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Quiz about Triple Word Drop
Quiz about Triple Word Drop

Triple Word Drop Trivia Quiz


I'll give you clues for three words. Write the words down with single spaces between them. Remove a letter from one of the words each time to get a new word. No rearrangement needed. The final question has new instructions.

A multiple-choice quiz by ArlingtonVA. Estimated time: 8 mins.
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Author
ArlingtonVA
Time
8 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
337,931
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
15
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
12 / 15
Plays
722
Question 1 of 15
1. The first word is five letters and is another term for a county in England, or the fictional region of Middle-earth inhabited by Hobbits. The second word is five letters and is a piece of furniture that you sit on. The third word is six letters and is the system of electric circuits for a device or building. For each of the answers, write down all three words, separated by single spaces.

Answer: (Three Words, 5, 5, and 6 Letters)
Question 2 of 15
2. Now remove one letter from one of the words so that you have a word meaning to burn or scorch something, or reduce it to carbon. There is no need to anagram.

Answer: (Three Words)
Question 3 of 15
3. Remove one letter from one of the three words to form a word meaning to twist and squeeze something to remove moisture.

Answer: (Three Words)
Question 4 of 15
4. Now delete one letter to make a word meaning to employ someone. Remember that each of the first fourteen answers consists of three words.

Answer: (Three Words)
Question 5 of 15
5. Drop one letter from one word to leave a word that means anger.

Answer: (Three Words)
Question 6 of 15
6. Make a word meaning a piece of decorative jewelry for a finger by removing one letter.

Answer: (Three Words)
Question 7 of 15
7. Drop a letter and you'll have a word that is another term for an automobile.

Answer: (Three Words)
Question 8 of 15
8. Drop the correct letter from a word and you'll have a word that means to equip a ship with sails. As a reminder, the answers should all be three words.

Answer: (Three Words)
Question 9 of 15
9. Drop a letter and form the abbreviation for the U.S. state of California.

Answer: (Three Words)
Question 10 of 15
10. Find the symbol for the element Rhenium by dropping one letter.

Answer: (Three Words)
Question 11 of 15
11. As if Rhode Island wasn't small enough already, can you drop a letter and find its abbreviation?

Answer: (Three Words)
Question 12 of 15
12. Drop a letter to result in the symbol for the speed of light in a vacuum.

Answer: (Three Words)
Question 13 of 15
13. To find the first-person singular pronoun in English, drop one of the five remaining letters.

Answer: (Three Words)
Question 14 of 15
14. Drop a letter to yield the symbol used in physics for an electron. You should now have three one-character words or symbols, separated by single spaces.

Answer: (Three Words)
Question 15 of 15
15. Now we change the rules. For the last answer, add a letter before, between, and after the existing characters. Then add a judicious space to form a two word phrase that means to enclose.

Answer: (Two Words)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. The first word is five letters and is another term for a county in England, or the fictional region of Middle-earth inhabited by Hobbits. The second word is five letters and is a piece of furniture that you sit on. The third word is six letters and is the system of electric circuits for a device or building. For each of the answers, write down all three words, separated by single spaces.

Answer: shire chair wiring

2. Now remove one letter from one of the words so that you have a word meaning to burn or scorch something, or reduce it to carbon. There is no need to anagram.

Answer: shire char wiring

3. Remove one letter from one of the three words to form a word meaning to twist and squeeze something to remove moisture.

Answer: shire char wring

4. Now delete one letter to make a word meaning to employ someone. Remember that each of the first fourteen answers consists of three words.

Answer: hire char wring

5. Drop one letter from one word to leave a word that means anger.

Answer: ire char wring

6. Make a word meaning a piece of decorative jewelry for a finger by removing one letter.

Answer: ire char ring

7. Drop a letter and you'll have a word that is another term for an automobile.

Answer: ire car ring

8. Drop the correct letter from a word and you'll have a word that means to equip a ship with sails. As a reminder, the answers should all be three words.

Answer: ire car rig

9. Drop a letter and form the abbreviation for the U.S. state of California.

Answer: ire ca rig

10. Find the symbol for the element Rhenium by dropping one letter.

Answer: re ca rig

11. As if Rhode Island wasn't small enough already, can you drop a letter and find its abbreviation?

Answer: re ca ri

12. Drop a letter to result in the symbol for the speed of light in a vacuum.

Answer: re c ri

13. To find the first-person singular pronoun in English, drop one of the five remaining letters.

Answer: re c i

14. Drop a letter to yield the symbol used in physics for an electron. You should now have three one-character words or symbols, separated by single spaces.

Answer: e c i

15. Now we change the rules. For the last answer, add a letter before, between, and after the existing characters. Then add a judicious space to form a two word phrase that means to enclose.

Answer: fence in

Source: Author ArlingtonVA

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