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Word Quiz

January 26, 2005 on 5:41 pm | In Humor |

Here are some questions that will test your knowkledge of the English Language. They are really easier than they seem. Try your luck and e-mail your answers to me.

1) What is the only word in the common English language that ends with the letters mt?

2) What is the only word in the common English language where the F is pronounced as V?

3) Name 3 words in the common English language that contain none of the 5 commonly used vowels.

4) Name 2 words in the common English language that cannot be rhymed.

5) What is the shortest complete sentence in the common English language?
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How did you do?

Answers:

1) The only word in the common english language that ends with mt is DREAMT. Daydreamt, redreamt, adreamt, and undreamt are others, but their root word is still DREAMT.

2) OF course you knew this one. Again, hereof, thereof, and whereof derive from the root word OF.

3) WHY would I ask this question? THY mind knows the answer. Just catch the RYTHM of this test. The SKY is the limit. MY, if you couldn’t answer this one, go sing a HYMN and pray to the almighty for a brain.

4) ORANGE you glad I asked this question? It’s been a MONTH since I asked it. SILVER, the Lone Rangers’ horse, could answer this one as could the PURPLE People eater.

5) I AM is the shortest sentence in the common English language. Conversely, some say that I DO is the longest sentence in the common English language.