Level 254

Topic : Great Minds Full Phrase : Never touch your idols: the gilding will stick to your fingers Level Phrase NEVER TOUCH YOUR IDOLS: THE GILDING WILL STICK TO YOUR FINGERS Questions & Answers On pins and needles NERVOUS Horribly ugly HIDEOUS Apollo and Hermes to Zeus SONS Common gym pants LEGGINGS Popular pet that…

Level 270

Topic : Historical facts Full Phrase : Before the invention of dentures, doctors used teeth of dead soldiers as prosthetics Level Phrase BEFORE THE INVENTION OF DENTURES, DOCTORS USED TEETH OF DEAD SOLDIERS Questions & Answers (plural) Noble act DEEDS Odysseus, Achilles, Perseus HERO He was framed for a crime while being totally __ INNOCENT…

Level 255

Topic : Great Minds Full Phrase : Talk not to me of blasphemy, man; I’d strike the sun if it insulted me Level Phrase TALK NOT TO ME OF BLASPHEMY, MAN; I’D STRIKE THE SUN IF IT INSULTED ME Questions & Answers (syn.) Coy, playful KITTENISH To say no REFUSE He usually __ some errands…

Level 256

Topic : Fauna Full Phrase : Nearly half of all orangutans have broken or fractured bones because they regularly fall out of trees Level Phrase HAVE BROKEN OR FRACTURED BONES BECAUSE THEY REGULARLY FALL OUT OF TREES Questions & Answers Neither to win, nor to end in a draw LOSE (plural) Reason for cold sweats…

Level 241

Topic : Historical facts Full Phrase : Mummy brown, a popular painting pigment in the 17th and 18th centuries, was actually made of the ground-up remains of ancient Egyptian mummies Level Phrase MUMMY BROWN, A POPULAR PAINTING PIGMENT IN THE 17TH AND 18TH CENTURIES Questions & Answers It goes with articles NOUN In most cases…

Level 257

Topic : Fauna Full Phrase : If you shave a zebra completely, its skin will be black underneath the coat, so zebras are, in fact, black with white stripes. Also, in nature white is not a color, it’s the absence of pigment Level Phrase IF YOU SHAVE A ZEBRA COMPLETELY, ITS SKIN WILL BE BLACK…

Level 242

Topic : Historical facts Full Phrase : Spartans didn’t work because the country was so rich it awarded lands and slaves to their citizens upon reaching adulthood Level Phrase IT AWARDED LANDS AND SLAVES TO THEIR CITIZENS UPON REACHING ADULTHOOD Questions & Answers Origin of a plant SEED The __ justify the means ENDS The…

Level 258

Topic : Fauna Full Phrase : We can ride horses, but not zebras because zebras are unpredictable and aggressive. Zoo workers consider zebras to be one of the most dangerous animals in the zoo Level Phrase WE CAN RIDE HORSES, BUT NOT ZEBRAS BECAUSE ZEBRAS ARE UNPREDICTABLE Questions & Answers (plural) Official treaty ACCORDS Very…

Level 243

Topic : Historical facts Full Phrase : Due to hyperinflation in Germany after the First World War, the price of a loaf of bread rose from 160 Marks at the end of 1922 to 200,000,000,000 Marks at the end of 1923 Level Phrase THE PRICE OF A LOAF OF BREAD ROSE FROM 160 MARKS AT…

Level 259

Topic : Fauna Full Phrase : Panther is not a separate species of big cats. It is a genus comprising the tiger, lion, leopard, jaguar and snow leopard. Any of these big cats with a mutation that causes melanism are called “black panthers” Level Phrase PANTHER IS NOT A SEPARATE SPECIES OF BIG CATS. IT…