Varieties of English
Key Debates
Language and Literature
News and Views
Miscellaneous
100

when and where the story takes place

what is a/the setting?

100

the guy who just claimed he wanted to be pope by ai generating a photo

who is Donald Trump?

100

when and where the story takes place

why did I copy lil quint?
100

a leader often promoted and praised by right leaning American media

who is Donald Trump?

100

*points at Eart Overshoot Day*

*does jazz hands while saying poverty*

who is Silja?

200
a way of shortening words, such as "it's", "don't" or "won't"

what is a contraction?

200
a legal right of citizenship for all children born in a country's territory

what is birthright citizenship?

200
the author of "1984" and "Animal Farm"

who is George Orwell?

200

a tax imposed on imported goods

what is a tariff?

300

a single vowel sound, such as "cat", "fit" or "head"

what is a monophthong?
300

the measure of the amount of carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere as a result of the activities of a particular individual, organization, or community

what is carbon footprint?

300

the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words

what is alliteration?

300

Associated Press and NBC news

what are neutral/unbiased sources?

400

linguist and activist who composed the sentence "Colorless green ideas sleep furiously" in 1957

who is Noam Chomsky?

400

two AI chatbots that have competed in being the best and most used, which have created great economic imbalances all over the world

what is ChatGPT and DeepSeek?

400

the V and Z-sounds are examples of this

what is a voiced consonant?

400

the first American pope recently elected

who is Leo XIV?

500

also called "BBC English", "Queen's English", or "Oxford English", is probably the most recognizable dialect in Britain

what is RP (received pronunciation)?

500

a trending phenomenon used to describe patients who seek out plastic surgery in order to replicate and appear like their filtered selfies or altered images of themselves

what is snapchat/selfie dysmorphia?

500

a type of poetry consisting of five "stressed-unstressed" feet

what is a trochaic pentameter?

500

the CORE acronym used to choose reliable sources

What is "Credible, Objective, Relevant, Exact"?

500
Isak's SECOND favorite song

What is "Leaving the City"?

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