Quiz A12

Bran is a boastful utterance.

Brag is a card game similar to poker.

A bozo is large goat.

A bout is a feast at a picnic site.

Bore is to make (a hole) in something with a tool.

A boon is a kind of clownish foolery some comedians engage in.

A boom is a long pole extending upward at an angle from the mast of a derrick to support or guide objects being lifted or suspended.

A bond is a certificate issued by a government or a public company promising to repay money borrowed.

A bolt is a long pin with a head that screws into a nut.

A boll is a container typically used for eating.

Which word beginning with bu means – to hit or push something with the head or horns?

Which word beginning with bu means – a sculpture representing a person’s head, shoulders, and upper chest?

Which word beginning with bu means – a rough edge or area remaining on metal, after it has been cast, cut, or drilled?

Which word beginning with bu means – expulsion of gas from stomach?

Which word beginning with bu means – wood growth; dense, knotty, decorative?

Which word beginning with bu means – town, especially with historical significance?

Which word beginning with bu means – (nautical) a float moored in water to indicate danger?

Which word beginning with bu means – to bat by tapping a ball in baseball lightly so that it rolls slowly in front of the infielders?

Which word beginning with bu means – a stopper made of rubber, used to prevent fluid passing through the neck of a bottle?

Which word beginning with bu means – collide lightly or to cause to knock against an obstacle?

Which word in the following group is out of place with body n. – expanse, area, apnoea, range?

Which word in the following group is out of place with bold adj. – wistful, bright, vivid, colourful?

Which word in the following group is out of place with bond n. – rapport, friendship, affinity, equity?

Which word in the following group is out of place with boom v. – flourish, survive, thrive, prosper?

Which word in the following group is out of place with bilk v. – cheat, deceive, maraud, defraud?

Which word in the following group is out of place with bulk n. – body, majority, mass, velocity?

Which word in the following group is out of place with buoy n. – float, bloat, guide, signal?

Which word in the following group is out of place with burn v. – faze, blaze, flame, flash?

Which word in the following group is out of place with bust n. – breast, crest, chest, torso?

Which word in the following group is out of place with butt n. – haft, hilt, stilt, shaft?

Match the word in the first column with another in the second column to make a recognised phrase or collocation.

Match the word in the first column with another in the second column to make a recognised phrase or collocation.