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In this round, we begin by looking for a number of ‘imps’; that is words all beginning I-M-P… for example, the imp that you can’t get by is ‘impassable’.

1) Which imp is 'getting better'?

2) Which imp can't you achieve, or can't happen?

3) Which imp is unlikely?

4) Which imp imitates someone else?  

5) On which imp might you have to pay customs duty?

6) Which imp is urgent or commanding?

7) Which imp is a handicap or difficulty?

8) And which imp does not take sides?

Next round, a number of malapropisms. (That's when someone uses the wrong word for what they mean but a word that sounds quite like the correct one.) In each of the following sentences, which word is the malapropism and what should it have been?

1) In winter, many species of birds gyrate southwards.

a) migrateb) acclimatec) acuminate

2) Hedgehogs moderate during cold weather. a) hibernateb) copulate c) subjugate

3) The doctor told his patient to take a fixative.

a) depressantb) laxative c) barbiturate

4) The priest went to the pulpit, carrying a small black missile. a) missal b) mistle c) missel

5) There are many carnivorous forests in Norway. a) preposterous b) coniferousc) aposporous

6) She admired the weightlifter's magnificent forceps.

a) scalpelb) bicepsc) adam’s apple

7) In 1665, London was hit by bucolic plague. a) Bubonic b) Black Death c) White Noise

8) And one from the character Dogberry in Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing where he objects that 'Comparisons are odorous'.

a) odious b) dolorousc) canorous

ANSWERS1) Which imp is 'getting better'? IMPROVING 2) Which imp can't you achieve, or can't happen? IMPOSSIBLE 3) Which imp is unlikely? IMPROBABLE 4) Which imp imitates someone else? IMPERSONATE(S)/IMPERSONATION 5) On which imp might you have to pay customs duty? IMPORT6) Which imp is urgent or commanding? IMPERATIVE7) Which imp is a handicap or difficulty? IMPEDIMENT 8) And which imp does not take sides? IMPARTIAL

1) In winter, many species of birds gyrate southwards. GYRATE - MIGRATE2) Hedgehogs moderate during cold weather. MODERATE - HIBERNATE 3) The doctor told his patient to take a fixative. FIXATIVE - LAXATIVE 4) The priest went to the pulpit, carrying a small black missile. MISSILE - MISSAL (Prayer-or service book)5) There are many carnivorous forests in Norway. CARNIVOROUS ( flesh-eating) -CONIFEROUS (Cone-bearing trees)6) She admired the weightlifter's magnificent forceps. FORCEPS - BICEPS7) In 1665, London was hit by bucolic plague. BUCOLIC ( to do with the country) - BUBONIC 8) And one from the character Dogberry in Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothimg where he objects that 'Comparisons are odorous'. ODOROUS - ODIOUS

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