Words Quiz

[Birchy]

Doing a quiz on Fridee and I'm looking for snazzy questions on the subject of "Words". Something a bit interesting if poss? Could be origins or uniqueness... but they have to be answered within normal quiz round time....so nothing that would take ages to work out. Something dead obvious, but semi-tricky would be good. Thanks in advance.

[THECORBYLOON]

What 10-letter word can be written using only the letters from the top row of a typewriter or keyboard?

TYPEWRITER

Give a word in which the vowels A,E,I,O,U appear in that order ABSTEMIOUS, FACETIOUS, CAESIOUS (it's to do wi the element Caesium and also means blue-grey)

I'll see what else I can come up wi later.

[THECORBYLOON]

What connects BEDECKED,  COOKBOOK, DECIDED and DIOXIDE? ANS they read the same upside-down.

Fill in the gaps wi the same letters in the same order-The           surgeon was       to operate because he had              .ANS "notable," "not able" & "no table."

What country is named after a tree? Ans Brazil

What word can mean "adhere" or "split" Ans Cleave

What is the dot above an "i" or "j" called? Ans Tittle.

proprietor, repertoire can also be written using the top row on a keyboard btw

[johnalex]

???ERGRO???  What is this word? (Same 3 letters each end, same order). First person to post the answer without using an electronic aid wins a wine gum.

[THECORBYLOON]

underground!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[johnalex]

Well done Corbyloon  -  you answered that in 30 seconds!  You really should go out more  -  I'm emailing your wine gum as promised. Enjoy!

[THECORBYLOON]

Can I have an orange one? Ta

[Birchy]

Thanks guys! Any further background on the Brazil one?... like why???

[THECORBYLOON]

The Potuguese extracted a reddish dye fae an East Indian tree they called Brasil and when they found similar trees in South America they named the new country Brasil.

[Ray The Grey]

What do uncopyrightable and misconjugatedly have unusually in common? They are the only words with 15 letters that contain no doublr letters

Deeded is the only six letter word with two letters three times each.

HOOCHIE-COOCHIE is the longest word that looks the same when reflected from above

Catchphrase and Latchstring have the most consonants together

Forecastle has the most apostrophes when abbreviated - Fo'c's'le

Bezique is the highest scoring first word in Scrabble

What are the four words in the english language that end in -dous? hazardous, horrendous, tremendous, stupendous

What was jet lag called before aircraft? Boat lag

Which is the only 12 letter word where every second letter is an 'a'? Taramasalata

I have more if you need them

[THECORBYLOON]

What foreign food is an anagram of another foreign food? Ans PASTA and TAPAS.

[Birchy]

Thanks Ray!

[Birchy]

Thanks to all who contributed.