Astronomy
An astronomical unit is equivalent to what?
The average distance between the earth and the sun.
What is a 'Fable'? (I will accept two answers.)
1: a story not founded in fact.
2: a short story to teach a moral lesson.
Achilles was a hero of the trojan war, what was his vulnerability?
His heel. Achilles heel.
This large, hairy and human-like creature is said to inhabit forests; particularly in the pacific northwest.
Bigfoot/Sasquatch.
What do parentheses do?
Parentheses are used to set aside clarifying details.
What is the brightest star in the night sky?
Sirius is the brightest star in the night sky?
What is a 'Myriad'? (Two accepted answers.)
1: A large, indefinite number.
2: The number 10,000
What is the name of the world serpent from Norse Mythology?
Jörmungandr is the name of the world serpent.
This entity from Irish folklore heralds the death of a family member.
The banshee would herald the death of a family member through what is often depicted as: wailing, screaming or shrieking.
What two things can an apostrophe do?
An apostrophe can either indicate possession (ex, The ball was her's.) Or, it can indicate the omission of characters (ex, a contraction of two words. Cannot - Can't.)
A magnetar is a neutron star with an extraordinarily strong magnetic field.
What is 'Lacrimation'?
Lacrimation is the secretion of tears, especially in abnormal abundance.
Why did Athena turn Arachne into a spider?
Athena turned Arachne into a spider because she was a better seamstress than Athena. Even beating her in a 'weaving contest.'
Maria drowned herself and her children after finding her husband cheating. Her ghost is believed to roam the earth after being unable to enter the afterlife. What is the name of her ghost?
La Llorona is a popular Mexican folktale.
What does a semicolon do?
A semicolon connects two separate, but related clauses.
How is a white dwarf created? (2 notes you have to hit.)
A white dwarf is created when a red giant sheds its outer shell forming a planetary nebula and leaving behind only the white core of it.
What does 'Uliginous' mean?
Growing in swamps or muddy places.
This greek figure built an instrument out of his Nymph crush.
Pan lusted over a Nymph named Syrinx. After getting fed up with with his stalking, Syrinx got a river god to transform her into a bunch of reeds to escape his torment. Pan eventually built a pan flute out of the reeds, so to always have her with him.
This witch resembles an elderly woman. Nestled in a hut deep in the forest that stands on two chicken feet. Instead of flying around on a broom, she uses a mortar and pestle. What is her name?
Baba Yaga is a popular figure in Slavic folklore.
Tell me what is wrong with this sentence: Anna said on Friday she would call us.
The problem here is that 'on Friday' is a misplaced modifier. We don't know if she said this on a Friday or if she would call us on a Friday.
How is a neutron star created? (3 notes you gotta hit.)
A neutron star is created when a red supergiant goes supernova without enough mass to become a black hole. Its outer shell explodes and its core collapses, crushing protons and electrons into neutrons.
What is 'Mania'?
Mania is a condition in which you have a period of abnormally elevated, extreme changes in your mood or emotions, energy level or activity level.
These 3 greek sisters spin the thread of fate. (Gimme 3 names.)
The Moirai, often known in English as the Fates—were the personifications of destiny. They were three sisters: Clotho (the spinner), Lachesis (the allotter) and Atropos (the unturnable, a metaphor for death).
This is the spirit of a woman who died while pregnant. Typically depicted as a woman with long black hair and bright red eyes. She is said to appear during full moons to prey on men and feast on their organs. What is her name?
Popular in southeast Asia; the story of the Pontianak is a prolific folktale.
Name all 8 parts of speech.
Noun, adjective, verb, adverb, pronoun, conjecture, interjection, preposition. These are the building blocks of writing and speaking.