Question

Fill in the Blank: Humourist James Thurber was once awaiting an eye operation, when he asked the nurse if she knew a word which had three U’s in it. The nurse replied, “I don’t know Mr Thurber, but I bet it is pretty ____________.” Complete the nurse’s response with a word that has three U’s in it.​

Answer 1

Answer:

unusual

Explanation:

This the correct answer.

Answer 2

The correct word is Unusual.

• He was a well-known cartoonist and novelist.
• He was diagnosed with sympathetic ophthalmia, an eye ailment. When he was having surgery, he asked the nurse a humorous question.
• The nurse's reaction to the query was out of the ordinary.
• As a result, the right fill in the blank is unusual since the phrase has three u's.