Words Trivia

19

Which food item is named for a major port of northern Germany?

5

What words would you use to tell a horse to turn right or left?

10

The player in soccer football or hockey who prevent a score is called the "goalie," which is the abbreviation for what proper title? (actually two correct names...)

20

What word describing a highly cultured person is named for a part of the head?

18

In English it is called a horse. a. What is it in Latin? b. In Greek?

7

What's the astronomical name for either of two times of the year when the sun is at its greatest distance from the equator?

6

What's the next line of this poem by Mohammad Ali: "His hands can't hit what his eyes can't see"...?

15

In December, 1987, Russian leader Mikhail Gorbachev met with President Reagan, and proposed a new style of "openness" within the USSR. The Russian word for "openness" became a well-known word even in the west. What was that word?

4

From the 7th century until early in the 20th century, when this title was abolished, what was the title of the spiritual leader of all Islam?

10

What does an apiculturist study? Monkeys, bees, or ancient Egypt?

6

What English word, meaning quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment, comes from the Latin word acus, meaning needle?

7

In 17th Century England, official documents were tied or bound by a certain material, and as a result, today we have an idiom based on that fact. What is it?

17

Possibly the world's most serious global problem one year ago is not even a factor today. What is it?

10

What part of speech is the word "the"?

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?