All About the Periodic Table.
The first element on the table, abbreviated to H. (Not to be confused with the second, abbreviated to He.)
What is hydrogen?
_____, Their, and They’re. Some of the most classic homophones today.
(please spell out the word when responding)
What is there? (T-H-E-R-E)
Commonly used as a plural form of octopus yet it’s still being debated on today if it is correct.
What are Octopi?
This global character of children’s literature written by Dr. Seuss is why they considered his most famous character and even the book is just his name.
Who is The Cat In The Hat?
This holiday is normally known as the spooky holiday where kids go trick-or-treating and dress up in costumes.
What is Halloween?
Helium, Oxygen, and surprisingly Neon are examples of this state of matter.
What are gasses? (What is gas?)
These homophones are very similar yet one means “direction or purpose”, another means “also” or “excessively“, and lastly, a very small number.
What is to?
What is too?
What is two?
This Japanese style of art involves folding paper to make shapes, objects, or animals.
What is origami?
This little girl gets robbed by a mischievous character known for “Stealing Christmas.”.
Who is Cindy Loo Who?
On St. Patrick’s Day, it is a tradition to do this to a person who is not wearing green.
What is pinching?
This precious element used in jewelry and electronics is represented by the symbol Ag.
What is silver?
CThe word homophone originates from the Greek words Homos meaning this, and phone meaning “sound“ or “voice”
(I will accept multiple answers however there are two specific ones that will earn you double points.)
What is “same“ or “alike”?
(other answers include identical, similar, matching, exact, consistent, unchanging, aforesaid, or equivalent to)
There are 3 US states ending in an I. Mississippi, Missouri, and this state.
What is Hawaii?
He unknowingly invented a common slang term among children in his 1950s book. “If I ran from the zoo.”. The term nowadays means a ”geek“ or “teachers pet“ however Seuss used it as a red, white, and yellow creature.
What is a Nerd?
This day marks the longest day of the year and occurs around June 21.
What is the Summer Solstic?
Elements number 3, 4, 11, 12, 19, 20, 37, 38, 55, 56, 87, and 88 are listed as this solid, opaque material.
What are metals? (What is metal?)
One of the following phrases is incorrect due to using a homophone. Your goal is to find which one of them is correct.
1: The gravy is a perfect compliment to turkey dinner.
2: The gravy is a perfect complement to turkey dinner.
What is number 2? (What is“ the grave is a perfect complement to turkey dinner.”?)
This country was formally known as Swaziland and is landlocked, surrounded by South Africa on all sides.
What is eswatini?
This was Dr. Seuss’s first ever book published by the Vanguard press in 1937.
What is “And to think that I saw it on Mulberry Street.”?
The Muslim holiday Ramadan starts and ends on varying dates because the Islamic lunar calendar is roughly this many days behind the common Gregorian calendar.
What is 10-11 days?
This Element is number 107 on the periodic table.
What is Bohrium?
The word “Raise” has seven homophonic variants. One of them being this spelling meaning to tear down or completely destroy. This makes both words contronyms.
(Please spell out the word when responding)
What is Raze? (R-A-Z-E)
(Fun fact: the other ones are Rays, Rase, Rehs, Reis, and Res)
One of the longest English letters ending an I is this word which refers to the joints between the carpal and metacarpal bones.
What is carpometacarpi?
The legend died at this age on September 24th 1991 at his home in California due to oral cancer.
What is 87 years old?
This day marks national nothing day, which encourages doing absolutely nothing as its name suggests.
When is January 16?