Twisted Word Puzzle #9

Here’s a twist on my word quizzes. I’ve listed 12 groups with five words each. Your job is to choose the category  in which the words belong.

Now the Lord God had formed out of the ground all the wild animals and all the birds in the sky. He brought them to the man to see what he would name them; and whatever the man called each living creature,that was its name.  So the man gave names to all the livestock, the birds in the sky and all the wild animals. ~ Genesis 2:19-20 (NIV)

1. bine, drupe, glume, rhizome, and spidix – a) parts of a plant; b) types of poisons; c) plastic components; d) related to the belly of an aircraft
2. durmast, garry, banksian, bull, and mugho – a) ancient pavilions; b) architectural moldings; c) parts of a sailing vessel; d) Canadian oaks and pines
3. abra, bonnet, cowrie, horn, lion’s paw, and turret – a) farming tools; b) seashell collection; c) jeweler designs; d) Middle East hieroglyphs
4. danbo, esrom, mysost, sprinz, and tilsit – a) types of cheese; b) unflattering Welsh terms for the under educated; c) types of grass popular in cattle ranges; d) middle age salves and potions
5. axminster, beck, denier, kuster, and velva – a) foreign nicknames for buttocks; b) types of beer; c) carpet terminology; d) English royalty titles
6. cameo, daisy, doric, spiral, and royal lace – a) types of depression glass; b) notable snowflake shapes; d) stitches used in weaving; d) terms used in jewelry-making
7. John Astin, Art Carney, Ethel Merman, Cliff Robertson,  and Shelley Winters – a) actors in the first Titanic movie ; b) actors all related to at least one US president;  c) actors who appeared on TV’s Batman; d) actors who appeared on Sesame Street
8. Brazos, Maumee, Neches, Owyhee, and Yadkin – a) US rivers; b) towns in Oklahoma; c) villages in Argentina; d) names of African tribes
9. calf’s head, honeycomb, lozenge, rondelle, and scissors – a) types of caves; b) street names for illegal drugs; c) a variety of high wire circus acts; d) types of gem stone cuts
10. Aquila, Cepheus, Dorado, Fornax, and Indus – a) Big Band record labels; b) types of constellations; c) names of theaters in Athens, Greece; d) brands of Mediterranean cigarettes
11. curlew, drongo, grandala, hoopoe, and yuhina – a) Native American hand tools; b) birds found in China; c) Brazilian dances;  d) Asian children’s games
12. alforja, canniken, growler, kylix, and toby – a) types of fish found in the Southern Ocean; b) types of containers; c) Cockney words that describe a layabout; d) parts of the Hubble telescope

Have you chosen the correct category? If so, how many of the 5 words had you heard before? Scroll down to see how you did.

1. bine, drupe, glume, rhizome, and spidix – a) parts of a plant
2. durmast, garry, banksian, bull, and mugho – d) Canadian oaks and pines
3. abra, bonnet, cowrie, horn, lion’s paw, and turret – b) seashell collection
4. danbo, esrom, mysost, sprinz, and tilsit – a) types of cheese
5. axminster, beck, denier, kuster, and velva – c) carpet terminology
6. cameo, daisy, doric, spiral, and royal lace – a) types of depression glass
7. John Astin, Art Carney, Ethel Merman, Cliff Robertson,  and Shelley Winters – c) actors who appeared on TV’s Batman
8. Brazos, Maumee, Neches, Owyhee, and Yadkin – a) US rivers
9. calf’s head, honeycomb, lozenge, rondelle, and scissors – d) types of gem stone cuts
10. Aquila, Cepheus, Dorado, Fornax, and Indus – b) types of constellations
11. curlew, drongo, grandala, hoopoe, and yuhina – b) birds found in China
12. alforja, canniken, growler, kylix, and toby – b) types of containers

 

How did you do?

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