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What's "Ing" -ing This Time? Trivia Quiz

This is the second installment of words ending in "ing". If you enjoyed the first one, I think you will enjoy this one more. For example: What is the tower in Pisa doing? Leaning

A multiple-choice quiz by jstagamtome. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
jstagamtome

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
176,374

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
1848

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. What are Notre Dame college's Irish doing?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 2 of 10

2. What kind of line did William F. Buckley have? Hint

Debating

Firing

Crossing

Opposing

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Question 3 of 10

3. What was the "thunder" doing in a 1977 crime film starring Tommy Lee Jones? Hint

Resting

Rocking

Rolling

Rippling

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Question 4 of 10

4. What is the Marshall University herd doing? Hint

Grazing

Storming

Thundering

Trampling

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Question 5 of 10

5. What kind of "Daylights" was James Bond involved with? Hint

Living

Flashing

Glaring

Blinding

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Question 6 of 10

6. What are the 101st Airborne's Eagles doing? Hint

Conquering

Screeching

Screaming

Diving

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Question 7 of 10

7. What do we commonly refer to the 1960s as doing? Hint

Swinging

Toking

Smoking

Awakening

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Question 8 of 10

8. Now for a change of pace as we get a little crazy. What city in Pennsylvania must have a lot of libraries?

Answer: (One word - Don't read a lot into this question.)

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Question 9 of 10

9. Let's get crazier still. What word do the following have in common: a pounding surf, cappuccino, and rabies?

Answer: (One word - Seven letters, a bubble bath does it too.)

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Question 10 of 10

10. What word can mean throwing, dying, transferring, deferring, succeeding, expelling, or moving ahead?

Answer: (One Word, seven letters)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What are Notre Dame college's Irish doing?

Answer: Fighting

The leprechaun mascot and the team nickname are arguably the most recognized signatures in American college football.

2. What kind of line did William F. Buckley have?

Answer: Firing

The "Firing Line" show aired from 1966 to December 14, 1999, and was the mouthpiece for conservative William F. Buckley.

3. What was the "thunder" doing in a 1977 crime film starring Tommy Lee Jones?

Answer: Rolling

Critic Gene Siskel approved of the film and included it in his top ten list for 1977 movies.

4. What is the Marshall University herd doing?

Answer: Thundering

Twenty winning seasons in a row isn't bad, and the football team keep "thundering" along.

5. What kind of "Daylights" was James Bond involved with?

Answer: Living

This 1987 film starred Timothy Dalton and Maryam d'Abo in one of Dalton's two James Bond roles.

6. What are the 101st Airborne's Eagles doing?

Answer: Screaming

The "Screaming Eagles" based in Fort Campbell, Kentucky was formed in 1942, and has served in distinguished fashion since their pre-dawn drops during the D-Day invasion.

7. What do we commonly refer to the 1960s as doing?

Answer: Swinging

The era of sex, drugs, and Rock and Roll considered the San Francisco area of Haight-Ashbury as its epicenter.

8. Now for a change of pace as we get a little crazy. What city in Pennsylvania must have a lot of libraries?

Answer: Reading

There are five libraries within the city limits by my count.

9. Let's get crazier still. What word do the following have in common: a pounding surf, cappuccino, and rabies?

Answer: Foaming

A cup of cappuccino requires foaming milk, a rabid animal is foaming at the mouth. and the water of a pounding surf is foaming.

10. What word can mean throwing, dying, transferring, deferring, succeeding, expelling, or moving ahead?

Answer: Passing

The examples are passing a football, a dying person is "passing", a relay runner is "passing", or transferring a baton, a bridge player is "passing" if he does not make a bid, "passing" a test is success, "passing"
gas is expelling it, and "passing" a car means moving ahead of it.

Source: Author jstagamtome

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