Is Texas the lone star state or The Lone Star State?
Capitalize most nicknames.
100
Is Homecoming a week-long or weeklong event?
Weeklong is one word when used as an adjective.
100
Is there any difference between an epidemic and a pandemic?
Yes, an epidemic is the rapid spreading of disease in a certain population or region; pandemic is an epidemic that has spread worldwide.
100
Are those emails from Russian women looking for love Spam or spam?
Lowercase. Use spam in all references to unsolicited commercial or bulk email, often advertisements. Use Spam, a trademark, to refer to a canned meat product.
100
Did I access the Internet or internet?
Lowercase. This is a recent, and popular, change.
200
Do I prefer swiss or Swiss cheese?
Capitalize proper nouns.
200
Are you trying to earn a bachelor or bachelor's degree?
Bachelor's. Note that associate degree is different.
200
Is it acceptable to use "Obamacare" in a news story?
Yes, on second reference and in quotations.
200
Do I get really fat during Girl Scout Cookies or cookies season?
Capitalize. Girl Scout Cookies is a trademark.
200
Ice Age and Bronze Age are capitalized. Is it Digital Age or digital age?
Lowercase, because it is a relatively new term in comparison.
300
Is Stephen Hawking an Atheist or an atheist?
Atheist is lowercased, though Catholicism, Scientology and Judaism are capitalized.
300
Is it the AP Stylebook Writer's or Writers Guide?
Writers. Do not add an apostrophe to a word ending in s when it is used primarily in a descriptive sense.
300
Explain the difference between amount and number.
Amount is used when a number is abstract or uncountable. Number is used with concrete and countable numerals.
300
Band-Aid is a trademarked word. What phrase could be used instead?
The suggested phrase is adhesive bandage.
300
Which is correct: Wifi or Wi-Fi?
Wi-Fi
400
Which is right: Democrat and Republican Parties or parties?
Lowercase when plural.
400
When are contractions (ex: aren't) acceptable?
Only if it is in the dictionary. Use sparingly.
400
Did the golfer home or hone in on the eighth hole?
Home is used when you are getting closer to a target. Hone means "to sharpen."
400
Fabric fastener is a generic term used in place of what trademarked word?
Velcro.
400
Which of these is right: web page, Web page or webpage?
Use webpage. This is another recent update.
500
What part of a wine name should be capitalized: the region it is from or the variety of grape it is made from?
Capitalize regions, lowercase grape variety.
500
How do you punctuate a quoted question?
Question mark within quotations, no comma. "Will I ever graduate?" he dejectedly asked.
500
Does penultimate come before or after ultimate?
Penultimate means next to last, while ultimate means last.
500
Name a word that was formerly trademarked, but is now used freely. Hint: It starts with a "D."
Dumpster. Garbage bin or trash bin were formerly used in its place.
500
How should you refer to services such as Netflix and Hulu?