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Alphabetonics Trivia Quiz

How much do you know about the alphabet? These puzzles and cryptic questions will test your knowldge.

A multiple-choice quiz by TheBigCat4. Estimated time: 2 mins.

Author
TheBigCat4

Time
2 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
357,309

Updated
Jul 23 22

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Easy

Avg Score
9 / 10

Plays
1255

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. Which of the following letters of the alphabet has three syllables when you say it out loud? Hint

The letter S

The letter M

The letter A

The letter W

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which of these letters rhymes with the letter E? Hint

3. On the standard QWERTY keyboard, the letters are set out to make typing easier. Words are seldom able to be typed using just one side of the keyboard. However, which of these words can you type using just the left-hand side of a keyboard? Hint

candle

drawer

bookcase

jump

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Question 4 of 10

4. You're flipping through the dictionary, looking for a word, 'I'. Which of these words would it be listed before? Hint

eagle

avenue

ice

cute

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Question 5 of 10

5. What is so special about these three letters?
b, j, u Hint

They all sound like animals.

They all rhyme with each other.

They all are vowels.

They are all consonants.

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Question 6 of 10

6. According to oxforddictionaries.com, which of these is the most used letter in the English alphabet? Hint

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which is the correct spelling? Hint

alphebat

alphabet

alphabat

alphabete

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Question 8 of 10

8. If I was 'lettering', what would I be doing? Hint

Inscribing or organising letters into something.

Standing on my head.

Writing a poem.

Saying letters out loud.

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Question 9 of 10

9. Which of these letters can be written with one stroke of the pen in both printed lowercase and in cursive? Hint

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Question 10 of 10

10. As the end of this quiz draws near, I ask you one final question: What is the correct spelling for the name for the study of phonics? Hint

phonetics

phonitics

phoney-ticks

phonettics

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which of the following letters of the alphabet has three syllables when you say it out loud?

Answer: The letter W

Yes, the letter W has three syllables. Say it aloud: dub-ull-yoo. It's actually the only letter in the English alphabet that has more than one syllable.

2. Which of these letters rhymes with the letter E?

Answer: G

The other letters that rhyme with E are as follows: B, C, D, P, T, and Z. The letter Z in some countries, including Australia, is pronounced as 'zed', whereas in America, people pronounce it as 'zee'. It is an interesting fact that the phonetically correct words for these letters all have three letters- bee, see, dee, gee, pee, tee and zee.

Answer: drawer

The QWERTY keyboard was invented by Christopher Lathan Sholes with the help of his colleagues. It was originally made for the purpose of typewriters. Recently designers have made the Dvorak Simplified keyboard, which has the top letters 'PYFGCRL' instead.

4. You're flipping through the dictionary, looking for a word, 'I'. Which of these words would it be listed before?

Answer: ice

If there is a double letter at the beginning of a word, that word would go after a word consisting of only one letter. There are only two single letter words in the English language.

5. What is so special about these three letters? b, j, u

Answer: They all sound like animals.

These three letters are all homonyms of animals; bee, an insect; jay, a type of bird and ewe, a female sheep. They are th only three letters in the alphabet that do this, apart from 'I' which really isn't a type of animal.

6. According to oxforddictionaries.com, which of these is the most used letter in the English alphabet?

Answer: E

E is the most used letter in the English alphabet. This information is often used to break codes, by finding the most common letter used and assuming that one's E.
Believe it or not, some people have written entire novels without ever using the letter E!

7. Which is the correct spelling?

Answer: alphabet

Did you know that at least 1 in 2 people actually do not know how to spell this word? The English language uses a 26-letter alphabet, but other languages use different alphabets.

8. If I was 'lettering', what would I be doing?

Answer: Inscribing or organising letters into something.

Lettering was used when newspapers were being made by putting individual letter plates down and hammering them into place. Then they had to print the newspapers off with ink! It took a lot of work. And they had to do it every single day.

9. Which of these letters can be written with one stroke of the pen in both printed lowercase and in cursive?

Answer: e

The letter E is easy to write in lowercase- just a twirl of the pen and you're done. The other letters- T, F, and K require two or more strokes, depending on how you choose to write them.

10. As the end of this quiz draws near, I ask you one final question: What is the correct spelling for the name for the study of phonics?

Answer: phonetics

The study of phonics is all about learning how word blends work. Students generally start learning this in primary school. Thank you for doing my quiz and I hope you enjoyed every bit of it.

Source: Author TheBigCat4

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