Twenty-eight queries on a year in review. 2020 is nearly hindsight.
Q1. Which of the following words is least like the other? Most?
Story
Storied
Stall
Scared
Q2. Which of the following words is least like the other? Most?
Relative
Time
Relate
Test
Term
Q3. If I cry and no one sees, does my pain matter?
Q4. True or false: Not all stories have happy endings.
Q5. True or false: All stories deserve to be told.
Q6. True or false: All tears are wet.
Q7. Which of the following is a symptom of 2020? Choose all that apply.
Headache
Stomachache
Heartache
Q8. Define struggle. Define consolation.
How are the two similar? Different?
Q9. Which of the following email signatures does not belong?
Stay safe
Stay well
With best wishes
Regards
Q10. Which of the following words is most like the other? Least?
Pandemic
Pandemonium
Parade
Puppet
Q11. Which of the following is an appropriate 2020 holiday greeting?
With condolences
Season’s greetings
Almost there
The most ____ time of year
Q12. Which of the following is most likely to win product of the year?
Masks
Music
Memories
Q13. What types of puzzles are hardest to solve?
Puzzle of a thousand pieces
Puzzle of 365 days
Puzzle of 2020
Puzzle of 100,000 pieces
Q14. What type of loss can’t be recovered? What types can be?
Q15. As citizens, we’ve been told to be patient. Define patient.
Q15. Which of the following words is least like the others?
Patience
Patient
Patent
Pest
Plague
Q16. Define and explain the difference between 2 and 3 ply paper.
Q17. Which of the following words is most closely associated with 2020? Least?
Toilet
Tissue
Tear
Time
Q18. Which of the following doesn’t belong?
Bookshop
Bookstore
Book swap
Bookmark
Q19. Define relative.
Q20. Doctors caution arms ache post-vaccine. Why does no one caution against heart aches prior?
Q21. How can a virus with only three consonants travels all continents?
Q22. Which of the following words doesn’t belong?
Vaccine
Virus
Virulent
Verse
Q23. If friends tell me I look different on video, who has changed?
Q24. Which of the following words doesn’t belong?
Zoo
Zoom
Zine
Zipper
Q25. Define present. Are all presents gifts?
Q26. How does the future differ from the present?
Q27. Writers speak of the moment in time when strings of words go dead. Define that moment in time.
Q28. First thought, best thought. Ready. Set. Go.
1. An emotion associated with January 2020
2. Noun that describes 2020
3. Another word for truth
4. The word that describes a deep wound
5. Word that describes a sibling, parent, aunt, or cousin
6. A mineral or element on the periodic table of elements
7. Lyric—two words—from a favorite song
8. An emotion associated with March 2020
9. A cartoon character
10. Antonym for past
On Past Truths
Even as a young girl, I knew not all stories have _1__ endings.
Not all __2__ end well. Knew, also, that not all tales are __3__.
Time heals some ___4___, but not all. Time, too, is ___5___.
Eight comes both before and after nine. And not all relatives
are as strong as __6__.
On Crossroads
With a heart of __7__ and a sense of __8__,
we rest our heads on sheets of dancing __9__.
Nighttime falls on the __10__.
Run. Hurry now. We can beat it if we try.
Race for cures, vaccines, and fresh air.
Friends, too. Run. Hurry now.
Try, we can beat it now. Hurry. Run.
Race for a reason to live.
On Futures
Define Future. Define Race.
How are the two similar? Different?
1. The color of your favorite ice cream
2. A favorite pub entree
3. The noise of your daily commute
4. A carnival food
5. An airplane snack food
6. A destination reached only by air
7. A destination reached only by sea
8. First love. One word
9. A word that describes when shoulders rub
10. Something, someone, somewhere beloved.
Futures are the color of __1__, the flavor of __2__, and the sound of __3__.
Futures smell of __4__ and __5___. Futures tease of __6__. Futures
are __7__, __8__ and __9__. The future is __10__. Focus on the Future.
Hope
1. Antonym for damaged
2. An emotion associated with September 2020
3. A wish for 2021
4. An appropriate social distance (whole number only)
5. Synonym for vaccine
6. Number of consonants in COVID-19
7. The color of 2020
8. The smell of 2020
9. Humpty Dumpty sat on _____. (Plural)
10. Humpty Dumpty had great _____. (Plural)
11. A word that rhymes with wall and fall.
Hope is wrapped of ___ and ___. Hope is ___ times ___.
Hope is found in ___ times ___. Hope is ___ and____.
Hope persists despite ____ and ___. ____, too.
Hope is everywhere.
