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English Vocabulary

100

Adj. of great significance or value.

Important

200

Verb. break free from confinement or control.

Escape

300

Adj. well known for some bad quality or deed.

Infamous

400

Verb. formally put an end to (a system, practice, or institution).

Abolish

500

Noun. a countless or extremely great number of people or things.

Myriad

English Literature

100

This famous bard wrote 38 plays during his life, including Romeo and Juliet & Macbeth

William Shakespeare

200

This vampire romance first published in 2005 spawned a 2008 film adaption grossing more than $392 million worldwide

Twilight

300

This writer of the Harlem Renaissance was educated at both Columbia University in New York and Lincoln University in Pennsylvania

Langston Hughes

400

This American poet spent the end of her life in Britain, where she wrote her final collection of poems "Ariel" immediately before her death by suicide

Sylvia Plath

500

This great American novel about the jazz age written by F. Scott Fitzgerald has spawned four movie adaptions, with the titular character being portrayed by
Warner Baxter, Alan Ladd, Robert Redford, and Leonardo DiCaprio

The Great Gatsby

American Pop Culture

100

This "tortured poet" has won 4 albums of the year at the Grammy Awards for "Fearless," "1989," "Folklore," and "Midnights

Taylor Swift

200

These two rappers, one Canadian and one American, have been feuding in 2024, leading to the release of singles including "Family Matters" and "Not Like Us."

Drake & Kendrick Lamar

300

Recently remade as a musical, this film coined the slang term "that's so fetch!"

Mean Girls

400

This American actor worked alongside accused cannibal Armie Hammer in "Call Me By Your Name," before starring in another Luca Guadagnino film "Bones and All." This actor has also worked alongside Zendaya in "Dune," and helped her get the role in Luca Guadagnino's "Challengers."

Timothée Chalamet

500

Who is this?

Paris Hilton

American History

100

This wooden toothed gentleman from Virginia was the first US President

George Washington

200

The Declaration of Independence was signed on this federal holiday

July 4th

300

The Department of Homeland Security was established after this attack in 2001

9/11

400

If this state were a sovereign nation, it would rank in terms of nominal GDP as the world's fifth largest economy, ahead of both India (3.176 trillion) and the United Kingdom (3.131 trillion).

California

500

In this state, Robert Oppenheimer first tested the atomic bomb as part of the "Manhattan Project"

New Mexico

Wildcard

100

This city is home to the White House, American Congress, and the Abraham Lincoln Memorial

Washington D.C. (District of Columbia)

200

This ocean mammal is the largest animal in the world, reaching a weight of 180 tons and a length of 30 meters.

The Blue Whale

300

What US State is this the flag of?

Ohio

400

This philosophical theory was developed by John Stuart Mills, and proposes that the ethics of an action is based on its utility or how much pleasure it brings about in the world.

Utilitarianism

500

This city is the capital of Pennsylvania

Harrisburg