Commonyms
A Ball
A Fish
A Cold
What is being caught?
A building in which objects of historical, scientific, artistic, or cultural interest are stored and exhibited.
What is a museum?
This musical instrument, often considered a symbol of Ireland, appears on Irish coins and the national emblem.
What is a Irish harp?
This famous nurse helped soldiers during the Crimean War and became known as “The Lady with the Lamp.”
Who is Florence Nightingale?
This gemstone is a mineral gel that contains water.
What is an opal?
First Lady Edith Wilson is said to be a descendant of this famous Native American woman.
Who was Pocahontas?
A Ball
A Salad
A Coin
What is being tossed?
The chrysanthemum flower
What is a mum?
This famous Irish writer wrote the famous novel Dracula.
Who was Bram Stoker?
This aviator became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean in 1932.
Who is Amelia Earhart?
This green gemstone is not found it streams. It must be mined from within another rock.
What is emerald?
This First Lady of the United States promoted human rights and helped write the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Who is Eleanor Roosevelt?
A Cork
A Question
A Balloon
What is being popped?
A wine bottle of twice the standard size, normally 1 1/2liters.
What is magnum?
This three-leaf plant is a symbol of Ireland and was said to be used by Saint Patrick to explain the Holy Trinity.
What is a Shamrock?
This tennis legend won 39 Grand Slam titles and dominated women’s tennis in the 1960s and 1970s.
Who is Billie Jean King?
This gemstone brings luck to seafaring sailors.
What is aquamarine?
She was the first First Lady to be captured on film when her husband gave a speech at the Pan-American Exposition in 1901. Her husband was later assassinated at the same expo.
Who was First Lady Ida McKinley?
A Tug of War
The Nightly News
A Boat
What has anchors?
A tendency to consider wordly possessions and physical comfort as more important than spiritual values.
What is materialism?
This Irish city is famous for the Blarney Stone that people kiss for good luck.
What is Cork?
This American poet wrote the famous autobiography I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.
Who is Maya Angelou?
This gemstone was thought to keep soldiers safe during war.
What is amethyst?
This First Lady's image was printed on $1 banknotes in 1886, 1891, and 1896.
(In 1896 she was printed alongside her husband.)
Who was First Lady Martha Washington?
A Coal Miner
A Dentist
A Guitar Player
Who uses picks?
The geological process of changing the mineralogy, texture, and chemical composition of pre-existing rocks (protoliths) in the solid state, without melting.
What is metamorphism?
This Irish writer created the famous play The Importance of Being Earnest.
This American activist helped start the modern women’s rights movement and co-founded the National Organization for Women (NOW).
Who is Betty Friedan?
This red stone protects its owner from wounds and never needs to be polished. It easily forms crystals in rock.
What is garnet?
A lover of learning, First Lady Abigail Fillmore applied for $2,000 in Congressional funding to establish this room in The White House.
What is The White House Library?