Words & Languages Trivia

Champignon is the French word for what?

What American writer was born Samuel Longhorn Clemens in 1835?

The Old Man and the Sea and The Sun Also Rises are books by what author?

Julius Caesar uttered the famous words Veni Vidi Vici but what do they mean?

Brontophobia is the fear of what?

Metrophobia is the fear of what?

What adventure novel did Johann David Wyss publish in 1812 with the help of his two sons?

What accomplished playwright said Youth is Wasted on the Young?

Scumbling is a technique sometimes used in what profession?

What would a Bibliophile collect?

What would a Conchologist collect?

In Cockney Rhyming slang what are Hampstead Heath?

What word beginning with E describes the hard wing cases found on some insects?

Is a Wapiti a type of animal or a type of Building?

What eight letter word describes an apparent contradiction?

What is Hippophobia the fear of?

In Cockney Rhyming slang what is a Bo-Peep?

What word beginning with B is describes the courtyard of a castle?

What R is the embankment surrounding a castle?

Bajan is a language spoken on what caribbean island?

Would you eat Lumaconi or write with it?

In poetry there are three basic types of sonnet but can you name them?

What does a Vexillologist study?

What word is used to describe the art of pruning and shaping shrubs and hedges into unique shapes and sculptures?

What is another name for the Rocket salad leaf beginning with the letter A?

Who wrote the first of his James Bond novels titled Casino Royale in 1952?

Mary Westmaccott was a pen name used by what popular writer?

In Cockney Rhyming slang what is a weeping willow?

The Lost Symbol and Inferno are both novels by what author?

What is another name for a thumb tack beginning with the letter D?