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100

The author of Ballad of the Sad Cafe

Who is Carson McCullers?

100

The most commonly spoken language

What is English? 

100

The 16th president of the United States

Who is Abraham Lincoln? 

100

America's best selling ice cream flavor

What is vanilla? 

100

In this John Steinbeck novella, George and Lennie travel from farm to farm seeking work during the Great Depression.

What is Of Mice and Men?

200

Finish the phrase: Lord willing and the _____ don't rise

What is a creek? 

200

A simile uses:

What is "like" or "as" 

200

The first man to walk on the moon

Who is Neil Armstrong? 

200

The best selling video game of all time

What is Minecraft?

200

In this famous novel by Harper Lee, a little girl in the deep south named Scout Finch learns empathy through the brave actions of her lawyer father, Atticus.

What is To Kill a Mockingbird? 
300

The author of A Rose for Emily

Who is William Faulkner? 

300

A ____ modifies a noun or pronoun

What is an adjective? 

300

The inventor of the telephone

Who is Alexander Graham Bell? 

300

The highest grossing movie of all time

What is Avatar? 

300

In this classic by S.E. Hinton, a greaser stabs a soc, hides in a shack, saves children from a burning church, and then returns home to live with his hardworking brothers Dally and Sodapop.

What is The Outsiders?

400

The capital of Mississippi

What is Jackson? 

400

A ___ joins words or groups of words

What is a conjunction? 

400

Man on the 20 dollar bill

Who is Andrew Jackson? 

400

The first element on the periodic table of elements

What is hydrogen? 

400

He is the Prince of Denmark, ordered by the ghost of his dead father to kill his uncle who -- according to the ghost -- murdered his father before marrying his mother. Written by Shakespeare. 

What is Hamlet?

500

The Southern nickname for a Northerner 

What is a Yankee? 

500

Three things needed for MLA format:

Multiple answers accepted

What is: Times New Roman font, 12pt font, header, works cited, double spaced, identifying information, a title

500

He wrote the Star Spangled Banner in 1931

Who is Francis Scott Key? 

500

The Mona Lisa does not have what common facial feature

What are eyebrows? 

500

The name of the bear in The Jungle Book

Who is Baloo?

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