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1. What do we call the headache or other sick feelings caused by drinking too
much alcohol? – Hangover.
2. How often is a quarterly journal published? – Every three months.
3. What is a polygon of eight angles and eight sides called? – Octagon.
4. If you do something everyday, you do daily what? – Routine.
5. Where do we try on a piece of clothing in a cloths shop? – Fitting
room/changing room.
6. What happens to water when the temperature falls to zero degree? – Freeze.
7. What is the taste of a lemon? – Sour.
8. Sunlight is one of the sources of which vitamin? – Vitamin D.
9. Drinking caffeine gives us instant? – Energy.
10. What can be given as food to rabbit? – Green vegetables/carrot.
11. What is the source of calcium in our day-to-day life? – Milk.
12. Does mathematics or linguistics cover the study of the relations between
numbers? – Mathematics.
13. How many years are there in a half of a decade? – Five.
14. What percentage is one fifth equal to? – Twenty.
15. What do we call a movie played in the afternoon? – Matinee.
16. What is a small handheld light that usually gets its power from batteries? –
Flashlight/torch.
17. What do we call a statement made by somebody who knows it is not true? –
Life.
18. What is the part of the leg below the thigh? – Shank/calf.
19. What is the largest lake in the world? – Caspian.
20. What can we call the science or practice of drawing maps? – Cartography.
21. What do we call a person who accesses others' computer systems without
permission? – Hacker.
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22. What is the ripening agent or chemical substance to ripen fruits? – Ethylene.
23. What do we call the industry which involves designing, building and flying
of aircrafts? – Aviation.
24. What do we call a woman who is getting married? – Bride. 25. What is the
process of supplying water to an area of land through pipes or channels so that
crops will grow? - Irrigation/irrigate.
26. What do we call a scientific test that is done to discover or prove
something? – Experiment.
27. What do we call a group of people watching movies in the cinema? –
Audience.
28. What do we call the ability to remember the past? – Memory.
29. How many continents are there in the world? – Seven.
30. What do we call an expert in a field? – Specialist.
31. What do we call a pleasant song used for causing children to sleep? –
Lullaby.
32. What do we call a person who believes that laws and governments are not
necessary? – Anarchist.
33. What do we call an assembly of listeners? – Audience.
34. What word do we use to describe people who are subject to death? – Mortal.
35. What do we call a person who does not believe in the existence of God? –
Atheist.
36. What word do we use to describe an accident or a disease which causes
death? - Fatal/deadly.
37. What crime does someone commit if he or she steals items from a shop? –
Shoplifting.
 38. What do we call a person who tells lies? – Liar.
39. What do we call the salary regularly received by a
retiree? – Pension.
40. What does the 'C' in ‘CEO’ stand for? – Chief.

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41. Where do we see aquatic animals? – Water/Aquarium.

42. What do you call the process of borrowing a sum of money from a bank? –
Loan.
43. Which word do we use to describe a desert, humid or dry? – Dry.
44. What do we call the value that a particular coin or bill has? – Denomination.
45. What does the prefix retro- mean in words like retrospect? –
Back/backwards.
46. What do we call a light that has usually a glass covering and can be carried
by a handle? – Lantern/lanterns.
47. What is the plant that grows in the desert and has sharp points? –
Cactus/cacti.
48. What do we call a company or organization that gives money to a sports or
arts event in exchange for advertising? – Sponsor.
49. What do we call the study of living things? – Biology.
50. What are winter, spring, summer and autumn? – Seasons.
51. What is a collective term for cows and bulls, especially on a farm? – Cattle.
52. If something is not expensive, what do we say it is? – Cheap.
53. What do people wear if they can’t see very well? – Glasses/contact lenses.
54. If something such as fabric or medicine is artificially made, not natural,
what do we say it is? – Synthetic/artificial/man-made.
55. What type of food is an apple? – Fruit.
56. When ice is at room temperature what does it become? – Water/liquid.
57. Which sweet food is produced by bees? – Honey.
58. Who serves food in a restaurant? – Waiter/waitress.
59. What is the word for the place where a river starts? – Source.
60. What kind of food do almonds, pistachios and
walnuts fall into? – Nut.
61. What do we call the marine animal that has eight
legs? – Octopus.
62. What do we call a document sent by email? –
Attachment.

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63. What part of the body propels a flying bird in the air? – Wing.
64. What do we call a group of sheep or birds? – Flock.
65. What do we call a political institution or body that is responsible for a
country? – Government.
66. What part of a room is over your head? – Ceiling.
67. If a figure is hexagonal, how many sides does it have? – Six.
68. What do people cast in an election? – Vote.
69. What is the name of ceremony in which two people get married? –
Wedding.
70. Which one word is used for a brother or sister? – Sibling.
71. What is the word in geometry for a shape that has three sides? – Triangle.
72. How many sides are there in a bilateral agreement? – Two.
73. What is the word for a period of one hundred years? – Century.
74. In which direction does the sun come up? – East.
75. How many days are in a week? - Seven days.
76. What is the meeting point of sea and sky called? – The horizon.
77. What do we call the animals with white ivory and long trunk? -
Elephant/elephants.
78. How do you call the seasonal flying from cold to warmer areas, mitigation
or migration? – Migration.
79. What kind of dictionary provides synonyms, antonyms and related words? –
Thesaurus.
80. A dozen is a grouping of which number? – Twelve.
81. If a couple have a pair of children, how many children do they have? – Two.
82. Why plants need bees? - Pollination/pollinating.
83. What does the sun do during dawn? – Sunrise.
84. What category do the bee, the butterfly, and the
mosquito fall into? – Insect. 85. Which part of your
leg can make it possible to bend? – Knee.

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86. In the word ‘postgraduate’, what does the ‘post’ mean? – After.
87. What do we call the sport of riding on waves while standing on a narrow
board? – Surfing.
88. What do we call the lizard that can change its color according to the
surroundings? - Chameleon/anole.
89. What is the opposite of 'simplify'? – Complicate.
90. What is the layer of tissue that covers our body? – Skin.
91. What do we call a person that has won the first prize in a competition? -
Champion/winner/gold medalist.
92. What is the thick forest in tropical parts of the world that have a lot of rain?
– Rainforest.
93. Who is trained to treat people who are ill in a hospital? - Doctor/doctors.
94. What do we call the container that is used for heating or boiling water? -
Kettle / kettles.
95. Which type of meal is usually eaten outdoors, picnic or buffet? – Picnic.
96. What do we call the restaurant that serves buffet? - Cafeteria / cafeterias.
97. What is the opposite of compulsory subjects? - Optional subjects/optional.
98. What do we call the subjects that are taught in a school or college? -
Curriculum/curricula/curriculums.
99. What do we call one of the parts of a school year? – Term/terms
100. What do we call a structure made for bees to live in? – Hive/beehive.
101. Which one is the unit of capacity: centimeter or liter? – Liter.
102. What do we call the series of pages showing the days, weeks and months
of a particular year? – Calendar.
103. What do we call a public event at which things are sold to the person who
offers the highest price? – Auction.
104. What do we call an area in the desert where there
is water and where plants grow? – Oasis.

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105. What do we call the joint that connects the top and bottom parts of the leg?
– Knee.
106. What do we call programs that run on a computer? – Software.
107. What is the hard substance that makes up the stems and branches of trees
and shrubs? – Wood.
108. What do we call the fabric that covers the floor of an apartment? –
Carpet/Carpets.
109. What do we call the room that is below the level of the ground? –
Basement/Basements.
110. How do we describe a computer that is connected to the Internet? – Online.
111. What is the opposite of online? – Offline.
112. What do we call a person who studies mystery? – Mystic/occult.
113. What is the animal that looks like a horse but with black and white stripes?
- Zebra.
114. How do we call the animals that are kept on farms or as pets? – Domestic.
115. What is the process of water changing into a gas? – Evaporation.
116. Which kind of energy makes light bulbs work? – Electricity.
117. What is the antonym of 'innocent'? – Guilty.
118. How do we describe a person who is not guilty of a crime? – Innocent.
119. What do we call the two metal bars that trains run on? – Rail/Track.
120. What do we use to rest our heads on in bed? – Pillow.
121. What is a small stick made of wood or cardboard that is used for lighting a
fire? – Match.
122. What is the small shiny white ball that forms inside the shell of oyster? –
Pearl/Margarite.
123. What do we call the female head of a family? – Mistress/Hostess.
124. What is the top surface inside the room? –
Ceiling.
125. How do we call a person who is about the same
age? – Contemporary.

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126. What is the legal document protecting someone's intellectual property? –

Patent.
127. How many countries are involved in a mutual agreement? – Two.
128. How would you describe an economy that is largely based on farming? –
Agricultural.
129. What is the opposite of majority? – Minority.
130. What is the term to specifically describe either a brother or a sister? –
Sibling.
 131. What do we call the first meal of the day? – Breakfast.
132. What is the joint connecting your foot to the leg? – Ankle.
133. What is a violent conflict between two or more countries? – War.
134. What do we call a set of wires covered in plastic or rubber that carries
electricity? – Cable.
135. What handicap equipment is used for broken legs? - Crutch / walking stick.
136. Where do marine animals live? - Sea / ocean.
137. What do you call your cousin's father? – Uncle.
138. What do we cover our necks with in the winter? - Scarf / scarves.
139. What do people cover their heads with? – Hats.
140. What is the opposite of 'damp'? – Dry.
141. When you want to include a picture or other file into an email, what will
you do? – Attach.
142. What do we call the story a person tells to make people laugh? – Joke.
143. What is the opposite of ‘emigrate’? – Immigrate.
144. What do we call the colored liquid for writing, drawing and printing? –
Ink.
145. How many months does a season have? – Three.
146. What is one quarter of 100? – Twenty-Five.
147. What is a person called whose job is to write
news for newspapers? – Journalist.

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148. How do we describe the food that is not cooked? – Raw.

149. What do you call the curve of a road or a river? – Bend.
150. What do we call a person who is waiting for doing something? – Standby.
151. Where do ships load and unload goods or find shelter from storms? –
Port/Harbor.
152. Which one is a psychologist good at, surgery or therapy? – Therapy.
153. What do we call the vacation taken by a couple who have just got married?
– Honeymoon.
154. What do we call a shape of six sides? – Hexagon.
155. Who is the person who shares the same room with you? – Roommate.
156. Which is the biggest one, the elephant, the tiger, or the cheetah? –
Elephant.
157. A business doesn’t want to make a loss - what does it want to make? -
Profit.
158. What is the process of water changing into a gas? – Evaporation.
159. Which one is renewable energy, solar power or fossil fuel? – Solar power.
160. How do we describe people who have or express great love of their
country? - Patriotic.
161. What do we call the jewellery worn around your wrist? – Bracelet.
162. How do we describe the action of cooking something in hot fat or oil? -
Fry/Frying.
163. What do we call the creature who sucks the blood of living people in
legends or horror stories? – Vampire.
164. What do we call the team competing against the host team in a race? –
Away team.
165. Which one is wholesome, poison or antibiotic? – Antibiotic.
166. What is the object that has six square sides? –
Cube.
167. What is the back part of your foot that is below
your ankle? – Heel.

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168. What do we call the equipment used to make things look bigger? –
Magnifier.
169. What do we call a small horse? – Pony.
170. What are the animals that prey on other animals for living? – Predator.
171. What do we call a young cow? - Calf/calves.
172. What would call a doctor who sells prescribed medicines? -
Pharmacist/Chemist.
173. What would you call a specialist who repairs leaking water pipes? –
Plumber.
174. What is the animal with white ivory and long trunk? - Elephant.
175. If you are celebrating a bicentennial event, how many years ago did this
event happen? - Two hundred.
176. What is another way to say the arrangement of musical notes in a tune? -
Melody.
177. What do you call a short period of break between the parts of a concert or a
play? - Intermission.
178. What is the shape in geometry that has three sides? – Triangle.
179. What literacy genre describes all details of a famous person’s life? –
Biography.
180. What are wine glasses and spectacles made of? – Glass.
181. What do you call the country where you were born? – Motherland.
182. What do we call the activity of taking out weeds from the ground? –
Weeding.
183. What makes a refrigerator or any other electrical devices work? –
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184. How many years are there in a half of century? – Fifty.
185. What do we call something that seems to exist but in fact does not? –
Illusion.
186. What is place that a person lives permanently? – Home.
187. What do we call the largest land animal living in Africa or India? –
Elephant.
188. What is the book that you write to describe your own life story? –
Autobiography.
189. In which compass direction does the Sun rise from? - East.
190. How many eggs are there in a dozen? - Twelve.
191. What is the line where the sky meets the land? - Skyline.
192. If a conference is held annually, how often is it held? - Once a year.
193. What product do you apply to your skin to protect from sunburn? -
Sunscreen.
194. What do you call a length of time that lasts for seven days? – Week.
195. How do we describe the position of subterranean? – Underground.
196. What do we call the path by which satellites revolve around the earth? –
Orbit.
197. What is the connecting part between two bones? – Joint.
198. What substance would farmers spread into the soil in order to make plants
grow more successfully? – Fertilizer.
199. What do we call the lenses which people use instead of glasses? - Contact
lenses.
200. What is the large, flat surface that films are shown on? – Screen.
201. What is the scientific study of rocks? – Geology.
202. What do we call the line between a sunset and the sea? - Sea-sky-line.
203. What's the first meal of the day in the morning? – Breakfast.
204. What is the round, yellow part in the middle of
an egg? – Yolk.
205. What do we watch with a screen and a projector?
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206. What is the opposite of 'guilty'? – Innocent.
207. When you bake a cake, what do you put the cake into? – Oven.
208. What is the barrier that can prevent floods from damaging our home? –
Dam.
209. What includes everything in the world such as stars and planets? -
Universe/cosmos.
210. What do we call animals which eat meat? – Carnivore.
211. What do we describe an event which happens once every year? – Annual.
212. If a student fails to show up in a class because of illness, how do we
describe it? - Absent/absence.
213. What do we describe the space with no air in it? – Vacuum.
214. What is the literature that withstands centuries? - Classic literature.
215. Who prepares and sells medicine in shops or hospitals? -
Chemist/pharmacist.
216. What do we call a scientist who studies planets and stars? – Astronomer.
217. What is the meeting point of the sea and the sky? - Sea level.
218. Which one would you use to describe the desert, humidity or aridity? -
Aridity.
219. Does a scapegoat receive or give a crime? - Receive.
220. What is the magazine that is dedicated to academic news? - Journal,
Academic journal.
221. Which gas does plant use during the photosynthesis? – Carbon dioxide.
222. What is the taste of ocean water? Salty or sweet? – Salty.
223. What movement can babies do before they can sit and walk? - Crawling,
Crawl.
224. How many days are added in February during a leap year? - One day.
225. What is the habitat of camels – Desert.
226. Which century does the 1600s refer to? - 17th
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227. What does ASAP mean? - As soon as possible.
228. What is the process of breaking down plastic and glass and using it again?
– Recycling.
229. How do we call the flat surface at the front of a television or computer, on
which we can see pictures? – Screen.
230. What fruit category includes orange, mandarin and lemon? – Citrus.
231. In a compass, there are four directions, north, south, east, and? - West.
232. What do we describe a person who would like to help others? – Warm-
hearted.
233. What is the electronic device whose function is about the arithmetic of
numbers? – Calculator.
234. What do we call learning a lot of things in a short time in preparation for
an exam? – Cramming/cram.
235. What do we call a person who takes care of children when their parents are
at work? – Babysitter/nanny.
236. What do we call a person undergoing treatments in hospital? – Patient.
237. What flight starts in a country and ends in the same country? – Domestic.
238. What do we call a bicycle with two seats and two pairs of handles? –
Tandem.
239. What do you call a doctor who specializes in children’s diseases? -
Pediatrician/pediatrician.
240. How do we describe a person who enjoys the company of others? –
Extrovert.
241. What is the feeling of wanting something that someone else has? –
Envy/Jealousy.
242. What do eyes produce while crying? – Tears.
243. What do you call the money you pay for speeding on the road? – Fine.
244. What is the cooking process to make cakes or
bread? – Baking.
245. What do we use to get to the third floor when the
elevator is broken? – Stairs.

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246. What is glass made from? – Sand.

247. What protects birds from the cold? – Feather.
248. What do you call the case you use to carry documents? – Briefcase.
249. When you fill in a form, what are the two options for gender? – Male and
female
250. What’s the fastest way to get from the 20th floor to the 1st floor? –
Lift/Elevator.
251. What subject involves the study of the Periodic Table? - Chemistry.
252. What force makes humans stay on the earth? - Gravity.
253. Which sweet food do bees produce? – Honey
254. What is the big musical instrument that has 88 black and white keys? -
Piano.
255. Which part of a birds’ body is used for flying? - Wings.
256. What is more fuel efficient, a small car or a large truck? - A small car.
257. What is one half of 100%? - 50%.
258. If you want to buy a ring, who do you approach, a jeweler or pharmacist? -
Jeweler.
259. What is the activity of inhaling tobacco substances? – Smoking.
260. Which organ is the blood pumped from? – Heart.
261. What is the term used to describe a period of seven days? – Week.
262. What is the heading at the top of an article or page in a newspaper or
magazine? – Headline.
263. What is the opposite of north? – South.
264. What do you call a list in a book which outlines the structure of the book? -
Table of contents.
265. How many days are there in a fortnight? – Fourteen.
266. If a flight is not international, then what is it called? – Domestic.
267. One who plans and draws the design of buildings and superintends their
erection? – Architect.
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268. What is a painting of a person’s head usually called? – Portrait.

269. What do you call a person who is working for a company? – Employee.
270. Horse is a mammal, amphibian or reptile? – Mammal.
271. There are eight planets, such as Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus, and the Earth.
What stellar system dothese planets belong to? - Solar system.
272. What is the document a student gets when he completes his study at
university? - Graduation certificate.
273. When a person’s Blood Alcohol Content is higher than the standard range,
what activity arethey not allowed to do? – Driving.
274. What do we call the frozen water? – Ice.
275. Which one has a low humidity, a desert or a rainforest? - A desert.
276. What is the antonym of horizontal? - Vertical.
277. What do we call a large notice or picture sticked on a wall? – Poster.
278. What do we call a large building with a square base and triangular sides? –
Pyramid.
279. What do you pay when you park in a wrong place? - Fine/parking fine.
280. In addition to A, E, I, O, what is the other vowel letter? - U.
281. What do you call a group of mountains? - Range.
282. What do you call the person who is guilty in law term? - Criminal.
283. When you mix black and white, what color would you get? - Gray.
284. Pedestrians travel by what? - By foot.
285. What kind of educational institution does a 10-year-old child study in? –
Primary school,Elementary School.
286. What is the ground military force? – Army.
287. What do bees collect from the center of flowers? - Pollen.
288. How many hemispheres does the equator divide the globe into? - Two.
289. What do we call the legal document that states
how people’s property should be allotted aftertheir
deaths? - Will.

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290. What do you call the son of your sister or brother? - Nephew.
291. What is the nominal form of the wide? – Width.
292. How would you describe an animal that no longer exist on the earth? –
Extinct.
293. What do we call the preliminary version of a document before it is
finalized? – Draft.
294. What do we call a person who advocates females' rights? – Feminist.
295. What do we call the state of sharing the same opinion? – Agreement.
296. What do you call the medicine that is used against headache? – Pain
killer/painkiller.
297. What do we call the period between childhood and adulthood? -
Adolescence/puberty.