29+ English Trivia Questions

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Which one of these words would define the Latin root lingua?

Language

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What is a 7 letter word meaning "employing harsh words or ill treatment"?

Abusive

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What is the meaning of the prefix geo?

Earth

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What is the meaning of the prefix "auto"?

Self

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What literary term means a word that has a similar meaning to another word?

Synonym

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Which of these is a hyperbole, The Horse Is Eating or I Could Eat A Horse?

I Could Eat A Horse

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As used in English, what is the meaning of the Latin phrase "caveat emptor"?

Buyer Beware

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What does the saying "Don't cry wolf" mean?

Don't Give A False Alarm

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What part of speech is "summary", meaning "an abstract"?

Noun

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What is a 5 letter word meaning "the superior of a community of monks"?

Abbot

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What is an 8 letter word meaning "to subject to punitive measures"?

Chastise

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What is the meaning of the Latin root corpus?

Body

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What is a 7 letter word meaning "to purify by affliction"?

Chasten

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As of 2012, which of the following is an official language of Greenland?

Danish

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Who said "Fools rush in where angels fear to tread"?

Alexander Pope

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Who said "it is far safer to be feared than loved"?

Niccolo Machiavelli

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What is a 7 letter word meaning "an alloy or union of mercury with another metal"?

Amalgam

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What punctuation mark ends an imperative sentence?

A Period Or Exclamation Point

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Which does an adjective modify?

Nouns And Pronouns

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If something is described as "noisome", what characteristic does it have?

Foul-Smelling

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What is a 6 letter word meaning "a way of approach or entrance; passage"?

Access

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What is a 10 letter word meaning "the act or process of absorbing"?

Absorption

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What is the meaning of the prefix poly?

Many

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What is the present participle form of hunt?

Hunting

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English Trivia

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