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What do you call a phrase, sentence or a verse that reads the same forward or backward?

A palindrome

Give three nouns that end with "ance"

defiance, resistance, guidance, acceptance, relevance, ignorance, importance, resemblance, instance, allowance, insurance, distance, substance, maintenance

UK: football - US: ?

Soccer

UK: rubbish - US: ?

Trash/ garbage

US: apartment - UK: ?

Flat

Give four irregular verbs that are spelt the same

bet, broadcast, cut, hit, hurt, let, put, quit, read, set, shut, spread

US: candy - UK: ?

Sweets

UK: wadrdrobe - US: ?

Closet

Where did English originate?

England

US: sidewalk - UK: ?

Pavement

Give four nouns that end with "ment"

disappointment, accomplishment, understatement, acknowledgment, discouragement, arrondissement, divertissement, noninvolvement, government

Give five nouns that end with "-ion"

education, relation, civilisation, version, information, section, location, onion, rotation, nation, friction, penetration, emotion

What do you call a joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word?

A pun

Give three words that end with "ence"

consequence, existence, convenience, evidence, independence, violence, intelligence, incompetence, fluorescence, conference, science, fence, absence

UK: lorry - US: ?

truck

UK: rubber - US: ?

Eraser

UK: film - US: ?

Movie

What do you call a calligraphic design that has the same or different interpretation when viewed (or rotated) upside down?

An ambigram