Listed in the Chicago Tribune's Top 100 Games. Recommended by the National Association for Gifted Children, this edition of Bethump'd with Words is expressly designed for parents and children, teachers and students to play together. It tests strategy skills and knowledge of everyday words, including many from the lingo of today's youth, and will entertain and challenge both participating age groups. It enables teachers to stretch brain muscles while stimulating a strong interest in words, language, and, ultimately, reading. 2-8 players or teams. Game Rules folder with question category definitions and a selection of Game Words, 20" x 20" quad-fold game board, 8 pawns & 1 standard die, 864 questions arranged in six levels of difficulty on 144 cards, and score pad. For 2 to 8 players or teams. Wgt 3 lbs. The Discovery Edition uses the same Game Rules and Question format as the Senior Edition, with the exception that this edition's Game Words, which are listed in the Rules Booklet, have five letters each so as to provide for shorter playing times. To review the Game Rules and Question format, click on Senior Edition. The questions in this edition are arranged in six levels of difficulty, each of which features these aspects of words and the English language: Accents * Acronyms * Americanisms * Australianisms * Borrowed Words * Briticisms * Calques * Canadianisms * Dinosaur Words * Eponyms * Euphemisms * History * Holorimic Phrases * Homographs * Homonyms * Homophones * Idioms * Jargon * Letter Words * Names & Nicknames * Portmanteau Words * Quotations * Slang * Spoonerisms * True or False * Evolving Words * Word Origins. For the definitions of the question categories for the Discovery Edition, click here. IDIOMS What animal is let out of the bag when you tell someone a secret you were supposed to keep to yourself? (See Ans.1) EPONYMS What is the family name of the 19th century Italian chef who, while in Paris, invented a heavy ice cream dessert made with minced almonds, chopped cherries, and whipped cream topping? (See Ans.2) LETTER WORDS What phrase means do it quickly and is abbreviated with by the letter word ASAP? (See Ans.3) BRITICISMS In Britain, are car shocks, rainy days, or wet diapers called "dampers"? (See Ans.4) EVOLVING WORDS Is the original and literal French meaning of potpourri pouring pot, little poor pot, or rotten pot? (See Ans.5) HOMOPHONES A silver-back ape that is trained to fight jungle warfare is a ___ ___. (See Ans.6) BORROWED WORDS Which is the only state in the United States with a Polynesian name? (See Ans.7) PORTMANTEAU WORDS In 1905, what word was coined by blending the words "smoke" and "fog"? (See Ans.8) HOMOGRAPHS Katie Jo said that a cat ___ nine ___. (See Ans.9) WORD ORIGINS What word defined as "a wildly foolish person" originated in the Roman belief that behavior is affected by the phases of the moon, the lunar phases? (See Ans.10) ANSWERS 1. cat 2. Tortoni 3. as soon as possible 4. car shocks 5. rotten pot 6. guerilla gorilla 7. Hawaii 8. smog 9. lives (nine) lives 10. lunatic |