British Literature
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GEC Staff
14 Letter Words that Start with Q
200

Elizabeth Bennet eventually falls in love with Mr. Darcy in this classic by Jane Austen.

What is Pride and Prejudice?

200

The strange combination of swimming, fencing, pistol shooting, cross country running, and obstacle course racing make up this event.

What is the modern pentathlon?

200

This is the number of chromosomes in a human.

What is 23?

200

I once confused her name with a Keeping Up With The Kardashians star.

Who is Kim Killebrew?

200

To play the position of QB

What is quarterbacking?

400

This is William Shakespeare's longest play, is set in Denmark, and is also my 4th favorite book I've ever read.

What is Hamlet?

400

In 1900 there were long jump and high jump competitions for this animal.

What is a horse?

400

This is what color an octopus's blood is.

What is blue?

400

He won the GEC Staff March Madness bracket in 2025.

Who is Kyle Jacobson?

400

Shapes having four sides (pl.)

What are quadrilaterals?

600

The famous opening words to this book by Geoffrey Chaucer are, "When April with its sweet showers".

What is The Canterbury Tales?

600

A personal favorite, this sport still is contested to this day, with competitors clocking in at sub-6 minute miles...without ever lifting both feet off the ground.

What is race walking?

600

The polymer cellulose is called a polysaccharide, meaning it is composed of molecules of these.

What is sugar?

600

He is consistently the first person to get coffee on Sunday mornings.

Who is Spencer Gallarno?

600

One who has lived to the age of 40.

What is a quadragenarian?

800

He is known as "The Poet of Nature" and wrote the poem "Lines", a.k.a. "Tintern Abby".

Who is William Wordsworth?

800

In 1992 this aquatic artistic swimming sport was contested for the last time, although its more notable team event continues on to this day.

What is solo synchronized swimming?

800

This is the hormone that the pineal gland in the brain is responsible for secreting.

What is melatonin?

800

This is the total number of GEC Ministerial Staff as listed on the back of the bulletin.

What is 16?

800

The state of exhibiting 5 valences.

What is quinquevalency