Time to put your thinking cap on! To be completely calm under pressure is to be as cool as a ___.
Red cabbage
Cucumber
Asparagus
Broccoli
"I cleaned all the kitchen while my parents were out." What is wrong with this sentence?
The verb should be "went" instead of "were".
It should say "the whole" instead of "all the".
It should say "at" instead of "out to".
There is nothing wrong.
"Melissa went to the doctor, got her nails done, and shopped for groceries all before noon." What is wrong with this sentence?
There should be a comma after "noon".
There is nothing wrong.
There should not be a comma after "done".
The word "she" should go after "and".
Complete this proverb: Necessity is the ___ of invention.
Scientist
Judge
Mother
Keeper
Complete this idiom: Wear your heart upon your ___.
Find the word that is fake.
Contusion
Combustion
Compustion
Confusion
A token or item that you buy or keep to remember something is called a:
Suveneer
Souvenir
Souvenier
Suvenier
What is the difference between a simile and a metaphor?
A simile is spoken while a metaphor is written
A metaphor is a more elaborate description of a simile
There is no difference
Simile makes a comparison while a metaphor describes equivalence
According to the old proverb, what should be given when it's due?
Payment
Credit
Debit
Revenge
Are you praising or criticizing someone when you "upbraid" them?
What's the name for an overnight campsite, starting with the letter 'B'?
Bizarrerie
Bitterender
Bivouac
Bitty
You're at the halfway point of the quiz! Which of the following is a synonym of "destination"?
Skillful
Goal
Evil
Comfortable
To require or demand is also to:
Nessessitate
Necessetate
Neccesitate
Necessitate
Which word works best in the following sentence? Janet refused to ___ her belief in Santa Claus.
Ignore
Abjure
Pontificate
Exonerate
"They immigrated from Europe and have lived with me ever since." What is wrong with this sentence?
There is nothing wrong.
It should say "emigrated" instead of "immigrated".
There should be a comma after "Europe".
You can't start a sentence with a pronoun.
If you want to excuse yourself and don't want to explain why you need to leave, you can always say that you are going to see a man about what animal?
Dog
Donkey
Hedgehog
Chimpanzee
How would you describe a conversation that completely lacks importance?
Unbiased
Exceptional
Nimble
Inane
"Cyborg" is a combination of the words "cybernetic" and...
Organism
Genetic
Borg
Organic
Which word refers to a small, rounded, compressed mass of a substance?
Pellet
Palette
Palate
Pallet
Where might you most likely find a "ramekin" (or "ramequin")?
In a kitchen
In a museum
In a workshop
In a forest
Almost at the end, I promise. What is a synonym for the word "ruse"?
Orthodox
Leader
Fact
Hoax
What word goes into this common saying "There's no such thing as a free ___"?
And here's the final question: what does the idiom "spill the beans" mean?
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I got 15 out of 24 – 62%
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I got 20 out of 24!
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I got 8 out of 24!
Well, it wasn’t your day, but I don’t want that to stop you. I hope you learned something new today!
You got 18 out of 24!
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