Short Answers to Common Questions
Short Answers to Common Questions
1.
What is commonly applied to hair for nourishment and growth?
Answer:
Oil
2.
What is the force that opposes the relative motion of two surfaces in contact
called?
Answer:
Friction
3.
What material is used to make windows and light bulbs?
Answer:
Glass
4.
What instrument would you use when you want to weigh something?
Answer:
Scale
5.
In the animal kingdom, is the purpose of camouflage to attract a mate, to find
food, or to hide?
Answer:
To hide
6.
What is a painting of a person’s head usually called?
Answer:
A portrait
7.
What key mineral makes seawater different from fresh water?
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Answer:
Salt
8.
Who would you consult to treat a fear of crowded places, a philosopher or a
psychologist?
Answer:
A psychologist
9.
On what geographical location would someone be living if their country is
surrounded by water on all side?
Answer:
Island
10. What type of shape has four corners and four lines that are equal in length?
Answer:
Square
13. What is a mythical, horse-like creature with a horn on its head known as?
Answer:
Unicorn
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14. If something such as fabric or medicine is artificially made, not natural,
what do we say it is?
Answer:
Artificial / Manmade synthesis
16. What kind of equipment is used to protect motorbike rider’s brain from
injury?
Answer:
A helmet
18. What part of a bird's body helps them propel in the air?
Answer:
Wings
19. What is the term used for people who move from one country to another
country, usually for work or a better life?
Answer:
Migrants
20. Drawings or writings on a wall within public view & mostly done without
permission are called?
Answer:
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Graffiti
21. A scientist who studies the universe and its objects like planets & stars is
called?
Answer:
Astronomer
23. What is a group of people who are responsible for running or governing a
country called?
Answer:
Government
24. What is an opening in our face that is used for speaking and eating called?
Answer:
Mouth
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Cloud
28. What term is used to describe a person who rides waves on a special
board in the ocean?
Answer:
Surfer
31. In which category do the bee, the butterfly, and the mosquito fall?
Answer:
Insects
32. What are the clothes that need washing commonly called?
Answer:
Laundry
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Answer:
(30) Thirty Days
37. What is the term used for the medication that is used to treat bacterial
infections?
Answer:
Antibiotics
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42. What is the term used for the amount that banks charge customers for
borrowing money?
Answer:
Interest
43. When you have to accelerate a vehicle, what do you put your foot on?
Answer:
Accelerator pedal / Throttle
44. Which dance form involves the use of toes and jumping?
Answer:
Ballet
45. What is the regular movement or sound that the heart makes while it
pushes blood around the body?
Answer:
Heartbeat
46. What is an instrument with two sharp blades that is used to cut paper or
cloth?
Answer:
Scissor
47. What is a piece of clothing that covers the hands and wrists and has
individual sections for each finger?
Answer:
Glove
48. In which of the following activities do you spend a longer time: eating,
drinking, or sleeping?
Answer:
Sleeping
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49. What is the opposite of the word 'affluence'?
Answer:
Poverty
53. What is the term for a reduction in the price of a product or service?
Answer:
Discount
56. What is the term used for a person who previously occupied the same
office or held the same position as yours?
Answer:
Predecessor
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57. What is the breathing apparatus used by divers known as?
Answer:
Scuba / Aqualung
60. What geometric shape are circumference, diameter, and radius related to?
Answer:
Circle
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Water Dispenser / Water Cooler
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72. What do we call headaches or other sick feelings after drinking too much
alcohol?
Answer:
Hangover
Answer:
Intermission
75. Which of the two covers the study of the relations between numbers:
mathematics or linguistics?
Answer:
Mathematics
79. A person who, with technical computer skills accesses others' computer
systems without permission is known as?
Answer:
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Hacker
83. What is the term used for the process of supplying water to an area of
land through pipes or channels so that crops will grow?
Answer:
Irrigation
84. What do you call the group of people watching a play or a movie?
Answer:
Audience
85. What is the term used to describe a scientific test that is done to discover
or prove something?
Answer:
Experiment
86. What term is used to define a person who is an expert in a particular field?
Answer:
Specialist
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87. A person who does not believe in the existence of god is known as?
Answer:
Atheist
88. What do we call the musical instrument which has six strings?
Answer:
Guitar
89. What is the word used to describe an accident or a disease which causes
death?
Answer:
Fatal / Deadly / Lethal
90. A person who believes that laws and governments are not necessary is
known as?
Answer:
Anarchist
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Answer:
Adolescence / Puberty
95. What is the term used for an amount that is regularly received by a retiree?
Answer:
Pension
96. Medicines that are used to cure headaches are generally known as?
Answer:
Pain killer / Painkiller / Pain relief
102. What is the term used for the collection and study of stamps?
Answer:
Philately
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103. A kitchen tool or a device with a rough surface on which food can be
rubbed to turn into small pieces is called?
Answer:
Grater
What is the organ that is located below your eyes & is responsible for
the sense of smell?
Answer:
Nose
A secret plan made by a group to do something unlawful or harmful is
called.
Answer:
Conspiracy / Plot
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Job seeker / Job hunter / Aspirant / Applicant
112. What is the upper structure that covers & protects a building?
Answer:
Roof
114. The various forms of money used by any country is known as?
Answer:
Currency
115. Which of the following is not a font style: Bold, Regular, Superscript or
Italic?
Answer:
Superscript
116. What is the process called when you send a rocket into space?
Answer:
Launch / Launching
117. What kind of food do almonds, pistachios and walnuts fall into?
Answer:
Nuts
118. The files that are sent in an email are known as?
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Answer:
Attachment
120. What is a brief summary for an academic paper or research article giving
the readers an understanding of the article?
Answer:
Abstract
121. Who is the person who shares the same room with you?
Answer:
Roommate
122. What do you call the southernmost and northernmost parts of the earth?
Answer:
Poles
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126. Who is the person who writes a piece of music, especially classical music?
Answer:
Composer
127. What is the loud noise that you hear during a storm?
Answer:
Thunder
128. What is the term for the money paid every month by your employer?
Answer:
Salary
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Heritage
135. What is the round, yellow part in the middle of an egg called?
Answer:
Yolk
140. What is the term used to specifically describe either a brother or a sister?
Answer:
Sibling
141. What includes everything around us such as planets, stars and galaxies?
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Answer:
The Universe
142. What is the opposite of the word guilty?
Answer:
Innocent
143. What subject studies the life and structure of humans, animals, and
plants?
Answer:
Biology
145. What is the barrier that can prevent floods from damaging our home?
Answer:
Dam
147. What is the mountain that is filled with melting rocks in hot gases?
Answer:
Volcano
148. If a student fails to show up for a class, we can say he or she is?
Answer:
Absent
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149. Which day of the week comes after Wednesday?
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Answer:
Thursday
151. What is a strip of hard ground on which an aircraft takes off and lands?
Answer:
Runway
154. What does BA in the fields of history and literature stand for?
Answer:
Bachelor of Arts
156. A card with a picture used for sending a message by post without an
envelope is called?
Answer:
Postcard
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157. What is a person who has a habit of doing a task at the right time called?
Answer:
Punctual
158. What is the short piece of writing containing the main ideas of a
document?
Answer:
Abstract
159. What do we call a person whose job is cutting up and selling meat?
Answer:
Butcher
161. What do we call a notice, picture, or film telling people about a product
or service?
Answer:
Advertisement
162. What is a person who pays rent to the landlord called?
Answer:
Tenant / Lessee
163. What do you call the phenomenon when the snow at the top of a snow
mountain collapses all at once?
Answer:
Avalanche
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Answer:
Handle
165. A criminal is someone who commits a crime. In this case, who is the
other one who gets hurt or injured?
Answer:
Victim
168. What do you call the money you pay for speeding on the road?
Answer:
Fine
170. What do we call a person who does a job without being paid?
Answer:
Volunteer
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172. What do we call someone who studies languages?
Answer:
Linguist
176. What is the star that gives heat and light to the Earth?
Answer:
Sun
177. What is the electronic device whose function is about the arithmetic of
numbers?
Answer:
Calculator
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180. In winter, what activities do people usually do on snow mountains by
standing on a long, thin board?
Answer:
Skiing
182. What is the place where passengers wait for airplanes to take off or land?
Answer:
Airport
185. When you mix black and white, what color would you get?
Answer:
Grey
186. If you leave a picture or design permanently on your skin with a needle
and ink, what is that called?
Answer:
Tattoo
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Minority
188. What do they call the pieces of puzzles which players try to piece
together?
Answer:
Jigsaw
191. What is the term used for the money borrowed from banks?
Answer:
Loans
193. What do you call a person who lives next to your house?
Answer:
Neighbour
194. If Monday is the first day, what day is the fourth day?
Answer:
Thursday
195. What is the study of religion called?
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Answer:
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Theology
200. What do you call a person who is guilty in the eyes of law?
Answer:
Criminal
201. Which of the following is not a means of transportation: plane, train, or
car model?
Answer:
Car model
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203. What is the official survey of a country’s population, especially
including demographic details of individuals?
Answer:
Census
Answer:
Trains
209. What is added to a drink if you want to cool it down on a hot day?
Answer:
Ice
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211. What is the opposite of the word "public", for example, when describing
an event? –
Answer:
Private
212. What is the boat that carries people from one side of a river to the other?
Answer:
Ferry
214. What do you call people who travel to visit famous sightseeing locations?
Answer:
Tourists
215. If you are celebrating a biannual activity, how many years ago did you
celebrate it last time?
Answer:
Half a year
218. What is the line where the sky meets the land?
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Answer:
Horizon / Skyline
223. What books can only be read in the library, but cannot be borrowed out
of the library?
Answer:
Reserve collection
224. What do we call the legal document that states how people’s property
should be allocated after their deaths?
Answer:
Will
225. What do you call the diagram which includes a horizontal line called the
X-axis and a vertical line called the Y-axis?
Answer:
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Coordinate system
226. What is the verb describing the process that water becomes ice?
Answer:
Freeze
227. What is the horizontal line that separates the globe into two same halves?
Answer:
Equator
229. Which document does a student get when he completes his study at
university?
Answer:
Graduation certificate
231. What are the two holes in your nose that you use to breathe?
Answer:
Nostrils
232. If a couple has a pair of children, how many children do they have?
Answer:
Two
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233. What do you call a difficult time when economic activities slow down,
and there are more people unemployed?
Answer:
Recession
234. How do you call the siblings who were born at the same time?
Answer:
Twins
Answer:
Obituary
236. What is the description of events that are spoken with background music
during a film or a play?
Answer:
Narration
240. What is the list that shows the names of actors and actresses in a movie?
Answer:
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Cast
241. What is the long speech that is spoken by only one actor in a film or play?
Answer:
Monologue
245. Apart from coffee and hot chocolate, what beverages also contain
caffeine?
Answer:
Tea
247. What is the occupation that transfers one language to another language?
Answer:
Translator
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248. What do you throw underwater to keep ships staying on rivers or oceans
without drifting away?
Answer:
Anchor
249. What is the job title of someone who works at the beach and save
people’s lives when they are in danger in the sea?
Answer:
Lifesavers
250. Which part of the body do mammals use to feed their next generations?
Answer:
Breast
255. If you want to read tragedies or comedies, what genre of book do you
read?
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Answer:
Fictions
259. When something is given in a pair, how many of them are there?
Answer:
Two
261. What is the device that shows the time of the day according to the
shadow of sunlight?
Answer:
Sundial
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Wednesday
266. When you use Microsoft Word, which category does “Times New
Roman” belong to?
Answer:
Fonts
270. If you want to study the human brain and behavior, what should you be?
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Answer:
Psychologist
272. What are the people who study history and historical evidence?
Answer:
Historian
273. Which shape has four equal sides and four angles, and each angle is a
right angle?
Answer:
Square
274. What shines at night in the sky and uses its own brightness?
Answer:
Star
275. What kind of clothes and shoes do you wear to keep comfortable when
hiking?
Answer:
Hiking outfit
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Theatre
279. What movement can babies do before they can sit and walk?
Answer:
Crawling
280. A newspaper is published every day, and a journal is published every
month. What do you call the publication that is published four times a year?
Answer:
Quarterly
281. Who takes care of people who are sick and stay in the hospital?
Answer:
Nurse
282. What would you call a doctor who treat sick animals?
Answer:
Vet
283. When we say "Dollars, cents, pounds, euro…", what are these called?
Answer:
Currencies
285. What kind of educational institution does a 10-year-old child study in?
Answer:
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Primary school
286. When you have the primary and the secondary, what do you have next?
Answer:
Tertiary
288. When a person’s Blood Alcohol Content is higher than the standard
range, what activity are they not allowed to do?
Answer:
Driving
291. How would you describe the process by which snow becomes water?
Answer:
Melting
293. What does the chemical symbol H2O stand for in chemistry?
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Answer:
Water
294. Which part at the end of the book can be used for further reading? An
index or a bibliography?
Answer:
Bibliography
299. What does a Sundial measure according to the shadow in the sunlight?
Answer:
Time
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301. Who is the person who works in a hospital and can-do operations?
Answer:
Surgeon
304. In the sentence: “He has been quite upset since he went back to
school.”, which word uses a past tense?
Answer:
Went
307. If someone has a couple of kids, how many kids does he have?
Answer:
Two
308. A famous canal links the Mediterrane Sea with the Indian Ocean, is it the
Curran or Suez Canal?
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Answer:
The Suez Canal
309. Despite all the advances and qualities of sexes, would more men or
women play
professional football?
Answer:
More Men
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316. In which direction does the Sun rise from?
Answer:
East
317. Some calendars begin the week on Sunday, what is the other day which
commonly starts a week?
Answer:
Monday
319. What crime has someone stealing items from a shop committed: shop
fitting or shoplifting?
Answer:
Shoplifting / Shop lifting
320. What do we call a book that contains lots of words with their meanings?
Answer:
Dictionary
321. What do you call a period of ten years?
Answer:
A decade
322. What do we call it when the moon completely blocks out the light from
the Sun?
Answer:
A solar eclipse
323. What do we call the organs in our chest that we use to breathe?
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Answer:
Lungs
324. What do we call the piece of paper that proves you have bought an item?
Answer:
A receipt
327. What do you call the very long essay that students have to write for a
doctoral degree?
Answer:
Thesis/Dissertation
328. What do you need to see things which are far away?
Answer:
Binoculars
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331. What is more fuel efficient, a car or a truck?
Answer:
A car
332. What device do you use to type when you use a computer?
Answer:
Keyboard
Answer:
Sun
336. What object would you use to climb up to the roof of a house?
Answer:
Ladder
337. What identification document does most people need to carry when they
travel
between countries?
Answer:
A passport
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Answer:
Ice
339. When the writer of a book is unknown, what word is used for the author?
Answer:
Anonymous
340. Where would you expect to find equipment like a microscope, bunsen
burner, beaker, and petri dish?
Answer:
Laboratory
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346. What kind of book is written by a person about their own life?
Answer:
Autobiography
348. What’s the name of the building where you can borrow books?
Answer:
Library
353. When you get lost in a city, what do you need to buy to find out where
you are and where to go?
Answer:
Map
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354. If one’s response is simultaneous, is it quick or slow?
Answer:
Quick
357. How would you call people who study ancient bones, rocks and plants?
Answer:
Archaeologist
358. If there are 8 black balls and 1 white ball, and I randomly pick one, which
color is most likely to be picked?
Answer:
Black
359. What is the job title for someone who makes meals in a restaurant?
Answer:
Chef
360. What do you call a list in front of a book which outlines the structure of a
book?
Answer:
Table of Contents
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Answer:
Successor
368. If you are happy with an agreement, what would you like to put at the
bottom of the contract alongside the date?
Answer:
Signature
369. Into how many hemispheres does the equator split the earth into?
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Answer:
Two
370. What is the adjective to describe the creatures that no longer exist?
Answer:
Extinct
372. When it’s raining, what object would you raise over your head?
Answer:
Umbrella
375. What do you call a country where there is no king but a president?
Answer: Republic
377. What do you call the clothing actors wear on the stage?
Answer: Costume
378. What do we call the component of a camera that should be developed in darkness?
Answer: Negative / film
379. When you make a cake, what do you stir in the milk?
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Answer: Flour
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380. What do we call the clothes that need washing?
Answer: Laundry
385. What is the generic term for a person who once had the same title as you have now?
Answer: Predecessor
386. What do we call a character in movies who holds superior power to humans?
Answer: Superman
389. The sense of hearing will allow you to hear. Then what sense will allow you to see?
Answer: Sight
391. What is the straight line between the center of a circle and any point on its outer edge?
Answer: Radius
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392 . What do we call the type of energy that uses uranium to generate electricity?
Answer: Nuclear
396. What is the generic term for a person who once had the same title as
you have now?
Answer: Predecessor
400. What geometric shape are circumference, diameter and radius related
with?
Answer: Circle
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403. What do we call the event in which people move through a public place to
celebrate an important day or event?
Answer: Parade
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