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How good is your vocabulary? Here is a quiz about words beginning with the letter B. Which one is the correct definition?
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Question of
Baaskap
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A hat worn in the Netherlands
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The principle behind the policy of Apartheid formerly folloed in south Africa
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A wild pig found in parts of Africa
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Question of
Baccarat
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A gambling card game
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A wild drunken party
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An academic qualification
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Question of
Backbencher
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A yoga pose
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A Member of Parliament who does not hold an official position
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A piece of furniture that has multiple seating positions
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Question of
Beestings
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Injuries caused by insects
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A by-product of commercial honey production
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The first milk secreted by certain mammals after giving birth
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Question of
Behemoth
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A large beast mentioned in the Bible
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A flying insect that is only found in caves
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A general term for damage caused to clothes that have badly stored
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Question of
Bilabial
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An edible berry found in Northern Europe
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A consonant pronounced by closing or rounding both lips
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A mathematical term involving two variables
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Question of
Bildungsroman
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A style of architecture
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A palace official in ancient Italy
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A biographical novel
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Question of
Blackbutt
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A water container
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A method for expelling an unwanted member from a club
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A eucalyptus tree
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Question of
Boodle
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A sewing needle
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A rapier formerly used in duelling
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Corruptly obtained money
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Question of
Buttery
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A student bar or shop
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Gaining favours through unfair means
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A bird of prey found in south-east Asia
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An interesting quiz, thanks for it.
Missed a few but learned more words.
Also got only two correct on this one. A lot of the words I have never heard of before.
Discovered I knew more B than C words and got 5 right. Interesting.
You got 5 out of 10 right!
I got five out of ten .
I am not good with vocabulary that I think i have to read the Thesaurus once in a while.
Nice quiz, John. I got 9/10, failing to get the correct answer to #1, but in my defence, had you spelled the word correctly I would have got it. By omitting one of the esses you changed the literal meaning from ‘boss-ship’ to ‘boss hat’ 🙂
Sorry, Norman – I don’t follow you here. There is only one S in baaskap.
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/baasskap
I’m using a good old-fashioned paper dictionary!
Which evidently contains a mistake!
You got 5 out of 10 right!
Got 9 out of ten mostly by luck and some help with Google although a few I really did know. I just love these kinds of quizzes, so please keep them coming if you do not mind. Happy to see you are back on good old Virily…
Thanks. I did “A” some time ago, so I still have 24 letters left to go – although I fancy that X will offer a challenge!
Under what title did you do the A. I cannot seem to find it. That is if you do not mind answering…
It was called “Improve Your Vocabulary: Letter A”, and it was published about 8 months ago.