Words Trivia

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What is the nautical term for the side of a ship sheltered from the wind?

10

CD-ROM, a popular means of storing text, music, and visuals, is an abbreviation for what?

13

Which English word can mean all the following: to rain, to cause an event to happen, and to separate a solid from a chemical solution?

7

The shortest French word with all five vowels is the word meaning bird. What is it?

15

This sequence of letters forms some kind of consistent, simple pattern. Which letter would come next? B, F, J, P...?

17

In the lingo of the American West, by what name is a motherless calf known?

5

Which 20th century British scholar coined the phrase, "Work expands to fill the time available for its completion"

11

If the eastern end of the earth is called the Orient, what is the western end called -what is the opposite of the word, Orient ?

3

Which word refers to the common everyday language spoken by a people as distinguished from a more formal literary language?

3

People who are born in London close enough to hear the sound of the bells of the church of St. Mary-le-Bow are called what?

13

This word relates to art, architecture, painting, sculpture, and fiction: it can describe elaborate 13th-15th century architecture or grotesque, medieval fiction. What is this adjective?

6

In many religions including Christian, what is the name of the spirit of evil, ruler of hell, and foe of God?

7

According to ancient and medieval philosophy, after the four elements of earth, air, fire, and water, the fifth and highest essence, thought to be the substance of the heavenly bodies and all things, was called by what essential name?

17

What word can refer to a donkey or a vain stupid person?

17

Each of these words begins with the letter "G". a. An Italian boatman: b. A member of a college fraternity or sorority: c. The ridiculous name for the number: 10 to the 100th power: