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From Ache to Zeke Trivia Quiz

Begin with A and continue on through Z. Use the clues to find words that begin with successive alphabet letters and end with the ache sound or the eek sound, spelled any number of ways. These quizzes are more fun if you go FAST!

A multiple-choice quiz by robynraymer. Estimated time: 10 mins.

Author
robynraymer

Time
10 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
65,056

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
25

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
20 / 25

Plays
3304

Awards
Top 35% Quiz

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1. An old but valuable item?

Answer: (Starts with A--7 letters. Ends with the eek sound.)

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2. A cute little shop?

Answer: (Starts with B--8 letters. Ends with the eek sound.)

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3. An exclusive group?

Answer: (Starts with C--6 letters. End with the eek sound. Pronounce it the French way.)

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4. A male duck?

Answer: (Starts with D--5 letters. Ends with the ache sound.)

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5. To get with difficulty, as in '_______ out a living'?

Answer: (Starts with E--3 letters.)

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6. Not genuine?

Answer: (Starts with F--4 letters.)

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7. Zorba the _______?

Answer: (Starts with G--5 letters.)

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8. A marine fish?

Answer: (Starts with H--4 letters. Ends with the ache sound.)

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9. The opening through which fluid enters, as in '_______ valve'?

Answer: (Starts with I--6 letters. Ends with the ache sound.)

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10. A Hemingway hero's first name?

Answer: (Starts with J--4 letters.)

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11. To peep?

Answer: (Starts with K--4 letters. Ends with the eek sound.)

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12. A hole in a vessel?

Answer: (Starts with L--4 letters.)

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13. The opposite of brash?

Answer: (Starts with M--4 letters.)

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14. It's best to commute at _______ hours.

Answer: (Starts with N--7 letters. Ends with the eek sound.)

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15. The opposite of transparent?

Answer: (Starts with O--6 letters.)

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16. A feeling of wounded vanity?

Answer: (Starts with P--5 letters. Ends with the eek sound.)

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17. A temblor?

Answer: (Starts with Q--5 letters.)

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18. Jane Austen's Willoughby was one, and so was her Henry Crawford. So was Richardson's Lovelace. So was Don Juan.

Answer: (Starts with R--4 letters.)

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19. An Arab chief?

Answer: (Starts with S--5 or 6 letters.)

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20. Yellowish brown wood from an Indian timber tree?

Answer: (Starts with T--4 letters.)

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21. Sole, only example or exemplar?

Answer: (Starts with U--6 letters.)

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22. French for Veronica?

Answer: (Starts with V--9 letters.)

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23. An Irish _______?

Answer: (Starts with W--4 letters.)

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24. I'm skipping X and cheating on Y. Let's switch briefly to the long O plus K sound: The yellow part of an egg?

Answer: (Starts with Y---4 letters.)

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25. Short for Ezekiel?

Answer: (Starts with Z--4 letters.)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. An old but valuable item?

Answer: antique

Or antileak.

2. A cute little shop?

Answer: boutique

Or beak, bake, Batik, Blake, bleak, or break.

3. An exclusive group?

Answer: clique

Or creek, cake, or chic.

4. A male duck?

Answer: drake

What are female ducks called, 'ducks'?

5. To get with difficulty, as in '_______ out a living'?

Answer: eke

Or eek! A mouse!

6. Not genuine?

Answer: fake

Or freak or flake.

7. Zorba the _______?

Answer: Greek

Or geek.

8. A marine fish?

Answer: hake

9. The opening through which fluid enters, as in '_______ valve'?

Answer: intake

10. A Hemingway hero's first name?

Answer: Jake

Jake Barnes from 'The Sun Also Rises.'

11. To peep?

Answer: keek

I'd never heard of keeking, but perhaps baby chicks do it.

12. A hole in a vessel?

Answer: leak

Or lake or Lalique crystal.

13. The opposite of brash?

Answer: meek

Or make, mystique, Monique, or Malik (male nurse on the hospital show ER).

14. It's best to commute at _______ hours.

Answer: nonpeak

Or Newsweek or Newspeak (from Orwell's '1984').

15. The opposite of transparent?

Answer: opaque

Or outtake.

16. A feeling of wounded vanity?

Answer: pique

Or peek or peak.

17. A temblor?

Answer: quake

Or Queek might be a good duckling name.

18. Jane Austen's Willoughby was one, and so was her Henry Crawford. So was Richardson's Lovelace. So was Don Juan.

Answer: rake

Or reek.

19. An Arab chief?

Answer: sheik

Or seek, sleek, squeak, sake, shake, slake, or spake (as in 'Thus ______ Zarathustra').

20. Yellowish brown wood from an Indian timber tree?

Answer: teak

Or take or tweak.

21. Sole, only example or exemplar?

Answer: unique

Or unmake.

22. French for Veronica?

Answer: Veronique

I knew an art director named Veronique Viennes. Do English people sometimes shorten the word 'vacation' to 'vake'? (One British player says no--one says "go on holiday," never "vacation" or "vake." However, I thought I heard it on a British TV show once.)

23. An Irish _______?

Answer: wake

Or week or weak.

24. I'm skipping X and cheating on Y. Let's switch briefly to the long O plus K sound: The yellow part of an egg?

Answer: yolk

Or yoke. There is a firm called Yake and Associates which was founded by a Thomas Yake. They're at yake.com if you need their services.

25. Short for Ezekiel?

Answer: Zeke

If you liked this one, please take more of my A-Z quizzes under Humanities under English under Vocabulary under A-Z Words. Thanks!

Source: Author robynraymer

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