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Quiz about Words Too Easily Confused Set Five
Quiz about Words Too Easily Confused Set Five

Words Too Easily Confused, Set Five Quiz


Some English words are entirely too much like others, while having completely different meanings. How many of these too-similar words can you properly sort?

A matching quiz by FatherSteve. Estimated time: 3 mins.
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Author
FatherSteve
Time
3 mins
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Quiz #
383,776
Updated
Dec 03 21
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1. A Jewish text of the Passover Seder  
  Hagia Sophia
2. A brand of ice cream  
  Haglund
3. Appearing exhausted and unwell   
  Haggis
4. A traditional Scots dish of sheep's innards  
  Haggle
5. A character in the Harry Potter series  
  Haggadah
6. Writing about saints' lives  
  Hagrid
7. American restaurateur and folk singer  
  Hagar
8. In the Old Testament, the mother of Ishmael   
  Haggard
9. Holy Wisdom, a church in Turkey  
  Häagen-Dazs
10. To argue over the price/cost   
  Hagiography





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1. A Jewish text of the Passover Seder
2. A brand of ice cream
3. Appearing exhausted and unwell
4. A traditional Scots dish of sheep's innards
5. A character in the Harry Potter series
6. Writing about saints' lives
7. American restaurateur and folk singer
8. In the Old Testament, the mother of Ishmael
9. Holy Wisdom, a church in Turkey
10. To argue over the price/cost

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. A Jewish text of the Passover Seder

Answer: Haggadah

The Hebrew word haggadah means "telling." It is the text which is read aloud at the Passover meal to fulfill the commandment to "tell your son" of the events which led Israel out of slavery in Egypt and into the Promised Land. The requirement to "tell your son" is found in Exodus 13:8.
2. A brand of ice cream

Answer: Häagen-Dazs

The Häagen-Dazs ice cream company was founded in 1961 by Reuben and Rose Mattus. Although the company is not Danish, Reuben wanted a Danish-sounding name because of his sense that Denmark treated Jews well during the Second World War. Häagen-Dazs does not mean anything in Danish. There is no umlaut in Danish nor is the digraph "zs" used.
3. Appearing exhausted and unwell

Answer: Haggard

H. Rider Haggard (1856-1925) wrote British adventure novels and Merle Haggard (1937-2016) sang a lot of country western songs. A person looks haggard if they seem to be worn out, worried and/or suffering pain.
4. A traditional Scots dish of sheep's innards

Answer: Haggis

Haggis is a British dish; the best-known version is that made in Scotland. The recipe calls for sheep's pluck (heart, liver and lungs) to be minced with oatmeal, suet and alliums and stuffed inside a sheep's stomach to be boiled. The dish is celebrated in Robert Burns' poem "Address to a Haggis" (1787).
5. A character in the Harry Potter series

Answer: Hagrid

Rubeus Hagrid is a half-giant half-human character in J.K. Rowling's series. He is the gamekeeper in the first novel but progresses to become teacher at Hogwarts and in disclosed to be a member of the Order of the Phoenix. In the movies, he is played by Robbie Coltrane as an adult and by Martin Bayfield as a teenager.
6. Writing about saints' lives

Answer: Hagiography

Writing the lives of saints became an especially important genre of Christian literature after the canon of scripture was closed. Hagiographies were more popular than collections of sermons and theological treatises. The writing of these documents also supported the development of a church calendar in which saints were remembered on a particular day of the church year.
7. American restaurateur and folk singer

Answer: Haglund

Ivar Haglund (1905-1985) opened an aquarium and fish-and-chips bar on the Seattle waterfront in 1938. He expanded his restaurant endeavours to include three more sit-down restaurants and dozens of fish bars (called Ivar's Acres of Clams). He won a seat on the Seattle Port Commission for no other reason than that people loved him.

He was well known for singing (and playing guitar) to folk songs of his own composition.
8. In the Old Testament, the mother of Ishmael

Answer: Hagar

In the Book of Genesis, Hagar is identified as an Egyptian woman, the handmaid of Sarai (Sarah), who bears Abraham's firstborn son, Ishmael. She is respected in both the Jewish/Hebrew and Muslim/Islamic traditions.
9. Holy Wisdom, a church in Turkey

Answer: Hagia Sophia

The Byzantine Emperor Justinian I ordered the construction of the Church of the Holy Wisdom (Hagia Sophia) in Istanbul, Turkey, in 532 AD. It was completed in 537 and served as an Orthodox Christian cathedral until 1453, when it became an Ottoman mosque. Today it serves as a museum and is one of the best examples of Byzantine architecture on the planet.
10. To argue over the price/cost

Answer: Haggle

People who bargain assiduously and persistently are said to haggle. The word entered English in the 16th Century from the Old Norse where it meant to cut, chop or hew. Its use to describe an argument about price probably derived from the notion of hacking away, removing a bit at a time.
Source: Author FatherSteve

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