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Quiz about Definitions
Quiz about Definitions

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On "BtVS", the characters often give their own definitions for things. Can you decode them?

A multiple-choice quiz by eset. Estimated time: 7 mins.
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Author
eset
Time
7 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
133,739
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
20
Difficulty
Tough
Avg Score
11 / 20
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2479
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Scroll down to the bottom for the answer key.
1. What food does Xander describe as "a big meat hive"? Hint

Hamburgers
Schwarma
Pirogi
Tortellini

2. According to Xander, what is "the music of pain"? Hint

Classical Music
Jazz Music
Country Music
Heavy Metal

3. What does Xander describe as "a beautiful melding of two cultures"? Hint

Buffy and Angel's Relationship
The Career Fair
The Foreign Exchange Program
Chop Suey

4. What does Xander call "a delicious, spongy, golden cake stuffed with a delightfully creamy, white substance of goodness"? Hint

Ding-Dongs
Twinkie
Ho-Hos
Donuts

5. What does Willow refer to as the "non-relationship drink of choice"? Hint

Chocolate Milk
Tea
Coffee
Ice Cream Soda

6. What does Buffy say is basically "vampire Meals-on-Wheels"? Hint

Hospital Blood Deliveries
School Buses
Ambulances
Meat Delivery Trucks

7. What does Buffy refer to as "your basic decoder ring"?

Answer: (Three/Four Words, The ______ ______)
8. What does Giles claim is "an order of deadly assassins dating back to King Solomon"? Hint

The Order of Taraka
The Three
Order of Aurelius
El Eliminati

9. Which sport goes Xander call "a vicious game"? Hint

Dodgeball
Football
Bowling
Swimming

10. What kind of demon, according to one of Giles' books, is "a Pre-prehistoric parasite. The mother hibernates underground, laying eggs. The offspring then attach themselves to a host, taking control of their motor functions through neural clamping"? Hint

A Lurconis
A Machida
A Bezoar
An Eyghon

11. Who claims that "Vengeance is a living thing. It passes through generations. It commands. It kills." Hint

Anya
Angelus
Jenny
Enyos

12. What does Giles say is "a potent, extreme representation of inborn animalistic traits"? Hint

A Poltergeist
The First Slayer
A Werewolf
Gachnar

13. According to Cordelia, what is just "not saying true stuff"?

Answer: (One Word)
14. What does Willow say you are supposed to wear around your neck for protection? Hint

Bulla
Scapula
Amulet
Periapt

15. What does Buffy say acts on pure instinct, with no conscience, predatory, and aggressive?

Answer: (One Word (Your Typical ________))
16. What does Giles tell Buffy is "an act of compassion. It's not done because people deserve it. It's done because they need it"?

Answer: (One Word)
17. Who calls the ocean "a true mother, giving birth to new life and devouring old. Always adaptable and nurturing...yet...constant...and merciless"? Hint

Dodd
Cameron
Gage
Sean

18. According to Buffy, where do they "make Gileses"? Hint

Cambridge
Oxford
England
Private School

19. When Buffy is asking Angel to the Prom, she tells him it's like a "________ with spiked punch and electric sleigh." Fill in the blank. Hint

Ball
Gala
Cotillion
Fête

20. According to Willow, what is "a thing people can share in a time of crisis"?

Answer: (One Word)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. What food does Xander describe as "a big meat hive"?

Answer: Schwarma

"I like cucumbers. Like in that Greek salad thing with the yogurt. Do you like Greek food? I'm exempting Schwarma, of course, I mean, what's that all about? It's a big meat hive." --Xander, "Teacher's Pet".
2. According to Xander, what is "the music of pain"?

Answer: Country Music

"That's okay. I don't wanna go. I'm just gonna go home, lie down, and listen to Country music. The music of pain." --Xander, "Prophesy Girl".
3. What does Xander describe as "a beautiful melding of two cultures"?

Answer: The Foreign Exchange Program

"I think the exchange student program's cool. I do! It's a beautiful melding of two cultures." --Xander, "Inca Mummy Girl".
4. What does Xander call "a delicious, spongy, golden cake stuffed with a delightfully creamy, white substance of goodness"?

Answer: Twinkie

Xander: "And this is called a snack food." (Holds up a Twinkie) "...It's a delicious, spongy, golden cake stuffed with a delightful creamy, white substance of goodness. And here's how you eat it." --Xander, "Inca Mummy Girl".
5. What does Willow refer to as the "non-relationship drink of choice"?

Answer: Coffee

"[You be with Angel] during the day, but you could ask him for coffee some night. It's the non-relationship drink of choice." --Willow, "Reptile Boy".
6. What does Buffy say is basically "vampire Meals-on-Wheels"?

Answer: Hospital Blood Deliveries

Giles: "Um, a medical transport is delivering the monthly supply of blood to the hospital." Buffy: "Mm. Vampire Meals-On-Wheels." --"The Dark Age".
7. What does Buffy refer to as "your basic decoder ring"?

Answer: The DuLac Cross

Giles: "Du Lac was both a, a... a theologian and a mathematician. This article describes an invention of his, which he called 'The DuLac Cross'...The cross was more than a mere symbol, it was used to understand certain mystical texts, to, uh, decipher hidden meanings and so forth." Buffy: "So you're saying these vampires went to all this hassle for your basic decoder ring?" Giles: "Uh, actually, yes, I, I suppose I am." --"What's My Line? Part I".
8. What does Giles claim is "an order of deadly assassins dating back to King Solomon"?

Answer: The Order of Taraka

The Order of Taraka is hired by Spike to kill Buffy in "What's My Line? Part I." The Three are sent by The Master in "Angel," The Order of Aurelius is sent to protect the anointed one in "Never Kill A Boy On The First Date," and El Eliminati worked for Balthazar in "Bad Girls."
9. Which sport goes Xander call "a vicious game"?

Answer: Bowling

Giles: "...This ring is worn only by members of the Order of Taraka. It's a society of deadly assassins dating back to King Solomon." Xander: "And didn't they beat the Elks this year in the Sunnydale Adult Bowling League Championships?" Giles: "Their credo is to sow discord and kill the unwary." Xander: "Bowling is a vicious game." --"What's My Line? Part I".
10. What kind of demon, according to one of Giles' books, is "a Pre-prehistoric parasite. The mother hibernates underground, laying eggs. The offspring then attach themselves to a host, taking control of their motor functions through neural clamping"?

Answer: A Bezoar

The Bezoar used the student's Health Egg Project to infect everyone in school except for Xander and Buffy in "Bad Eggs." Machida was the name of the snake-demon in "Reptile Boy," Eyghon is the Demon Giles raised as a teen (met in "The Dark Age") and Lurconis is the demon who needed infants fed to it in "Band Candy."
11. Who claims that "Vengeance is a living thing. It passes through generations. It commands. It kills."

Answer: Enyos

"To the modern man vengeance is a verb, an idea. Payback. One thing for another. Like commerce. Not with us. Vengeance is a living thing. It passes through generations. It commands. It kills." --Enyos, "Innocence".
12. What does Giles say is "a potent, extreme representation of inborn animalistic traits"?

Answer: A Werewolf

Giles: "Y-you see, uh, the-the werewolf, uh, is such a, a potent extreme representation of our inborn animalistic traits that it e-emerges for three full consecutive nights: the full moon and, uh, the two nights surrounding it." Xander: "Quite the party animal." --"Phases".
13. According to Cordelia, what is just "not saying true stuff"?

Answer: Tact

This quote basically sums up Cordelia's character for the first two seasons.
14. What does Willow say you are supposed to wear around your neck for protection?

Answer: Scapula

Willow: "Oh! I almost forgot. I made us all scapulas. Xander: "Okay, so we can flip the ghost over when it turns a nice golden brown?" Willow: "Scapula, not spatula. Um, you wear it around your neck for protection." --"I Only Have Eyes For You".
15. What does Buffy say acts on pure instinct, with no conscience, predatory, and aggressive?

Answer: Male

"On behalf of my gender, hey!" --Xander, "Phases".
16. What does Giles tell Buffy is "an act of compassion. It's not done because people deserve it. It's done because they need it"?

Answer: Forgiveness

Buffy: "He doesn't deserve it." Giles: "To forgive is an act of compassion, Buffy. It's, it's not done because people deserve it. It's done because they need it." Buffy: "No. James destroyed the one person he loved the most in a moment of blind passion. And that's not something you forgive. No matter why he did what he did. And no matter if he knows now that it was wrong and selfish and stupid, it is just something he's gonna have to live with." --"I Only Have Eyes For you".
17. Who calls the ocean "a true mother, giving birth to new life and devouring old. Always adaptable and nurturing...yet...constant...and merciless"?

Answer: Cameron

"Boy. I was just gonna go with big and wet." --Buffy, "Go Fish".
18. According to Buffy, where do they "make Gileses"?

Answer: Oxford

Buffy points this out when Willow is thinking of going to college there.
19. When Buffy is asking Angel to the Prom, she tells him it's like a "________ with spiked punch and electric sleigh." Fill in the blank.

Answer: Cotillion

Buffy: "You know, I-I figure, that way sometimes I could spend the night. Like, after the prom, it would be nice to be able to just come back here and spend some time together." Angel: "The prom?" Buffy: "End of high school rite of passage thingy. Think cotillion with spiked punch and electric sleigh." --"The Prom".
20. According to Willow, what is "a thing people can share in a time of crisis"?

Answer: panic

Oz: "Would it help if I panic?" Willow: "Yes, it would be swell. Panic is a thing people can share in times of crisis. And everything's really scary now, you know, and I don't know what's gonna happen. And there's all sorts of things that you're supposed to get to do after high school, and I was really looking forward to doing them, and now we're probably just gonna die and I would like to feel that maybe you would..." --"Graduation Day Part I".
Source: Author eset

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