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Guess the Mystery Categories #2

Guess these short answers. And then figure out what category each group of answers belongs to.
Quiz by HelveticaBold
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Last updated: July 16, 2019
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First submittedMarch 24, 2016
Times taken32,886
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1
Bands, armies, and penguins do it
March
Imposing, majestic, dignified
August
Ms. Lockhart, Cleaver, or Cash
June
Might, could, can
May
Category
Months
 
 
2
A type of rubber boot
Wellington
Breaded chicken garlic dish
Kiev
French for "sugar"
Sucre
Yellow-brown folder
Manila
Category
Capital Cities
 
 
3
To strand on a desert island
Maroon
Inexperienced, naive
Green
Chemical symbol Au
Gold
A Rhode Island university
Brown
Category
Colours
 
 
4
Elizabeth I, Victoria, Margrethe, etc...
Queen
A bird in the family Corvidae
Rook
Something held as a pledge against
the payment of a loan
Pawn
High-ranking priest
Bishop
Category
Chess Pieces
 
 
5
Wrinkle-removing tool
Iron
2nd prize medal
Silver
Slang for police officer
Copper
Roman messenger god
Mercury
Category
Metals
6
Found on the seabed, or in a kitchen sink
Sponge
A winged denizen of heaven
Angel
Fancy floor or countertop material
Marble
A stratum or level
Layer
Category
Cakes
 
 
7
A type of flat sea urchin that lives in sand
Dollar
Mr. Hamil or Zuckerberg
Mark
Genuine, not fake
Real
To hit, or a type of cake
Pound
Category
Currencies
 
 
8
Something a shoeshiner uses
Polish
To cut vegetables into thin strips
French
To split the bill at a restaurant "Go _____"
Dutch
Small blanket made of knitted wool
Afghan
Category
Nationalities
 
 
9
A parent's father
Grandfather
Alerts one to a fire or burglar
Alarm
A bird that lays eggs in the
nests of other birds
Cuckoo
The A in A-bomb
Atomic
Category
Clocks
 
 
10
Colour associated with the Netherlands
Orange
Slang for a native of New Zealand
Kiwi
Slang for a defective car
Lemon
Company that makes Macbooks
Apple
Category
Fruits
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Level 76
Mar 24, 2016
Great!
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Level 74
Mar 24, 2016
Like this quiz a lot
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Level 65
Jul 15, 2016
HelveticaBold strikes again!
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Level 81
Jul 15, 2016
Great job! Thank you for a very creative quiz!
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Level 83
Jul 15, 2016
These quizzes are great! :D
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Level 75
Jul 15, 2016
Learned a new word today: I always only knew an Afghan as a type of cookie.
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Level 71
Jul 15, 2016
See you've taught me something too. Afghan cookies look lethally delicious!
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Level 66
Nov 13, 2016
Afghans are cookies? Gotta try me one o' those!
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Level 72
Sep 12, 2019
I learned the term french for cutting vegetables into thin strips. didn't know that one before
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Level 82
Apr 30, 2023
I only knew Afghan as a type of coat.
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Level 86
Jul 15, 2016
These quizzes are so creative. Love them!
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Level 71
Jul 15, 2016
Thank you, I love you all! <3
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Level 71
Nov 13, 2016
Lets face it ......Your my type
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Level 71
Nov 13, 2016
Goodness, well that's never happened before x)
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Level 40
Apr 13, 2020
You're*
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Level 60
Jul 15, 2016
Cool quizzes, I hope to be able to make them in Spanish
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Level 65
Jul 16, 2016
Can you accept languages for nationalities?
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Level 75
Jul 17, 2016
That wouldn't work, because there's no such language as Afghan. Afghanistan's official languages are Pashto and Dari (though the former is sometimes called, by those who have no idea, Afghani).
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Level 65
Jul 18, 2016
Point taken. But how about accepting "Demonyms" (which I tried afterwards)?
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Level ∞
Jul 19, 2016
Demonyms will work now
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Level 64
Nov 13, 2016
Thanks for accepting demonyms. That was my first guess, although I would probably have come up with 'nationalities' soon enough if that didn't work.
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Level 77
Jul 18, 2016
Maybe "elements" should be accepted too for "metals" ? They are elements.
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Level 72
Sep 12, 2019
I tried that first too
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Level 59
Jan 21, 2020
As did I.
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Level 60
Mar 29, 2021
Same
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Level 62
Jul 18, 2016
Great quiz, really enjoyed it! I also learned a new kitchen word, which is always appreciated. I only knew the bone cleaning meaning of "cutting veggies into thin strips". :)
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Level 92
Jul 19, 2016
I couldn't get past bunt/bundt for the hit/cake clue.
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Level 84
Aug 1, 2016
Took me a while on that one, too.
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Level 22
Jul 26, 2016
Oh... i get it. MARCHING bands. I was thinking of like rock bands :)
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Level 69
Aug 3, 2016
French cut???
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Level 81
Sep 22, 2016
Took me a bit to get that one as well. I was trying julienne, but it didn't fit the category, so I guessed with French.
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Level 68
Nov 18, 2016
Same, I only knew Julienne.
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Level 59
Jan 21, 2020
I agree. Julienne or shred. Never ever have I heard it referred to as French (and I lived in USA for a long while too,so not a West Coast USAism.). Really got stuck on that one.
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Level 81
Apr 29, 2023
I can guarantee you actually have heard of it, but just didn't realize it!

"French Fries"

The word "French" refers not to their country of origin, but rather that the potato has been "frenched" (or french-cut).

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Level 65
Aug 28, 2016
I love this quiz. You should consider making a third one.
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Level 59
Nov 13, 2016
Easy 5 star!
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Level 47
Nov 13, 2016
Can you accept 'sand dollar' for dollar?
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Level 43
Nov 13, 2016
Seconded
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Level 75
Nov 13, 2016
Which country uses the sand dollar for its currency?
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Level 57
Apr 15, 2021
To be fair, they're never referred to as just "dollars".
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Level 66
Nov 13, 2016
Please accept color and colour instead of accepting only the plural according to the British spelling.
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Level 79
Nov 13, 2016
These are so clever, kudos to you...
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Level 71
Nov 13, 2016
Oh thank you lovely lovely people for you lovely lovely compliments, they make my day xxx. As for your suggestions and edits, I don't know if I can make edits myself, I don't wanna get into trouble but I'm too shy to ask @-@
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Level 53
Nov 13, 2016
You should accept misspellings for a bunch of words.
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Level 62
Nov 13, 2016
Awesome idea for a quiz. More please.
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Level 65
Nov 13, 2016
For number 9 I got grandfather, atomic, and alarm, and I guessed WWII lol
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Level 75
Nov 13, 2016
My favorite kind of quiz - sufficiently difficult to make me think, but I eventually get them all. This one was really fun.
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Level 90
Nov 14, 2016
Not to complain, but the Russian and Ukrainian version of the dish usually is not done with garlic. I would suggest a stuffed breaded chicken dish and leave out the garlic.
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Level 39
Nov 14, 2016
Fun quiz, but I think 'sand dollar' should be accepted for 'dollar' since that's the common name :)
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Level 34
Nov 16, 2016
should accept sand dollar for dollar, as that is the actual name of it
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Level 73
Nov 27, 2016
Sand Dollar should be accepted for "Dollar" no one uses the term "Dollar". They are always referred to as sand dollars.
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Level 65
Sep 12, 2019
for all the comments above, sand dollar is not a currency, if you take a second to think, you should realize the answer that they are looking for.
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Level 60
Oct 13, 2019
When you try to answer the question, you don't know the category yet.
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Level 88
Oct 13, 2019
You'd think people might look at the comments directly before them....
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Level 58
Dec 15, 2016
Great quiz
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Level 69
Jun 22, 2017
Really enjoyed this!
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Level 79
Jul 31, 2017
Excellent quiz, more like it please
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Level 95
Sep 17, 2018
Please accept the singular for colour and for capital city
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Level 78
Mar 27, 2019
This is a great quiz, but it threw me off that you have to type in the plural form of "colour" and "nationality" when in most other categories it accepts the singular form. Would be great if you could change that :-)
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Level 76
Sep 12, 2019
Accept demonym for nationalities?
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Level 75
Sep 13, 2019
Accept atom for atomic?
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Level 63
Sep 13, 2019
I believe it's spelled Mark Hamill.
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Level 84
Oct 13, 2019
It is indeed.
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Level 89
Oct 13, 2019
I understand the Hamill dilemma but how many other Zuckerbergs do you know that would cause you to miss the question?
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Level 84
Oct 13, 2019
Citizenships doesn't count for nationalities?
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Level 65
Oct 13, 2019
Hahaha I didn't even know splitting was calling "go dutch", but I'm Dutch.

It's quite common though here

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Level 62
Oct 13, 2019
Great work, really enjoyed this one
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Level 66
Oct 14, 2019
Bronze could also work as a metal that refers to a police officer.
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Level 65
Oct 16, 2019
Really? Where?
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Level 58
Oct 15, 2019
Great quiz - more please!
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Level 65
Oct 16, 2019
Well done and thanks
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Level 75
Oct 16, 2019
That was a really fun quiz. Great job.
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Level 50
Oct 20, 2019
A couple of notes:

1) Kiev was hard to get at first because the main thing about the dish isn't that it has garlic in it (though it may) but rather is bursting with BUTTER. I eventually got the right answer by figuring out the category, but butter would help the clue.

2) The clue for Pawn really got me stuck thinking it was Collateral. Maybe use it in its verb form instead? Something like: "to temporarily sell one's possession(s) when in need of cash".

3) The Dollar clue=kind of misleading. Would be more accurate if it said "Fossilized sea urchin imprint left in the sand" or something to that effect.

4) Mark Hamill has 2 L's in his last name, not just one.

5) Had literally never heard of calling it French to cut vegetables into thin strips. To me, that's julienne. Upon some research, it would appear French cut is synonymous with julienne, but it has the word 'cut' after it. Maybe replace with 'to kiss with tongue'. That's an easier clue for French. ;)

All in all, enjoyed this quiz!

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Level 75
Dec 9, 2019
Could you take 'ethnicities' in addition to nationalities?
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Level 45
Nov 1, 2020
Accept the singular form for the categories? Like nationality for nationalities
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Level 53
Jun 15, 2021
Lemon was originally a slang term, but I believe now it is very much a normal and legal term used to refer to defective cars, so might be worth a change.
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Level 64
Sep 4, 2021
Nice quiz, great idea and I enjoyed it. Agree with previous comments though that I've never heard french for cutting vegetables, only julienne. I'm vegetarian and have chopped a lot of veggies in my time, but, hand on heart, I have never frenched one!
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Level 59
Sep 29, 2021
Loved this one. A few baffled me for a little bit (French/julienne - I'm looking at you), but the Kiev one almost did me in. I wouldn't describe Kiev as breaded garlic chicken. But, nonetheless, I got it. Thanks for a great quiz.
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Level 47
May 8, 2022
Sucre isn’t the capital?
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Level 57
May 24, 2022
Bolivia would like to chat about that
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Level 72
Dec 12, 2022
Bolivia has two national capitals; La Paz and Sucre.
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Level 80
Aug 24, 2022
All I could think for wrinkle removing tool was Botox. Turns out they were referring to a different kind of wrinkle.
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Level 32
Apr 25, 2023
What is an atomic clock????
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Level 76
Aug 31, 2023
An atomic clock is a clock that measures time by monitoring the resonant frequency of atoms. It is based on atoms having different energy levels.
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Level 76
Aug 31, 2023
Can you accept "tier" in place of layer? It describes both the answer and fits with the clue.
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Level 72
Sep 18, 2023
Can you take Demonym for nationality?