47 Degrees - Word Detectives Quiz

What is the correct spelling?

• Catestrophe

• Catastrofe

• Catastrophe

• Catstrophe

What is the most correct definition of 'catastrophe'?

• a very unpleasant and prolonged experience

• an event causing great and usually sudden damage or suffering

• Taking action on a dangerous situation

• a difficult or unpleasant situation

What is the correct spelling?

• Ordeal

• Oardeal

• Ordeel

• Awdeal

What type of word is catastrophe? (i.e. parts of speech)

What is the correct spelling?

• Chragedy

• Trajedy

• Tragedy

• Tragedee

What is the most correct definition for 'tragedy'?

• an event causing great suffering, destruction, and distress.

• a difficult or unpleasant situation.

What is the correct spelling?

• Colamity

• Calamity

• Calamitee

• Kalamity

What is a synonym for calamity?

What is the correct spelling?

• Dizaster

• Desaster

• Disastar

• Disaster

What is the base word for 'disaster'?

• Dis

• Star

• Taste

• Disease