Spoonerisms Quiz

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Instructions: Identify or correct funny spoonerisms where initial sounds of words get swapped

1.
The spoonerism 'a blushing crow' is a mix-up of which phrase?
A
A blushing glow
B
A crushing blow
C
A rushing flow
D
A brushing claw
2.
What was the intended phrase when someone said 'you have hissed all my mystery lectures'?
A
You have missed all my history lectures
B
You have listed all my mystery lectures
C
You have dissed all my history lectures
D
You have kissed all my history lectures
3.
The spoonerism 'a well-boiled icicle' is a mix-up of what phrase?
A
A well-oiled bicycle
B
A well-foiled obstacle
C
A well-soiled article
D
A well-coiled popsicle
4.
If someone says 'let me sew you to your sheet,' what did they actually mean?
A
Let me show you to your seat
B
Let me few you to your fleet
C
Let me stew you some wheat
D
Let me sew you a new sheet
5.
What is the correct phrase for the spoonerism 'a lack of pies'?
A
A rack of pies
B
A pack of lies
C
A stack of lies
D
A back of flies
6.
The spoonerism 'fight in your race' should actually be which phrase?
A
Might in your place
B
Sight in your grace
C
Right in your face
D
Light in your space
7.
What common phrase becomes 'belly jeans' when spoonerized?
A
Smelly beans
B
Jelly beans
C
Deli greens
D
Telly screens
8.
The spoonerism 'tease my ears' is a mix-up of which phrase?
A
Freeze my beers
B
Please my dears
C
Ease my tears
D
Seize my years
9.
If someone says 'a nosey little cook,' what phrase were they trying to say?
A
A cozy little nook
B
A posy little hook
C
A rosy little brook
D
A dozy little rook
10.
What is the correct version of the spoonerism 'go and shake a tower'?
A
Go and make a power
B
Go and bake a flower
C
Go and wake a mower
D
Go and take a shower
11.
The spoonerism 'a half-warmed fish' was meant to be which phrase?
A
A half-farmed dish
B
A half-formed wish
C
A half-armed fist
D
A half-charmed bliss
12.
What does 'save the wails' become when the spoonerism is corrected?
A
Pave the trails
B
Wave the sails
C
Wave the tails
D
Brave the rails
13.
The spoonerism 'tons of soil' is a swap of which phrase?
A
Sons of toil
B
Dons of coil
C
Bons of toil
D
Cons of foil
14.
If someone accidentally says 'bad salad,' which common phrase did they spoonerize?
A
Glad pallid
B
Sad ballad
C
Mad ballad
D
Pad valid
15.
The spoonerism 'flutter by' is a charming swap of which word?
A
Mutter sly
B
Butter fly
C
Cutter shy
D
Gutter fly

Answer Key

Question 1

B. A crushing blow

Question 2

A. You have missed all my history lectures

Question 3

A. A well-oiled bicycle

Question 4

A. Let me show you to your seat

Question 5

B. A pack of lies

Question 6

C. Right in your face

Question 7

B. Jelly beans

Question 8

C. Ease my tears

Question 9

A. A cozy little nook

Question 10

D. Go and take a shower

Question 11

B. A half-formed wish

Question 12

B. Wave the sails

Question 13

A. Sons of toil

Question 14

B. Sad ballad

Question 15

B. Butter fly

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