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'N' is for.... Trivia Quiz

Into the second half of my quiz now and on the home stretch. I'll give you a scenario involving a word beginning with 'N' and you guess the answer. Simply enjoy!

A multiple-choice quiz by kristian88. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
kristian88

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
147,790

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
656

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. I have a friend who came round for tea the other day and afterwards, during coffee, suggested I come with him to 'nones' the next day. I turned up as arranged. Where was I? Hint

At a Lords cricket match

At a garden centre

At an open air market

At a Roman Catholic church

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Question 2 of 10

2. It was my job at work to sift through job applications. On one an applicant had put down that he and his brother worked as 'nuncii'. I looked up what this was. What had they worked as? Hint

Junior office workers

Apprentice printers

Messenger boys

Choir boys

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Question 3 of 10

3. I went to my doctor's surgery not long ago and told him I was having a problem with pain in my 'nucha'. He immediately went to which part of my body? Hint

Arms

Feet

Chest

Neck

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Question 4 of 10

4. I met a friend in the street recently who I had not seen for quite some time. I asked where he had been and told me at 'nosocomium'. Where had he been? Hint

Hospital

University

Prison

Living in a Kibbutz

5. I must admit to being an avid sport fan...I will watch anything from Aussie Rules Football to Darts. Something I do like is to watch 'natation' when it is on in the Olympic Games. What is this? Hint

Diving

Ski Jumping

Cross Country Skiing

Swimming

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Question 6 of 10

6. My next door neighbour came round to borrow a cup of sugar one evening but couldn't leave until the morning. She told me she suffered from 'nebulaphobia' and I had her stay the night. What had she claimed to suffer from, which I kind of doubt now? Hint

Stars

Fog

Night-time

Hailstones

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Question 7 of 10

7. A friend of mine is proud to call himself a 'nesiote'. In which of the following cities does he live? Hint

Vienna

Berlin

Copenhagen

Moscow

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Question 8 of 10

8. I was in a bar in Scotland not so long ago and had an altercation with a local. He left and I thought nothing of it until he returned and threatened to hit me with a 'nieve'. What did the other locals jump in and stop him hitting me with? Hint

Knife

Fist

Cudgel

Bar stool

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Question 9 of 10

9. Being an avid swimmer, and down my local pool every day, my favourite swimming stroke has to be 'notonectal'. How do I most like to swim? Hint

Underwater

Front Crawl

Backstroke

Butterfly

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Question 10 of 10

10. I have another friend who is a 'nutrice' and often comes round still dressed in her uniform. What is her job? Hint

Policewoman

Chef

Soldier

Nurse

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. I have a friend who came round for tea the other day and afterwards, during coffee, suggested I come with him to 'nones' the next day. I turned up as arranged. Where was I?

Answer: At a Roman Catholic church

Nones is part of the Breviary that is recited at 3pm in the RC church. The nones refers to the ninth hour after sunrise which is 3pm in ecclesiastical terms.

2. It was my job at work to sift through job applications. On one an applicant had put down that he and his brother worked as 'nuncii'. I looked up what this was. What had they worked as?

Answer: Messenger boys

Nuncii is the plural of nuncius which is a messenger, or the information communicated. The word is Latin.

3. I went to my doctor's surgery not long ago and told him I was having a problem with pain in my 'nucha'. He immediately went to which part of my body?

Answer: Neck

Nucha is the medical term for the nape of the neck. It comes from the Old English where it then meant spinal cord.

4. I met a friend in the street recently who I had not seen for quite some time. I asked where he had been and told me at 'nosocomium'. Where had he been?

Answer: Hospital

Nosocomium is from the Latin meaning hospital. Nosocomial means of the hospital. The literal Greek meaning of the word means to attend to disease.

Answer: Swimming

Natation is swimming or the ability to swim. It comes from the Latin 'natare' meaning to swim.

Answer: Fog

Nebulaphobia is the fear of fog.

7. A friend of mine is proud to call himself a 'nesiote'. In which of the following cities does he live?

Answer: Copenhagen

Nesiote means living on an island. A difficult one to guess, sorry but Copenhagen is on the island of Zealand, whereas all the other three capital cities are attached to the mainland of Europe.

Answer: Fist

A nieve (rhymes with heave) in Scotland is a closed hand or fist.

9. Being an avid swimmer, and down my local pool every day, my favourite swimming stroke has to be 'notonectal'. How do I most like to swim?

Answer: Backstroke

Notonectal refers to creatures that swim on their backs....and since I am a creature and swim on my back...I am one.

10. I have another friend who is a 'nutrice' and often comes round still dressed in her uniform. What is her job?

Answer: Nurse

Nutrice is a nurse and originates from the Italian language.

Source: Author kristian88

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