English Language
A word, phrase, or sequence that reads the same forward and backward is called what?
Palindrome
What does a male penguin often gift its female counterpart to win her over?
A pebble
Every Independence Day, how many times does the Liberty Bell ring?
13
a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction (e.g. "deafening silence," "jumbo shrimp")
Oxymoron
What is a polar bear's skin color?
Black
What was the name of the newspaper that published the Declaration of Independence?
The Pennsylvania Evening Post
The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named (e.g. cuckoo, sizzle)?
Onomatopoeia
What is the deadliest creature in the world?
The Mosquito
Every July 4th, what food is most commonly consumed?
Hot Dogs
A phrase or expression whose meaning cannot be understood from the literal meanings of its individual words? (e.g. "break a leg")
Idiom
What male sea creature gives birth to their young?
The Seahorse
What is the location of the nation's oldest Fourth of July parade?
Bristol, Rhode Island
The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. (e.g. "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers")
Alliteration
Which farm animal can get sunburns?
Pigs
Which American president was born on July 4th?
Calvin Coolidge, born on July 4, 1872
In poetry, the repetition of the sound of a vowel or diphthong in nonrhyming stressed syllables near enough to each other for the echo to be discernible (e.g., penitence, reticence)
Assonance
What is a female fox called?
A vixen
Where was the first celebration of Independence Day held?
Philadelphia in 1777
An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference. (e.g., "He was a real Romeo with the ladies.")
Allusion
What is the only mammal that can fly?
The bat
On the Declaration of Independence, who had the largest signature?
John Hancock
A literary device where non-human things, like objects, animals, or ideas, are described as having human qualities or characteristics. (e.g., The car coughed and sputtered)
Personification
What is a group of owls called?
A Parliament
What was the total number of people who signed the Declaration of Independence?
56
Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally. (e.g., "I'm so hungry I could eat a horse")
Hyperbole
This large, flightless bird is the tallest in the world.
Ostrich
How many stars and stripes does the U.S. flag have?
50 Stars and 13 Stripes
When a massive killer shark unleashes chaos on a beach community off Long Island, it's up to a local sheriff, a marine biologist, and an old seafarer to hunt the beast down.
Jaws
A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid (e.g., as brave as a lion, crazy like a fox)
Simile
What is the tallest animal in the world?
Giraffe
The Fourth of July commemorates which document?
The Declaration of Independence
A down-on-his-luck inventor turns a broken-down Grand Prix car into a fancy vehicle for his children, and then they go off on a magical fantasy adventure.
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968)