Word Quiz

CINCO

1. Cinco de Mayo (sinko-day-MAH-yo), May 5th, marks the celebration of:
Mexico’s defeat of the French
The completion of Panama’s trench
Mexico’s independence from Spain
The Mayan’s harvest of grain

2. An incunabulum (in-kuh-NAB-you-lum) is:
a traitorous crook
a really old book
a balancing scale
a narrative tale

3. A nabob (NAY-bob) is:
roasted meat on a stick
an Indian fakir’s trick
a clever salesman’s pitch
a person important or rich

4. A centurion (sin-TOOR-ee-un or sin-TYOOR-ee-un):
could forgive one’s sins
led a hundred men
had the body of a horse
bloomed each century, of course

5. The term orthography (or-THOG-ruh-fee) refers to:
the prescribing of meds
the baking of breads
spelling that’s standard
the weaving of lanyards