Literature
This Comedian was born in South Africa and has recently written an autobiography about his childhood under the apartheid system. Who is he?
Trevor Noah
Name the two leading political parties in the US
Republican and Democrats
What does it mean when something "costs an arm and a leg"?
It is expensive
Name 5 verbs
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What is the capital of Ireland?
Dublin
What is the name of the four siblings in the Chronicles of Narnia?
Peter, Susan, Lucy and Edmund
Which nation, with English as an official language has the highest population density?
India
What does "damned if you do, damned if you don't" mean?
That when choosing between two different courses of actions, people will be displeased no matter what you choose.
What is a noun?
Names of places, people and things. Starts with a/an.
This country declared independence from Britain in 1776.
USA
Who is the main character of the the newly released prequel to the triology about Katniss Everden?
Haymitch Abernathy
Name three US states beginning and ending with "A".
Arizona, Alaska, Alabama
What does it mean to be to be "the devil's advocate"?
A person who expresses a contentious opinion in order to provoke debate or test the strength of the opposing arguments.
What does the word "preseverance" mean?
Continued effort to do or achieve something, even when this is difficult or takes a long time.
Who was the Primeminister of Great Britain during the Second World War?
Winston Churchill
In the novel "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian" by Sherman Alexie, the character of Junior lives on what he calls "the rez". What is "rez" short for?
Reservation
Most countries in the world have 1 capital city, only five have 2 capitals. But one English Speaking Country has three capital cities, which country is it?
South Africa!
Pretoria is the administrative capital, Cape Town is the legislative capital, and Bloemfontein is the home of the judiciary.
What does it mean is a topic is "a hot potato"?
A situation or subject that people disagree strongly about and that no one wants to deal with
What does the word "Ambiguous" mean?
Unclear, when a person is having or expressing more than one possible meaning.
E.g. "His reply was ambiguous"
This prehistoric monument is located on the Salisbury plains in southern England, what is its name?
Stonehenge
Name 3 different plays by William Shakespeare
Romeo and Juliet, King Lear, Othello, MacBeth, Hamlet, The Mercant of Venice, The Tempest, A Midsummer Night's Dream
One English speaking country in Europe has a mythological creature as their national animal? Which animal and what country?
Scotland and the unicorn
What do you do when you "chew the fat"?
To gossip, small talk or have a long informal conversation with someone.
What does subject-verb agreement error mean?
That the subjects and verbs must agree in number. If the subject is in singular form (the boy), the verb must also be in singular form (runs).
Which famous British queen ruled for most of the 19th century and gave her name to an entire era?
Queen Victoria