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Quiz about Getting Down to Business
Quiz about Getting Down to Business

Getting Down to Business Trivia Quiz


The dropped letters from these business- and office-related terms will spell out an additional related word. However, each of the first 14 answers must be the words without these dropped letters. Ladies and gentlemen, let's get down to business.

A multiple-choice quiz by eburge. Estimated time: 6 mins.
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Author
eburge
Time
6 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
371,733
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
15
Difficulty
Easy
Avg Score
13 / 15
Plays
673
Awards
Top 20% Quiz
Last 3 plays: shuehorn (14/15), Samoyed7 (15/15), BARTRA (15/15).
Question 1 of 15
1. Drop a letter from MANAGER to get a cattle trough (also associated with Jesus' biblical birth).

Answer: (One Word - 6 letters)
Question 2 of 15
2. Drop a letter from FUND to get enjoyment and amusement.

Answer: (One Word - 3 letters)
Question 3 of 15
3. Drop a letter from MEMO to get a particular genre of rock music.

Answer: (One Word - 3 letters)
Question 4 of 15
4. Drop a letter from DEBIT to get money owed.

Answer: (One Word - 4 letters)
Question 5 of 15
5. Drop a letter from INTERN to bury someone or something.

Answer: (One Word - 5 letters)
Question 6 of 15
6. Drop a letter from PARITY to get a lively social gathering.

Answer: (One Word - 5 letters)
Question 7 of 15
7. Drop a letter from COST to get a baby's bed.

Answer: (One Word - 3 letters)
Question 8 of 15
8. Drop a letter from BUDGET to make something move ever so slightly.

Answer: (One Word - 5 letters)
Question 9 of 15
9. Drop a letter from CONSUMER to envelop, eat or otherwise use up.

Answer: (One Word - 7 letters)
Question 10 of 15
10. Drop a letter from GAIN to get an alcoholic drink, typically paired with tonic.

Answer: (One Word - 3 letters)
Question 11 of 15
11. Drop a letter from STOCK to get an item of clothing worn on the feet.

Answer: (One Word - 4 letters)
Question 12 of 15
12. Drop a letter from LIABILITY to get the likeliness to change.

Answer: (One Word - 8 letters)
Question 13 of 15
13. Drop a letter from GOODS to get a collective name for, say, Zeus, Hera, Poseidon, Apollo, Ares et al.

Answer: (One Word - 4 letters)
Question 14 of 15
14. Drop a letter from DIVIDEND to get something that has been separated, split or broken apart.

Answer: (One Word - 7 letters)
Question 15 of 15
15. Now, take each of the dropped letters from the previous fourteen answers. They will spell out, in order, one last related word. What is it?

Answer: (One Word - 14 letters)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Drop a letter from MANAGER to get a cattle trough (also associated with Jesus' biblical birth).

Answer: manger

Generally speaking, a manager is someone who oversees and/or is in charge of a particular department within an office or business. For instance, an accounts manager or a personnel manager. General managers can be thought of as the manager's manager, in the sense that they oversee all the departments within that office.
2. Drop a letter from FUND to get enjoyment and amusement.

Answer: fun

A fund is a source of money. As a verb, it can also mean to provide money for something, as in funding a computer upgrade. There's many types of funds that you might find in a business environment like a superannuation/pension fund (money set aside for after retirement) or a trust fund (money set aside for safekeeping until something happens, such as a child turning 18).
3. Drop a letter from MEMO to get a particular genre of rock music.

Answer: emo

Short for memorandum, a memo is basically just a note or brief message, intended to serve as a small reminder of something. Your boss might ask you to "take a memo" or you might send a memo to someone else to remind them to restock the stationery cupboard.
4. Drop a letter from DEBIT to get money owed.

Answer: debt

In terms of accounting, there are debits and credits. Broadly speaking, a debit is an amount of money paid out of an account and a credit is an amount paid into an account. One of the basic tenets of accounting is to ensure that the debits and the credits match up on your balance sheet so that all movements of money, in and out, are accounted for.
5. Drop a letter from INTERN to bury someone or something.

Answer: inter

Interns are typically students or graduates hoping to get their foot in the door by participating in work experience or work placement at an office or a business. It's not uncommon for an intern to be offered a job after their placement is up, should the management be suitably impressed with their work.
6. Drop a letter from PARITY to get a lively social gathering.

Answer: party

To be in parity with something is to be equal in amount. This term is commonly used when referring to currencies and exchange rates. For instance, parity between two different currencies would mean they exchange at a 1:1 rate, meaning a particular amount of one would be exactly equivalent to the same amount of the other.
7. Drop a letter from COST to get a baby's bed.

Answer: cot

Almost everything in the world comes with some sort of cost. In a business environment, that cost is usually money. A particular item may have a high cost, but it could be a valuable asset to the company. Good accounting and budgeting practices ensure costs don't outweigh benefits.
8. Drop a letter from BUDGET to make something move ever so slightly.

Answer: budge

A budget, put simply, is a plan for spending. Usually calculated around the start of each new fiscal year, an office might have a certain amount of money available for that financial twelve-month period, which it may share amongst its various departments, giving them their own individual budgets. From a more domestic perspective, your family might have a weekly shopping budget or a budget on Christmas present buying.
9. Drop a letter from CONSUMER to envelop, eat or otherwise use up.

Answer: consume

A consumer is someone (or something) that consumes. Typically, consumers are those who will using a particular product. Marketing is an important part of business to entice others into being consumers of your product. More consumers means more revenue.
10. Drop a letter from GAIN to get an alcoholic drink, typically paired with tonic.

Answer: gin

Loosely speaking, a business might do something in the hope of financial gain. When gains or earnings outweigh expenses, you've got yourself a profit. Similarly, an employee might do something (selfish or otherwise) for personal gain, such as for a promotion or a pay rise.
11. Drop a letter from STOCK to get an item of clothing worn on the feet.

Answer: sock

You might have heard of a stock market or stock exchange. It's a place where stocks and shares are purchased, sold off, and traded. A stock is a sum of money that has been invested in a company by a shareholder in exchange for, say, a portion of the company's profits.
12. Drop a letter from LIABILITY to get the likeliness to change.

Answer: lability

Broadly speaking, liabilities are things which are not useful (such as debts or under-performing employees), as opposed to the more useful assets. Businesses try to minimise liabilities as much as possible, because they can affect their profits and that's ultimately what businesses work for.
13. Drop a letter from GOODS to get a collective name for, say, Zeus, Hera, Poseidon, Apollo, Ares et al.

Answer: gods

Goods are tangible items that a company may use for various purposes, either for their own consumption or for sale to others. Services are intangible and are performed by people. Goods and services can be amongst a company's assets but are also subject to taxation in some countries (such as Goods and Services Tax or Value Added Tax).
14. Drop a letter from DIVIDEND to get something that has been separated, split or broken apart.

Answer: divided

The aforementioned shareholders receiving portions of a company's profits would be receiving dividends. Dividends are usually paid out at regular intervals and, for some, are the primary reason why they choose to invest in a company in the first place. From a mathematical point of view, a dividend is a larger number to be divided rather than the the result of the division, which would be a quotient.
15. Now, take each of the dropped letters from the previous fourteen answers. They will spell out, in order, one last related word. What is it?

Answer: administration

Administration is the job of making sure an office or a business stays running. Often shortened to admin, it's the day-to-day management of affairs, such as managing employees and other personnel and keeping finances in order. Administration is a vital part of keeping a business running efficiently. Without administration, there's little to no order.
Source: Author eburge

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