Origins of Words
The word "salary" comes from the Latin word for this item once used as payment.
What is salt?
This kitchen appliance was invented accidentally while an engineer was testing radar equipment.
What is the microwave oven?
This U.S. state has the shortest coastline on the Atlantic Ocean, measuring only about 13 miles.
What is New Hampshire?
Which weighs more: 100 pounds of feathers or 100 pounds of bricks?
They weigh the same.
The "geo" in geography comes from the Greek word for this.
What is earth?
The little metal tip at the end of a shoelace is called this.
What is an aglet?
This country has more islands than any other nation on Earth.
What is Sweden?
What month has 28 days?
All of them.
The word "alphabet" comes from the first two letters of this ancient language.
What is Greek?
The revolving door was patented partly to avoid this social custom.
What is holding the door open?
The world's only continent without an active volcano is this one.
What is Australia?
A man shaves several times a day yet still has a beard. How?
He is a barber.
The word "muscle" comes from a Latin word meaning this small animal.
What is a mouse?
The tiny pocket inside many pairs of blue jeans was originally designed to hold this.
What is a pocket watch?
This country is the only nation bordered by both the Caspian Sea and the Persian Gulf.
What is Iran?
You are running a race and pass the person in second place. What place are you in now?
What is second place?
The word "candidate" originates from the white toga worn by Roman office seekers. The Latin word candidus means this.
What is white?
Before becoming a household cleaning product, this substance was commonly used as a treatment for upset stomachs and indigestion.
What is baking soda?
This South American country contains the world's highest waterfall, Angel Falls.
What is Venezuela?
A truck driver goes the wrong way down a one-way street, passes a police officer, and isn't stopped. Why?
The driver was walking.