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Words Trivia questions, page 1

  1. Who wrote the Spanish novel "Don Quixote"?

    1. Miguel de Cervantes
    2. Lope de Vega
    3. Giovanni Boccaccio
    4. Dante Alighieri

  2. In "Treasure Island," what is the name of the one-legged pirate cook?

    1. Long John Silver
    2. Billy Bones
    3. Captain Hook
    4. Blackbeard

  3. What was the real name of "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" author Lewis Carroll?

    1. Edward Lear
    2. Charles Dodgson
    3. Charles Kingsley
    4. George MacDonald

  4. What do you call a word that reads the same backward and forward, like "level"?

    1. Anagram
    2. Palindrome
    3. Homonym
    4. Acronym

  5. What is the plural of "mouse," the small rodent?

    1. Mice
    2. Mousen
    3. Mouses
    4. Meese

  6. Samuel Clemens wrote his famous books under what pen name?

    1. O. Henry
    2. Lewis Carroll
    3. George Orwell
    4. Mark Twain

  7. Which word did Horace Walpole coin in 1754 for making lucky discoveries by accident?

    1. Happenstance
    2. Kismet
    3. Providence
    4. Serendipity

  8. The word "goodbye" began as a shortened form of which phrase?

    1. Good be yours
    2. Good day to you
    3. God be with you
    4. Go by safely

  9. The flower name "daisy" comes from Old English words meaning what?

    1. White star
    2. Field gem
    3. Little sun
    4. Day's eye

  10. What does "frugal" mean?

    1. Very tired
    2. Easily fooled
    3. Careful with money
    4. Quick to anger

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Words Trivia questions, page 2

  1. The word "kindergarten" comes from German words meaning what?

    1. Play house
    2. Small classroom
    3. Little school
    4. Children's garden

  2. Which of these words is spelled correctly?

    1. Necesary
    2. Neccesary
    3. Necessary
    4. Neccessary

  3. If you "bite the bullet," what are you doing?

    1. Facing a hard task bravely
    2. Acting without thinking
    3. Telling a secret
    4. Speaking too soon

  4. What is the plural of "ox"?

    1. Oxi
    2. Oxen
    3. Oxes
    4. Oxs

  5. Who wrote "To Kill a Mockingbird"?

    1. Flannery O'Connor
    2. Harper Lee
    3. Eudora Welty
    4. Carson McCullers

  6. Which author created the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot?

    1. Agatha Christie
    2. Ngaio Marsh
    3. Arthur Conan Doyle
    4. Dorothy L. Sayers

  7. Which of these words is spelled correctly?

    1. Accommodate
    2. Acommodate
    3. Accomodate
    4. Accommadate

  8. Who wrote "The Great Gatsby"?

    1. Ernest Hemingway
    2. F. Scott Fitzgerald
    3. John Steinbeck
    4. William Faulkner

  9. A word for refusing to deal with someone comes from the name of a land agent in Ireland in 1880. What word?

    1. Boycott
    2. Shun
    3. Snub
    4. Blackball

  10. What are "crocodile tears"?

    1. Tears of joy
    2. Fake sadness
    3. Hidden grief
    4. Tears from laughing

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Answers

  1. A. Miguel de Cervantes
  2. A. Long John Silver
  3. B. Charles Dodgson
  4. B. Palindrome
  5. A. Mice
  6. D. Mark Twain
  7. D. Serendipity
  8. C. God be with you
  9. D. Day's eye
  10. C. Careful with money
  11. D. Children's garden
  12. C. Necessary
  13. A. Facing a hard task bravely
  14. B. Oxen
  15. B. Harper Lee
  16. A. Agatha Christie
  17. A. Accommodate
  18. B. F. Scott Fitzgerald
  19. A. Boycott
  20. B. Fake sadness

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