The Word Quiz Book

128 Pages·1972·3.103 MB·English

by  Jacqueline Stoker

BOOK
JACQUELINE
STOKER

THE
WORD QUIZ BOOK

THE
WORD
QUIZ BOOK
compiled by
JACQUELINE STOKER
GAURAV PUBLISHING HOUSE
NEW DELHI-110055 (INDIA)
Published by
VIRINDER K. VERMA
Gaurav Publishing House
9265, Street No. 6,
Multani Dhanda, PaharGanj,
New Delhi-110055.
Phone: 734247
Published by arrangment with Elliot Right Way Books
AH rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or
transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical,
including photocoping, recording or any information storage and
retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher.
Printed at Shiba offset Press, Delhi-110 09
To my husband, Richard.
Acknowledgment:
In compiling this book I have referred to Chambers
Twentieth Century Dictionary. I am grateful to the pub­
lishers W. & R. Chambers for their kindness in granting me
permission to use their book.
J.S. .
CONTENTS
Questions Answers
Acknowledgment
Introduction
1. First and Last 13 81
2. ‘-MENT* 14 81
3. Hyphenated Words 15 82
4. Name the Game 16 83
5. ‘-GIST* 17 83
6. Spellings 18 ■84
7. Jumbled Animals 19 84
8. ‘-SHIP’ 20 85
9. Transport 21 85
10. ‘CAN-’ 22 85
11. The Same Letter 22 86
12. Connections with Clothes 23 86
13. Phobias and Manias 24 87
14. Well-known Words 24 87
15. ‘TRI-’ 25 87
16. Quotations 26 88
17. ASH 27 88
18. Odd One Out 28 89
19. Silent Letters 29 90
20. ‘INS’ and ‘OUTS’ 30 90
21. Anagrams 31 91
22. One Word Only 32 92
23. Literary Initials 33 92
24. Foreign Words and Phrases 34 93
25. ‘-AGE’ 34 94
26. One Syllable Only 35 95
27. Expressions and Proverbs 36 95
28. ‘El’ or ‘IE’ 37 97
Questions Answers
OS. ‘PAR-’ 38 97
30. The Female Gender 39 98
31. A, B or C 40 98
32. Prefixes 44 99
33. Missing Letters 44 99
34. Money 45 100
35. ‘-OLOGY’ 46 100
36. What’s the Noun ? 46 101
37. Numbers 47 101
38. Figures of Speech 48 101
39. Triples 49 102
40. ‘-1ST 50 102
41. Abbreviations 50 103
42. Homes 51 103
43. TRANS-’ 52 104
44, Food Pairs 52 104
45. Synonyms 53 104
46. Book Titles and their Authors 54 105
47. Slang Terms 55 106
<tt. Occupations 56 107
49. Antonyms 57 107
50. What’s the Word? 57 108
51. What’s in a Name? 58 108
52. Proverbial Similes 59 109
53. Homonyms 60 109
54. Likes and Shapes 61 110
55. What’s Wrong? 62 110
56. Plurals 63 111
57. Collective Nouns 63 111
58. Double Meanings 64 112
59. Proper Prepositions 64 113
60. ‘Doubles’ 65 114
61. Music and Drama 66 114
62. It’s Not What It Seems 67 115
63. ‘-ENT 68 116
64. Famous Couples 69 117