Here is a small quiz.
Supply the missing letters in the questions in the QUIZ BOX, selecting appropriate words from the choice box. You may pl. note down yr. ans. on a piece of paper.
You can compare yr. ans. with the key, but they need not tally with the key. Click.
CHOICE BOX
boss
coss
doss
foss
joss
koss
loss
moss
toss
QUIZ BOX
9551. My intuition will _oss up to me, like gifts from the sea. I work with it. -- Jonas Salk.
9552. A rolling stone gathers no _oss. -- Pubililius Syrus.
9553. The _oss is always right. -- A Russian proverb.
9554. When at a _oss how to go on, cough. -- A Greek proverb.
9555. If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-_oss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breathe a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: `Hold on!' -- Rudyard Kipling.
9556. The word _OSS is not in dictionary. It is more a brand name for headphones.
9557. The word _oss has a Sanskrit origin 'krosam'. It is a linear unit of distance, approx. equal to 1.5 British miles.
9558. Do people burn _oss sticks at the tomb of Mao Zedong?
9559. Is Buckingham Palace surrounded by a moat and _oss?
9560. Have you seen the 1933 movie, "_oss House"? Its main theme: Police searching for criminals in _oss houses.
