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In the sentence 'He quickly gobbled his lunch.' the word 'quickly' functions as which part of speech?
Adjective Adverb Preposition Verb
What is the two-word phrase, which includes a term for a group of people living in North America, that is used to describe a period of calm, dry, warm weather in late autumn in the northern U.S. or elsewhere?
American Summer Canadian Summer Indian Summer Mexican Summer
Which monster of ancient Greek myth not only had nine heads, but when one was cut off, two more would replace it?
Chimera Hippocampus Hydra Manticore
A popular term in psychology, it is a term of Pacific island origin synonymous with 'ban' and 'prohibition'. What is this 'T' word?
Taboo Taunt Terror Totem
What eight-letter 'Q' word is synonymous with both 'marshland' and 'predicament'?
Quadriga Quagmire Quandong Quantico
The phrases 'the humming bee', 'the cackling hen', and 'the buzzing saw' are examples of which literary device?
Metonymy Onomatopoeia Personification Spoonerisms
The name of which classic dance is from the German "to revolve"?
Ballet Mazurka Polka Waltz
Epictetus and Zeno of Citium were ancient Greek practitioners of what philosophical 'ism'?
Epicurianism Platonism Skepticism Stoicism
The Cloisters, in upper Manhattan, is a branch of which New York City Museum?
The Brooklyn Museum The Frick Collection The Metropolitan Museum of Art The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
Phidias, the famed ancient Greek sculptor of Athena at the Parthenon, also created a gigantic sculpture at Olympia. Which Greek god was the subject of this sculpture?
Apollo Helios Nike Zeus
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