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Advice vs. advise: the noun
What is advice? To advise (the verb) is to give advice.
On March 10, Canada and the United States switch to this time.
What is daylight saving time?
In which country does the Leaning Tower of Pisa stand?
What is Italy
This is the hardest mineral.
What is the Diamond?
A group of crows is called this.
What is a murder
It's when you get your peanuts for all your hard work.
What is a PayDay?
Accept vs. except: the verb that means to receive
What is accept? Except means to exclude or leave out.
The poem “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” by William Wordsworth describes these
flowers that bloom in March.
What are daffodils? The first stanza reads:
“I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o’er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.”
Which country produces the most rice in the world?
What is China?
In Greek mythology, she had snakes for hair and could turn people into stone if they looked at her?
Who is Medusa?
A flamboyance is a group of these.
What are Flamingos?
Short, disrespectful, quiet laughs.
What is Snickers?
The building in Washington, D.C., that houses the U.S. Congress and Senate: capital or capitol?
What is capitol? Capitol with an O refers only to a building, not a city. The United States Capitol is in Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States.
In the United States, this Japanese national flower begins to bloom in March.
What is cherry blossom?
What country has the most vending machines per capita?
What is Japan
What does a red sky in the morning indicate?
Sailors take warning (bad weather)
A group of kangaroos is called what?
What is a mob, court, herd, or troop
This tri-colored sweet, popular on Halloween, has its own national day on October 30.
What is Candy Corn?
Principal vs. principle: the head of a school
What is principal? An easy way to remember this is that a pal is a person. Principle is a value or tenet.
Meteorological spring starts on this day
What is March 1?
What country has the longest coastline in the world?
What is Canada
This is the name of the pig in the book "Charlotte's Web"?
Who is Wilbur?
No theory behind the name of a group of Lemurs.
What is a conspiracy?
An article called the Chicago Bears of 1938 this kind of team since they set "a season's record of 56 fumbles".
What are Butterfingers?
Censor vs. censure: a reprimand or criticism
What is censure? Censor means to remove harmful material. The problem is that determining what material is harmful is a subjective exercise.
This is the name for the full moon in March.
What is worm moon?
What is the country with the largest area in the world?
What is Russia with a total area of
17,098,242 Km² (6,601,665 mi²)
This is the name of the villain in Sleeping Beauty?
Who is Maleficent?
Excuse me, but a group of Pandas is called this.
What is an Embarrassment?
Street where the Empire State Building and the Flatiron Building are located.
What is a Fifth Avenue?