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fun & games
Word fun
These are a bit difficult, but very interesting. See if you know the answers to any of these word trivia questions:
1. A E I O U and sometimes Y.
These are the vowels of the English Language. What is the only word in this language that uses all of these vowels, in order?
___________
(HINT: To remark in a way not meant to be taken seriously)
2. The only state with just one syllable in its name. _____
3. The only city with a name spelled completely with vowels. ____(HINT: It’s in Hawaii)
4. The only four countries in the world with one syllable in their names. ____, _____, ______, _____
5. The only common English word ending in “mt.” ______
6. A six-letter word that begins and ends with a vowel and has no other vowels between. ______(HINT: A medical condition)
7. What letter does not appear in the names of any state of the United States?
8. The longest word that is typed using only the left hand. ____________
9. The shortest word with five consonants in a row. ______ (HINT: An acute but unspecific feeling of anxiety)
10. The only day of the week that has an anagram. ______
(HINT: dynamo)
Answers
1: facetiously 2: Maine 3: Aiea 4: Chad, France, Greece, and Spain
5: Dreamt 6: Asthma 7: Q 8: Stewardesses 9: angst 10: Monday
The words
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read the same when held in front of a mirror upside-down. |