We’ll give you a word and three possible definitions – you need to choose which is the correct meaning of the word.
1. If someone is capernoited, are they..?
A – Big-nosed
B – Slightly drunk
C – Bald
B – Slightly drunk
2. If something is fabiform, is it..?
A – Shaped like a bean
B – A pleasing shape
C – Triangular
A – Shaped like a bean
3. What is a yaffingale?
A – A type of antique furniture
B – A green woodpecker
C – A member of the National Trust for Scotland
B – A green woodpecker
4. If something is jentacular, is it..?
A – Almost perpendicular
B – Belonging to the human jaw
C – Relating to breakfast
C – Relating to breakfast
5. What is a brach?
A – A female hunting hound
B – A type of hair braid
C – A small, smoked herring
A – A female hunting hound
6. If something is saccular, is it..?
A – The shape of a human ear
B – Artificial
C – Sack-like
C – Sack-like
7. What is a skippet?
A – A small, round box to preserve a document or seal
B – A crossbreed of dog, half greyhound and half whippet
C – A tiny fish from the same family as the guppy
A – A small, round box to preserve a document or seal
8. Of what is mariology the study?
A – Tidal levels
B – The Virgin Mary
C – The behaviour of young people who have grown up playing computer games
B – The Virgin Mary
9. What is a pabouche?
A – A servant
B – A French slang word for a stupid person
C – A slipper or soft shoe
C – A slipper or soft shoe
10. What is a quacksalver?
A – Someone who falsely claims to have medical skills
B – Someone who rescues birds for a living
C – A deep-sea diver who salvages ancient artefacts
A – Someone who falsely claims to have medical skills