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