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Fun with Words Trivia Quiz

Words are fun! This quiz features words that are unusual, odd, or just plain fun.

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

Author
bullymom

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
77,372

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
8 / 15

Plays
1421

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Question 1 of 15

1. Where would you find a gnomon? Hint

On a ship

On a clock

On a sundial

On a stamp

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Question 2 of 15

2. What does a spermologer collect? Hint

Whales

Seeds

Bottle caps

Shells

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Question 3 of 15

3. What does an arctophile collect? Hint

Magnets

Drawings

Teddy bears

Music boxes

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Question 4 of 15

4. If you suffer from horripilation, what condition do you have? Hint

Nightmares

Intestinal gas

Bad breath

Goosebumps

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Question 5 of 15

5. What does an Ishihara Test test for? Hint

ESP

Color blindness

Carbon monoxide

Dyslexia

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Question 6 of 15

6. If someone gave you a mukluk, what would you do with it? Hint

Eat it

Wear it

Play it

Read it

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Question 7 of 15

7. If someone tells you that you put them in a state of oscitancy, they're saying that you ______ them. Hint

Excite

Disgust

Intrigue

Bore

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Question 8 of 15

8. What kind of animal is a limpkin? Hint

Insect

Fish

Reptile

Bird

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Question 9 of 15

9. Which of these is NOT something to eat or drink? Hint

Scouse

Orzo

Glogg

Gumma

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Question 10 of 15

10. If you suffer from katzenjammer, what is your major malfunction? Hint

A hangnail

Abdominal cramps

Diarrhea

A hangover

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Question 11 of 15

11. Where does a librocubicularist read? Hint

In a library

In bed

In the bathtub

On the bus

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Question 12 of 15

12. If you engage in omphaloskepsis, where are you looking for answers to mystic questions? Hint

A deck of playing cards

Snowflakes

The clouds

Your belly button

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Question 13 of 15

13. Where would you find latrinalia? Hint

In a hospital

In a public restroom

On a ship

In a hardware store

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Question 14 of 15

14. If you engage in nothosonomia, you are calling someone Hint

Lazy

A bastard

Influential

Entertaining

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Question 15 of 15

15. What is mundungus? Hint

Pond scum

An avian disease

Stinky tobacco

Mummified cow dung

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Where would you find a gnomon?

Answer: On a sundial

A gnomon is the raised part of a sundial that makes the shadow. Definitely not an everyday word!

2. What does a spermologer collect?

Answer: Seeds

A spermologer is a collector or gatherer of seeds. I have also seen this word used to describe someone who collects trivia.

3. What does an arctophile collect?

Answer: Teddy bears

4. If you suffer from horripilation, what condition do you have?

Answer: Goosebumps

A terrible name for a mild 'condition'.

5. What does an Ishihara Test test for?

Answer: Color blindness

This standard test for color blindness was invented by Japanese opthamologist Shinobu Ishihara in 1917. It's basically a series of colored dots arranged in some pattern among dots of a different color- people who are color blind can't make out the patterns.

6. If someone gave you a mukluk, what would you do with it?

Answer: Wear it

A mukluk is a waterproof boot, usually made of sealskin, originally worn by the Inuit (Eskimos).

7. If someone tells you that you put them in a state of oscitancy, they're saying that you ______ them.

Answer: Bore

Oscitancy, or oscitance, is a state of drowsiness or dullness.

8. What kind of animal is a limpkin?

Answer: Bird

A limpkin is a long-necked wading bird that inhabits the marshes in southeast North America and South America.

9. Which of these is NOT something to eat or drink?

Answer: Gumma

A gumma is a rubbery tumor that occurs with syphilis (yum!). Scouse is an English stew made from meat, potatoes, and {vegetables;} glogg is a hot punch with brandy, red wine, sherry, spices, fruit, and almond {pieces;} and orzo is pasta shaped like rice grains, used in Greek cooking.

10. If you suffer from katzenjammer, what is your major malfunction?

Answer: A hangover

The word katzenjammer means a hangover, or state of depression and {bewilderment;} it can also refer to a loud, discordant noise. (Don't make so many katzenjammers- I have a katzenjammer!)

11. Where does a librocubicularist read?

Answer: In bed

This term was coined by Christopher Morley in his novel 'The Haunted Bookshop'.

12. If you engage in omphaloskepsis, where are you looking for answers to mystic questions?

Answer: Your belly button

What kind of questions would you ask your belly button? Nevermind, I don't want to know...

13. Where would you find latrinalia?

Answer: In a public restroom

This is the name given to the graffiti found in restrooms. (You know, like Tiffany loves Brad and other literary classics).

14. If you engage in nothosonomia, you are calling someone

Answer: A bastard

There's actually a word for this!

15. What is mundungus?

Answer: Stinky tobacco

Is there any other kind?

Source: Author bullymom

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