Vocab
This popular language learning app has an owl as a mascot.
What is Duolingo?
This golf score modifier is made by subtracting your average score from the par of the course. It is used to allow players of different skill levels to play against each other fairly.
What is a handicap?
The component of a contact force that is perpendicular to the surface that an object contacts.
What is normal force?
What is 15?
Aegilops is the longest English word with this special characteristic.
This "Iron Horse” nicknamed player's record for most consecutive MLB baseball games played, 2130 games, held from 1939 until it was beaten by Orioles infielder Cal Ripkin Jr. in 1998. This player was also diagnosed with ALS and passed away in 1941.
Who is Lou Gehrig?
What is 2007?
45 of the 51 busiest train stations in the world are located in this country.
What is Japan?
The world's most widely spoken constructed international auxiliary language. It was created by Polish ophthalmologist L. L. Zamenhof in 1887, it was intended to be a universal second language for international communication.
What is Esperanto?
In 50mph wind gusts, Patriots QB Mac Jones attempted only 3 passes in last night's game against the Bills, the lowest in Pats franchise history. The second lowest pass attempts in a game by the Patriots was 5, in a win over the Jets in this year. (Closest answer wins)
What is 1982?
This Massachusetts museum famously had 13 works of art stolen from it in 1990.
What is the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum?
What is Kitty Hawk, North Carolina?
This type of folder or envelope was originally made of a type of hemp named after the capitol of the Philippines.
What is a manila folder or manila envelope?
This NBA "big man" only scored 1 3-pointer in his professional career.
Who is Shaquille O'Neal?
This common American measurement system is based on the length of a barleycorn, 1/3 of an inch.
What is shoe sizing?
"I am serious… and don’t call me Shirley." Is a quote from this famous 1980 movie.
What is Airplane?
The top 7 languages by total number of speakers.
What are English, Mandarin, Spanish, Hindi, Arabic, Bengali, French?
The name for a "home run" / hitting it out of the park in cricket, named for the number of runs it scores for your team.
What is a 6?
This 1981 Rush song is named after the 3 letter code for the Toronto Pearson Airport, and uses the morse code of "YYZ" as a rhythm for the majority of the song.
What is YYZ?
Car manufacturer Ford was forced to cut the price of their Ford Sierra Cosworth in the late 1980s, because it was a fast car that was far too easy for people to _______.
What is to steal?