WORDS – words - WoRdS
Can you find the correct word which is spelled the same, but has different meanings?
This should be a fairly easy quiz and is a good opener for a quiz night.
QUESTIONS
1. What can be a military smooth-bore weapon, a ‘glue’ for brickwork, or a receptable used for crushing ingredients?
2. What can mean the even distribution of weight on a object, an equipment for weighing materials, or the state of a bank account?
3. What can mean an object unlike to overturn, a patient out of danger in hospital, or a place where animals are kept?
4. What can mean happy in the moment, the substance of a website, or the objects in a box?
5. What can mean the fruit from a palm tree, a romantic meeting, or to set an appointment?
6. What can mean an object having a horizontal surface, being fair between people, or used as a comparison adverb?
7. What can mean being guided, being in front of others, or the main actor in a role?
8. What can be very small, a period of time, or the written proceedings of a formal meeting?
9. What can mean myself, a cardinal number, or something which is unified?
10. What can mean equitable, beautiful, or blonde?
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ANSWERS
1. What can be a military smooth-bore weapon, a ‘glue’ for brickwork or a receptable used for crushing ingredients?
MORTAR
2. What can mean the even distribution of weight on a object, an equipment for weighing materials and the state of a bank account?
BALANCE
3. What can mean an object unlike to overturn, a patient out of danger in hospital or a place where animals are kept?
STABLE
4. What can mean happy in the moment, the substance of a website or the objects in a box?
CONTENT
5. What can mean the fruit from a palm tree, a romantic meeting or to set an appointment?
DATE
6. What can mean an object having a horizontal surface, being fair between people, or used as a comparison adverb?
EVEN (Comparison adverb example, Steve did an even better shot on goal than Pele)
7. What can mean being guided, being in front of others, or the main actor in a role?
LEAD
8. What can be very small, a period of time, or the written proceedings of a formal meeting?
MINUTE (Although the very small 'minute' is pronounced, MYnute, so not strictly a homonym, but a homophone!)
9. What can mean myself, a cardinal number, or something which is unified?
ONE
10. What can mean equitable, beautiful, or blonde?
FAIR