Literary Quotes
The American 'back to Africa' leader Marcus Garvey once said, "A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin, and culture is like a tree without _______.
roots
mosquito
Spanish
You through this spinning disc to friends (or a dog) in a game of catch.
frisbee
If a plot of land has been farmed too much, we might call it ______________, and the soil becomes poor as a result.
overcultivated
There is ___________ (2 words) I would ever decide to study Spanish - what a useless language!
no way
Dystopian author Ray Bradbury (Fahrenheit 451) once said, "You don't have to _______ books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them."
burn
umbrella
Italian
Home to up to 20,000 people, this city had a catastrophically bad day in 79 A.D.
Pompeii
After having spent hours upon hours creating a beautiful mandala made of individually-placed, coloured grains of sand, the Tibetan-Buddhist tradition is to sweep up the work of art and dump it in a body of water as a demonstration of _______________ - the idea that the only constant in life is change.
impermanence
Why on ___________ would you possibly reveal our secret to the world!?
Earth
Speaking to the importance of lowbrow art, Ellen Dissanayake said, "The arts of our time aren't hanging in the '______ art' galleries.
high/highbrow
shampoo
Hindi
This Nintendo game console first got moving in 2006.
Wii
If you do things in a(n) ______________ manner, you choose to follow a unique route instead of traditionally following in the footsteps of others.
unconventional
Magnus Carlsen is by _______ the best chess player we have ever seen. Nobody comes close to matching his abilities.
far
“It was the best of times, it was the _______ of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair.” A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens
worst
kindergarten
German
Waukesha & West Allis are in the metro area of this Midwestern city to the north of Chicago.
Milwaukee
Due to its harsh meteorological conditions, Antarctica is ____________ - the only people that step foot there are scientists or adventure-seeking travellers, and they don't even sleep on the continent.
uninhabited
_______ in America do you see people praying in church with guns strapped to their sides.
Only
Some of the political slogans in George Orwell's 1984 are, "War is _______, Freedom is _______, Ignorance is strength."
peace, slavery
assassin
Arabic
This word describes a person who flees their country due to war, famine, or another humanity crisis.
refugee
Due to her __________ mental condition, she does not qualify for a gun license.
unstable
_________ have I seen such a great performance. I can't remember anything that comes close.
Never/Seldom