Noun

(head)

A game in which players must only say questions, and if they don't they lose. Below is an example of how to play.

A: Do you know the time?

B: Can you wait a second while I look for my watch?

A: Can't you just look at the clock?

B: Where's the clock?

A: What clock?

B: Do you mean the clock on the wall or the one by the door?

A: What door?

B: Can you turn around to see the door?

A: Turn around like this?

B: Are there any other ways to turn around?

A: Can you tell me the time yet?

B: Do you want it the 12-hour or 24-hour format?

A: Do you think I care?

B: What does this number on my watch say?

A: Can't you read numbers?

B: Do you want to know the time or not?

A: Of course I do!

B: Yes, I've just won!

A: You've won what?

B: I've won questions !

A: Ha, that time I won. One all! Game on!

Noun

(en noun)

A formal investigation, often held before a jury, especially one into the cause of a death.

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, title=The Dust of Conflict , chapter=4 citation , passage=The inquest on keeper Davidson was duly held, and at the commencement seemed likely to cause Tony Palliser less anxiety than he had expected.}}

The jury hearing such an inquiry, and the result of the inquiry.

(rare, obsolete) Enquiry; quest; search.

* South

the laborious and vexatious inquest that the soul must make after science

(Spenser)