From Coast to Coaster Trivia Quiz

Answer: A

Take away the A to turn Coast to Cost. A cost is something that one must pay to make a purchase. It is the expense to be paid, maybe sometimes in money, but sometimes in terms of a personal sacrifice.

Answer: O

Drop the letter "O" to create the word "Cast." Cast has many definitions including the group of performers in a show or movie. It could mean to deposit as in when you cast a ballot in an election.
And it can mean to throw out a fishing line when angling, especially a fishing line with a fly hook.

Answer: C

Drop the "C" from "Coast" and you make it "Oast". An oast is a drying kiln used to dry out hops or malt or for curing tobacco. When drying hops, it is one of the steps taken during he brewing process when making beer. The drying out process in an oast is achieved through a convection process, that is, a flow of heated air rather than a firing blaze process.

Answer: cravat

Rearrange the letters C-O-A-S-T, to spell out ASCOT. An ascot is a form of neck tie, usually made from a bit more of a fancy patterned fabric. It is considered formal wear, and is descended from forms of early 19th century cravats.

Answer: Mexican

Rearrange COAST and you get the word TACOS, a delicious food item from the world of Mexican cuisine. Tacos can use either corn or wheat tortillas which are folded in half and filled with ingredients such as ground beef, lettuce, tomatoes, onions maybe, cilantro, and salsa. Hey even guacamole and sour cream works. They're flexible. Burritos are similar to tacos except that burritos are rolled and rolled so as to form a log wit the ingredients packed into the middle.

Answer: things people wear

Rearrange COAST and you have COATS, outer garments that people wear to keep warm when stepping outside. Coats are won by men and women with many different styles to choose from. They almost always have long sleeves. The material used in their production are usually heavier and thicker to provide for that purposed warmth. "Coats" can also be several layers of paint one might use when painting a house.

Sherwin Williams, a popular paint manufacturer recommends using two coats of paint when painting walls or the house exterior. Reasons include that it will last longer, be easier to wash, and also that the true color will come out with a second coat.

A simple second coat will make the paint last five times longer.

Answer: Performers

Adding the letter R to Coast lets us mix it up to reveals the word ACTORS, and Actors are of course performers. The first known actor to speak words as a character in a play or story occurred approximately 534 BC when the Greek performer Thespis trod the stage at the Theatre Dionysus. This is the etymology of the word "thespian" that has come to mean a word for actor.

Answer: the opening credits of a show

As the saying goes, "Actors" are only as good as their costar, that fellow thespian they are sharing the stage or screen with. A costar is usually given equal billing to the star or second billing below whoever the "star" is. Their names will appear in the opening credits of a TV show perhaps, or a feature film. Every costar for any scripted, network/cable show will require the performer to be SAG-AFTRA union member. SAG stands for Screen Actors Guild.

Answer: a star in the Gemini zodiac constellation

The answer is "Castor" one of the stars that comprise the Gemini constellation. Interestingly, "Castor" is actually made up of several stars but to the naked eye for years it has appeared as one star. It is 51 light years from Earth and is named after one of the twin sons of Zeus and Leda (Pollux being the other one) in Greek and Roman mythology.

Answer: display anger

Well there we have it, we've gone from "Coast" to "Coaster" and further rearranging the word "Coaster" yields the two word phrase "act sore" which means to display anger, or pout. To pout is to show displeasure by wearing a sullen expression. As Harrison Ford said when playing Indiana Jones, "You don't have to act sore all the time to show how tough you are, kid."--"Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" (1984)