This intrigued me

May 03, 2010 19:38


21 language questions

1. A body of water, smaller than a river, contained within relatively narrow banks:
creek

2. What the thing you push around the grocery store is called:
carriage or cart

3. A metal container to carry a meal in:
lunch box

4. The thing that you cook bacon and eggs in:
pan

5. The piece of furniture that seats two or three people:
love seat

6. The device on the outside of the house that carries rain off the roof:
gutters or downspout depend on where it is

7. The covered area outside a house where people sit in the evening:
covered is a porch, uncovered is a deck

8. Carbonated, sweetened, non-alcoholic beverages:
soda

9. A flat, round breakfast food served with syrup:
pancaaaaaaakes

10. A long sandwich designed to be a whole meal in itself:
sub. grinder if it's toasted

11. The piece of clothing worn by men at the beach:
bathing suit

12. Shoes worn for sports:
cleats? sneakers :-p

13. Putting a room in order:
Cleaning.

14. A flying insect that glows in the dark:
firefly

15. The little insect that curls up into a ball:
inch worm

16. The children's playground equipment where one kid sits on one side and goes up while the other sits on the other side and goes down:
see-saw

17. How do you eat your pizza:
with my hands?

18. What's it called when private citizens put up signs and sell their used stuff:
yard sale

19. What's the evening meal?:
dinner

20. The thing under a house where the furnace and perhaps a rec room are:
basement

21. What do you call the thing that you can get water out of to drink in public places:
I call it a fountain, though many people call it a bubbler XD
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