A quick quiz to jump-start the day
By Felice Prager
Can you think of the names of things that jump or are jumped over, on, or through?
See answers below.
1. This is not really a bean or a seed. It is actually a small, thin-shelled section of a seed capsule that contains the larva of a gray moth whose movements cause it to jerk, roll, and jump.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ j _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (3 words)
2. With this game, you wrap a rope or a long elastic band around your ankles before anyone starts jumping.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ j _ _ _-_ _ _ _ (2 words)
3. Some people are brave enough to do this off bridges with long, strong, elastic ropes. Some people just like to watch.
_ _ _ _ _ _ j _ _ _ _ _ _ (2 words)
4. When a basketball player releases the ball at the high point of his or her jump and sometimes gets the ball in the basket.
J _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (2 words)
5. This is a sleeveless dress worn over a blouse or sweater.
J _ _ _ _ _ ( 1 word)
6. Jack be nimble, Jack be quick, Jack j _ _ _ over the candlestick. (1 word)
7. A parachutist wears one of these (along with a parachute) when he is jumping out of an airplane.
J _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (1 word)
8. This is how you might feel when you are home alone watching a scary movie by yourself.
J _ _ _ _ (1 word)
9. If the battery does not work on a car, you need these to get it started again.
J _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (2 words)
10. What someone does when she leaves her epidermis behind because she is so afraid. (Hint: Your epidermis is what you wear under your clothes.)
J _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (5 words)
Answers:
1. Mexican jumping bean; 2. Chinese jump-rope; 3. Bungee jumping; 4. Jump shot; 5. Jumper; 6. Jump; 7. Jumpsuit; 8. Jumpy; 9. Jumper cables; 10. Jumps out of her skin.
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