Welcome to our Quiz About Oxymorons
What is an oxymoron? An oxymoron is word or group of words that is self-contradicting.
Trivia Questions
- Give the oxymoron title of the Simon & Garfunkel song released on September 12, 1965?
- What name is given to a war between organized groups within the same state or country?
- What term is used by the American military for incidents that NATO used to term blue on blue?
- An oxymoron which is an operetta by Noel Coward and also part of a song title by the Verve?
- The title of which 1970 American Western film starring Dustin Hoffman is an oxymoron?
- Which four word phrase used by Hamlet is to cause someone pain for his or her own good?
- Which word meaning a second-year university student in America translates from Greek as "wise fool"?
- Which word in modern usage is a blend of two words meaning "buddy" and "foe"?
- Complete the oxymoron meaning for not many options, "only ....."? The answer is one word!
- Give the two word oxymoron at the end of this line from Romea & Juiet: "Good night, good night! Parting is such ..... ....."?
- Which two word oxymoron is a blanket term for the horror franchise that originated from a 1968 film about zombies?
- Why English king was called 'the wisest fool in Christendom'?
- A 2008 romantic comedy-drama film starring Ryan Reynolds and Isla Fisher has the two word title, 'Definitely' what?
- Which well known term and two word oxymoron means a simulated experience that can be similar to or completely different from the real world?
- Which two word phrase is often used casually to describe something that looks out of control but which functions according to unseen rules or organization?
- Complete the well known phrase and oxymoron: Act ....?
- Complete the following Bing Crosby quote with one word: "We're busy doing ...."?
- Who once said: "You'd be surprised how much it costs to look this cheap."?
- Complete this Oscar Wilde quote with one word: "I can resist everything but ...."?
- According to W.C. Fields the best cure for what, is to get a lot of sleep?
Answers:
- The Sound of Silence
- Civil War
- Friendly fire
- Bitter Sweet (the full song title by the Verve is "Bitter Sweet Symphony")
- Little Big Man
- Cruel to be kind
- Sophomore
- Frenemy
- Only choice, or only option
- Sweet sorrow
- Living Dead
- James I
- Definitely, Maybe
- Virtual reality
- Controlled chaos
- Act naturally
- Nothing
- Dolly Parton
- Temptation
- Insomnia