Spill the Beans

Spill the Beans

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Interactive Video

English

6th - 7th Grade

Hard

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The video explores the idiom 'spill the beans', initially causing confusion. It explains that the phrase means to reveal a secret, tracing its origin to ancient Greece where beans were used in secret voting. The video concludes with a modern usage example and a fun fact about jelly beans.

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does the phrase 'spill the beans' mean?

To plant beans

To cook beans

To reveal a secret

To count beans

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In ancient Greece, what did a white bean signify in a secret vote?

A no vote

A yes vote

A maybe vote

An abstention

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the consequence of spilling the beans in ancient Greek voting?

The vote would be canceled

The jar would break

The votes would be revealed

The beans would be lost

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What flavor combination of jelly beans tastes like a root beer float?

Root beer and cream soda

Root beer and vanilla

Cola and cream soda

Root beer and chocolate

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the main topic of the final section of the video?

The history of jelly beans

A fun fact about jelly bean flavors

The nutritional value of jelly beans

How to make jelly beans