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Humanities: Homonyms and Homophones: Homonyms and Homophones: One Word, Two Meanings

1	What is a musical ensemble or a group of robbers?

band

gang

assemblage

congress

Sports: USA: USA : More Than Average

2	What was the name chosen by the media for the 1992 U.S. Men's Olympic basketball team?

Terrific Twelve

Dream Team

Fatal Foes

BBall Demons

Celebrities: Deceased Musicians: Deceased Musicians : Rock & Roll Cemetery III

3	John Denver's life ended October 12, 1997. What ended it?

Car crash

Plane crash

Motorcycle crash

Tour bus crash

Music: Heavy Metal: Heavy Metal: Name That Metal Band

4	Which English metal band consisted of Tony Iommi, Ozzy Osbourne, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward in 2011?

Led Zeppelin

Trivium

Black Sabbath

Dragonforce

Movies: Film Face-Offs: Film Face-Offs: The Similarity of "Star Wars" and "Willow"

5	Willow is a young man who spends his days toiling on a farm, but dreams of excitement and greater things. Now then, who would be his counterpart in "Star Wars"?

Han Solo

Luke Skywalker

Lando Calrissian

Wedge Antilles

Animals: Specific Bird Species: Wild Birds Australia: The Fast Footed Emu

6	Emus have been known to eat small stones and pebbles, why do they do this?

They mistake them for plants.

To help with digestion.

To increase their weight.

To create better body balance.

World: U.S. Marines: U.S. Marines: My Marine Corps: Slang, an Insider's View

7	Ok, here's a very easy one. The whatever is broken. The Lt Colonel SoandSo wants it fixed. Data platoon finds no other way than to "jimmyrig" it. What is "jimmyrigging"?

going UA (Unauthorized Absence)

telling off the commanding officer

fixing it by any means possible

procrastinating until the higher ups back off

Geography: Bodies of Water: Bodies of Water: Bodies of Water

8	What is the name of the large lake in South America that is the world's highest navigable lake?

Lake Maracaibo

Lake Titicaca

Lake Nicaragua

Lake Erie

Literature: Famous First Lines: Famous First Lines: First Lines of Famous Novels: Part 2

9	"Not long ago, there lived in London a young married couple of Dalmatian dogs named Pongo and Missus Pongo."

'Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang' - Ian Fleming

'101 Dalmatians' - Dodie Smith

'The Jungle Book' - Rudyard Kipling

'Mary Poppins' - P.L. Travers

Hobbies: Fruit and Vegetables: Fruit and Vegetables: Uncommon Fruits and Vegetables

10	This is a tropical fruit grown in Hawaii that is very digestible. When ripe the skin is yellow-green. The center cavity is made up of black-gray seeds. What is it?

Papaya

Hunokanda

Japlay

Yawahatzee

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