77+ English Trivia Questions with Answers

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How many letters are in the alphabet?

  • 26
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Can you name the word in the English language with the most definitions?

  • Set
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Which is the most commonly used adjective in the English language?

  • Good
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What is the most used verb in the English language?

  • Be
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Can you name the most used noun in the English language?

  • Time
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A synonym to 'absolutely' that starts with 'Def' is the most commonly misspelled word, how do you spell it?

  • Definitely
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What is the most commonly used letter in the English language?

  • E
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A person who is a huge fan of cheese is called what?

  • Turophile
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Can you name the word for a person who loves chocolate?

  • Chocoholic
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What is a person who loves to sleep called?

  • Somnophile
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What sound does a frog make according to the English language?

  • Ribbit
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Can you name the word for a person who is excessively fastidious and demanding about details?

  • Perfectionist
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What is the term for a person who loves books?

  • Bibliophile
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What is the word for the fear of long words?

  • Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia
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Can you name the figure of speech that involves using exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally?

  • Hyperbole
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What do we call the practice of using words or phrases to describe or imitate natural sounds?

  • Onomatopoeia
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The figure of speech in which a negative statement is used to express a positive sentiment is called what?

  • Litotes
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What is the term for a figure of speech in which words are used in a way that is opposite of their normal meaning?

  • Antithesis
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The use of words to express the opposite of their literal meaning is known as what?

  • Irony
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What term refers to the giving of human qualities to non-human things?

  • Personification
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When a statement or claim is not meant to be taken literally, it is an example of what figure of speech?

  • Hyperbole
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A direct or indirect comparison between two unlike things is known as what figure of speech?

  • Metaphor
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The use of words and phrases that imitate the sound they describe is called what?

  • Onomatopoeia
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Can you name the figure of speech that involves the repetition of the same word or phrase at the end of successive clauses or sentences?

  • Chiasmus
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What do we call the repetition of the same word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses or sentences?

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

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

  • Alexander Pope
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Which U.S. state's two letter abbreviation is first alphabetically?

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

  • Language
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Which of these is an example of personification, The Weary Street or Weary Street Echoes With Pain?

  • Weary Street Echoes With Pain
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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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Which of these defines the Latin root post?

  • After
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Which literary term means the person opposing the protagonist?

  • Antagonist
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Which does an adjective modify?

  • Nouns And Pronouns
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What word means to travel around the Earth?

  • Circumnavigate
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What word means prior to the Civil War?

  • Antebellum
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What punctuation mark ends an imperative sentence?

  • A Period Or Exclamation Point
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What part of speech is "susceptible", meaning "easily under a specified power or influence"?

  • Adjective
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What part of speech is "surreptitious", meaning "clandestine"?

  • Adjective
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What part of speech is "supplementary", meaning "being an addition to"?

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

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

  • Synonym
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What is the word for a second-year student in high school or college?

  • Sophomore
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What is the singular possessive form of "boy"?

  • Boy's
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What is the present participle form of hunt?

  • Hunting
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What is the meaning of the prefix poly?

  • Many
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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 is the meaning of the Latin root ultra?

  • Beyond
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What is the meaning of the Latin root sol?

  • Sun
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