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Some Common Trivia in the English Language
How much common trivia do you know about the English language?
Quiz ID:
#14944
Fun:
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Difficulty:
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Category:
Humanities
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Linguistics
Created By:
Abstain
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#1 Which state name, in the United States, is monosyllabic?
Your Answer:
1 word, 5 letters.
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#2 What five-letter word, when written in capital letters, has 180-degree rotational symmetry?
Your Answer:
1 word, 5 letters.
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#3 There's a three-letter word; when written in capital letters, it's horizontally symmetric, and when written in lower letters, it's vertically symmetric. What is it?
Your Answer:
1 word, 3 letters. There are 2 alternate answers.
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#4 What human body part has each of its letters occurring exactly twice?
Your Answer:
1 word, 10 letters.
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#5 One day of the week has an anagram. What's the anagram?
Your Answer:
1 word, 6 letters.
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#6 What is the shortest word that ends with -ology?
Your Answer:
1 word, 6 letters.
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#7 Which letter doesn't occur in the names of the American states?
Your Answer:
1 word, 1 letters.
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#8 What word has the most number of different meanings?
Your Answer:
1 word, 3 letters.
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#9 What three-letter Roman numeral is also an English word?
Your Answer:
1 word, 3 letters.
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#10 An eleven letter-word has two identical vowels. If they're replaced by another two identical vowels, another word is formed. What is it?
Your Answer:
1 word, 11 letters. There is also an alternate answer.
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