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More Fun with Words Trivia Quiz

Some words are strange, others are bizarre, others are downright stupid. See how many of these fun and useless words you know.

A multiple-choice quiz by bullymom. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
bullymom

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
135,556

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
6 / 15

Plays
823

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Question 1 of 15

1. What are you doing if you're pandiculating? Hint

drooling

stretching

limping

pontificating

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Question 2 of 15

2. What would you find in a nidus? Hint

bacteria

statistics

fruit

electrons

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Question 3 of 15

3. Believe it or not, there's a term for a neighbor whose house is burning down. What is it? Hint

uncogon

unamide

ucalegon

uberon

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Question 4 of 15

4. If you describe someone as callipygian, you're complimenting them on their what? Hint

ankles

voice

buttocks

manner

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Question 5 of 15

5. On what garment would you find a gore? Hint

a handkerchief

a tie

a sock

a scarf

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Question 6 of 15

6. What is a zyzzyva? Hint

an insect

a microorganism

a bird

a weapon

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Question 7 of 15

7. If you experience formication, what are you most likely doing? Hint

using drugs

sneezing

swimming

sleeping

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Question 8 of 15

8. The adjective "molendinarious" pertains to what?

Hint

extinct animals

native fungi

fetid cheese

the arms of a windmill

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Question 9 of 15

9. Mary says, "That darn Dave is scobberlotching again!" What is Dave doing?
Hint

stealing

being dishonest

freeloading

loafing

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Question 10 of 15

10. If something is described as "smaragdine", what color is it?

Hint

rusty orange

emerald green

pale yellow

sea blue

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Question 11 of 15

11. If someone calls you a brockie, it means you have a what? Hint

dirty face

strange accent

big head

good memory

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Question 12 of 15

12. If someone engages in kompology, what are they doing? Hint

bragging

gathering food

digesting

writing love letters

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Question 13 of 15

13. Which of these places might be targeted by redhibition? Hint

a movie theater

a library

Wal-Mart

a drivers' licensing center

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Question 14 of 15

14. If you call someone a fefnicute, of what are you accusing them? Hint

falsifying data

being unimaginative

creating a ruckus

being a hypocrite

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Question 15 of 15

15. Ellen and John discussed her oikonisus. What did they discuss? Hint

her urge to start a family

her hearing loss

her belief in ghosts

her habit of finishing people's sentences for them

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What are you doing if you're pandiculating?

Answer: stretching

Specifically, the stretching motion associated with yawning. I guess if you stretch without yawning, it's just plain "stretching".

2. What would you find in a nidus?

Answer: bacteria

Actually, the word "nidus" has several meanings: 1) A nest, such as for the eggs of insects, spiders, or small animals 2) cavity in which spores develop 3) central point or focus of bacterial growth in a living organism 4) point or place at which something originates, accumulates, or develops, as the center around which salts of calcium, uric acid, or bile acid form calculi. (from the American Heritage Dictionary)

3. Believe it or not, there's a term for a neighbor whose house is burning down. What is it?

Answer: ucalegon

Hopefully, this is a word that is not used often. It comes from Greek myth, in which Ucalegon was a neighbour of Aeneas whose residence had burned down.

4. If you describe someone as callipygian, you're complimenting them on their what?

Answer: buttocks

The definition is "having shapely buttocks". This would be a great pickup line: "Hey baby, you're looking mighty callipygian tonight." From the Greek "kallipugos"- kalli-, beautiful (from kallos, beauty); pug- buttocks. Not to be confused with "steatopygous", meaning "having bulging buttocks".

5. On what garment would you find a gore?

Answer: a sock

A gore is any piece of material used to create a three-dimensional shape from flat pieces. In socks, gores are used to add the extra room needed to accommodate the heel. Skirts and parachutes can also be made by connecting flat pieces of material shaped so as to produce a rounded product. The other three options in this question are all flat.

6. What is a zyzzyva?

Answer: an insect

A zyzzyva is any one of various tropical American weevils of the genus Zyzzyva, often destructive to plants.

7. If you experience formication, what are you most likely doing?

Answer: using drugs

Reason not to use drugs no. 378: Sometimes drug users, especially those under the influence of amphetamines, may experience hallucinations in which bugs or snakes are crawling on their skin. This is called "formication"; from the Latin "formica", meaning "ant".

8. The adjective "molendinarious" pertains to what?

Answer: the arms of a windmill

Try to use this one in a sentence. Go on.

9. Mary says, "That darn Dave is scobberlotching again!" What is Dave doing?

Answer: loafing

To scobberlotch means to laze around and do nothing.

10. If something is described as "smaragdine", what color is it?

Answer: emerald green

I can find only one instance in which this word was used: According to Albertus Magnus, Alexander the Great found an emerald tablet- the Smaragdine Table - in the cave of Hermes in Hebron.

11. If someone calls you a brockie, it means you have a what?

Answer: dirty face

The term "brock" originally referred to a badger, which has a black-and-white face. It came to be used to describe anyone who resembled such, such as muddy children or auto mechanics.

12. If someone engages in kompology, what are they doing?

Answer: bragging

Kompology is defined as the act of braggadocio.

13. Which of these places might be targeted by redhibition?

Answer: Wal-Mart

Redhibition is a civil action meant to punish a seller for the sale of defective merchandise, similar to lemon laws. Wouldn't it be funny if they put up a sign in the store that says "Redhibition here"? In the U.S., redhibition is a part of Louisiana law and is not found in any other state.

14. If you call someone a fefnicute, of what are you accusing them?

Answer: being a hypocrite

A fefnicute is a hypocrite or sneak. "Don't be such a fefnicute!"

15. Ellen and John discussed her oikonisus. What did they discuss?

Answer: her urge to start a family

An oikonisus is the urge to start a family. Closely related is the word "oikology", which is the science of housekeeping.

Source: Author bullymom

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