lab session 4

Question 1

A person suffering from triskaidekaphobia is likely to regard Friday 13th as an auspicious day.

true or false

Answer 1

false

Question 2

Nomophobia means:
 A. fear of gnomes
 B. fear of nomads
 C. fear of nomenclature
 D. no mobile phone fear

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Give one word of Greek origin which means:

Fear of Friday the 13th:

Answer 3

paraskevidekatriaphobia

Question 4

What number is hidden in the following word (use the number keys):

chiliad:

Answer 4

1000

Question 5

What number is hidden in the following word (use the number keys):

hectare:

Answer 5

100

Question 6

What number is hidden in the following word (use the number keys):

heptathlon:

Answer 6

7

Question 7

What is the word for the following form of governance:

by the military:

Answer 7

stratocracy

Question 8

What is the word for the following form of governance:

by a single regent:

Answer 8

monarchy

Question 9

What is the word for the following form of governance:

by the few:

Answer 9

oligarchy

Question 10

What is the word for the following fear:

of cats:

Answer 10

ailurophobia

Question 11

What is the word for the following fear:

of reptiles:

Answer 11

herpetophobia

Question 12

What is the word for the following fear:

birds:

Answer 12

ornithophobia

Question 13

What is the word for the following fear:

of the night:

Answer 13

nyctophobia

Question 14

What does the following person/thing love?

Example: thermophile: Answer: heat

photophilous:

Answer 14

light

Question 15

What is the word for the study of:

rocks:

Answer 15

petrology

Question 16

What is the word for the study of:

insects:

Answer 16

entomology

Question 17

What is the word for the study of:

women’s diseases:

Answer 17

gynaecology

Question 18

What is the word for the study of:

cultures and races:

Answer 18

ethnology

Question 19

What is the word for the study of:

fish

Answer 19

ichthyology

Question 20

The following are synonyms:

diaphanous - transparent

true or false

Answer 20

true

Question 21

The following are synonyms:

chronic - perennial

true or false

Answer 21

true

Question 22

The following are synonyms:
dogmatic - equivocal
true or false

Answer 22

false

Question 23

Give one word for (write out the whole word even though I have given the first letter as a clue):

original model: p

Answer 23

prototype

Question 24

Give one word for: (write out the whole word even though I have given the first letter as a clue)

combination: s

Answer 24

synthesis

Question 25

Give one word for: (write out the whole word even though I have given the first letter as a clue) direct opposite: a

Answer 25

antithesis

Question 26

Give one word for: (write out the whole word even though I have given the first letter as a clue) moral: e

Answer 26

ethics

Question 27

'The Pentagon' is an example of an oxymoron.

Answer 27

false

Question 28

A polymath is a specialist in many branches of mathematics

Answer 28

false

Question 29

Greek numerals represent multiples and Latin numerals represent fractions.

Answer 29

true

Question 30

A necromancer would definitely suffer from thanatophobia.

Answer 30

false thanatophobia- fear of death

Question 31

An ant-eater could be described as an entomophagous animal.

Answer 31

true - insect feeder

Question 32

Give one word of greek origin to substitute for the words in italics: We have a *mutually beneficial* relationship.

Answer 32

symbiotic

Question 33

Give one word of Greek origin to substitute for the words in italics: This young man is a new convert to sadoku.

Answer 33

neophyte

Question 34

Give one word of Greek origin to substitute for the words in italics: Penguins are 'one mate for life' birds.

Answer 34

monogamous

Question 35

Give one word of Greek origin to substitute for the words in italics: The political prisoners were given full pardon.

Answer 35

amnesty

Question 36

What is the word for 'a fear of earthquakes'?

Answer 36

seismophobia

Question 37

What is the word for 'a lover of archery'?

Answer 37

toxophilite

Question 38

What is the word for the medical condition, rabies?

Answer 38

hydrophobia

Question 39

What is the word for 'the study of elections'?

Answer 39

psephology

Question 40

What is another word (of Greek origin) for 'cannibals'?

Answer 40

anthropophagi

Question 41

What does a dendrologist study?

Answer 41

trees

Question 42

True or false: centimetre and hectometre both indicate 100 metres.

Answer 42

false

Question 43

True or false? An epidemic affects people world-wide.

Answer 43

false

Question 44

True or false? A misogynist is likely to be a philanderer.

Answer 44

false

Question 45

The following are synonyms: | protean - versatile

Answer 45

true | Proteus was a minor sea-god who had to abiltiy to change his shape.

Question 46

What number is hidden in the word 'hebdomadal'? (use number keys - do not write the word)

Answer 46

7

Question 47

breaker of images or a person who attacks cherished or traditional beliefs

Answer 47

iconoclast

Question 48

5 athletic events

Answer 48

pentathlon

Question 49

An anachronism is something which is in the wrong time period.

Answer 49

true

Question 50

Give the Greek based synonym for a 'speluncologist':

Answer 50

speleologist (study of caves)

Question 51

Choose the word which means 'a political leader who seeks support by appealing to popular desires and prejudices rather than rational argument.' A. demagogue B. plebeian C. democrat

Answer 51

A. demagogue

Question 52

The following are synonyms: synergy - collaboration

Answer 52

true

Question 53

It would be true to say that anthropophagi are carnivorous.

Answer 53

true

Question 54

What do you think a person hates if he is accused of 'misoneism'? A. new things B. newly coined words C. babies

Answer 54

A