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Published 26 Oct, 2013 10:33am

Quiz: Wordplay

  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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