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'T' is for.... Trivia Quiz


As this series of quizzes trundles on, it is now the turn of a scenario involving T words. Guess the answer, get it right and feel a warm glow all over. Enjoy!

A multiple-choice quiz by kristian88. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Author
kristian88
Time
5 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
149,321
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Tough
Avg Score
6 / 10
Plays
652
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Question 1 of 10
1. I was reading one of Shakespeare's plays the other day and came across the word 'tilly-vally'. I didn't know what it meant and looked it up. What did it mean? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. Whilst watching Steve Irwin, the "Crocodile Hunter", he was saying something about an animal but referred to it as a 'tambreet'. What was it? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. While I was in Oxford watching a varsity Rugby match, I came across someone who described themselves as a 'tabarder'. What were they? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. While I was in Oxford I met a man who was from Russia. He would often turn and refer to me as 'tovarish'. What does this mean? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. While I was visiting my friend, who lives on a farm, I witnessed a man put an animal in a 'trave'. What was the animal he put in it? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. I was looking through my Greek history books the other day and was interested in one subject. One of the people involved in this subject was called a 'thalamite'. What were thalamites? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. I was simply scouring the Internet search engines and came across a bizarre site that was run by 'Tziganes'. Who were the people running it? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. If, while you were in France, you saw a trottoir, what would you expect to see the most of on it? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. Again in France, you witnessed some people involved in a 'tronc'. You could see it involved money but who were the people? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. I was sat watching a sport and something happened in the field of play. An elderly chap next to me turned and said that when he was young he would call that a 'tice'. What was the sport I was watching? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. I was reading one of Shakespeare's plays the other day and came across the word 'tilly-vally'. I didn't know what it meant and looked it up. What did it mean?

Answer: Nonsense

Tilly-vally appears in Shakespeare's plays meaning nonsense ... a little like his plays really. In my opinion, anyway.
2. Whilst watching Steve Irwin, the "Crocodile Hunter", he was saying something about an animal but referred to it as a 'tambreet'. What was it?

Answer: Duck-billed platypus

Tambreet is the native word for a duck-billed platypus, which is one of only two egg laying mammals in the world, the other being the echidna.
3. While I was in Oxford watching a varsity Rugby match, I came across someone who described themselves as a 'tabarder'. What were they?

Answer: Scholar from Queen's College, Oxford

A tabarder is indeed a scholar of Queen's College. The word comes from the fact that they wore tabards.
4. While I was in Oxford I met a man who was from Russia. He would often turn and refer to me as 'tovarish'. What does this mean?

Answer: Comrade

Tovarish (or tovarisch) is indeed Russian for comrade.
5. While I was visiting my friend, who lives on a farm, I witnessed a man put an animal in a 'trave'. What was the animal he put in it?

Answer: Horse

A trave is the frame that confines a horse when it is being shod.
6. I was looking through my Greek history books the other day and was interested in one subject. One of the people involved in this subject was called a 'thalamite'. What were thalamites?

Answer: Oarsmen aboard a Greek ship

A thalamite is the lowest banked oarsman aboard a trireme, which is an Athenian fighting ship. The word comes from the Greek thalamos meaning hold.
7. I was simply scouring the Internet search engines and came across a bizarre site that was run by 'Tziganes'. Who were the people running it?

Answer: Hungarian Gypsies

A Tzigane, which comes from the Magyar word Czigany, is a native Gypsy of Hungary.
8. If, while you were in France, you saw a trottoir, what would you expect to see the most of on it?

Answer: People

A trottoir is a pavement (or side-walk for the Americans).
9. Again in France, you witnessed some people involved in a 'tronc'. You could see it involved money but who were the people?

Answer: Waiters

A tronc is the system of pooling all the waiters' tips so an even share is given out.
10. I was sat watching a sport and something happened in the field of play. An elderly chap next to me turned and said that when he was young he would call that a 'tice'. What was the sport I was watching?

Answer: Cricket

A tice, from the word entice, is the old word for a yorker in cricket. A yorker is a delivery in which the bowler lands the ball at the batter's feet, to try and get him out.
Source: Author kristian88

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