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Babbage Proper Noun Cabbage Noun, Verb Cabbaged Adjective (Slang); also past tense of the verb 'cabbage' Cabbagehead Noun Cabbageheaded Adjective Cabbageheadedness Noun Cabbagelike Adjective Cabbages Plural Noun; also verb form Cabbagetown Proper Noun Cabbagewood Noun Cabbageworm Noun

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1. Where does cabbageheadedness fit best?

A humorous essay about language A breaking news headline A laboratory safety report A mortgage application

2. Where does the primary stress fall in 'cabbageworm'?

First syllable: CAB Middle syllable: -BAGE- Final syllable: -WORM Stress is even throughout

3. Which word rhymes perfectly with 'Babbage'?

Cabbage Garage Package Luggage

4. How is the '-es' in 'cabbages' pronounced?

As a silent letter As 'ayz' As its own syllable, 'iz' As a hard 'g'

5. Where does the main stress fall in Cabbagetown?

On the last syllable only On the middle syllable On the first syllable Stress is equal on all syllables

6. The inner root cabbagehead refers to...

A chef's special recipe A style of hat A vegetable soup A dull or foolish person

7. Which of these is a natural enemy of the cabbageworm?

Cabbage aphid Flea beetle Blight fungus Parasitic wasp

8. Which spelling is correct?

cabaged cabbageed cabbagged cabbaged

9. Where does the word 'cabbage' come from etymologically?

The Latin word for 'leaf' The Old French word for 'head' The Greek word for 'green' The German word for 'root'

10. Where does cabbageheaded fit most naturally?

A line of dialogue in a historical novel A weather bulletin A corporate tax form A pancake recipe

11. Which sentence uses 'Babbage' correctly?

I need a babbage. Babbage designed the engine. The babbage is running. Babbaging is fun.

12. What does 'cabbage head' as two words usually mean?

A clever person A type of soup The literal head of a cabbage plant An old dance

13. What is a cabbagehead in gardening?

A cabbage plant grown into a compact head A rotten cabbage A cabbage seed A tool for cutting cabbage

14. Which word belongs to the same drunk-slang family as 'cabbaged'?

Carrot-top Legless Beetroot Peapod

15. What does the name Cabbagetown refer to?

A brand of canned vegetables A style of Victorian furniture A historic neighborhood name in Toronto and Atlanta A farming region in Ireland

16. Which sentence uses 'cabbaged' naturally?

The salad was cabbaged with dressing. He was absolutely cabbaged after the wedding. She cabbaged the stairs to the attic. They cabbaged the meeting until Monday.

17. How is the plural of 'cabbageworm' formed?

Cabbagesworm Cabbageworms Cabbagewormes Cabbagewormen

18. Cabbageheadedness is best described as...

A countable noun with a plural An uncountable abstract noun A transitive verb A comparative adjective

19. Which of these follows the same food-plus-town naming pattern as Cabbagetown?

Riverdale Chinatown Oakland Kingston

20. Which comparative form is correct?

Cabbageheadeder More cabbageheaded Cabbageheadedest Most cabbageheadeder

21. Which sound ends the final syllable of 'cabbagelike'?

The short i in 'lick' The long i in 'kite' The hard g in 'go' The schwa in 'sofa'

22. In early 1900s American slang, 'cabbage' referred to...

A dance move A cheap car A slow horse Paper money

23. What title is often given to Babbage?

Father of the computer Father of electricity King of England Inventor of the wheel

24. Cabbageheaded best describes someone who is...

Quick and clever Calm in a crisis Slow-witted or stubbornly foolish Kind but shy

25. What does 'cabbage' mean in American slang?

A car Paper money / cash A type of music An argument

26. Why should a writer avoid calling cabbagewood a hardwood?

It is illegal to harvest It is actually a metal Hardwood only refers to color It is soft, spongy fiber that dents easily

27. What kind of word is 'cabbageworm'?

A verb A compound noun An adjective An adverb

28. How is the ending of 'cabbaged' pronounced?

Like 'ijd,' rhyming with 'pledged' Like 'AYJD,' rhyming with 'engaged' Like 'uhjd,' rhyming with 'pillaged' Silent, like the final 'e' in 'cabbage'

29. In 'cabbagelike layers of paperwork,' the writer means the paperwork is...

Green Delicious Wrapped in dense stacked layers Impossible to read

30. What does cabbageheaded mean?

Covered in cabbage leaves Extremely angry Foolish, dull-witted, or stubbornly silly Tall, thin, and pale

31. Why did the cabbage palmetto get the word 'cabbage' in its name?

Its leaves look exactly like cabbage heads Settlers ate its tender bud like cabbage It grew only next to cabbage farms Sailors stored cabbages inside its trunk

32. Is 'cabbage' countable or uncountable when referring to the food on your plate?

Countable Uncountable Both Neither

33. Which spelling is the standard one-word form?

Cabbage-wood Cabbage wood Cabbagewood Cabagewood

34. Calling your best friend a cabbagehead after a silly mistake is usually...

Grounds for detention A serious accusation A formal complaint Playful teasing

35. Who wrote the 1940 novel 'Cabbagetown'?

Margaret Mitchell William Faulkner Harper Lee Erskine Caldwell

36. What is Babbage primarily known for inventing?

The telephone The lightbulb The concept of the computer The airplane

37. Which spelling is correct?

Cabbageheadedness Cabbagehedness Cabbageheadednes Cabbage-headedness

38. You are chopping the vegetable for soup. Which sounds most natural?

Add some cabbage to the pot. Add two cabbages to the pot. Add a cabbages to the pot. Add much cabbages to the pot.

39. How did Toronto's Cabbagetown get its name?

A farmer sold cabbages at the city gate A ship full of cabbage docked nearby The name came from a British admiral Irish immigrant families grew cabbages in their front yards

40. Which sentence is written correctly?

They moved to Cabbagetown last year. They moved to cabbagetown last year. They moved to Cabbage Town last year. They moved to Cabbage-town last year.

41. Which sentence is WRONG?

Rows of cabbages lined the field. She bought three heads of cabbage. He ate a cabbages for lunch. The cabbages kept all winter.

42. Why should you avoid calling any poor neighborhood 'a Cabbagetown' today?

It is a trademarked name It is only used in British English The slang sense sounds outdated and insulting It is spelled wrong without a city name

43. Where does the word 'cabbage' in 'cabbageworm' ultimately come from?

Latin 'caput,' meaning head Greek 'kryptos,' meaning hidden Old Norse 'kalfr,' meaning calf Arabic 'kabbah,' meaning bundle

44. Which word is NOT related to 'cabbage'?

cabbagelike cabbagehead carrothood cabbaged

45. What did the Old North French root 'caboche' mean?

Head Cabbage soup Garden Fool

46. How many syllables does cabbageheaded have?

Two Three Four Five

47. Which spelling is the accepted modern form?

Cabbageheaded Cabbage-headed Cabbigeheaded Cabbageheadid

48. What part of speech is Cabbagetown?

Proper noun Common noun Adjective Verb

49. What powered Babbage's conceptual machines?

Electricity Gasoline Steam Solar

50. Which sign most clearly betrays cabbageworm feeding?

Silvery trails on the soil Sticky honeydew on pods Ragged holes in leaves with green pellets below Wilting from the roots up