1% of People Could Name All of These Everyday Objects. Can You?

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True or false: the name for the vapor trail following an aircraft is "contrail."

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False — there’s no special name for it.
True! It stands for condensation trail.

2

What’s the name of the small bit of plastic at the end of a shoelace?

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Auklet.
Blet.
Bulblet.
Aglet.

3

What do you call the prongs of a fork?

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Rines.
Stines.
Tines.
Prines.

4

True or false: the metal part of a pencil that holds the eraser is called a ferrule.

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False — it’s actually called an erasule.
True!

5

True or false: the name for a pea-sized dab of toothpaste is a bindle.

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False – it’s actually called a nurdle.
True!

6

What’s the space called right between your eyebrows?

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Glabella
Canthus
Purlicue
Lanule

7

What do you call the end of a straw wrapper that a waiter leaves on your straw when serving your drink?

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Strawlace
Strawphylactic
Strawlatent
Strawphenal

8

True or false: when an exclamation point and a question mark are printed next to each other, it's called an "interrobang."

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What? No way!
Yeah, it’s totally true!

9

What’s the name for the cardboard ring that protects your hand from a hot coffee cup?

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Wamfle
Yerd
Girn
Zarf

10

What’s another name for the infinity symbol?

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Lemniscate
Complex conjugate
Golden ratio
Factorial

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What do you think cornicione is?

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The outer crust of a pizza.
The layer of an eye under the cornia.
A huge collection of food.
The technical term for a traffic cone.

12

What’s the name of the arm hole of a jacket?

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Armulle
Armest
Armscye
Armcrevice

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Tittle. Yes, that's a real word. What is a tittle, anyway?

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The dot on top of the lowercase i and j
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Subtitles
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Water condensation on glass
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Dust bunnies

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You've probably seen something like this and said something like "That's GOD!" if you believe in that kind of stuff. But, it's not god, it's something else. What's the word for it?

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Lux
Altocumulus beams
Phosphorluminescence
Crepuscular rays
Intercirrus superior

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Watch your mouth! Or This emoji's mouth. What's the word for the symbols used to censor curse words?

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Oxter
Tippodrome
Grawlix
Xertz
Gabelle

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You know that smell: the air right after it rains. It's so specific, and it has a specific name, but do you know what it is?

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Cabbotage
Petrichor
Hydrotransience
Vela
Coniines

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Can you see this? It's your standard eye exam test. But what's that chart called?

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Firman test
Bandura exam
Swarf chart
Atigi list
Snellen chart

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See that vertical groove on top of her top lip? It's commonly called a cupid's bow, but it has a real name. Do you know what it is?

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Litu
Qat
Philtrum
Quire
Ratoon

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Tell all the baldies you know, there's a neat little term for a bald head. Pick out the correct word.

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Pilgarlic
Craniac
Dariole
Hoggin
Nacarat

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The foam on top of your beer has a name of its own. What's the proper term for this frothy ale topper?

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Khis
Barm
Razzia
Shofar
Ulu

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True or false: the name for the vapor trail following an aircraft is "contrail."

What’s the name of the small bit of plastic at the end of a shoelace?

What do you call the prongs of a fork?

True or false: the metal part of a pencil that holds the eraser is called a ferrule.

True or false: the name for a pea-sized dab of toothpaste is a bindle.

What’s the space called right between your eyebrows?

What do you call the end of a straw wrapper that a waiter leaves on your straw when serving your drink?

True or false: when an exclamation point and a question mark are printed next to each other, it's called an "interrobang."

What’s the name for the cardboard ring that protects your hand from a hot coffee cup?

What’s another name for the infinity symbol?

What do you think cornicione is?

What’s the name of the arm hole of a jacket?

Tittle. Yes, that's a real word. What is a tittle, anyway?

You've probably seen something like this and said something like "That's GOD!" if you believe in that kind of stuff. But, it's not god, it's something else. What's the word for it?

Watch your mouth! Or This emoji's mouth. What's the word for the symbols used to censor curse words?

You know that smell: the air right after it rains. It's so specific, and it has a specific name, but do you know what it is?

Can you see this? It's your standard eye exam test. But what's that chart called?

See that vertical groove on top of her top lip? It's commonly called a cupid's bow, but it has a real name. Do you know what it is?

Tell all the baldies you know, there's a neat little term for a bald head. Pick out the correct word.

The foam on top of your beer has a name of its own. What's the proper term for this frothy ale topper?

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