Quiz: Wordplay

Published October 26, 2013
  1. What does the word ‘hieroglyphics’ literally mean?

  2. What does an ‘ichthyologist’ study?

  3. To which art form is the word ‘terpsichorean’ applicable?

  4. Who or what is a ‘picador’?

  5. What or who is a ‘guppy’?

  6. In a circus, what does a ‘funambulist’ do?

  7. Who or what is a ‘mandrill’?

  8. Who or what is a ‘dragee’?

  9. If someone is a ‘somnambulist, what does he do?

  10. Who or what is an ‘ocelot’?

  11. Who or what is an ‘didgeridoo’?

ANSWERS

  1. Sacred carvings

  2. Fish

  3. Dancing

  4. A mounted bullfighter

  5. A fish

  6. Walk on a tightrope

  7. A West African baboon

  8. A sugar-coated almond or a chocolate-coated sweet

  9. He walks in his sleep

  10. A large member of the cat family, native to South America

  11. An Australian aboriginal musical instrument

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