Vocabulary
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Book club
General Knowledge
100

What's the name for a book that someone writes about their own life?

Autobiography

100

Which phrasal verb can be used to mean take care of: Look up or look after?

Look after

100

Which fantasy book series was written by JK Rowling?

Harry Potter

100

What is the process that plants use to turn sunlight into energy?

Photosynthesis

200

If someone starts an argument with a waiter in a restaurant they cause a _____

scene

200

 She _________________ lunch by the time we arrived. (FINISH)

Had finished

200

What is the name of Huckleberry Finn’s best friend in the Mark Twain novel?

Tom Sawyer

200

In which European country would you find the Rijksmuseum?

The Netherlands

300

If something is disappointing it doesn't live up to the _____

expectations

300

If I __________ you, I would wait a while to begin investing.

Was/were

300

Which dystopian novel was adapted to a movie starring Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdean?

The Hunger Games

300

In what US state is the city Los Angeles?

California

400

If something has a prolonged negative effect on something it t_____ _ t____

takes a toll

400

Spell the animal which is a large semiaquatic mammal native to sub-Saharan Africa, one of only two extant species in the family Hippopotamidae.

Hippopotamus

400

Which Bronte sister wrote Wuthering Heights?

Emily Bronte

400

What is the currency of the UK?

Pounds

500

What's the name for a first novel or album?

Debut

500

1945, the rivalry in military strength between the world’s great powers has produced a ________ balanced peace.

A presently

B precociously

C previously

D deviously

E precariously

precariously

500

Which Charles Dickens novel tells the tale of Scrooge being visited by 3 ghosts at Christmas?

A Christmas Carol

500

What are the three phases of water?

Solid, liquid, gas