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DM168 DIETS AND FITNESS FADS QUIZ:
- Grapefruit
- Zumba
- Pilates
- Tapeworms
- The Baby Food Diet
- Tim Noakes
- CrossFit
- Beyoncé
- Extreme cold
- A heart attack
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9-letter words:
attorning
8-letter words:
ignorant; notating; rotating; troating
7-letter words:
atoning; orating; rotting
6-letter words:
anoint; attorn; intort; nation; natron;
noting; oaring; origan; ration; toning;
toting; trigon; triton
6-letter words (proper nouns):
Tongan
5-letter words:
agron; anion; argon; argot; gator; gonna;
gotta; groan; groat; groin; ingot; inorg;
intro; nitro; noria; orang; organ; ottar;
ratio; tango; tanto; tarot; tigon; tonga;
troat; trona
5-letter words (proper nouns):
Anton; Ringo; Taino; Tonia; Troia
4-letter words:
agio; agon; anon; giro; goat; grot; into;
iota; iron; orig; riot; roan; rota; taro;
tiro; toga; tong; tora; tori; torn; tort;
trio; tron; trot
4-letter words (proper nouns):
Argo; Arno; Aron; Aton; Gino; Iago; Igor;
Iona; NATO; Nona; Nora; Oran; Orin; RATO;
Rona; Tito; Toni
DM168 floral QUIZ::
- Garden Day
- True
- 30 million
- The Chelsea Flower Show
- Roses
- Tulips
- True
- Orchids
- Little Shop of Horrors
- In 2085, when many of the plants it contains are predicted to be rare or
extinct, and the seeds could be used to reintroduce them to the wild.
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9-letter words:
resenting;
8-letter words:
gentries; integers; intenser; internes;
sneering; steering;
7-letter words:
engines; entries; greisen; intense; interns;
nesting; regents; resting; stinger; tenners;
tensing;
7-letter proper nouns:
Steiner; Teniers;
6-letter words:
egrets; ensign; enters; genets; genies;
genres; gentes; greens; greets; ingest;
insert; intens; inters; reigns; resent;
resign; reties; seeing; seiner; sennet;
sennit; serine; signer; signet; singer;
sinner; sinter; string; tennis; tenser;
tigers; tinges; trines;
6-letter proper nouns:
Eisner; Ernest; Ingres; Nernst; Rennes;
Sergei; Sterne;
5-letter words:
egest; ester; geest; genes; gents; girts;
gites; grins; grist; grits; inset; instr;
nines; reest; reins; renes; rents; reset;
resin; resit; rings; rinse; risen; rites;
seine; sente; serge; serin; siege; singe;
siree; siren; sneer; steer; stein; stern;
sting; stree; teens; tense; terns; terse;
tiers; tines; tings; tires; trees; tries;
5-letter proper nouns:
Ennis; Ernst; Geist; Regis; Segre; Siret;
Steen; Stine;
4-letter words:
ergs; erst; gees; gens; gest; gets; gins;
gist; gits; inns; inst; nest; nets; nits;
reis; rest; rets; rigs; rise; seen; seer;
sene; sent; sere; sign; sine; sing; sire;
site; snit; ster; stge; stir; tees; tens;
ties; tins; tres;
4-letter proper nouns:
Eris; Erse; Este; Gers; Gris; Ines;
DM168 BOOKS AND MOVIES QUIZ:
- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
- Blade Runner
- War and Peace
- Frankenstein
- JM Coetzee
- Sherlock Holmes
- He survives.
- An axe
- In Cold Blood
- Game of Thrones
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9-letter words:
sidewheel
8-letter words:
wheedles; wheelies
7-letter words:
welshed; wheedle; wheeled; wheelie;
6-letter words:
diesel; elides; heeled; seeled; shewed;
shield; slewed; wheels; whiled; whiles;
wields; wished;
6-letter proper nouns:
Wiesel;
5-letter words:
delis; elide; heeds; heels; hewed; hides;
idles; lewis; lweis; sewed; shied; sidle;
slide; swede; weeds; welds; welsh; wheel;
while; whsle; wides; wield; wiled; wiles;
wised;
5-letter proper nouns:
Delhi; Edsel; Elise; Elsie; Leeds; Lewes;
Wilde;
4-letter words:
deil; dele; deli; dews; dies; eels; eide;
else; ewes; heed; heel; held; hews; hide;
hied; hies; ides; idle; isle; lees; leis;
lewd; lied; lies; lwei; seed; seel; shed;
shew; side; sled; slew; weds; weed; wees;
weld; whee; wide; wile; wise;
4-letter proper nouns:
Elis; IEEE; Swed;
DM168 SA food QUIZ:
1.Sunday
2.1609
3.Mozambique
4.Nelson Mandela
5.The Cape Malay version is a deep-fried doughnut also dipped in syrup, but covered in coconut.
6.Fermentation
7.b) About 80kg
8.It is the Balls family crest
9.Pigweed
10.Slap chips
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9-letter words
dreamlike
8-letter words
remedial
7-letter words
emailed; emerald; leakier; limeade; mealier
Proper nouns (7-letter):
Daimler; Kildare; Marilee
6-letter words
aedile; darkle; dealer; derail; dermal; larked; leader; leaked; leaker; lieder; mailed; mailer; mealie; medial; medlar; milder; milked; milker; railed; redial; relaid; relied
Proper nouns (6-letter):
Delmar; Delmer; Imelda
5-letter words
ailed; alder; alike; ariel; elder; elemi; elide; email; ideal; idler; laird; laker; lamed; lamer; liard; liked; liker; limed; medal; merle; miler; realm; riled
Proper nouns (5-letter):
Adele; Adler; Delia; Earle; Elmer; Emile;
Rilke
4-letter words
alee; aril; dale; deal; deil; dele; deli; dial; earl; elem; idle; ilea; kail; kale; kali; keel; lade; laid; lair; lake; lame; lard; lari; lark; lead; leak; leek; leer; liar; lied; like; lime; lira; lire; mail; male; marl; meal; meld; mild; mile; milk; rail; rale; real; reel; rial; riel; rile
Proper nouns (4-letter):
Dali; Elam; Elea; Elia; Elma; Emil; Karl;
Kiel; Klee; Lear; Leda; Liam; Lima; Mali
DM168 FAMOUS ASSASSINATIONS AND ATTEMPTS QUIZ:
- Abraham Lincoln
- b) Oliver Stone
- Queen Victoria
- True
- Pope John Paul II
- Archduke Franz Ferdinand
- Mark David Chapman
- Monica Selez
- c) Charles Manson
- US President Donald Trump
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9-letter words:
devilment;
7-letter words:
evident; livened;
6-letter words:
delint; dement; dentil; endive; envied; levied; limned; linted; melted; milden; milted; minted; veiled; veined; vented;
Proper nouns (6-letter):
Leiden; Mendel;
5-letter words:
delve; demit; denim; devil; elide; emend; limed; lined; lived; meted; mined; tilde; tiled; timed; tined; veldt;
Proper nouns (5-letter):
Devin; Emden; Medit; Teide;
4-letter words:
deem; deil; dele; deli; deme; dene; dent; diet; dime; dine; dint; dive; edit; eide; idem; idle; lend; lied; meed; meld; mend; mild; mind; need; nide; teed; tend; tide; tied; veld; vend; vide; vied;
Proper nouns (4-letter):
Devi; Diem; Eden; Enid; Lind; Mede;
DM168 Moon QUIZ:
- False, that’s a solar eclipse.
- True
- b) 2.5 years
- The umbra
- Full moon
- Togo and Benin.
- A jaguar.
- Bad Moon Rising
- Shakespeare
- The Harvest Moon
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9-letter words
charities
8-letter words
chariest; christie; hieratic; rachitis
7-letter words
achiest; aitches; archest; cashier; chaster; cithers; eristic; itchier; raciest; richest; satiric; stearic
Proper nouns (7-letter):
Christa; Christi; Rhaetic
6-letter words
achier; arches; archit; cahier; carets; caries; cartes; caster; caters; chairs; chaise; charts; chaser; chaste; cheats; cither; cities; crates; crista; eschar; ethics; iatric; iciest; ischia; itches; rachis; racist; reacts; recast; riches; sachet; scathe; search; starch; steric; taches; thrice; traces
Proper nouns (6-letter):
Archie; Cather; Cathie; Christ; Richie; Scheat; Sirach; Stacie; Thrace; Tracie; Tricia
5-letter words
aches; acres; aitch; archt; cares; caret; carse; carte; carts; caste; cater; ceria; certs; cesta; chair; chare; chars; chart; chase; chats; cheat; chert; chest; chits; cites; crash; crate; crest; cries; ethic; icier; races; reach; react; recta; recti; retch; rices; scare; stich; tache; teach; techs; theca; trace; trice
Proper nouns (5-letter):
ASCII; Cesar; Chari; Cheri; Chiai; Chita; Chris; Erica; Erich; Reich; Staci; Traci
4-letter words
aces; ache; acre; acts; arch; arcs; asci; care; cars; cart; case; cash; cast; cate; cats; cert; char; chat; chis; chit; cire; cist; cite; crit; each; echt; etch; ices; itch; race; rect; rice; rich; scar; scat; sech; sect; tace; tach; tech; tics
Proper nouns (4-letter):
Acis; ACTH; Asch; Cath; Cher; CRTs; Eric; ICSH; RISC
DM168 CARTOON QUIZ:
- Popeye
- Madam & Eve
- The Far Side
- Tintin
- The Pulitzer Prize
- Muhammad
- Jacob Zuma
- Archie
- Peanuts
- Garfield
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9-letter words
recondite
8-letter words
centroid; doctrine; erection; neoteric; oriented
7-letter words
centred; codeine; credent; ctenoid; encoder; encored; enteric; enticed; enticer; noticed
Proper nouns:
Citroen; Oriente
6-letter words
centre; cinder; citron; codein; coined; coiner; corned; cornet; cretin; decent; decern; denier; denote; docent; encode; encore; entice; entire; ironed; nereid; noetic; norite; notice; orcein; orient; recent; recoin; redone; reined; rented; rident; rodent; tender; tenrec; tinder; tonier
Proper nouns:
Corine; Doreen; Edenic; Edirne; Enrico; Indore; Nordic
5-letter words
cento; coned; contd; conte; contr; crine; crone; diner; donee; drone; enter; inced; inert; inter; intro; nicer; niece; nitre; nitro; noted; ontic; recon; ronde; tenor; tined; toned; toner; tonic; treen; trend; trine
Proper nouns:
Creon; Dione; Ernie; Indre; Irene; Redon; Rodin; Terni
4-letter words
cent; cine; cion; coin; cone; cont; corn; dene; dent; dine; dint; done; econ; erne; icon; incr; into; intr; iron; need; nerd; nice; nide; node; nodi; note; once; ordn; rein; rend; rent; rind; teen; tend; tern; tine; tone; torn; tron
Proper nouns:
Deon; Dino; Dion; Drin; Eden; Enid; Erin; Eton; Nero; Odin; Oren; Orin; Rene; Reni; Reno; Toni
DM168 ‘Women’s Rugby’ Quiz
1.The United States
2.True
3.c) 21
4.Mary Zulu
5.True
6.False. The first men’s World Cup was in 1987; the women’s was in 1991
7.a) 2006
8.New Zealand
9.England
10.True
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9-letter words:
floodgate;
8-letter words:
gatefold;
7-letter words:
floated; flotage; footage; footled; gloated;
6-letter words:
dotage; foaled; foetal; fooled; footed; footle; galoot; goaled; golfed; goofed; legato; loafed; lofted; looted; togaed; tooled;
6-letter words (proper nouns):
Adolfo; Toledo;
5-letter words:
afoot; aloft; aloof; defog; float; flood; gloat; lodge; loofa; ogled; togae;
5-letter words (proper nouns):
Adolf; Godel; Godot; Golda; Goode; TOEFL;
4-letter words:
aloe; alto; dago; dato; doge; dole; dolt; dote; fado; floe; flog; foal; fold; food; fool; foot; gaol; geod; geol; goad; goal; goat; gold; golf; good; goof; load; loaf; lode; loft; loge; logo; loot; lota; odea; ogle; olde; oleo; toad; toea; toed; toga; tola; told; tole; tool;
4-letter words (proper nouns):
Aldo; Lego; Leto; Olaf; Olga; Togo;
DM168 ‘Taylor Swift’ Quiz
1.To pick praying mantis pods off the trees before they were sold
2.LeAnn Rimes
3.Her ninth-grade talent show
4.James Taylor
5.14
6.The Life of a Showgirl
7.2023
8.53%
9.Beatlemania
10.Vinyl records
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9-letter words:
foretaste;
7-letter words:
roseate; rosette; rotates; toaster;
7-letter words (proper nouns):
Rosetta;
6-letter words:
aerose; forest; fortes; foster; orates; ottars; otters; rotate; softer; stator; stereo; tarots; tortes; troats;
6-letter words (proper nouns):
Faeroe;
5-letter words:
afore; arose; fatso; fores; forte; forts; frost; orate; ottar; otter; roast; rotas; sofar; softa; sorta; stoat; store; taros; tarot; toast; toeas; torse; torte; torts; toter; totes; troat; trots;
5-letter words (proper nouns):
Afros; Astor; Erato; Faroe; Oates; Sarto; SEATO;
4-letter words:
aero; faro; foes; fora; fore; fort; froe; oafs; oars; oast; oats; ores; orts; roes; rose; rota; rote; rots; soar; sofa; soft; sora; sore; sort; stoa; taro; toea; toes; toft; tora; tore; tors; tort; tost; tote; tots; trot;
4-letter words (proper nouns):
Afro; Eros; Osee; RATO; Rosa; Taos;
DM168 ‘Birding’ Quiz
1. a) 11
2. Official recognition (a bill passed by Congress) as the country’s national bird.
3. The Eagle has landed.
4. African grey (or Congo) parrot
5.The Kakapo.
6. They are all among the top 10 rarest birds in the world.
7. It’s the most common bird in the world.
8. The white bellbird
9. Peregrine falcon
10. True
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9-letter words:
pulmonate;
7-letter words:
ampoule; plumate; putamen; telamon;
6-letter words:
amount; ampoul; ampule; amulet; lament; loment; lumpen; mantel; mantle; melton; mental; molten; outman; plenum; pneuma; potman; potmen; tampon;
6-letter words (proper nouns):
Lamont; Malone; Manuel; Maputo; Multan; Noumea; Putnam;
5-letter words:
ament; ample; ampul; leman; lemon; lumen; maple; meant; melon; metal; monte; motel; moult; mount; notum; oleum; plume; tempo; ulema; unmet;
5-letter words (proper nouns):
Manet; Monet;
4-letter words:
alum; amen; atom; lame; lamp; loam; lump; male; malt; mane; mate; maul; maun; meal; mean; meat; melt; menu; meou; meta; moan; moat; mola; mole; mope; mote; moue; mule; muon; mute; name; noma; omen; palm; plum; poem; pome; puma; tame; tamp; team; temp; tome;
4-letter words (proper nouns):
Amon; Elam; Elma; Elmo; Lome; Moet; Mona; Mont; Nome; Oman;
DM168 ‘Pollution’ Quiz
1. Hexavalent chromium
2. Discarded fast fashion items from the West
3. Afroz Shah
4. c) 25,800?
5. Sten Gustaf Thulin
6. Bottled water
7. Jo Stogel brought this idea to Greyton
8. a) 9%
9. True
10. True
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9-letter words:
goldsmith
7-letter words:
doltish
6-letter words:
dhotis; diglot; holism; holist; modish; oldish; stolid
5-letter words:
dhoti; dolts; ghost; gismo; gloms; golds; goths; hoist; holds; idols; lidos; limos; litho; milos; misdo; moils; moist; moths; omits; sloth; smolt; solid; stdio; thiol; toils
5-letter proper nouns:
Holst; Sligo
4-letter words:
dogs; doit; dols; dolt; dosh; dost; doth; dots; glom; gods; gold; gosh; goth; hods; hogs; hold; holm; hols; holt; host; hots; idol; lido; limo; logs; lost; loth; loti; lots; mhos; milo; miso; mods; moil; mols; mosh; most; moth; mots; ohms; oils; olid; omit; shmo; shod; shot; silo; slog; slot; smog; soil; sold; soli; togs; toil; told; toms; tosh
4-letter proper nouns:
DMSO; Homs; IMHO; Lodi; Lois; Mold; Odis; Otis; STOL
DM168 ‘Books’ Quiz
- The audiobook
- Guinness World Records
- The Covid-19 lockdown
- A steady rise in physical book sales, especially among younger readers
- Forrest Gump
- The Booker Prize
- Trevor Noah
- Fifty Shades of Grey by EL James
- A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
- Harry Potter by JK Rowling
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9 letter words
autotypes
8 letter words
autotype
7 letter words
autopsy; outstay; payouts; teapots; upstate
6 letter words
aptest; astute; payout; statue; teapot;
toasty
5 letter words
autos; outta; paste; pasty; pates; patsy;
patty; pause; peaty; saute; septa; soapy;
spate; sputa; state; stoat; stupa; tapes;
taste; tasty; taupe; teats; testa; toast;
toeas; yeast
5 letter words that may be proper nouns
Aesop; Asyut; Oates; Pasto; SEATO; Yates;
Yeats
4 letter words
apes; apse; atop; atty; auto; ayes; east;
easy; eats; etas; eyas; oast; oats; pase;
past; pate; pats; pays; payt; peas; peat;
pyas; sate; seat; soap; soya; spae; spat;
spay; stat; stay; stoa; tape; taps; tats;
taus; taut; teas; teat; toea; upas; yaps;
yeas
4 letter words that may be proper nouns
Apus; Attu; Aust; Esau; Etta; Taos; Tate
DM168 ‘Social media’ Quiz
- True
- a) 3.07 billion users
- Afghanistan
- Its Chinese ownership raising fears of national security breaches.
- Meta
- Emma Sadleir
- False, it’s younger than 16 years.
- Italy
- Women in the 16-24 group.
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9 letter words
emigrated
8 letter words
diameter; emigrate; migrated
7 letter words
demerit; dimeter; emerita; emirate; meatier; mediate; merited; migrate; ragtime; readmit
7 letter words that may be proper nouns
Maigret
6 letter words
admire; dreamt; emigre; gamete; gamier; grimed; imaged; imaret; maigre; matier; meagre; merged; metage; metier; midget; mirage; mitred; reamed; regime; remade; teamed; termed
6 letter words that may be proper nouns
Margie; Merida
5 letter words
admit; aimed; ameer; amide; armed; armet; demit; derma; dimer; dream; gamed; gamer; grime; image; marge; mated; mater; media; merge; merit; meted; meter; metre; midge; mired; mitre; ramie; remit; rimed; tamed; tamer; timed; timer
5 letter words that may be proper nouns:
Aimee; Madge; Marie; Marti; Meade; Medea; Medit; Meier; Mitra; Tarim
4 letter words
amid; amie; amir; dame; deem; deme; diam; dime; dram; emir; emit; game; germ; gram; grim; idem; item; made; mage; magi; maid; mare; marg; mart; mate; mead; meat; meed; meet; mega; mere; meta; mete; mire; mite; mtge; ream; rime; tame; team; teem; term; time; tram; trim
4 letter words that may be proper nouns:
Amer; Diem; Edam; Erma; GMAT; Irma; Mari; Mede; Meir; Mira; Tami
DM168 ‘Superman’ Quiz
- Superman killed the bad guy – he had never killed anyone before.
- False, it’s a Kryptonian symbol.
- True
- $20-million
- Truth, justice and hope.
- 18 April 1938
- False, it sold for $6-million
- That it’s an immigrant story and people perceive that as political even though Superman is an immigrant.
- His name is Krypto and his powers are the same as Superman’s – superhuman strength, speed and senses.
- The Daily Planet
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9 letter words
backswept; sweptback
7 letter words
packets
6 letter words
aspect; packet
5 letter words
capes; epact; paces; packs; pacts; paste; pates; peaks; pebas; pecks; scape; septa; space; spake; spate; speak; speck; swept; tapes
5 letter words that may be proper nouns
Capek; Capet; Pabst
4 letter words
acpt; apes; apse; baps; cape; caps; capt; kept; pace; pack; pact; pase; past; pate; pats; paws; peak; peas; peat; peba; peck; pecs; pest; pets; pews; sept; skep; spae; spat; spec; spew; step; swap; tape; taps; tbsp; wasp; wept
4 letter words that may be proper nouns
SPCA
DM168 ‘ Food’ Quiz
- Wolf spiders
- Heart-opening ceremonies
- Nutmeg
- Cyanide
- Peanut butter
- Forcing rhubarb
- John Pemberton
- Central European Time, to align with Germany
- True
- About 1.3 billion tonnes a year
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9 letter words
encaustic; succinate
7 letter words
accents; ascetic; caustic; cineast; nutcase
6 letter words
accent; accuse; acetic; acinus; actins; acutes; antics; ascent; cactus; cantus; casein; cuesta; cuties; enacts; incase; incest; incuse; insect; nicest; scenic; secant; stance; tunics; usance
6 letter words that may be proper nouns
Caenis; Canute; Cuenca; Escaut; Stacie; Tuscan
5 letter words
actin; acute; antic; cacti; canes; canst; cants; caste; cause; cents; cesta; cites; cunts; cusec; cutie; cutin; cutis; enact; ictus; incus; sauce; scant; scent; scuta; scute; since; stacc; tunic
5 letter words that may be proper nouns
Cacus; Caine; Cains; Caius; Cantu; Cetus; Ceuta; Incas; Staci; Utica
4 letter words
acct; aces; acne; acts; asci; cain; canc; cane; cans; cant; case; cast; cate; cats; caus; ceca; cent; cine; cist; cite; cues; cunt; cute; cuts; ices; incs; nice; scan; scat; scut; sect; tace; tics
4 letter words that may be proper nouns
Acis; Caen; Cnut; Ecua; Inca
DM168 ‘ Formula One’ Quiz
- Gaming
- Max Verstappen
- Nico Hülkenberg
- a) Pirelli
- Mexico City
- Singapore
- Crashing
- After his death
- Scuderia Ferrari
- Six wheels
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9 letter words
deforests
8 letter words
deforest; defrosts; forested; fostered; oersteds
7 letter words
defrost; deserts; dessert; festers; forests; fosters; frosted; oersted; stereos; teredos
7 letter words that may be proper nouns
Orestes
6 letter words
defter; desert; deters; doters; esters; fester; forest; fortes; foster; freest; frosts; resets; rested; serest; setose; softer; sorest; sorted; steeds; steers; stereo; stored; stores; strode; teredo; tossed; tosser
6 letter words that may be proper nouns
Dorset
5 letter words
deter; doter; dotes; ester; fests; feted; fetes; forte; forts; frets; frost; reest; reset; rests; sorts; steed; steer; store; stree; terse; torse; treed; trees; tress
5 letter words that may be proper nouns
Estes; Odets; Osset
4 letter words
deft; dost; dote; dots; efts; erst; feet; fest; fete; fort; fret; orts; reft; rest; retd; rete; rets; rote; rots; sets; soft; sort; sots; ster; teds; teed; tees; toed; toes; tore; tors; toss; tree; tref; tres; trod
4 letter words that may be proper nouns
Dort; Este; Tess
DM168 ‘ Nuclear Weapons’ Quiz
- c) 16 July 1945, in New Mexico
- b) Little Boy
- Enola Gay
- Nagasaki
- J. Robert Oppenheimer
- The Soviet Union (now Russia), in August 1949
- Russia, America and China
- India, Israel and North Korea
- a) The Doomsday Clock
- Harry S Truman
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9 letter words
blameless
8 letter words
assemble
7 letter words
ballses; mallees; measles
6 letter words
abeles; ambles; belles; blames; easels; labels; leases; mallee; sables; smalls; smells
6 letter words that may be proper nouns:
Bessel
5 letter words
abele; allee; amble; baels; bales; balls; balms; belle; bells; blame; blase; bless; easel; label; lambs; lames; lases; lease; males; malls; meals; sable; sales; seals; seels; sells; slabs; slams; small; smell
5 letter words that may be proper nouns:
Albee; Basel; Basle; Belem; Bella; Mabel; Mable; Melba; Salem; Selma
4 letter words
able; albs; alee; ales; alms; bael; bale; ball; balm; bell; eels; elem; ells; elms; else; labs; lamb; lame; lams; lase; lass; leal; leas; lees; less; male; mall; meal; sale; seal; seel; sell; slab; slam
4 letter words that may be proper nouns:
Abel; Bela; Elam; Elba; Elbe; Elea; Ella; Elma; Elsa; Labe; Lela; LEMs; Lesa; Mlle
DM168 ‘Winter Solstice’ Quiz
- False, it’s either 20 or 21.
- d) Shortest day of the year.
- False, it only happens on equinoxes, not solstices.
- Astronomically!
- North Africa
- c) rebirth, renewal and the prospect of warmth and light returning
- Because they’re on the equator and receive relatively consistent direct sunlight throughout the year, leading to less dramatic seasonal changes.
- The sun seeming to halt before reversing direction northwards or southwards.
- False.
- True: 10 hours 49 minutes for CT versus 10:16 in Bloemfontein.
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9 letter words
splitters
8 letter words
splitter; tipsters; triplets
7 letter words
listers; litters; persist; priests; relists; sitters; slitter; spitter; spittle; spriest; sprites; stripes; tipster; triples; triplet
6 letter words
esprit; islets; lister; litres; litter; pistes; priest; relist; resist; resits; ripest; sister; sitter; spirts; spites; splits; sprite; sprits; stiles; stilts; stipel; stipes; stirps; stripe; strips; stript; testis; tilers; tilter; titles; titres; triple; triste
5 letter words
islet; istle; lists; litre; pelts; pests; petit; piste; relit; resit; rests; rites; septs; setts; silts; sites; slept; slits; spelt; spilt; spirt; spite; spits; split; sprit; steps; stets; sties; stile; stilt; stipe; stirs; strep; strip; tests; tiers; tiler; tiles; tilts; tires; title; titre; tress; tries; tripe; trips; trite
5 letter words that may be proper nouns
Pitts; Siret
4 letter words
erst; lept; lest; lets; list; lite; pelt; pert; pest; pets; piet; pits; pret; psst; rept; rest; rets; rite; sept; sets; sett; silt; site; sits; slit; spit; step; ster; stet; stir; test; tier; ties; tile; tilt; tips; tire; tits; tres; tret; trip
4 letter words that may be proper nouns
Lett; Pitt; REIT; Teri; TESL; Tess; Tets
DM168 ‘Superstitions ‘ Quiz
- Judas Iscariot
- The shoulder
- An argument
- Tiggy tiggy touch wood
- Cats, especially black cats
- Night
- Clipping your nails
- A cowboy hat
- Left
- Their thumb
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9 letter words
leasehold
7 letter words
allseed; elodeas; leashed; shelled; shoaled
6 letter words
aldose; dholes; elodea; haloed; haloes; healed; hellos; ladles; lashed; leased; sealed
6 letter words that may be proper nouns:
Ashlee; Hellas; Helles
5 letter words
aedes; allee; aloes; ashed; dales; deals; dells; dhole; doles; eased; easel; hades; haled; hales; haole; heads; heals; heeds; heels; hello; hells; holed; holes; hosed; lades; ladle; lased; leads; lease; leash; lodes; losel; selah; shade; shale; shell; shoed; soled
5 letter words that may be proper nouns
Adele; Della; Delos; Edsel; Halle; Helle; Hosea; Leeds; Leola; Odell; Sahel; Sheol
4 letter words
alee; ales; aloe; dale; deal; dele; dell; does; dole; dose; ease; eels; ells; else; hade; hale; head; heal; heed; heel; held; hell; hoed; hoes; hole; hose; lade; lase; lead; leal; leas; lees; lode; lose; odea; odes; olde; oles; sale; seal; seed; seel; sell; shed; shoe; sled; sloe; sole
4 letter words that may be proper nouns
Ashe; Edos; Elea; Ella; Elsa; Leah; Leda; Lela; Leos; Lesa; Osee; Sade; Shea
DM168 ‘Sport party parity ‘ Quiz
- The US Open
- Billie Jean King
- True
- New Zealand
- b) Norway
- Banyana Banyana
- c) Soccer
- b) Australia
- The women’s national soccer team
- Billie Jean King again
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9 letter words
alumroots
8 letter words
alumroot
7 letter words
amorous; mortals; outsoar
6 letter words
almost; amours; astrol; molars; morals; mortal; morula;
motors; moults; ormolu; smalto
5 letter words
altos; amour; atoms; aulos; autos; loams; looms; loots;
lotas; lotus; lours; louts; moats; molar; molas; moors;
moots; moral; motor; moult; orals; roams; roast; rooms;
roost; roots; rotas; rotls; roust; routs; smolt; solar;
sorta; stoma; stool; stoor; storm; stour; taros; tolar;
tolus; tools; torso; torus; tours
5 letter words that may be proper nouns
Alost; Astor; Maros; Mauro; Mosul; Ramos; Raoul; Salto;
Sarto; Soult; Talos; Tomas
4 letter words
also; alto; atom; auto; loam; loom; loos; loot; lost;
lota; lots; lour; lout; moas; moat; mola; mols; moor;
moos; moot; mora; mort; most; mots; oars; oast; oats;
oral; orts; ours; oust; outs; roam; room; root; rota;
rotl; rots; rout; slot; soar; sola; solo; soma; soot;
sora; sort; soul; sour; stoa; sumo; taro; tola; tolu;
toms; tool; tora; tors; tour
4 letter words that may be proper nouns
Amor; Amos; Arlo; Laos; Lora; Moro; Mors; Omar; Oort;
Oslo; RATO; Roma; Rosa; Soto; STOL; Taos; Toul
DM168 ‘l eaks and hacks’ Quiz
- The Pentagon Papers
- North Korea
- Deep Throat
- 15
- Pam Golding Properties
- The Impact Team
- Apple’s
- Edward Snowden
- Iceland
- Dread Pirate Roberts
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9 letter words
ravishing
8 letter words
shriving
7 letter words
airings; arising; garnish; raising; ravings; sharing;
shaving; varnish; virgins; visaing
6 letter words
airing; arsing; ashing; grains; haring; having; hiring;
hiving; raisin; rasing; raving; rising; riving; saving;
siring; vanish; virgin; vising
6 letter words that may be proper nouns
Invars; Iranis; Irving; Shinar
5 letter words
gains; gnash; grain; grans; grins; hangs; hings; naris;
navig; rains; ranis; ravin; rings
5 letter words that may be proper nouns
Gavin; Invar; Irani; Irvin; Shang; Sinai; Singh; Sivan;
Vanir
4 letter words
anis; gain; gins; gran; grin; hang; hing; hins; nags;
nigh; nisi; rain; rang; rani; ring; sain; sang; shin;
sign; sing; sinh; snag; vain; vang; vans; vina
4 letter words that may be proper nouns
Agni; ANSI; Gina; Hans; INRI; Iran; Ivan; Nair; Nash;
Shan; Sian
DM168 ‘ World Migration ‘ Quiz
- True
- False, male migrants outnumber female migrants with a split of about 52% vs 48%.
- False, more people migrate internally.
- True
- True
- False, it was India.
- True
- False, it was Germany.
- False, more go to and stay in Europe.
- True
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9 letter words
prospered
8 letter words
droppers
7 letter words
dropper; prosper; reposed; reredos
6 letter words
depose; dopers; dorser; erodes; orders; proper; proser;
redoes; repose; ropers; sopped; spored; spreed
5 letter words
deeps; deers; doers; doper; dopes; epode; erode; erred;
order; peeps; peers; popes; pored; pores; posed; poser;
preps; prese; prose; reeds; repps; repro; roped; roper;
ropes; serer; sorer; speed; spore; spree
5 letter words that may be proper nouns
Pedro; Seder; Speer; Spode
4 letter words
deep; deer; doer; does; dope; dose; dree; epos; errs;
odes; oped; opes; ores; peed; peep; peer; pees; peps;
pere; peso; pope; pore; pose; pred; prep; pres; rede;
redo; reds; reed; repp; reps; resp; rode; roes; rope;
rose; seed; seep; seer; sere; sore; sped
4 letter words that may be proper nouns
Depp; Dore; Edos; Eros; Erse; Oder; Osee
DM168 ‘ Weird and Wonderful Pets ‘ Quiz
- Ariana Grande
- Slash of Guns N’ Roses
- Just Nuisance
- True, because they are social animals.
- Socks
- An elephant
- Salvador DalÌ
- Frida Kahlo
- Brine shrimp
- A corgi
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9 letter words
anecdotal
8 letter words
anecdota
7 letter words
celadon; lactone; located; tacnode; taloned
7 letter words that may be proper nouns
Actaeon; Anatole
6 letter words
acnode; anodal; atonal; atoned; canoed; canola; catalo;
cloned; coaled; coated; deacon; docent; donate; etalon;
loaned; locate; octane
6 letter words that may be proper nouns
Alecto; Altona; Dalton; Delano; Latona; Loanda
5 letter words
alone; anode; anole; atone; canoe; canto; cento; clone;
coned; contd; conte; dolce; lento; loden; nodal; noted;
oaten; ocean; octad; octal; octan; olden; talon; tolan;
tonal; toned
5 letter words that may be proper nouns
Aalto; Acton; Alcoa; Alton; Aneto; Cleon; Colet; Donal;
Eaton; Eldon; Elton; Ladon; Leona; Ndola; Nolde; Oneal
4 letter words
aeon; aloe; alto; anoa; clod; clot; coal; coat; coda;
code; coed; cola; cold; cole; colt; cone; cont; cote;
dato; deco; dole; dolt; dona; done; dote; ecol; econ;
enol; leno; load; loan; lode; lone; lota; node; noel;
note; odea; olde; once; taco; toad; toea; toed; tola;
told; tole; tone
4 letter words that may be proper nouns
Aldo; Aton; Cato; Ceto; Cleo; Deon; Eton; Leon; Leto;
Lond; NATO; Nola; OECD; Olen
DM168 ‘Met Gala’ Quiz
- 1995
- Rihanna
- Aurora James
- 7kgs
- 1973, The World of Balenciaga
- 2003’s Bravehearts: Men in Skirts
- Four
- Karl Lagerfeld’s cat, Choupette
- Colman Domingo, Lewis Hamilton, A$AP Rocky, Pharrell Williams and Anna Wintour
- Donald Trump
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9 letter words
matelotes
8 letter words
matelote
7 letter words
maltose; matelot; mottles; teleost
7 letter words that may be proper nouns
Maltese; Seattle
6 letter words
elates; emotes; estate; lamest; latest; lattes; mattes;
metals; mettle; molest; motels; motets; mottle; oleate;
osteal; settle; stelae; tamest; teasel; totems
6 letter words that may be proper nouns
Attlee; Estela; Mattel; Salome
5 letter words
aloes; easel; elate; emote; lames; latte; lease; least;
males; mates; matte; meals; meats; meets; melts; metal;
metes; moles; motel; motes; motet; motte; satem; setae;
slate; sleet; smelt; smote; stale; state; steal; steam;
steel; stela; stole; taels; tales; tames; taste; teals;
teams; tease; teats; teems; tesla; testa; toeas; tomes;
totem; totes
5 letter words that may be proper nouns
Melos; Mosel; Oates; Salem; SEATO; Selma; Stael; TESOL
4 letter words
alee; ales; aloe; ease; east; eats; eels; elem; elms;
else; emos; etas; lame; lase; late; leas; lees; leet;
lest; lets; lose; male; mate; meal; meas; meat; meet;
melt; mesa; meta; mete; mole; mote; oles; sale; same;
sate; seal; seam; seat; seel; seem; sett; sloe; sole;
some; stem; stet; tael; tale; tame; teal; team; teas;
teat; teem; tees; test; toea; toes; tole; tome; tote
4 letter words that may be proper nouns
Elam; Elea; Elma; Elmo; Elsa; Este; Etta; LEMs; Leos;
Lesa; Leta; Leto; Lett; Lome; Moet; Osee; Tate; TESL; Tets
DM168 ‘Worker’s Day’ Quiz
- May Day.
- 1995
- The International Labour Organization.
- 15
- The Black Death or bubonic plague.
- Employment Equity Act
- False, you can.
- True, they can’t, by law.
- True
- a) Denmark
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Try to reach a target of 74 words where each word is at least four letters in length and includes the letter in the middle of the grid. Aim to find at least one nine-letter word. Plurals ending in “s” are allowed.
9 letter words
friending; infringed
8 letter words
defining; infringe; refining
7 letter words
dingier; fending; finding; fringed; grinned; reining;
rending
6 letter words
dining; dinner; ending; endrin; engird; finder; finger;
fining; finned; firing; fridge; friend; frigid; fringe;
ginned; indign; redfin; riding; ringed
6 letter words that may be proper nouns
Ingrid
5 letter words
deign; diner; dinge; dirge; engin; feign; fidge; fiend;
fined; finer; fired; fried; genii; gride; grief; grind;
indef; indie; infer; infin; inner; reign; renin; ridge;
rigid
5 letter words that may be proper nouns
Indre; Niger; Regin
4 letter words
dine; ding; dire; find; fine; fire; firn; frig; gird;
grid; grin; nide; nine; rein; ride; rife; rind; ring
4 letter words that may be proper nouns
Drin; Enid; Enif; Erin; Finn; Frei; Gide; Ifni; Inge;
INRI; Reid; Reni; Rigi
DM168 ‘Papacy’ Quiz
- a) Jorge Mario Bergoglio
- Saint Francis of Assisi
- a) Tango
- No, only baptised Catholic men over 35 are eligible
- c) 80
- True
- The Sistine Chapel in Vatican City
- a) The Pope of the Slums
- True. Pope Francis has chosen to be laid to rest in Rome’s Basilica of St Mary Major
- b) Conclave
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Try to reach a target of 106 words where each word is at least four letters in length and includes the letter in the middle of the grid. Aim to find at least one nine-letter word. Plurals ending in “s” are allowed.
9 letter words
oestruses
8 letter words
tussores
7 letter words
oestrus; ousters; russets; sourest; stereos; tossers;
tresses; trusses; tussore
7 letter words that may be proper nouns
Orestes
6 letter words
esters; ouster; resets; retuse; reuses; rouses; rousts;
routes; russet; serest; serous; setose; sorest; souses;
souter; steers; stereo; stores; stress; surest; tosser;
tosses
6 letter words that may be proper nouns
Eroses; Sestos; Tereus
5 letter words
ester; euros; ousts; reest; reset; rests; reuse; roses;
roues; rouse; roust; routs; ruses; rusts; seers; sores;
sorts; sorus; sours; souse; steer; store; stoss; stour;
stree; terse; torse; torus; tours; trees; tress; trues;
truss; users
5 letter words that may be proper nouns
Estes; Osset; Russo; Seuss; SOSes
4 letter words
ees; sere; sets; sore; sort; sots; sour; sous; ster; suer;
sues; suet; sure; suss; tees; toes; tors; toss; tres;
user; useserst; esse; ores; orts; oses; ours; oust; outs;
rest; rets; roes; rose; rots; rues; ruse; rust; ruts;
seer; s
4 letter words that may be proper nouns
Eros; Erse; Este; Osee; Ouse; Ross; Russ; SUSE; Tess;
Tues; USSR; Utes
DM168 ‘Coming-of-age’ Quiz
- The Amish, undertaking the tradition of Rumspringa
- 15
- A castrated, male cow
- 20
- White
- The Aborigines
- The bullet ant
- 1978
- Judaism
- Indonesia
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9 letter words
Riderless
8 letter words
derrises; dressier
7 letter words
desirer; desires; diesels; dresser; redress; resider;
resides; serried; sliders
7 letter words that may be proper nouns
Dreiser
6 letter words
derris; desire; diesel; driers; eiders; elders; elides;
idlers; lesser; relies; reside; resile; riders; risers;
seiser; series; sidles; sirree; slider; slides
6 letter words that may be proper nouns
Erises; Lessie; Seders
5 letter words
deers; delis; dress; dries; idles; isles; leers; reeds;
reels; rides; riels; riles; riser; rises; seeds; seels;
seers; seise; serer; sides; sidle; silds; sired; siree;
sires; sleds; slide
5 letter words that may be proper nouns
Edsel; Elise; Elsie; Essie; Leeds; Redis; Seder
4 letter words
dies; diss; eels; else; errs; esse; ides; isle; lees;
leis; less; lids; lies; reds; reis; rids; rise; seed;
seel; seer; sees; sere; side; sild; sire; sirs; sled; slid
4 letter words that may be proper nouns
Elis; Eris; Erse; SIDS
DM168 ‘General Pop’ Quiz
- Tiger Woods
- Demi-Lee Nel-Peters (now Tebow) and Rolene Strauss.
- Bianca Censori
- Shaka Ilembe
- True
- b) $2-billion
- Christiano Ronaldo
- Coronation Street
- Survivor (46 so far)
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9 letter words
mediating
8 letter words
imagined
7 letter words
diamine; imagine; mediant; mintage; teaming
6 letter words
aiming; enigma; gamine; imaged; inmate; intima; magnet;
maiden; manged; mating; median; meting; midget; minted;
taming; tandem; timing
6 letter words that may be proper nouns
Damien; Deming; Gemini; Medina; Midian
5 letter words
admen; admin; admit; aimed; amend; ament; amide; amine;
anime; demit; denim; gamed; gamin; image; imide; imine;
maned; mange; mated; matin; meant; media; midge; mined;
named; tamed; timed; timid
5 letter words that may be proper nouns
Amgen; Madge; Maine; Mande; Manet; Medan; Medit; Megan
4 letter words
amen; amid; amie; anim; dame; damn; diam; dime; emit;
game; idem; imit; item; made; mage; magi; maid; main;
mane; mate; mead; mean; meat; mega; mend; meta; midi;
mien; mina; mind; mine; mini; mint; mite; mtge; name;
tame; team; time
4 letter words that may be proper nouns
Amin; Diem; Edam; GMAT; Mani; Ming; Tami
DM168 ‘April Fool’s’ Quiz
- Jacaranda trees
- Spaghetti
- Penguins
- The Guardian
- The internet
- Cats
- c) Nobody knows
- b) A fish
- Nando’s
- Pick n Pay
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9 letter words:
styrofoam
7 letter words:
formats
6 letter words:
format; frosty; motors; ostomy; smarty; stormy
5 letter words:
afoot; artsy; atoms; atomy; farts; fatso; foots; footy; forts; forty; frats; frost; marts; mayst; moats; moots; motor; rafts; roast; roost; roots; rotas; satyr; smart; softa; softy; sooty; sorta; stoma; stoor; storm; story; stray; stroy; taros; torso; trams; trays; troys; tryma; Tyros
5 letter words that may be proper nouns:
Astor; Marty; Sarto; Tomas
4 letter words:
arts; arty; astr; atom; fart; fast; fats; foot; fort; frat; mart; mast; mats; moat; moot; mort; most; mots; oast; oats; orts; raft; rats; root; rota; rots; soft; soot; sort; star; stay; stoa; tams; taro; tars; toms; tora; tors; toys; tram; tray; troy; tsar; Tyro
4 letter words that may be proper nouns:
Myst; Oort; RATO; RTFM; Soto; Srta; Taos; Tory
DM168 ‘IOC’ Quiz
- 200-metre backstroke
- The throwing events, resulting in a discus landing in the crowd
- 7
- 34
- Adolf Hitler was elected in 1933, and the games became dominated by Nazi propaganda
- 2000
- Chinese
- 1894
- The South African Non-Racial Olympic Committee
- She advocates a total ban
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9 letter words:
chondrite; threnodic
8 letter words:
centroid; doctrine
7 letter words:
cordite; ctenoid; hedonic; hordein; notched; noticed;
theroid; throned; torched
6 letter words:
chider; cinder; codein; coined; corned; credit; dehorn;
direct; dither; docent; drench; editor; herdic; hinder;
hinted; hoiden; honied; horned; inched; ironed; itched;
orchid; rhodic; rident; rioted; rodent; tinder; triode
6 letter words that may be proper nouns:
Indore; Nordic
5 letter words:
chide; chord; cider; cited; coder; coned; contd; cored;
credo; cried; decor; dhoti; dicer; dicot; diner; ditch;
doter; droit; drone; edict; hider; hired; honed; horde;
inced; noted; riced; ronde; third; tined; tired; toned;
trend; tried
5 letter words that may be proper nouns:
Dione; Doric; Edith; Herod; Indre; Redon; Rhode; Rodin
4 letter words:
cedi; chid; code; coed; cord; cred; deco; dent; dice;
dict; diet; dine; dint; dire; dirt; doer; doit; done;
dote; doth; edit; herd; hide; hied; hind; hoed; iced;
nerd; nide; node; nodi; ordn; recd; redo; rend; retd;
ride; rind; rode; tend; tide; tied; toed; trod
4 letter words that may be proper nouns:
Deon; Dino; Dion; Dior; Dore; Dort; Drin; Enid; Hond;
Oder; Odin; OECD; Reid
DM168 ‘Human Rights’ Quiz
- The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
- 1995
- b) Mauritania
- North Korea, because all basic liberties – like freedoms of expression, association, and religion – are denied. Independent media, civil society groups, trade unions: all banned.
- True
- The Sharpeville massacre of 1960, when police killed more than 60 protesters demonstrating against apartheid pass laws
- a) New Zealand
- b) The Netherlands
- The Holocaust and war crimes of World War 2
- United States
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9 letter words
placating
7 letter words
actinal; agnatic; capital; captain; catling; paginal;
pitanga; placing; platina; plating
6 letter words
acting; agnail; antlia; apical; capita; caplin; catnip;
lacing; pacing; paling; patina; pinata; plaint; pliant;
taipan; taping; tincal
6 letter words that may be proper nouns
Altaic; Anglia; Latina; Paglia
5 letter words
acing; actin; again; agita; algin; align; antic; apian;
aping; cling; clipt; giant; glint; inapt; lanai; lapin;
liana; ligan; paint; panic; patin; pinta; plain; plait;
plica; taiga; tical
5 letter words that may be proper nouns
Altai; Anita; Clint; Latin; Tania
4 letter words
alit; anil; anti; cain; clip; clit; gain; gait; gilt;
glia; incl; ital; laic; lain; lati; ling; lint; nail;
nipa; pail; pain; pica; ping; pint; pita; tail; tain;
tali; ting
4 letter words that may be proper nouns
Agni; Alai; Apia; Atli; Cali; Gaia; Gail; Gila; Gina;
IATA; Inca; Lina; Nita; Pali; Pict; Tina
DM168 ‘Money’ Quiz
- Before the Rand was introduced in South Africa, the currency was the South African Pound (ZAR). The South African Pound was used from 1825 until the Rand was officially adopted in 1961, when it replaced the pound at a rate of 2 Rand = 1 Pound.
- a) 1961
- b) National Budget
- b) The National Treasury
- a) To stabilize the economy
- c) R100
- £ 11 billion.
- b) Health
- a) 1985
- b) apartheid debt
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9 letter words
whitelist
8 letter words
whittles
7 letter words
elitist; lithest; thistle; whistle; whitest; whittle;
wiliest; withies
7 letter words that may be proper nouns
Lettish
6 letter words
theist; tilths; tithes; titles; twilit; whilst; whites;
withes
6 letter words that may be proper nouns
Hewitt; Shiite; Thetis; Tilsit
5 letter words
heist; hilts; islet; istle; lithe; stile; stilt; teths;
thews; tiles; tilth; tilts; tithe; titis; title; twist;
twits; welts; whets; whist; white; whits; wilts; withe
5 letter words that may be proper nouns
Leith
4 letter words
hest; hilt; hist; hits; lest; lets; list; lite; lith;
sett; shit; silt; site; slit; stet; stew; test; teth;
thew; this; ties; tile; tilt; titi; tits; twit; welt;
west; wets; whet; whit; wilt; wist; wite; with; wits
4 letter words that may be proper nouns
Esth; Isth; Lett; Seth; TESL; Tets; Witt
DM168 ‘Oscars’ Quiz
- He did one-handed push-ups on stage.
- Will Smith and Chris Rock.
- La La Land was mistakenly announced as the winner instead of Moonlight .
- Roberto Benigni.
- He streaked across the stage naked.
- I’m Still Here.
- Emilia Pérez and Wicked.
- The Substance .
- Daniel Day-Lewis.
- Solid bronze.
- 24-karat gold plating over solid bronze.
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9 letter words:
dermatoid
8 letter words:
mediator
7 letter words:
admired; dermoid; radioed; readmit; toadied
7 letter words that may be proper nouns:
Diderot
6 letter words:
admire; adored; airted; darted; deodar; diadem; doited;
dormie; dreamt; editor; imaret; iodate; madder; matier;
mitred; moated; orated; radome; raided; rioted; roadie;
roamed; tirade; traded; triode
6 letter words that may be proper nouns:
Dermot; Merida; Modred
5 letter words:
adder; adore; aided; aider; aimed; aired; amide; armed;
armet; dared; dated; dater; demit; derma; dimer; diode;
domed; doted; doter; dread; dream; dried; irade; irate;
mated; mater; media; merit; metro; mired; mitre; moire;
oared; odder; orate; oread; ramie; rated; redid; remit;
rimed; tamed; tamer; tared; tided; timed; timer; tired;
trade; tread; tried
5 letter words that may be proper nouns:
Addie; Artie; Erato; Marie; Medit; Terai
4 letter words:
aero; aide; amie; dame; dare; date; dead; dear; demo;
died; diet; dime; dire; doer; dome; dote; eddo; edit;
emir; emit; idea; idem; item; made; mare; mate; mead;
meat; meta; mire; mite; mode; more; mote; odea; omer;
rate; read; ream; redd; redo; retd; ride; rime; rite;
rode; rote; tame; tare; team; tear; term; tide; tied;
tier; time; tire; toea; toed; tome; tore
4 letter words that may be proper nouns:
Amer; Diem; Dore; Edam; Edda; Edom; Erma; Meir; Moet;
Oder; Reid; REIT; Rome; Teri
DM168 ‘Behind bars’ Quiz
- The US (almost two million).
- c) El Salvador
- False, it has the highest.
- a) Saudi Arabia
- True
- Spain (Teixeiro Prison)
- True
- Gujarat
- Singapore
- Autshumato, also known as Harry de Strandloper (imprisoned in 1658)
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9 letter words
staunchly
7 letter words
canthus; cyathus; snatchy; staunch; unlatch
6 letter words
chants; chanty; chaunt; cushat; haunts; launch; nautch;
shanty; snatch; stanch; sunhat; thusly; unlash; yachts
6 letter words that may be proper nouns
Ushant
5 letter words
chant; chats; clash; cushy; halts; hasty; hauls; haunt;
hulas; hunts; latch; laths; lathy; lunch; lushy; lynch;
natch; shalt; shunt; snath; synch; synth; thuya; tushy;
uhlan; yacht
5 letter words that may be proper nouns
Cathy; Shaun; Shula; Utahn
4 letter words
achy; ashy; auth; cash; chat; halt; hast; hats; haul;
hays; hula; hunt; huts; hyla; lash; lath; lush; shat;
shay; shul; shun; shut; such; tach; tanh; than; thus; tush
4 letter words that may be proper nouns
ACTH; Asch; Cath; Chan; Cush; Hals; Hans; Huns; Luth;
Nash; Shan; Thun; Utah
DM168 ‘G20’ Quiz
- a) 1999
- b) To foster cooperation and coordination among major economies to create a more stable global economy after various global economic crises, including the Asian financial crisis of 1997-1998.
- b) Russia
- 19 – Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Korea, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States
- US Secretary of State Marco Rubio
- (d) None – they’re all goals of SA’s presidency
- Brazil in 2024
- (b) George W Bush
- They formally announced their countries’ would accede to the Paris Agreement on climate.
- Brazilian President Lula da Silva
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9 letter words:
landslips
8 letter words:
landslip
7 letter words:
islands; spinals
6 letter words:
island; lapins; plaids; plains; snails; spills; spinal
5 letter words:
anils; apsis; dials; dills; lands; lisps; nails; nipas; pails; pains; palls; pills; plans; sails; sands; sapid; sasin; silds; sills; sisal; slain; slaps; slips; snail; snaps; snips; spall; spans; spill; spins
5 letter words that may be proper nouns:
ANSIs; Pisan; Silas; Spain
4 letter words:
aids; ails; alps; anis; asps; assn; dais; dins; dips; diss; ills; insp; lads; laps; lass; lids; lips; lisp; naps; nips; pads; pals; pans; pass; pins; piss; psia; psid; psis; said; sail; sain; sand; sans; saps; sild; sill; sins; sips; slap; slid; slip; snap; snip; span; spas; spin
4 letter words that may be proper nouns:
ANSI; Apis; Dias; Lias; Lisa; LPNs; Nils; Pisa; Sadi; Sian; SIDS; Sind
DM168 ‘All about love’ Quiz
- Beads.
- The wife’s weight in beer.
- True
- A polished tooth.
- South Korea
- Iran, Uzbekistan, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan
- Maldives
- Christmas
- b) $27.5-billion
- Titanic
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9 letter words:
Semisolid
8 letter words:
Idolises
7 letter words:
doilies; idolise; idolism; iodises; lissome; meiosis;
meloids; misdoes; missile; similes
6 letter words:
diesis; idioms; imides; iodise; iodism; lissom; meloid;
miosis; misled; missed; moiled; oldies; sidles; simile;
slides; slimes; smiled; smiles; soiled; solidi; solids
6 letter words that may be proper nouns:
Deimos; Emilio; Isolde; Moises
5 letter words:
deism; delis; dimes; eidos; idiom; idles; idols; imide;
isles; issei; lidos; limed; limes; limos; midis; miles;
milos; misdo; moils; oiled; oldie; seism; semis; sides;
sidle; silds; silos; slide; slime; slims; smile; soils;
solid
5 letter words that may be proper nouns:
Selim; Solis
4 letter words:
deil; deli; dies; dime; dims; diss; idem; ides; idle;
idol; isle; isms; leis; lido; lids; lied; lies; lime;
limo; midi; mild; mile; milo; mils; mise; miso; miss;
moil; oils; olid; semi; side; sild; silo; sims; slid;
slim; soil; soli
4 letter words that may be proper nouns:
Diem; Elis; Emil; ISIS; Isis; Lodi; Lois; Odis; Oise; SIDS
DM168 ‘Funny Parly’ Quiz
- Jackson Mthembu
- Andrew de Blocq van Sheltinga
- Jackson Mthembu. This statement baffled listeners during his explanation of COVID-19 taxi regulations
- Esther Kazungu. Her impersonations of MPs have resonated with audiences.
- William Ma Disher. His playful comments added levity to the discussions.
- Gayton McKenzie
- Pallo Jordan. His humorous suggestion was meant to break the ice in the newly democratic Parliament.
- A parrot flew into the chamber and landed on an MP’s shoulder, causing uproarious laughter
- Nelson Mandela
- The Department of Integration and Reconciliation.
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9 letter words
panoplied
8 letter words
palinode
7 letter words
applied; oedipal; opaline; oppidan;
6 letter words
aliped; alpine; append; dapple; dipole; elapid; lapped;
lipped; lopped; napped; nipped; nipple; opined; pained;
pedalo; pineal; pinole; planed; pleiad; ponied;
poplin;
6 letter words that may be proper nouns:
Aleppo; Nepali; Pelion; Poland; Ponape;
5 letter words
appel; apple; lapin; loped; nappe; opine; paeon; paled;
paleo; paned; panel; pedal; penal; piano; piled; pined;
piped; plaid; plain; plane; plead; plena; plied; podia;
poled;
5 letter words that may be proper nouns:
Lippe; Nepal; Paine; Papen; Pepin; Plano;
4 letter words
aped; dipl; dopa; dope; leap; lope; nape; neap; nipa;
nope; opal; oped; open; paid; pail; pain; pale; palp;
pane; peal; pean; pein; pend; peon; pied; pile; pine;
pion; pipe; plan; plea; pled; plod; plop; pole; pond;
pone; pope;
4 letter words that may be proper nouns:
Alpo; Depp; iPad; iPod; Lapp; Opel; Pali; Pena; Pola.
DM168 ‘Weird and wonderful wild animal facts ‘ Quiz
- True
- The hippopotamus
- b) Black
- Ossicones
- c) Seven
- An ostrich’s
- Dolphins
- a) Koalas
- b) 2m
- The Arctic ground squirrel
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9 letter words:
teguments
8 letter words:
tegument
7 letter words:
musette; nutmegs; segment
6 letter words:
genets; gentes; mustee; mutest; nutmeg; suttee; tegmen;
tenets; unmeet
6 letter words that may be proper nouns:
USENET; Usenet
5 letter words:
egest; ensue; geest; genes; genet; gents; genus; guest;
meets; menus; mesne; metes; mutes; negus; netts; neume;
segue; semen; sente; stent; teems; teens; tenet; tenge;
tense; tents; tunes; unmet; unset
5 letter words that may be proper nouns:
Menes; Meuse; Steen
4 letter words:
emus; gees; gems; gene; gens; gent; genu; gest; gets;
geum; meet; megs; mene; menu; mete; mtge; muse; mute;
nest; nets; nett; neut; seem; seen; sene; sent; sett;
stem; stet; stge; suet; teem; teen; tees; tens; tent;
test; tune
4 letter words that may be proper nouns:
Este; Tets; Teut; Tues; Utes
DM168 ‘Oddball Trump Facts ‘ Quiz
- True
- Shaking hands
- Ronald Reagan
- “Fake”
- True
- The Secret Service
- Hole-in-one
- For kicking balls back on to the fairway.
- Alcohol, as a lifelong teetotaller.
- Trump himself
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9 letter words:
amassment
7 letter words:
meatman; stamens
7 letter words that may be proper nouns:
Eastman; Smetana
6 letter words:
aments; ansate; assent; manses; mantas; sanest; seaman;
stamen; steams; stemma
6 letter words that may be proper nouns:
Tasman
5 letter words:
amass; ament; antes; asset; atman; etnas; mamas; manas;
manat; manes; manse; manta; masts; mates; means; meant;
meats; mesas; names; nates; saeta; sames; satem; sates;
seams; seats; stane; steam; tames; tasse; teams
5 letter words that may be proper nouns:
Aetna; Amman; Assam; Easts; Mamet; Manet; Masan; Menam;
Mensa; Santa; Satan; Stans; Tessa; Tsana
4 letter words:
amen; anas; anat; anta; ante; ants; assn; asst; east;
eats; etas; etna; mama; mams; mana; mane; mans; mass;
mast; mate; mats; mean; meas; meat; mesa; meta; name;
neat; same; sane; sans; sate; seam; seas; seat; tame;
tams; tana; tans; tass; team; teas
4 letter words that may be proper nouns:
Anam; Aten; Emma; Maas; Nama; NASA; Nate; Sana; SASE;
Sean; Stan
DM168 ‘General ‘ Quiz
- Oasis
- Grand Theft Auto
- 2000
- False, it will be hosted in Osaka, Japan.
- a) 34
- Windows 10
- Norway
- True
- c) Snake
- Germany
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9 letter words
rehashing
8 letter words
hearings, shearing
7 letter words
garnish, hangers, harshen, hashing, hearing, hegiras, hernias, highers, nearish, rehangs, sharing
7 letter words that may be proper nouns
Rhenish
6 letter words
ashier, ashing, garish, geisha, hanger, haring, hegira, hernia, higher, hinges, neighs, nigher, rehang, rehash, shiner, shrine, sigher
6 letter words that may be proper nouns
Gienah, Shinar
5 letter words
ashen, gerah, gnash, hairs, hangs, hares, harsh, hears, heirs, highs, hinge, hings, hires, neigh rheas, share, shear, shier, shine, shire
5 letter words that may be proper nouns
Asher, Hagen, Hanse, Henri, Hines, Rhine, Shane, Shang, Shari, Sheri, Shiah, Singh
4 letter words
gash, hags, hair, hang, hare, hash, hear, heir, hens, hern, hers, hies, high, hing, hins, hire, nigh, rash, rehi, resh, rhea, shag, shah, shin, sigh, sinh
4 letter words that may be proper nouns
Ashe, Gish, Hahn, Haig, Hans, Hera, Nash, Shan, Shea, Shia