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Which director is known for films like Inception, Interstellar, and Oppenheimer?
Christopher Nolan
Which Beatles song begins with the line “Yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away”?
Yesterday
What is the adjective for something that is difficult to understand or mysterious?
Enigmatic
What does “burn the midnight oil” mean?
Work late into the night
By this time next year, they will have been living abroad for a decade.”
Future perfect continuous
Which TV series features the fictional continents of Westeros and Essos?
Game of Thrones
Who sang the 2015 hit Hello?
Adele
Which word describes a person who can speak several languages fluently?
Polyglot
If something is “the last straw,” what does it mean?
The final problem in a series that causes you to lose patience
Which is correct?
a) Neither of the answers are correct.
b) Neither of the answers is correct.
b
Which artist created the pop art painting Marilyn Diptych in 1962?
Andy Warhol
Which American singer is nicknamed “The Boss”?
Bruce Springsteen
Which verb means “to publicly declare that something is wrong or evil”?
Denounce
“To throw in the towel” means…
To give up or admit defeat
Transform into reported speech: “I have finished the report,” she said.
She said (that) she had finished the report.
In The Matrix, what color pill does Neo take?
The red pill
In the song Hotel California, what can you “never” do after checking in?
Leave
What is the noun for “a solution that seems perfect but is actually impossible to achieve”?
Utopia
What does “bite the bullet” mean?
To do something unpleasant or difficult that you have been avoiding
Which sentence contains a dangling modifier?
a) Running down the street, the wind blew my hat away.
b) While I was running down the street, the wind blew my hat away.
a
Which South Korean film won Best Picture at the 2020 Academy Awards?
Parasite
Which band released the concept album The Dark Side of the Moon in 1973?
Pink Floyd
Which adjective describes something that is fleeting, temporary, and short-lived?
Ephemeral
If someone is “caught between a rock and a hard place,” what situation are they in?
Facing two difficult or undesirable options
What is the subjunctive form of the verb in this sentence: “I suggest that he ____ on time.”
be