Allusions 2

Question 0

Sold down the river

Answer 0

To be treated or misled especially by someone trusted

Question 1

Sour grapes

Answer 1

The attitude of the person who is been disappointed.

The person bitterly rationalizes that what he or she had wanted was probably not so great after all

Question 2

Nemesis

Answer 2

Which causes his or her downfall or the term can refer to the downfall of itself

Question 3

Pyrrhic victory

Answer 3

Which the winners victory comes at such a great expense that is scarcely better than losing

Question 4

Flash in the pan

Answer 4

Initially shows great promise soon fails to meet expectations

Question 5

Scapegoat

Answer 5

Person who is blamed or punished for someone else’s misdeeds

Question 6

Don Quixote/Quixote/telling at well winds

Answer 6

Foolishly or a practically idealistic a naïve attempt to be heroic

Question 7

Benedict Arnold

Answer 7

Is a traitor

Question 8

Delphic oracle

Answer 8

Ambiguous and difficultly and difficult to interpret, difficult to interpret and riddle like

Question 9

Over a barrel

Answer 9

He or she is unable to act independently and must do the bidding of something else

Question 10

Shibboleth

Answer 10

Slogan or catchword used by or associated with a particular party group or sect

Question 11

Doublespeak

Answer 11

Ambiguous language

Question 12

Murphy’s Law

Answer 12

Something goes wrong, sense inevitability

Question 13

Medusa

Answer 13

Repulsive or terrifying woman, wild unruly hair

Question 14

Heist with ones own petard

Answer 14

Caught in ones own trap or beaten at one’s own game