50 Easy Trivia Questions

1. Which utensil is made to squash cooked potatoes into a soft mash?

2. Which small kitchen scoop turns melon flesh into round bite-sized pieces?

3. Which tool removes the central seed section of an apple?

4. Which bristled kitchen tool spreads glaze over pastry?

5. Which item provides a flat surface specifically for chopping food?

6. Pancakes are often cooked on which broad, flat cooking surface?

7. When crushing spices in a mortar, what is the handheld pounding tool called?

8. Which small baking dish is commonly used for an individual soufflé?

9. A bread recipe says to knead the dough. What should you do?

10. Which kitchen item is worn on a hand to lift a hot baking tray?

11. Which small handheld gardening tool looks like a miniature shovel?

12. What are secateurs used for in a garden?

13. In gardening, what does transplanting mean?

14. Which tool has a blade set across a long handle for loosening soil and removing weeds?

15. A plant’s root ball contains its roots and a compact mass of what?

16. What is a trellis designed to support?

17. Which gardening tool has strong metal prongs for turning and breaking up soil?

18. Rolls of sod are laid to create which garden feature?

19. What do we call a row of shrubs grown close together as a living boundary?

20. A tulip grows from which underground food-storage structure?

21. What is the name for the line where two pieces of fabric are stitched together?

22. What is a hem at the bottom of a skirt or pair of trousers?

23. Which sewing accessory fits over a fingertip to help push a needle?

24. Which small cylinder holds wound thread inside many sewing machines?

25. Which yarn craft normally uses a hooked tool to form loops?

26. What does it mean to darn a hole in a sock?

27. Which repair uses an extra piece of fabric to cover a hole?

28. What are the repeated, deliberately folded sections in a pleated skirt called?

29. Which part of a shirt sits around the wrist at the end of a long sleeve?

30. What is the folded-back part of a jacket’s front, beside its collar, called?

31. Which fitting allows a door to swing open and shut?

32. What is the channel along the edge of a roof that collects rainwater called?

33. In American English, what is the pipe that carries water down from a roof gutter called?

34. Which hinged panel can close over the outside of a window?

35. What is the strip across the bottom of a doorway called?

36. Which projecting cover can shade a shop window or patio?

37. What is the horizontal ledge at the bottom of a window called?

38. Which simple fastening holds a door closed with a catch?

39. In American English, what is the trim board along the bottom of an interior wall called?

40. Which kind of window is installed in a roof to admit daylight?

41. Which section near the front of a book lists its chapters and their page numbers?

42. Which book section usually lists subjects alphabetically with page references?

43. Which book section explains specialized words used in the text?

44. What is a short piece of text explaining a photograph called?

45. What is the blank space around the text on a page called?

46. What is a group of sentences forming one distinct block of writing called?

47. Which punctuation mark joins the words in “well-known”?

48. Which star-shaped symbol often points to a note on a page?

49. Which type style makes letters thicker and heavier for emphasis?

50. Which type style usually makes letters slope to the right?