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How far does evidence of written language date back?

4,000 years

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What do you call anything perceived or happening that is believed to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future?

An omen

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How is any rigid airship or dirigible called?

Zeppelin

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How are the carved pumpkins and gourds called?

Jack-o’-lanterns

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How far does the Spanish word barbecue date back?

1650s

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How far does the French word grill date back?

1660s

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What nationality had in the mid-1800s, the immigrant butchers in the USA who began selling sausages (thin and long, like the dog breed dachshund)?

German

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Tofu comes from Chinese, by way of Japanese, meaning …?

Rotten bean

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In Judaism, if it is fit or allowed to be eaten or used, then it is …?

Kosher

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What’s the role of the ‘shoestrings’ in a banana?

They circulate nutrients throughout the banana.

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What is the old name for autumn/fall?

Harvest

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What 2 seasons’ names are related to foliage/leaves?

Spring (spring of buds) and fall

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How is a baby’s language called?

babble

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Who wrote the 1897- Gothic novel Dracula?

Bram Stoker

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What animals have been historically associated with Satan?

dragons

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What saint is famed for his legendary slaying of a dragon?

St.George

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