Puzzle 18

Hi!

FINALLY... the robotics competition we've been preparing so hard and long for is over!!!!
We didn't get into the semi-finals, however :(
Oh well, better luck next year!

Now for Puzzle 18...

VOCABULARY

Difficulty: Medium

How good do you think your vocab is? Good?
If so, you should have no problem figuring what should go into the blank in the following sentence...

I do not like those people leaving ______ scattered everywhere.

A) flour
B) water
C) seeds
D) dirt
E) broccolis
F) eggs
G) cabbages
H) rubbish

Which of the above choices should go into the blank in the sentence above?


Now for the answer to Puzzle 17... Drag your mouse over the empty space below to see the answer!

They are all misnomers (i.e. cannot be taken literally).
Still confused? Here's the explanation:

A shortbread is a type of cake or cookie (not a bread).
A spanish fly and firefly are both species of beetles (not flies).
A shooting star is a meteoroid (not a star).
Prairie dogs are rodents (not dogs).
Catgut is a cord made up of natural fibres in the intestines of sheep and goats, but never cats.
Komodo dragons are large lizards.
Pencil lead is made of graphite (not lead).

:)
Glen