Literature
Who wrote the book "Pride and Prejudice"
Jane Austen
What is the past participle of 'to go'?
Gone
What is the hardest natural substance on Earth?
Diamond
What is the oldest university in the English-speaking world?
Oxford
What is the capital city of Australia?
Canberra
Who wrote "A Christmas Carol" and "Great Expectations"
Charles Dickens
What does the suffix '-ful' mean when added to a word. Give an example.
What do you call a scientist who studies rocks?
A geologist
India was colonized by what country until gaining independence in 1947?
England
What is the currency of the United Kingdom (two words)
Pound Sterling
What is a narrative?
A spoken or written account of connected events; a story.
What is a palindrome?
A word, phrase, or sequence that reads the same backward as forward.
What is the name of the process by which water vapor becomes liquid water?
Condensation
Who was the most famous playwright of the Elizabethan era?
William Shakespeare
What two countries share the longest international border?
United States and Canada
What do you call the conversation between characters in a play or book?
Dialogue
What is the name for words that are spelled the same but have different meanings? Give an example
Homograph
Example: bass (fish) & bass (instrument)
'Epidermis' is the scientific name for the largest organ. What is its more common name?
Skin
Which British prime minister was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature?
Winston Churchill
The "Anglosphere" refers to 5 of the largest countries where English is the native language. What five countries are they?
United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand
prologue and preface
____________: A figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction (e.g. deafening silence, small crowd, minor crisis).
Oxymoron
What is the term for a substance that speeds up a chemical reaction without being consumed?
(hint: in English, it means "to cause or accelerate")
Catalyst
What was the main cause of the Black Death that spread through Europe in the 14th century? (2 words, name of disease)
Bubonic Plague
South American countries primarily speak ________.
Guyana is different because its primary language is _____________.
Spanish, English