Colloquially Described Roadways
Types of Poems
Popular Rhymes
Alliterative TV Show Names
Text Twist (six-letter anagrams)
100
That street in New York that has all the stock broker people!
What is Wall Street?
100
William Shakespeare authored many of this type of poem, which consists of fourteen lines and is typically written in iambic pentameter.
What is a sonnet?
100
A popular children's saying rhymes the words "see you later" with this reptile.
What is an alligator? ("See you later, alligator")
100
Starring Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul, this crime drama show is about a high school chemistry teacher who is diagnosed with cancer and becomes the producer and seller of methamphetamine.
What is "Breaking Bad"?
100
Children can take turns elevating each other with this toy, which is just a long board with a pivot in the middle.
What is a "SEESAW"?
200
That road in the Nevada desert with all of the bright lights and casinos.
What is the Las Vegas Strip?
200
Though originating in Japan as the opening for a larger poem, this three-line poem has been adapted to English with five syllables in the first and third lines, and seven syllables in the second (5-7-5).
What is a haiku?
200
Someone who enthusiastically works hard or volunteers for tasks can be derided as an eager one of these river-damming rodents.
What is a "beaver"? ("Eager beaver")
200
This long-running Nickelodeon show is about a rectangular, yellow anthropomorphic sea creature and his underwater friends.
What is "Spongebob Squarepants"?
200
You'll want to wear one of these on your head to stay safe while riding a bicycle or motorcycle.
What is a "HELMET"?
300
That famous twisty-turny downhill road in San Francisco.
What is Lombard Street?
300
This open form of poetry doesn't require any kind of rhyme scheme or meter, giving the author the liberty to structure their poem as they please, or "vers libre".
What is "free verse"?
300
Can't remember which way to turn the screwdriver? Use this rhyming phrase: "Lefty loosey," and these two opposite counterpart words.
What is "righty tighty"? ("Lefty loosey, righty tighty")
300
This educational show on PBS was hosted by LeVar Burton until 2006 and promoted literacy in grade school children.
What is "Reading Rainbow"?
300
Stash away all your clothes and other things you like to hoard in this home storage space.
What is a "CLOSET"?
400
That one London road with the famous zebra crosswalk on that Beatles album!
What is Abbey Road?
400
This type of five-line English poem has a strict AABBA rhyming scheme and typically carries a humorous tone.
What is a limerick?
400
Though popularized recently by the video game "Fortnite", the celebratory phrase "Winner Winner" followed by this type of poultry meal originated from gamblers in Las Vegas.
What is a chicken dinner? ("Winner Winner Chicken Dinner!")
400
This preschool British cartoon is about the mundane daily activities of a young anthropomorphic swine and its very reactive narrator.
What is "Peppa Pig"?
400
This comparative adjective is used to describe something that is of greater size.
What is "LARGER"?
500
That highway that people took during the Dust Bowl, and was a big part of that book, "The Grapes of Wrath".
What is Route 66?
500
This type of narrative poem usually tells the grand, book-length adventure of a hero, such as "The Odyssey" by Homer.
What is an epic?
500
Mr. T's 1980s slogan to combat school truancy encouraged students to not be this word for an unwise person by staying in school.
What is a "fool"? ("Don't be a fool, stay in school")
500
Infamous for its fast-paced and witty dialogue, this American comedy-drama is about the complex family relationships of single-mother Lorelai and her prodigious daughter Rory.
What is "Gilmore Girls"?
500
This type of ghost is typically evil and resembles a person shortly after their death.
What is a "WRAITH"?