Grammar
Which word class contains the words that describe an action, and occurrence or a state of being?
Verb
What is the correct term for when two or more characters are speaking to each other in a literary text?
Dialogue
Which boxing-related idiom can be used to express that you give up?
To throw in the towel.
What is the largest country in the world?
Russia
What is the name of Beatrix Potter's cheeky animal character who steals carrots from a gardener?
Peter Rabbit
What do we call it when something belongs to someone, and you have to use either apostrophe s (--'s or --s') or "of"?
Genitive
What do we call the voice that tells the story in a literary text?
Narrator
Which animal related idiom is used for describing heavy rain?
It's raining cats and dogs.
Who directed the films "Interstellar", "Inception" and "Oppenheimer"?
Christopher Nolan
Who wrote the dystopian novel 1984?
George Orwell
What is the issue in this sentence?
The increasing number of students who prefers online learning over traditional classroom instruction highlight how technology has changed modern education.
Subject-verb agreement
What is the term for a story that tells one story at surface level but conveys a hidden meaning on an interpreted level?
Dictionary: the expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths or generalizations about human existence
Allegory
Which British nature-related idiom is used to convey that someone is avoiding saying something directly?
To beat about the bush.
What is the name of the musical instrument invented by the Australian Aboriginals?
Didgeridoo
How does the graphic novel "When the Wind Blows" end?
Jim and Hilda die in the aftermath of a nuclear bomb attack.
With verbs, what do we call the aspect that shows that an action lasted/lasts for a period of time?
The progressive (will accept continuous)
A group of words or expressions that share a common meaning or concept.
These words are related in some way, whether by their explicit meaning or through a more abstract association, and can be used to describe different aspects or nuances of that common theme.
Semantic fields
Which desert-related idiom is used to describe the last in a series of small problems that finally causes everything to collapse or someone to lose patience?
It was the straw that broke the camel's back.
Which country has the largest population in the world?
India
What is the title of Kurt Vonnegut's postmodern, dystopian short story about population growth control?
2BR02B
What is the correct term for the 3rd degree of an adjective? (the first two are positive and comparative)
Superlative
An interpretation of what is not human or personal in terms of human or personal characteristics. Often seen with animals that are given human-like qualities.
Anthropomorphism
Which child-related idiom is used to express when someone accidentally gets rid of something valuable while trying to eliminate something unwanted?
To throw the baby out with the bathwater.
(E.g. The solution is not to set up more cameras. Let's not trow the baby out with the bathwater, when we try to fix our surveillance society)
Which philosopher described three “stages of life”: the aesthetic, the ethical, and the religious?
Søren Kierkegaard
Which biblical/mythical creature did Robert Kaplan compare large war-waging nations and empires to in his feature article "Why War is Good"?
Leviathan