Crazy Vocabulary 3

Test your well-read audience to see if they know the more peculiar side of the English language in this trivia game series on vocabulary.

15 questions · Published April 15, 2024

Trivia questions (5 of 15)

Multiple Choice
1. Which of these words means "existing or being everywhere"?
Something or someone that is ubiquitous is pervasive and omnipresent.
Multiple Choice
2. A person described as "teetotal" would avoid ___________.
The adjective "teetotal" refers to an abstinence from alcohol.
Multiple Choice
3. What is the name of this unusually-shaped musical instrument?
This three-stringed wooden instrument with a triangular shape is a Russian balalaika.
Multiple Choice
4. What is the name of the tasseled pouch commonly worn with a Scottish kilt?
Part of traditional Scottish Highland attire, a sporran is a tasseled pouch that serves as a kilt's "pocket."
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5. What is the term for the sensation of forgetting why you walked into a room?
Also called "location updating effect," the "doorway effect" is a psychological phenomenon characterized by entering a room and forgetting the reason for being there.

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