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Trivia Questions

In handwriting, to indicate italicized words, do this to them

Adverbs generally end in these 2 letters

"At", "by" & "of" are all this part of speech

Lay is the past tense of lie; this is the past tense of lay

"City" is a common noun; Virginia City is this kind of noun

The Channel meets the North Sea at this strait

Francois Pilatre de Rozier tried to cross the Channel in one of these in 1785, but was killed in the attempt

A song & a dance were named for this lady who swam the channel in 1926 & passed away at age 98 in 2003

La Manche, the French name for the channel, means this part of a shirt

The "Isle of" this has been inhabited since prehistoric times; it was once called Vectis