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Cryptic Crackers Part 2 Trivia Quiz

Part two of my alphabetical cryptic quiz.'X' and 'Z' are missing, but there is a substitute to bring the total to 15. So, brew another coffee or tea, add a tasty morsel or two, relax and enjoy.

A multiple-choice quiz by fiachra. Estimated time: 9 mins.

Author
fiachra

Time
9 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
146,880

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Very Difficult

Avg Score
6 / 15

Plays
578

Question 1 of 15

1. Does this two mast'er rise up as a sauce?

Answer: (7 letters)

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Question 2 of 15

2. This untied weapon can also be an unpredictable person.

Answer: (Two Words 5 letters and 6 letters)

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Question 3 of 15

3. 'Hamish mashed the potatoes expertly' hides a disorderly collection.

Answer: (One Word 8 letters)

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Question 4 of 15

4. Does IX = XII on the Roman clock?

Answer: (One Word 4 letters)

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Question 5 of 15

5. Kangaroo longing to swallow tea.

Answer: (One word 6 letters)

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Question 6 of 15

6. Nine or eleven Romans join part of humble pie for a fairy.

Answer: (One Word 5 letters)

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Question 7 of 15

7. An elementary particle of cheese.

Answer: (One Word 5 letters)

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Question 8 of 15

8. Could 'very again', ever sound like an idle contemplation?

Answer: (One Word 7 letters)

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Question 9 of 15

9. Does this saline apostle help to make fireworks?

Answer: (One word 9 letters)

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Question 10 of 15

10. Turn mothers around for an insulated container.

Answer: (One Word 7 letters)

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Question 11 of 15

11. One callus for a mythological creature.

Answer: (One Word 7 letters)

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Question 12 of 15

12. Windows, icons, mice and pulldown menus, initially to describe the unassertive.

Answer: (One Word 4 letters)

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Question 13 of 15

13. W B Yeats is partially used in brewing.

Answer: (One Word 5 letters)

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Question 14 of 15

14. Look inside 'vinegar, violets,violas, and vipers' for an old instrument.

Answer: (One word 4 letters)

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Question 15 of 15

15. 'A taker! Me?'. Turn some of this around for a mongoose.

Answer: (One Word 7 letters)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Does this two mast'er rise up as a sauce?

Answer: Ketchup

Ketch is a small two masted sailing ship + up = ketchup.

2. This untied weapon can also be an unpredictable person.

Answer: Loose cannon

A loose cannon on a warship was a disaster for the crew. The term is often used to describe a person who is indiscrete and unpredictable.

3. 'Hamish mashed the potatoes expertly' hides a disorderly collection.

Answer: Mishmash

HaMISH MASHed etc.

4. Does IX = XII on the Roman clock?

Answer: Noon

We get the word noon fron 'Nona' the ninth hour of the Roman day.

5. Kangaroo longing to swallow tea.

Answer: Oolong

KangarOO LONG, is a dark Chinese tea.

6. Nine or eleven Romans join part of humble pie for a fairy.

Answer: Pixie

Roman nine = ix OR Roman eleven = xi, plus pie = pixie.

7. An elementary particle of cheese.

Answer: Quark

Quark is a soft German cheese made from skim milk. It is also an elementary particle with an electric charge of one or two thirds of an electron.

8. Could 'very again', ever sound like an idle contemplation?

Answer: Reverie

're' is a prefix for again. I think very sounds like verie, what do you think? I know, very contrived.

9. Does this saline apostle help to make fireworks?

Answer: Saltpeter

Saline = salt + apostle = Peter = saltpeter.

10. Turn mothers around for an insulated container.

Answer: Thermos

Thermos is an anagram of mothers and is synonomous with a vacuum flask.

11. One callus for a mythological creature.

Answer: Unicorn

'Uni' is a prefix for one + a callus of hardened skin = corn = unicorn.

12. Windows, icons, mice and pulldown menus, initially to describe the unassertive.

Answer: Wimp

Take the first letters of Windows, Icons, Mice and Pulldown to make wimp.

13. W B Yeats is partially used in brewing.

Answer: Yeast

Yeast is an anagram of Yeats.

14. Look inside 'vinegar, violets,violas, and vipers' for an old instrument.

Answer: Viol

VIOLets an old stringed musical instrument. How many of you were thinking of viola? Sneaky eh!

15. 'A taker! Me?'. Turn some of this around for a mongoose.

Answer: Meerkat

Me a taker is an anagram of meerkat, those adorable little creatures that stand upright looking around them so intelligently.

Source: Author fiachra

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