan juices - over the turkey's surface.

6. Using only the letters found in the word BASKET, spell a word that is something you do at mealtime.

Answer: eat

Although there are many different dietary customs and habits throughout the world, everyone must eat in order to live.
There are also different ways to use the word 'eat'. Something can eat at you - meaning it is worrying or bothersome. You can be said to eat like a bird - or like a horse.

7. Using only the letters found in the word BASKET, spell a word that means something you might do on ice.

Answer: skate

Ice skates are believed to have been invented 5,000 years ago by the Finnish. They were originally made out of bone with leather straps, and users also employed poles to help push themselves along.
In addition to ice skates, there are inline skates, roller skates and skateboards.

8. Using only the letters found in the word BASKET, spell a word that can describe the tempo of music.

Answer: beat

In addition to tempo, beat can mean what you do to cake batter, how you can clean a rug, to hit repeatedly, and to defeat someone in a contest.
To 'beat the bushes' means to search for something. 'Beating around the bush' means to waffle about some point. And, 'beat it' is something someone might say to you when they want you to leave!

9. Using only the letters found in the word BASKET, spell a word that means the home ground of a military installation.

Answer: base

Military bases serve as command posts, housing facilities, training grounds and equipment and munition storage areas.
A base is technically what something rests upon, being the bottommost part of any structure or creation. You can base your opinion on something else, be way off base, and when playing baseball, you can steal a base!

10. Using only the letters found in the word BASKET, spell a word that can be a hot or iced drink.

Answer: tea

You can drink your tea hot or iced, drink herbal tea or decaffeinated, add honey or lemon to your cup, or enjoy the beverage in many other ways.
Tea ceremonies are a part of some cultures, and the afternoon tea is common at many high society events.
And, tasseography is fortune-telling through the 'reading' of tea leaves (also of coffee grounds or wine sediment).

Source: Author beergirllaura

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A Tisket, A Tasket - Words In Basket Quiz

A tisket, a tasket, There are words in BASKET! It's time to do some spelling, Just what - I am not telling!

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