Word Meanings and Origins Quiz Quiz Questions

1. What do we call someone who knows a subject such as food or art well?

A connoisseur B conqueror C conductor D connector

2. Which of these vehicles has only one wheel?

A sedan B bicycle C airplane D unicycle

3. Which of these words refers to a driver?

A cavalier B charlatan C chauffeur D chauvinist

4. Which of these words means "little bits"?

A smilodon B smithereens C smelt D smallpox

5. What is the word used in the American desert for a sun-dried brick?

A adovo B adept C abode D adobe

6. What is an illness or infirmity that relates to memory?

A amnesia B conjunctivitis C anhedonia D allegory

7. What word is related to dancing?

A scholasticism B cholera C choreography D colorometry

8. What word relates to sleeping?

A doubled B dormant C dormouse D doomed

9. Which of these words does not relate to the horse?

A cavalier B chivalry C cadet D cavalry