What is the name for the study of the origin and history of words?
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Etymology
34719 Intermediate Trivia Questions
34719 public questions at this depth. How many can you answer?
The abbreviation 'etc.' is short for which Latin phrase?
Answer
Et cetera
What is the standard three-word order of a basic English sentence?
Answer
Subject verb object
What is the collective term for the words 'I', 'you', 'he', 'she', 'it', 'we', and 'they'?
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Personal pronouns
What famous last words of The Dark Tower series also began the series?
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The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed.
When Roland finally climbs the steps of the Dark Tower and climbs to the top, what does he find?
Answer
The tower creates a time loop and sends him back to the beginning
At the beginning of Wolves of the Calla, the townsfolk first approach Roland and his group in the country outside town. How does Roland convince them that they are truly gunslingers?
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He tosses several plates in the air for Jake to shoot down
What is the name of the dog-like creature that befriends Jake Chambers and follows the group through their journey?
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Oy, the Billy Bumbler
After Ben and Mark succeed in killing Barlow, they flee the town and the rest of the vampires. One year later, they return to try and finish the job. What is Ben's idea for destroying the vampires?
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He lights the surrounding forest on fire, hoping it will consume the town
Barlow does not turn Father Callahan into a vampire, but he does make him "unclean." How does Barlow sully the priest?
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Barlow forces Callahan to drink the vampire's blood
The Marsten house in Salem's Lot is rumored to be haunted, and Ben Mears has a haunting experience from his childhood that supports that rumor. What was his experience?
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Seeing a hanging ghost on the porch
For what reason has the protagonist, Ben Mears, returned to Salem after a 25 year absence in the novel Salem's Lot.
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To write his next novel
Jake Epping visits his friend Al one day to find him on deaths door, whereas the day before, he was completely healthy. What explanation is given for his sudden lack of health?
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Al spent 4 years beyond the portal and his cancer progressed
In Cujo, how is it that the St. Bernard becomes infected with rabies?
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Sticks his nose down a rabbit hole and is bitten by a bat
King cites a real life event as providing the inspiration for his novel Cujo. What was this event?
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Visiting a mechanic whose St. Bernard almost bit him
When Annie discovers that Paul has been snooping, she punishes him. What is his punishment?
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She cuts off his foot with an axe
As Paul explores Annie's house in Misery, he discovers something that leads him to believe that he is not Annie's first (or last) victim. What is it that he discovers?
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A scrapbook with newspaper clippings about previous victims
What was the name of the first short story that King had professionally published in 1967?
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The Glass Floor
Shortly after King married his wife, Tabitha, he struggled to find work as a teacher. What did he do to make ends meet during this period?
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Wrote and published short stories to men's magazines
In IT, what self depracating name to the core group of friends give themselves?
Answer
The Loser's Club
Who is the first casualty of the novel, IT by Stephen King?
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Bill Denbrough's little brother, Georgie
In the novel IT, what is the name and appearance that the monster gives itself?
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Pennywise, the clown
Survivors of the global pandemic in The Stand are beset with dreams of one of two people, depending on the nature of their heart. Who are they?
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Mother Abigail and Randall Flagg
There are numerous names for the worldwide pandemic in The Stand. What are two of them?
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Superflu and Captain Tripps