Idioms
What does it mean if you do something once in a blue moon?
Not often / rarely / seldom.
An argument.
What is the highest mountain Britain?
Ben Nevis.
What is a quick catnap?
A quick nap / sleep.
Who directed The Wolf of Wall Street?
Martin Scorsese.
What does it mean to be on the same wavelength?
To think the same / to be in agreement / to have the same understanding.
What noun can you add to the following words to form a single-word noun?
Fall, proof, salt, melon.
Water.
Waterfall, waterproof, saltwater, watermelon.
I have a neck, but no head. I have two arms, but no hands. What am I?
A shirt.
What does to be clear as mud mean?
Not very clear.
Who wrote A Christmas Carol?
BONUS: And what famous idiom did this writer create?
Charles Dickens.
As dead as a doornail.
What is a red herring?
Something that takes people's attention away from the main subject / distracts people.
Define run-off-the mill.
Ordinary.
What do people do on Burn's Night?
Eat Haggis, read poetry, drink whisky, etc.
What does it mean to get on like a house on fire?
To get on really well / to have a good friendship / to be close friends.
Who directed The Nightmare Before Christmas?
Henry Selick.
What does it mean to be as dead as a doornail?
To be very dead.
What noun can you add to the following words to form a single-word noun?
Head, coast, dead, up.
Line.
Headline, coastline, deadline, line-up.
What goes up, but never comes down?
Age.
What is a lout?
A rude, violent young man.
What is the classic Scottish dish?
Haggis, neeps and tatties. (Haggis, turnips and potatoes.)
What does it mean to cut your teeth?
To gain experience.
What does it mean to dismiss something out of hand?
Reject something / say no to something straight away / immediately.
The Gunpowder Plot was a failed attempt to blow up which famous building?
The Houses of Parliament.
What does chivalrous mean?
Polite, honest, fair, kind, a gentleman.
BONUS: What kind of fish is he?
Marlin / Clownfish.