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This word starts with sq and ends with sh. It means your stomach is easily turned.
What is squeamish?
100
Author of the Iliad and the Odyssey--long dead--thought to be a great influence on Western literature. Also the first name of the dad on The Simpsons.
Who is Homer?
100
This tool is used to make globes out of fruit.
What is a melon baller?
100
Two roads diverged in a woods...
Who is Robert Frost or Frost?
100
These spiky little cuties hail from Europe, Asia and Africa, and have a lifespan 3-8 years.
What is a hedgehog?
200
This word starts with sc and ends with us. It means something delicious tasting.
What is scrumptious?
200
This writer started a revolution with his words in a pamphlet called Common Sense. His name is the same as that ache you get when you hurt yourself.
Who is Tom Paine or Paine?
200
This tool is used to smash a common herb bulb which is used in lots of food.
What is a garlic press?
200
Hope is a thing with feathers.
Who is Emily Dickinson?
200
Having 8 legs and 2 fangs can be quite intimidating, but there is good news, these pets rarely bite people.
What is a tarantula?
300
This word starts with ad and ends with ry. It means someone who offers opposition.
What is adversary?
300
This writer wrote the Communist Manifesto. His name is the same as what you call those things left on a surface after a toddler uses a pen on it.
Who is Karl Marx?
300
This tool is a long pointed spike that puts holes in leather or other materials.
What is an awl?
300
`Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe.
Who is Lewis Carroll?
300
These cute little marsupials come from the same general family as a Kangaroo. It is originally from Australia, Papua New Guinea, and Indonesia. They live 10-15 years, reach about 7 inches in length and weigh only about 6 ounces. They get their name for their love of sweet foods and the ability to glide through the air.
What is a sugar glider?
400
This word starts with co and ends with on. It means a bunch of food ingredients put together.
What is concoction?
400
This man was big (in more ways than one) during World War II. He lead England at the time. His name is the same as what you would call a place of worship on elevated ground.
Who is Winston Churchill?
400
This is the pointed end part of a pen, which distributes the ink on the writing surface.
What is a nib?
400
How do you like to go up in a swing, up in the air so blue?
Who is Robert Louis Stevenson?
400
Related to the guinea pig, this native South American is the largest rodent in the world. Fully grown, it is on average 4 feet (1.2 meters) long and usually weighs more than 100 pounds (45 kilograms).
What is a capybara?
500
This word starts with ja and ends with on. It means technical terminology used in a particular subject.
What is jargon?
500
This man was a legendary English philosopher, scientist, lawyer, author, statesman, jurist and father of the scientific methods. He was one of the most influential personalities in natural philosophy and was also a key thinker to develop new scientific methodologies. His name is the same as those pork strips you fry and eat with eggs.
Who is Francis Bacon? or Who is Bacon?
500
This is a curved instrument used for easing one's heel into a shoe.
What is a shoe horn?
500
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore, While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.
Who is Edgar Allan Poe?
500
This pet's fur is so dense that it's very difficult for water to penetrate to its skin. To clean themselves, they bathe in dust, which absorbs dirt and oil from their fur.
What is a chinchilla?