Topic : Historical facts Full Phrase : The founding king of Saudi Arabia was sometimes called the “Leopard of the Desert” Level Phrase KING OF SAUDI ARABIA WAS SOMETIMES CALLED THE “LEOPARD OF THE DESERT” Questions & Answers A tinge or a tone of color SHADE I __ somewhat blue today FEEL Not poetry PROSE…
Topic : Great Minds Full Phrase : If an injury has to be done to a man it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared Level Phrase IF AN INJURY HAS TO BE DONE TO A MAN IT SHOULD BE SO SEVERE Questions & Answers (syn.) Crazy, mad INSANE Jack-of-all-__ TRADES…
Topic : Historical facts Full Phrase : The Great Pyramid of Giza was the tallest building in the world for 3,800 years Level Phrase THE GREAT PYRAMID OF GIZA WAS THE TALLEST BUILDING IN THE WORLD Questions & Answers The word “debt” has this kind of letter SILENT (plural) Not quite mountains HILLS The largest…
Topic : Great Minds Full Phrase : Undoubtedly, philosophers are in the right when they tell us that nothing is great or little otherwise than by comparison Level Phrase PHILOSOPHERS ARE IN THE RIGHT WHEN THEY TELL US THAT NOTHING IS GREAT Questions & Answers __ end of the stick SHORT (3rd person) To mix…
Topic : Historical facts Full Phrase : Upon his wife’s death, Herod the Great kept her body, preserved in honey, for 7 years Level Phrase UPON HIS WIFE’S DEATH, HEROD THE GREAT KEPT HER BODY, PRESERVED IN HONEY Questions & Answers (3rd person) To take away DEPRIVES Cure for the eye DROPS The __ of…
Topic : Great Minds Full Phrase : What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet Level Phrase THAT WHICH WE CALL A ROSE BY ANY OTHER NAME WOULD SMELL AS SWEET Questions & Answers Only caring about trivial, insignificant things SHALLOW (plural) Aspiring young actress…
Topic : Historical facts Full Phrase : In 1518, people of Strasbourg contracted a strange disease and started dancing nonstop for weeks. Reportedly, as many as 400 people danced until falling unconscious from exhaustion Level Phrase AS MANY AS 400 PEOPLE DANCED UNTIL FALLING UNCONSCIOUS FROM EXHAUSTION Questions & Answers __ and “none” are homophones…
Topic : Great Minds Full Phrase : The state of men without civil society is nothing else but a mere war of all against all; and in that war all men have equal right unto all things Level Phrase STATE OF MEN WITHOUT CIVIL SOCIETY IS NOTHING ELSE BUT A MERE WAR OF ALL Questions…
Topic : Historical facts Full Phrase : The Vikings discovered America nearly five hundred years prior to Columbus. Leif Eriksson of Greenland was the first European to land on the Island of Newfoundland Level Phrase THE VIKINGS DISCOVERED AMERICA NEARLY FIVE HUNDRED YEARS PRIOR TO COLUMBUS Questions & Answers (syn.) To supply, furnish PROVIDE A…
Topic : Space Full Phrase : The Universe has more stars than there are grains of sand on the surface of the Earth Level Phrase THE UNIVERSE HAS MORE STARS THAN THERE ARE GRAINS OF SAND ON THE SURFACE Questions & Answers To __ profit, to __ weight GAIN (syn.) To locate, encounter FIND E.g.:…