___-Letter Words
"Big Stuff"
Nonsense Words
Phrases and Expressions
World History
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A 13-letter word for a type of doctor who specializes in the elderly.
What is a gerontologist?
Did you know? Gerontology is the study of aging from a multi-disciplinary perspective, including health science, psychology, business, economics, medicine, sociology, and more.
100
Jazz musicians and jockeys helped give New York City this nickname.
What is The Big Apple?
How New York City got it's nickname: https://www.history.com/news/why-is-new-york-city-nicknamed-the-big-apple#:~:text=Around%201920%2C%20New%20York%20City,were%20considered%20big%2Dtime%20venues.
Did you know: interesting facts about NYC
- More than 800 languages are spoken in New York City, making it the most linguistically diverse city in the world. 4 in 10 households speak a language other than English
- New York City’s Federal Reserve Bank has the largest gold storage in the world. The vault is 80 feet below street level and contains $90 billion in gold
- The New York Public Library is the 3rd largest library in the world, behind the Library of Congress in Washington D.C. and The British Library, in London, England
100
This author gave us many nonsense words and was not afraid to use them in titles, as in "Bartholomew and the oobleck".
Who is Dr. Seuss?
100
Two antonyms make up this phrase for a legal case with an obvious verdict.
What is open and shut?
100
This event is believed to have sparked World War I.
What is the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria?
200
Brits use this four-letter word to mean apartment.
What is a flat?
200
If you're under this, you're at the circus.
What is the big top?
Did you know? Alongside circus traditions, performers have developed many circus superstitions. For instance, both whistling backstage and entering the ring with your left foot are both considered bad luck.
200
In one episode of "The Big Bang Theory", Sheldon says, "you've fallen for one of my classic pranks" and then this word
What is Bazinga?
200
Five-word phrase said when turning down fatty food or folding a poker hand.
What is too rich for my blood?
200
How old was Queen Elizabeth II when she was crowned the Queen of England?
What is 27?
300
As an adjective, this six-letter word means secluded; as a noun, it helps get your TV going
What is remote?
300
Digit also known as the hallux.
What is the big toe?
300
Created as the name of the "Lord High Everything Else" in the comical opera "The ikado", it now means an important or self-important person, such as government officials.
What is a pooh-bah?
300
Thomas Carlyle described a leader as having an iron hand (fist) in a velvet glove- meaning...?
A soft exterior but cold interior.
The phrase is to signify disguised firmness: a gentle demeanor concealing a resolute personality. Thomas Carlyle wrote in 'Latter-Day Pamphlets' : 'Soft of speech and manner, yet with an inflexible vigour of command".
300
He won the 1953 Nobel Prize for Literature, partly for his six-volume history of World War II.
Who is Winston Churchill?
Did you know? Churchill won the Nobel for "for his mastery of historical and biographical description as well as for brilliant oratory in defending exalted human values." In 1898, Churchill published his first non-fiction book, “The Story of the Malakand Field Force.” Also published that year was his first work of fiction, "Man Overboard: an Episode of the Red Sea."
400
This 8-letter word for a reaction against a trend comes from an engineering term for a jolt caused by a gap in machine parts
What is backlash?
400
In France, this feature of the night sky is known as "le casserole".
What is the Big Dipper?
Did you know? The Big Dipper is part of the Ursa Major Constellation, which is the third largest constellation in the sky. Its brightest star, Alioth, is 102 times brighter than the Sun. The Big Dipper has been used as a navigation tool for centuries as two of its stars function as pointers to the North Star.
400
In the film "Gone With the Wind", this word/phrase comes before "Ashley Wilkes told me he likes to see a girl with a healthy appetite".
What is fiddle-dee-dee?
400
The novel "The Girl on the Velvet Swing", tells a story set in 1901 of a girl who is seized by a Frenchman & "perhaps carried off to" this dreadful destiny.
What is "A fate worse than death"?
Did you know? The phrase, "a fate worse than death," first appeared in 1810. Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan of the Apes popularized it when the book was published in 1914. The phrase is used when Jane is being carried off by an ape.
400
In August 2008, the Summer Olympics took place in this Asian country.
What is China?
Did you know? The 2008 Summer Games in Beijing marked the first time China hosted the Olympics. Tokyo and Seoul previously hosted the Olympics in Asia. American swimmer Michael Phelps won eight gold medals, the most by any athlete at a single Olympic Games. In 2022, Beijing will host the Winter Olympics.
500
This six-letter adjective refers to anything ox-like or cow-like.
What is bovine?
Did you know? Cows can see almost 360 degrees. As a result of this near-panoramic view, they can watch for predators from all angles. However, they don’t see well straight in front of them and they will typically turn their head to look at you.
500
Rhyming nickname of Boston's Interstate 93 construction project.
What is The Big Dig?
Did you know? The Big Dig was the most expensive highway project in the United States. The project was originally scheduled to be completed in 1998 at an estimated cost of $2.8 billion, but it wasn't completed until December 2007 at a cost of over $8.08 billion (more than $5 billion over budget and almost ten years behind schedule).
500
In "Jabberwocky" "the vorpal blade went" this sibilant sound.
What is snicker snack?
500
The fifth and probably smelliest of Hercules' labors, it has come to mean any herculean task.
What are The Augean Stables?
Legend of The Augean Stables:
For the fifth labor, Eurystheus ordered Hercules to clean up King Augeas' stables. Hercules knew this job would mean getting dirty and smelly, but sometimes even a hero has to do these things. Then Eurystheus made Hercules' task even harder: he had to clean up after the cattle of Augeas in a single day.
Now King Augeas owned more cattle than anyone in Greece. Some say that he was a son of one of the great gods, and others that he was a son of a mortal; whosever son he was, Augeas was very rich, and he had many herds of cows, bulls, goats, sheep and horses.
500
Exactly 600 years after the Norman Conquest, London suffered through plague and this other major disaster.
What is The Great Fire of London?
Did you know? For parts of five days in September 1666, the Great Fire of London tore through the British capital. The fire is believed to have started in a baker’s shop, quickly spreading to warehouses full of flammable materials. St. Paul’s Cathedral and over 13,000 houses were destroyed.