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Challenge your brain with word puzzles and test your knowledge with trivia questions. Have fun and keep your mind sharp!
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January 4th-8thWarm-ups Happy New Year!
Tuesday, January 5th Warm-up Each clue below suggests a word that ends with the letters A-T-E. The first one has been done for you. • Act like someone else IMITATE • To supply with water • To make angry • To turn into vapor • To complete high school • To find • A favorite flavor • You do this on ice • To ornament or adorn • To pause briefly • To split apart • To make or invent • Having a backbone • Free from error • Mathematical guess
Wednesday, January 6th Warm-ups Read each set of clues below. After figuring out the first word, just rearrange the letters to form the second word. The first one has been done for you. • long, thin stem VINE carries blood VEIN • A smile………………..…..piece of jewelry • To run and play……….…high school dance • Aching…………….………a flower • Alike………………..……..line made by sewing • To salvage………..……….ornamental jar • To slide………..…….…….slang for children • Written message………….quality of sound • Walking stick……….…….pimples • To boast……………………to take rapidly
Thursday, January 7th Warm-up By reading either clockwise or counterclockwise, you will find a commonly used 8 letter word in each circle below. After finding the word, tell whether it is a noun, verb, adjective, adverb or pronoun. adjective pronoun noun adverb verb adjective
Friday, January 8thWarm-up • Name the canal that links the Mediterranean and the Red Sea. • Joan of Arc died in her sleep at the age of 47. True or false? • What is the hero of a story or play called? • In colonial times, what were the people who made horseshoes called? • How many zeros are in the number fifty billion? • Which is a close relative of the yak: a cow, a horse or a buffalo? • What modern day capital city was also the capital of the Greek Empire? • Which civilization came first: Babylon, Sumer of Syria? • Add a prefix to “legal” to form its opposite. • Which state is known as “the Peach State”?