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I'm Not What I Seem- or Am I? Trivia Quiz

This is about things with names that might belie their true nature. See how many you know!

A multiple-choice quiz by Sallyo. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
Sallyo

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
189,778

Updated
Aug 16 22

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
694

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. Which of the following is not a nut? Hint

walnut

hazelnut

pecan

peanut

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which is not the accepted name of an Australian animal? Hint

Wallaby

Pademelon

Platypus

Koala bear

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which of the following statements is true? Hint

An avocado pear is not a pear.

A dingo is not a canine.

An ass is not a donkey.

A chook is not a fowl.

4. How many of the following statements are true?
1. A chinchilla is not only a cat.
2. There is more than one kind of kangaroo.
3. An Australian robin is not the same as an English robin.
4. A catfish is not a fish. Hint

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Question 5 of 10

5. The bikini was named because it is a two-piece swimsuit and "bi" means "two".

True

False

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Question 6 of 10

6. Transvestites abound! Which of the following is not correct?
A. Lassie was played by a male dog.
B. In "The Year of Living Dangerously", a male reporter was played by a woman.
C. Lucy Liu posed as a male in "Charlie's Angels".
D. Dr James Barry was a woman. Hint

C. and D.

B. and C.

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Question 7 of 10

7. What do the words "abacus", "alphabet" and "abracadabra" have in common? Hint

They're all Hebrew.

They all begin with the first two letters of an alphabet.

They all have their roots in ancient alchemy.

They have the same syllable count.

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which of the following statements are correct?
1. Lemons and melons are anagrams.
2. Lemon and melon are both colours.
3. Lemons and melons both grow on trees.
4. Lemon and melon are both citrus fruits. Hint

2 and 4

1 only.

1 and 2

3 and 4

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Question 9 of 10

9. Which of the following is not a vegetable? Hint

Cucumber

Celery

Lettuce

Cabbage

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Question 10 of 10

10. The word "rose" has at least five homonyms.

True

False

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which of the following is not a nut?

Answer: peanut

A peanut is a legume. It belongs to the same family as peas and beans, and is sometimes known as a groundnut because the "nuts" grow under the ground.

2. Which is not the accepted name of an Australian animal?

Answer: Koala bear

There is no such thing as a "koala bear". Koalas are marsupials. Wallabies and Pademelons are both marsupials, and the platypus is a monotreme, which is a very early form of marsupial.

3. Which of the following statements is true?

Answer: An avocado pear is not a pear.

An avocado pear isn't even related to pears. It's a completely different kind of fruit.
An ass is the same thing as a donkey, a dingo is a wild dog and "chook" is another word for "fowl".

4. How many of the following statements are true? 1. A chinchilla is not only a cat. 2. There is more than one kind of kangaroo. 3. An Australian robin is not the same as an English robin. 4. A catfish is not a fish.

Answer: 3

A catfish is a fish, so the statement that it is not is untrue. The others were all correct.
A chinchilla can be a cat or a rabbit, and quite likely something else as well.
There are many different kinds of kangaroos, and the Australian robin is not the same species as the English one. It's a native lookalike.

5. The bikini was named because it is a two-piece swimsuit and "bi" means "two".

Answer: False

This seems to be a coincidence. The bikini was named after Bikini Atoll, where the US tested atom bombs. The person who named the two-piece swimsuit simply used a word that was already in the public eye.

6. Transvestites abound! Which of the following is not correct? A. Lassie was played by a male dog. B. In "The Year of Living Dangerously", a male reporter was played by a woman. C. Lucy Liu posed as a male in "Charlie's Angels". D. Dr James Barry was a woman.

Answer: C.

Lassie was always played by a male collie, since males have better coats.
Linda Hunt played the role of a male reporter in "The Year of Living Dangerously".
Lucy Liu didn't dress up as a man in "Charlie's Angels". Drew Barrymore and Cameron Diaz did.
Dr James Barry was female, but no one discovered it until "he" had been practising for years.

7. What do the words "abacus", "alphabet" and "abracadabra" have in common?

Answer: They all begin with the first two letters of an alphabet.

This might be a bit of a trick question, but all three DO begin with "A" and "B" - except that in "Alphabet" the two letters are given in their Greek forms - Alpha Beta.

8. Which of the following statements are correct? 1. Lemons and melons are anagrams. 2. Lemon and melon are both colours. 3. Lemons and melons both grow on trees. 4. Lemon and melon are both citrus fruits.

Answer: 1 and 2

Lemons and melons are anagrams of one another, and both are used as colours - one is light yellow, the other a pink shade.
Lemons grow on trees, but melons don't, and only lemons are citrus fruit.

9. Which of the following is not a vegetable?

Answer: Cucumber

Technically, a cucumber is a fruit. So are tomato and pumpkin. Fruits have pips, seeds or stones in the bit we eat. Vegetables don't.

10. The word "rose" has at least five homonyms.

Answer: True

A "rose" is a flower.
"Rose" is a colour.
"Rose" means to go up - the past tense of the verb "to rise".
A "rose" is a garden hose attachment.
"Rows" means "lines".
"Rows" means to move a boat with oars.

Source: Author Sallyo

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