Classroom Answers

Do you know the name of the phenomenon where the second hand looks like it’s stopped moving?

1. Chronostasis.

What does a pawn shop offer that a secondhand shop doesn’t?

1. Money loans for collateral.

What’s one of the supposed origins for the phrase “cat got your tongue”?

1. Cats eating human tongues.

Robot comes from a word in Czech. But where in Europe is the Czech Republic located?

1. Central Europe.

How many white and black shapes are there respectively on a soccer ball?

1. 20 white, 12 black.

Multi-part question concerning “PVS,” when you mistakenly think your phone is going off

1. Phantom.
2. Vibration.
3. Syndrome.

But the fishermen of Nagaragawa are actually civil servants as well. So, tell me which sector they belong to.

1. Imperial Household Agency.

If we use “three watermelons in the sun” to visualize a certain matter’s size against the universe’s, what are the melons?

1. Stars.

Now, do you know who invented [the guillotine]?

1. Joseph-Ignace Guillotin.

Which name was most commonly ascribed to shape B?

1. Bouba.