Round 01Questions 01–05

Meet in the Middle

Find the word that goes after the first and before the second to make two compound words.

  1. Question 1: What word goes after SUN and before BULB?

  2. Question 2: What word goes after TEXT and before CASE?

  3. Question 3: What word goes after RAIN and before TIE?

  4. Question 4: What word goes after TOOTH and before STROKE?

  5. Question 5: What word goes after DAY and before FAST?

Round 02Questions 06–10

Lost in Trans-lunch

Follow the translated name to something delicious.

  1. Question 6: Which Italian dessert has a name meaning “pick me up” and layers coffee-soaked sponge fingers with mascarpone?

  2. Question 7: Which fermented cabbage food has a German name meaning “sour cabbage”?

  3. Question 8: Which Korean dish has a name meaning “mixed rice” and is typically served with vegetables and gochujang?

  4. Question 9: From a Turkish word meaning “stuffed”, what name is used for filled vine leaves and vegetables?

  5. Question 10: Which Japanese rice dish has a name meaning “parent-and-child bowl” and is topped with chicken and egg?

Round 03Questions 11–15

Paws Between the Pages

These literary characters aren't human. Name the animal each one is.

  1. Question 11: In C. S. Lewis's The Chronicles of Narnia, what animal is Aslan?

  2. Question 12: What animal is the washerwoman in Beatrix Potter's The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle?

  3. Question 13: In A. A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh, what animal is the gloomy Eeyore?

  4. Question 14: In E. B. White's Charlotte's Web, what animal is Charlotte?

  5. Question 15: In Don Marquis's comic poems, archy writes by jumping on typewriter keys. What insect is he?

Round 04Questions 16–20

Some Assembly Required

Your body has a department for that. Name the part from its job.

  1. Question 16: Which large organ produces bile to help digest fats?

  2. Question 17: Which organ contains the beta cells that produce insulin?

  3. Question 18: Which dome-shaped muscle beneath the lungs contracts and flattens when you breathe in?

  4. Question 19: What is the transparent front part of the eye that covers the iris and pupil?

  5. Question 20: Which part of the brain, whose name means “little brain”, helps coordinate movement and balance?

Round 05Questions 21–25

Tools of the Tune

Three musicians, one shared instrument. What do they play?

  1. Question 21: Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis and Chet Baker are all famous for playing which brass instrument?

  2. Question 22: Yo-Yo Ma, Jacqueline du Pré and Mstislav Rostropovich are all famous for playing which string instrument?

  3. Question 23: Charlie Parker, Cannonball Adderley and Ornette Coleman are all famous for playing which woodwind instrument?

  4. Question 24: Ravi Shankar, Anoushka Shankar and Vilayat Khan are all famous for playing which plucked string instrument?

  5. Question 25: Clara Rockmore, Lydia Kavina and Carolina Eyck are all famous for playing which electronic instrument without touching it?

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01Meet in the Middle
02Lost in Trans-lunch
03Paws Between the Pages
04Some Assembly Required
05Tools of the Tune