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