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Quiz about Its All About Rhyming
Quiz about Its All About Rhyming

It's All About Rhyming! Trivia Quiz


This quiz challenges you to find a word that corresponds to the definition given and the rhyming word given.

A multiple-choice quiz by mazza47. Estimated time: 6 mins.
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Author
mazza47
Time
6 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
399,767
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
8 / 10
Plays
425
Last 3 plays: piperjim1 (6/10), Guest 1 (3/10), comark2000 (10/10).
Question 1 of 10
1. Rhymes with 'gladdens', but makes you cross.

Answer: (2 syllables)
Question 2 of 10
2. Rhymes with 'anglophile', but means a lover of wine.

Answer: (Can begin with O or E)
Question 3 of 10
3. Rhymes with 'rotary', but means an exclusive circle of people.

Answer: (Begins with C)
Question 4 of 10
4. Rhymes with 'utopia', but means abnormal position of a body part.

Answer: (Begins with E)
Question 5 of 10
5. Rhymes with 'rule', but means a unit of electrical energy.

Answer: (1 syllable)
Question 6 of 10
6. Rhymes with 'tonsillectomy', but means surgical removal of the womb.

Answer: (Begins with H)
Question 7 of 10
7. Rhymes with 'straggle', but is a verb that means to bargain.

Answer: (2 syllables)
Question 8 of 10
8. Rhymes with 'dagger' (almost), but is actually an extinct South African mammal.

Answer: (Begins with Q)
Question 9 of 10
9. Rhymes with 'hanker', but means financier.

Answer: (Think gnomes of Zurich)
Question 10 of 10
10. Rhymes with 'malaria', but means winged sandals.

Answer: (Begins with T)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Rhymes with 'gladdens', but makes you cross.

Answer: Maddens

Something that gladdens you makes you happy, but something that maddens you makes you cross.
2. Rhymes with 'anglophile', but means a lover of wine.

Answer: Oenophile

An 'anglophile' is a lover of all things English. An 'oenophile' (or enophile) is a lover of fine wine.
3. Rhymes with 'rotary', but means an exclusive circle of people.

Answer: Coterie

Something that is 'rotary' moves in a circle, like a rotary clothes drier. A 'coterie' is a small exclusive group of people that could also be called a clique.
4. Rhymes with 'utopia', but means abnormal position of a body part.

Answer: Ectopia

The term 'utopia' was coined by Thomas More to mean a perfect place where everything works perfectly. Its antonym is 'dystopia'. Novels like '1984' and 'Brave New World' are classified as dystopian. 'Ectopia' occurs when a person is born with an organ or organs in an abnormal position, eg ectopia cordis occurs when the heart is situated partially or totally outside the thorax.
5. Rhymes with 'rule', but means a unit of electrical energy.

Answer: Joule

A 'rule' can be a regulation, a monarch's reign or a measuring stick. A 'joule' is a scientific unit relating to work, energy or heat.
6. Rhymes with 'tonsillectomy', but means surgical removal of the womb.

Answer: Hysterectomy

The suffix '-ectomy', from the Greek meaning 'act of cutting out', refers to the surgical removal of a body part. Thus, 'tonsillectomy' is removal of tonsils, 'hysterectomy' is removal of the womb or uterus, and 'ovariectomy' is removal of one or both ovaries.
7. Rhymes with 'straggle', but is a verb that means to bargain.

Answer: Haggle

To 'straggle' is to wander in an indirect course and lag behind. People or animals that do this are referred to as 'stragglers'. On the other hand, to 'haggle' is to bargain with a seller with the aim of lowering the price of the object in question.
8. Rhymes with 'dagger' (almost), but is actually an extinct South African mammal.

Answer: Quagga

A 'dagger' is a short knife, whereas a 'quagga' is a striped South African animal resembling a zebra, which became extinct in the late 19th century.
9. Rhymes with 'hanker', but means financier.

Answer: Banker

To 'hanker' after something is to desire it strongly. A 'banker' is a person who works in a financial institution.
10. Rhymes with 'malaria', but means winged sandals.

Answer: Talaria

'Malaria' is an infectious disease spread exclusively by the bite of an infected female Anopheles mosquito. 'Talaria' are winged sandals that are symbolic of Hermes, the Greek messenger of the gods.
Source: Author mazza47

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