Literature from England
Foods Around the World
Biblical Figures
Human Biology
The English Language
100

Kate Bush‘s debut single was inspired by this English novel of the same name.

What is Wuthering Heights?

100

This Middle Eastern dip is made from chickpeas, tahini, lemon juice, and garlic.

What is hummus?

100

This woman asked to be called, “Mara.”

Who is Naomi?

100

This is the colored part of the eye.

What is iris?

100

The opposite of expand.

What is contract?

200

This novel, containing characters such as Hazel, Fiver, and Bigwig, was both Richard Adam’s debut novel and his most well-known work.

What is Watership Down?

200

This famous Japanese delicacy consists of thinly-sliced raw fish.

What is sashimi?

200

The first Christian martyr.

Who is Stephen?

200

This organ has many pores.

What is the skin?

200

A word that read the same forward and back.

What is a Palindrome?

300

This book was not written by Robert Louis Stevenson.

a. The African Queen
b. A Child’s Garden of Verses

c. Kidnapped

d. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

What is a., The African Queen?

300

Also known as “true cinnamon,” this subspecies of the popular spice carries the historic name of the island country it is native to.

What is Ceylon cinnamon?

300

This man took Judas’ place as an apostle.

Who is Matthias?

300

The human body produces too much of this during an allergic reaction.

What is histamine?

300

The most common collective word for a group of gorillas.

What is a troop?

400

Agatha Christie wrote a book in 1937 called Death on the ____.

What is the Nile?

400

The name of this Hungarian dish of meat and vegetables seasoned primarily with paprika has taken on a secondary meaning of “hodgepodge” in American English.

What is Goulash?

400

The husband of Hannah and Peninnah.

Who is Elkanah?

400

The largest internal organ, also capable of self-repair.

What is the liver?

400

“If we can ______________, why can’t the trains run on time?”

What is, ”Put a man on the moon?”

500

The first name of the main protagonist in C.S. Lewis’s Space Trilogy.

Who is Elwin?

500

Couscous is traditionally made from this type of wheat.

What is Semolina/coarse durum wheat?

500

This son of Amaziah died a leper after reigning over Judah for 52 years.

Who is Azariah/Uzziah?

500

Where red blood cells are produced.

What is bone marrow?

500

The past participle of the verb lie (to rest/relax).

a. lay

b. laid

c. lain

d. lied

What is c., lain?