"G" WORDS
Juicy Fruit and Doublemint are brands of this, which you chew but never swallow
What is gum?
Started in a Seattle-area garage selling books, this company's service now delivers just about everything.
What is Amazon?
This game begins at the end of a long countdown, followed by a thorough search.
What is hide-and-seek?
In "big red barn," "big" and "red" are both examples of this part of speech.
What is an adjective?
Seven bright stars form this ladle-shaped asterism, also known as the Drinking Gourd.
What is the Big Dipper?
Notre-Dame is famous for these grotesque stone figures that double as rainspouts.
What is a gargoyle?
"What can brown do for you?" asked this package-delivery company.
What is UPS?
In Britain, some know this game as "O'Grady Says."
What is Simon Says?
"And," "but," and "or" are all examples of this part of speech that joins words or clauses.
What is a conjunction?
Look for the three-star belt in this winter constellation named for a mythical hunter.
What is Orion?
Found at the back of a textbook, this list defines specialized terms found in the main text.
What is a glossary?
This midwestern conglomerate's Class A shares trade for hundreds of thousands of dollars apiece.
What is Berkshire Hathaway?
Linking arms to block a runner, kids in this game chant the name of the one to send over.
What is Red Rover?
This punctuation mark can join two independent clauses without a conjunction.
What is a (;) semicolon?
Sailors have long navigated by Polaris, better known by this directional nickname.
What is the North Star?
A word with many meanings, but most commonly defined as bold, impudent behavior or "having the nerve."
What is gall?
Sam Walton opened the first store of this retail giant in Rogers, Arkansas, in 1962.
What is Walmart?
This game can be played on land or in water as one or more players try to tag others who are trying to cross the playing field.
What is Sharks and Minnows?
"The ball was thrown by someone" is written in this voice, unlike "John threw the ball," a classic way to dodge blame by leaving out the doer.
What is passive voice?
Latin for "Great Bear," this constellation is the third-largest in the sky and is so large that Big Dipper makes up part of it.
What is Ursa Major?
This verb means to shock or spur someone into action, or in metalwork, to coat iron or steel with zinc.
What is galvanize?
Headquartered in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, this drugstore giant bought insurer Aetna for about $70 billion.
What is CVS?
Ancient Greeks played a version of this game by quickly grabbing animal bones, the ancestor of this classic hand-eye coordination game.
What is jacks?
In "If I were a rich man," "were" instead of "was" signals this mood, used for wishes and hypotheticals instead of factual statements.
What is the subjunctive?
This red supergiant can be found in Orion and is roughly 700 times larger than the Sun; but try not to say its name too many times.
What is Betelgeuse?