Miscellaneous
Culture
Vocab
Idioms
Translate
100
Where do you find the imfamous "catfish"? What is it?
On Tinder
A person who pretends to be someone else
100
What is the capital of California?
Sacramento
100
You run into a very attractive person on the street who is out of your league. You want to impress them with your brains since your looks are not up to the task. You desperately search for a synonym for "beautiful". (Name 5)
Stunning, georgeous, precious, handsome, sweet, adorable, good-looking, breath-taking, elegant, hot..
100
Do you know an idiom to express that something is easy?
no rocket science
a no brainer
a walk in the park
a piece of cake
100
For the rest of the week, he would avidly devour books every evening.
Für den Rest der Woche verschlang er jeden Abend eifrig Bücher.
200
What or who is "Fufu"
200
What is a "sanger" and where does the word come from? (hint: food related)
A sandwich in Australia
200
Find the equivalent in British or American Eng:
wallet
aubergine
chips (this is the UK word)
elevator
purse
eggplant
french fries
lift
200
Your friend calls you up with the latest gossip. What do you spill when you tell somebody a "secret" or something important...
Spill the tea/the beans
200
"The painting, which was believed to be a lost masterpiece, turned out to be a forgery after all."
...war am Ende eine Fälschung...
300
What does the expression "Big Fish, little pond" mean?
To be outstanding among a handful of people
EX: a star football player in a small village feels like the big fish in his small pond but would probably suck compared to other players in bigger cities.
300
This is the flag of...
Kenia
300
Name 5 things you can do with food in the kitchen besides eating and cooking? (cooking verbs)
to heat
to broil
to brine
to fry
to freeze
to thaw
to grill
to stir
300
Your best friend broke up with his girlfriend. You want to soothe him by telling him that there will be more opportunities in the future and andere Mütter haben auch schöne Töchter. What is the correct idiom to use?
There are other...
fish in the sea
300
Although he promised to turn over a new leaf, old habits die hard, and he soon found himself back to square one."
Obwohl er versprach, ein neues Kapitel aufzuschlagen, lassen sich alte Gewohnheiten nur schwer ablegen, und bald fand er sich wieder am Anfang."
400
Which of these words DON'T exist in the English language? (2)
gestalt
angst
kaputt
fernweh
ersatz
wunderkind
doppelgänger
schadenfreude
weltschmerz
poltergeist
kindergarten
Fernweh, Weltschmerz
400
What do you call this?
A kilt
400
How do you translate "Wunderkind" into English?
A prodigy
400
What is the meaning of the idiom "Bob's your uncle"...
To make a delicious pizza, you mix flour, a little bit of olive oil, water and yeast together and Bob's your uncle.
-> and there you go...
400
While they were burning the midnight oil to meet the deadline, it dawned on them that they had bitten off more than they could chew."
Während sie die Nacht zum Tag machten, um die Frist einzuhalten, wurde ihnen klar, dass sie sich zu viel vorgenommen hatten."
500
There is not a single point in Britain that is more than 75 miles away from...
The sea
500
What is this?
Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch
City in Wales
500
What are these incredible words synonyms for?
woeful
abysmal
deplorable
Very bad
"Vincent, your handwriting is deplorable".
500
What does it mean to put lipstick on a pig?
to put lipstick on a pig means to try to improve something without success because it's not worth improving (to spend a lot of money on an old car that is not worth the investment)
500
Es wird Zeit, dass du ins Bett gehst...
It's time you went to bed...