continued from No. 1, 3/2007
Streeeetch Your Mind!
Please read each question carefully and select the correct
answer. The answer key will be provided in the upcoming issue.
WORLD CHOICE QUIZ
1. Oliver was constantly trying to ______ his masseuse to marry him.
a) adjure
b) collocate
c) abjure
d) effect
2. The patients ___________ the nurses all morning so they wouldn’t
have to get their vaccinations.
a) alluded
b) flouted
c) eluded
d) exulted
3. Without her father’s __________, she could never become a belly
dancer.
a) assent
b) ascent
c) reticence
d) dotage
4. Despite frantic efforts to stop it, the stock market crash was
_________.
a) insipid
b) moribund
c) invidious
d) incipient
5. Madame X _________ that the world would be invaded by giant, blood
sucking aliens in the year 2005.
a) prophesized
b) prophesied
c) prophecied
d) predicated
6. After determining the value of the Mona Lisa, the thieves __________
the Louvre to set the ransom.
a) apprised
b) belied
c) alluded
d) forebode
7. The little boy was ____________ to sit on Santa’s knee.
a) loathe
b) moribund
c) turbid
d) loath
8. The princess thought it was a ___________ city because it did not
have an opera house.
a) backwards
b) backward
c) extemporaneous
d) incredulous
9. Directors have often cast that actress for her sweet and _________
look.
a) ingenuous
b) ingenious
c) demur
d) cheroot
10. Her recovery from the grizzly attack was so ___________ that
doctors and specialists the world over were bewildered.
a) expedient
b) incredulous
c) expeditious
d) unexceptional
Key to No. 3
Answers: Origins Trivia
1. a (He loved playing cards and needed a meal he could eat
without stopping a game.)
2. c (Gold mining: water sloshing in a pan gets rid of debris to reveal gold.)
3. a (It’s German for “children’s garden”)
4. d (L’oeuf, meaning egg)
5. b (O.K.)
6. c (To Insure Promptness)
7. b (Horseracing: a jockey who doesn’t have to raise his hands to tighten the reins or
wield the whip to win is superior.)
8. d (Card players or magicians: to trick others by putting things under the table.)
9. a (It comes from the blending of “God be with ye”.)
10. c (T refers to the T-square, used by architects and draftsman.)
to be continued
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