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You know, that movie where...
My Grammar is in the next room.
100
A regime of absolute rule under an individual, such as Hitler.
What is a dictatorship?
100
If you have 2 dozen dolls & you sell 1/3 of them, you're left with this many.
What is 16?
100
Americans refer to coriander, courgette, and aubergine as this.
What is cilantro, zucchini, and eggplant?
100
The president snarls "Get off my plane!" & Gary Oldman does.
What is Air Force One?
100
Barack Obama, Burkina Faso, burgers.
What is a noun? or What is alliteration?
200
In Balto, the town of Nome, Alaska, is plagued by an outbreak of this respiratory bacterial illness.
What is Diphtheria?
200
Your class forms a leapfrog league with teams made up of 4 players each; with 28 kids in your class, there are this many teams.
What is 7?
200
Individuals who cannot articulate sibilants i.e. who thalk like thith, are said to suffer from this condition, commonly referred to as "a lisp."
What is Sigmatism?
200
Scarlett Johansson beats up on Jeremy Renner.
What is the Avengers?
200
Rain, rein, reign.
What are homophones?
300
An act of religious devotion, usually directed towards a deity.
What is Worship?
300
Vacation has taken you to a country where it's 4 pesos to every dollar, so your $7.50 gets you this many pesos.
What is 30 pesos?
300
A french phrase translating to: "that's life."
What is "c'est la vie"?
300
Ian McKellan gives that short dude some bling and he has to get rid of it before all the bad guys find him.
What is the Lord of the Rings?
300
In the recent FIFA world cup, a referee's bad decision was called "the crime of the century" by one passionate supporter.
What is hyperbole?
400
Sister to the RMS Titanic, this Olympic-class liner shared its name with an online encyclopedia.
What is Britannic/Britannica?
400
You've got $2,000 saved for that Ferrari; at 5.5% annual interest, you'll make this much towards your goal in one year.
What is $110?
400
The second most widely spoken language in the world.
What is Spanish?
400
Judy Garland gets some awesome shoes and runs along a yellow brick road.
What is the Wizard of Oz?
400
Oxbridge, Brangelina, Spork, Brunch, Smog.
What is a portmanteau?
500
An historical term describing a medical condition involving an uncontrollable craving for alcohol.
What is Dipsomania?
500
You can eat 2 pancakes in a minute and a half, so it'll take you this long to eat 8
What is 6 minutes?
500
"Ilunga", a Bantu phrase referring to "a person willing to forgive abuse the first time, tolerate it the second but never a third time," was considered one of the most difficult words to translate in the English language. Bantu is spoken in this geographic region.
What is sub-Saharan Africa?
500
John Travolta dances around in skinny jeans.
What is Grease?
500
A word or phrase that is used to represent something it is closely associated with. For example, "Wall Street" represents the American financial world, much of which is located on Wall Street.
What is metonymy/a metonym?