Seattle
"Take" phrasal verbs
Genre
English
US Culture
100

This neighborhood has expanded rapidly in the last decade thanks to being the home of Amazon's HQ

What is South Lake Union

100

It means to try out a new hobby

What is Take Up

100

"The mountains overhead soared like palaces of snow and stone, sparkling in the early morning sun like gateways to paradise."

What is Romance

100

A category of words used to describe the style, speed, or other quality of an action

What is an adverb

100

The animal most commonly used to represent the United States

What is the Bald Eagle?

200

Seattle is home to a huge fishing fleet, but it usually travels to this other state to catch

What is Alaska

200

It means to leave the ground, like in an airplane, or to remove something

What is take off
200

"The basement of the house was dark and foreboding, and the power cords had been left to the rot and the rats.  I crouched nervously on the top stair and peered down into the darkness, a humid heat against my face.  What was down there?

What is horror

200

The name for the verb tense that describes ongoing or continuing action

What is continuous (or progressive) tense?

200

The United States was founded by people who came from which European country

What is England?

300

This price-conscious American rapper comes from Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood.

Who is Macklemore?
300

It means to get food from a restaurant that you'll eat at home

What is take out?

300

He watched the numbers tick down on the side of the bomb.  Five minutes.  Four minutes and fifty seconds.  Four and forty five.  

He tried again to wiggle out of the ropes.  They rubbed against his raw wrists, pain shooting up but barely distracting him from the numbers.  Four minutes and thirty seconds now."

What is thriller

300
The alphabet used by English is officially known as this

What is the Latin alphabet?

300

Considered the first american rock star, he sold 150 million albums, played in many early movies, and eventually died on the toilet

Who is Elvis Presley?

400

The Seattle Space Needle was originally built for the Seattle World's Fair, held in this decade

What are the 1950's

400

It means to stop and enjoy something or to process new information

What is Take In

400

The mountains rose overhead like the fake mountains you'd see in an old hollywood film with no budget.  He laid back in the wooden canoe and yawned.  Unfortunately he hadn't considered the change in balance from his doing that and the canoe tumbled over, dumping him in the water, like you'd see stunt doubles do in an old hollywood film with a slightly higher budget.

What is comedy

400

English is named after the Angles, a tribe that migrated to Great Britain from this European country

What is Germany?

400

In American football, what is it called when a team gets the ball to the end of the field

What is a touchdown?

500

Seattle has a lot of suburbs, but this high-flying city is the msot populated of them all

What is Tacoma

500

It means to get an impression or opinion of someone, usually a wrong one

What is Take For

500

Leamus was blinded, he turned his head away, wrenching wildly at Liz's arm. Now she was swinging free; he thought she had slipped and he called frantically, still drawing her upwards. He could see nothing -- only a mad confusion of color dancing in his eyes.

What is action

500

After the United States, the country with the second-highest number of English speakers

What is India?

500

America's favorite beer is this low-calorie, low-price, not-great-tasting choice

What is bud light?

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