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Elementary Cryptics Trivia Quiz

All the solutions contain the chemical symbol for the element which is indicated in the first question. These two letters will appear in each of the following solutions in the same order.

A multiple-choice quiz by bucknallbabe. Estimated time: 7 mins.

Author
bucknallbabe

Time
7 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
309,087

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
339

Question 1 of 10

1. Mix tonic with gold and throw this to the wind

Answer: (Seven letters)

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Question 2 of 10

2. Add tailless mule, shake and be savaged

Answer: (Six letters)

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Question 3 of 10

3. Initially some always understand clues easily for liquid accompaniment

Answer: (Five letters)

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Question 4 of 10

4. Put the carpet back on gold to see the future

Answer: (Five letters)

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Question 5 of 10

5. Lilac beginnings make all unusual ventures exciting

Answer: (Five letters)

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Question 6 of 10

6. Gain bud stirred for splashing on colour

Answer: (Seven letters)

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Question 7 of 10

7. A headless duck lands endlessly on antipodean city.

Answer: (Eight letters)

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Question 8 of 10

8. Shake sauce and way for place for giants to cross water

Answer: (Eight letters)

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Question 9 of 10

9. Sounds like Orcs are silly and hairy for extra help

Answer: (Nine letters)

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Question 10 of 10

10. Golden cruise by Jedi master leads without classifieds to mode of transport

Answer: (Ten letters)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Mix tonic with gold and throw this to the wind

Answer: caution

The symbol for gold is Au, add TONIC, anagram "autonic".
Throwing caution to the wind means doing something even though there are risks involved.

2. Add tailless mule, shake and be savaged

Answer: mauled

Add tailless is AD plus MULE rearranged.
A mule is the offspring of a male donkey and a female horse and can be male or female.

3. Initially some always understand clues easily for liquid accompaniment

Answer: sauce

Take the initial letters of Some Always Understand Clues Easily.
The word "sauce" is derived from the Latin "salsus" which means salted.

4. Put the carpet back on gold to see the future

Answer: augur

Reverse RUG and add to the Au symbol.
The augur was a Roman priest who studied the flight of birds to divine the will of the gods.

5. Lilac beginnings make all unusual ventures exciting

Answer: mauve

Initial letters of Make All Unusual Ventures Exciting.
Mauve was the first artificial dye and was discovered accidentally in 1856 by William Perkin.

6. Gain bud stirred for splashing on colour

Answer: daubing

Anagram of GAIN BUD.
Daub derives from the Latin "dealbare" meaning "to whitewash". Wattle and daub is a building method in which thin strips of material are woven into a lattice and smeared with a sticky material such as mud, clay or even dung.

7. A headless duck lands endlessly on antipodean city.

Answer: Auckland

A plus headless (d)UCK LAND(s) (endlessly).
Auckland is a city of about 1.3 million inhabitants on the North Island of New Zealand. It is situated on a narrow isthmus and has harbours on the Tasman Sea and the Pacific Ocean.

8. Shake sauce and way for place for giants to cross water

Answer: causeway

Anagram of SAUCE plus WAY.
The Giant's Causeway is a geological formation of interlocking basalt columns on the North East coast of Northern Ireland. The column tops fact as stepping stones and gave rise to the legend that Finn McCool built the causeway to reach his enemy in Scotland.

9. Sounds like Orcs are silly and hairy for extra help

Answer: auxiliary

ORCSSILLYHAIRY - sounds like auxiliary.
Auxiliaries are found in many occupations - for example there are auxiliary police forces and auxiliary nurses who support the main organisations or workers.

10. Golden cruise by Jedi master leads without classifieds to mode of transport

Answer: automobile

AU plus TOM (Cruise) OBI (Wan Kenobi) LE(ads).
An automobile is a mode of transport which carries its own form of propulsion. One of the earliest documented road vehicles was the "Puffing Devil" of Richard Trevithick who later made the first railway locomotive.

Source: Author bucknallbabe

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