EASTER
GENERAL
NEW WORDS
ANCIENT ROME
GENERAL
100

HOW MANY EGGS DOES AN AVERAGE HEN LAY IN A YEAR?

300

100

WHAT IS THE DOT OVER A LOWERCASE,  " i  OR j"  CALLED?

A TITTLE  - LATIN WORD -  "TITULUS"  MEANING INSCRIPTION

100

A NOUN - A WORD WITH LITTLE OR NO VALUE DONE, MERELY TO KEEP OR LOOK BUSY.

BOONDOGGLE

100

WHAT ARE THE FIVE ROMANCE LANGUAGES?

ITALIAN, FRENCH, SPANISH, PORTUGUES AND ROMANIAN

100

WHICH TREE'S BARK IS USED TO PRODUCE ASPIRIN?

WHITE WILLOW TREE

200

HOW MANY JELLY BEANS ARE MADE EACH YEAR FOR EASTER?

16 BILLION

200

WHAT DO YOU CALL THE BLUE SIX-PONTED STAR USED TO IDENTIFY EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES?

THE STAR OF LIFE

200

NAME THREE WORDS THAT CAN DESCRIBE TRAITS FOR ANIMALS OR HUMANS?

FOY, CATTY,  OR FISHY

200

WHO WERE THE TWIN BROTHERS WHO FOUNDED ROME?

REMUS AND ROMULUS

200

AN ANIMAL THAT LIVES PART OF  LIFE ON LAND AN PART IN WATER IS KNOWN AS WHAT?

AMPHIBIAN

300

IN WHAT CITY DID THE LARGEST EASTER EGG HUNT TAKE PLACE - WORLDWIDE?

ST. PETE PIER, WINTER HAVEN, FLORIDA

APRIL 1st, 2001

501,000  EGGS HIDDEN FOR 9,753  CHILDREN

300

WHICH ENGLISH WORD HOLDS THE RECORD FOR MOST DEFINITIONS?

RUN   -   645 DISTINCE MEANINGS

300

HOSTILE AND  AGGRESSIVE - B

BELLIGERENT

300

WHICH ROMAN LEADER SEIZED POWER FROM THE SENATE AND BECAME A DICTATOR OF THE ENTIRE ROMAN REPUBLIC?

JULIUS CAESAR

300

WHEN DID THE COLD WAR OFFICIALLY END?

1989

400

WHAT IS THE DAY AFTER EASTER CALLED IN POLAND?

WET MONDAY

CHILDREN SPRINKLE AND POUR WATER ON EACH OTHER -  OLD FASHION POLISH TRADITION.

SYMBOLIZING SPRING PURIFICATION, RENEWAL AND FERTILITY

400

WHAT IS THE OLDEST COLLEGE IN THE USA?

HARVARD:  OCTOBER 28, 1636.  NAMED IN HONOR OF ITS FIRST BENEFACTOR:  JOHN HARVARD.

ITS PURPOSE WAS TO TRAIN CLERGY MEMBERS (PURITAN MINISTERS) TO ADVANCE LEARNING.  HE LEFT HALF OF HIS ESTATE AND A 320-VOLUME LIBRARY TO THE SCHOOL.

400

DESCRIBES SOMEONE WHO IS CHEERFUL AND OPTIMISTIC, ESPECIALLY IN THE FACE OF CHALLENGES AND TRIALS,  BUT IT LITERALLY MEANS "BLOODY".  S

SANQUINE

400

WHO WAS CAESAR'S FORMER ASSISTANT?

MARC  ANTHONY

400

WHAT IS THE OLDEST WORD IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE WITH ALL   FIVE  VOWELS IN REVERSE ORDER?

SUBCONTINENTAL

500

WHERE DID THE EASTER BUNNY COME FROM?

GERMANY

500

WHAT WERE SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL'S LAST WORDS?

"I AM BORED WITH IT."

500

ATTRACTIVELY UNUSUAL OR OLD FASHIONED  -  Q

QUAINT

500

WHAT DID THE ROMANS CALL THE RAISED CHANNEL THAT WAS USED TO CARRY WATER FROM THE MOUNTAINS TO THE CITY?

AQUEDUCT

500

WHAT IS THE ONLY LETTER IN THE ALPHABET THAT DOES NOT HAVE ONE SYLLABLE?

W  -  HAS THREE SYLLABLES

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