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'Check' is a well used word, popping up in all sorts of places. Check off the places where you have seen it!

A multiple-choice quiz by Beckyel. Estimated time: 2 mins.

Author
Beckyel

Time
2 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
183,568

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Easy

Avg Score
8 / 10

Plays
5180

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1. Which of these meanings does not go with the verb to check? Hint

amass

verify

control

rebuke

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2. If you used the word 'checkmate', which game would you be playing? Hint

chess

monopoly

backgammon

darts

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3. Which of the following checks would you visit in a supermarket? Hint

Cross-check

Check-in

Checkout

Check off

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4. If someone gave you a carte blanche, what kind of check did you get? Hint

A rubber check

A cashier's check

A check mark

A blank check

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5. What do you do on arrival in the airport? Hint

Reality check

Spot check

Check off

Check in

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6. What is a houndstooth check? Hint

A kind of pattern

Pictures of dogs on a personal check

When you take your dog to the dentist

A special opening in a game of chess

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7. A check mark has a different name in England. What would the British call it? Hint

chalk

cross

tick

flick

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8. What kind of check would be given to you by the doctor? Hint

slap check

check up

bed check

spot check

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9. If you take a rain check, what could you do? Hint

Have a ticket for a later performance, when the scheduled one is rained out

All of these

Have an assurance that you could take advantage of special prices later, if the item you want has sold out

Arrange to meet someone at a later date if they cannot meet you as arranged

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10. "No check, no stay, this Streamlet fears;
How merrily it goes!"
Who wrote the poem 'The Fountain, A Conversation' from which these lines were taken? Hint

William Shakespeare

William Wordsworth

William Yeats

William Blake

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which of these meanings does not go with the verb to check?

Answer: amass

If you check something, you can examine or stop it. Check is also a noun, as in baggage check, or as in a slip that tells you how much you must pay for something.

2. If you used the word 'checkmate', which game would you be playing?

Answer: chess

Checkmate is when you have made your final winning move and your opponent has nowhere to move his king. Anatoly Karpov and Gary Kasparov were famous chess grand masters.

3. Which of the following checks would you visit in a supermarket?

Answer: Checkout

When you have finished your shopping, you head for the checkout. There, the cashier tells you how much you have spent and takes your money.

4. If someone gave you a carte blanche, what kind of check did you get?

Answer: A blank check

If you have a blank check, you have complete freedom of action. It could also be a check that has been signed, but the amount of money is unspecified.

5. What do you do on arrival in the airport?

Answer: Check in

When you get to the airport, you check in at the check-in. You report your presence at the airline desk and arrange your seat for the flight.

6. What is a houndstooth check?

Answer: A kind of pattern

A houndstooth is a small, broken-check pattern. Usually checked patterns resemble neat squares, as found on a checkerboard. Shepherd's check is another kind of pattern, with small, even, black and white checks.

7. A check mark has a different name in England. What would the British call it?

Answer: tick

A teacher would tick the work her class got right. Often, left-handed people form their check marks the opposite way from right-handed people.

8. What kind of check would be given to you by the doctor?

Answer: check up

A bed check is when a night inspection is conducted to see if everyone is present - soldiers might have these. A spot check is a quick, or random, investigation. A slap check is something I made up.

9. If you take a rain check, what could you do?

Answer: All of these

This term comes from baseball, where paying spectators of the 1880s were offered rain checks when the game they had paid to watch was postponed due to the weather.

10. "No check, no stay, this Streamlet fears; How merrily it goes!" Who wrote the poem 'The Fountain, A Conversation' from which these lines were taken?

Answer: William Wordsworth

The poem is about a conversation held by the writer and an old man named Matthew. They are lying beneath an oak tree, beside a fountain, discussing nature's beauties and their lives. Wordsworth lived from 1770-1850 and is associated with the English Lake District, where he lived for much of his life.

Source: Author Beckyel

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