Global Perspectives
This country is home to the city of Kyoto
Japan
Words with opposite meanings are called
Antonyms
Which singer is known as the ‘King of Pop’ and released the album Thriller
Michael Jackson
McMaster is internationally recognized for this program
Health Sciences
This element has the atomic number 1
Hydrogen
This ocean is the largest on Earth
Pacific Ocean
The study of word meaning is known as this branch of linguistics
Semantics
Which actor played Captain Jack Sparrow in the Pirates of the Caribbean movies?
Johnny Depp
This building i one of the oldest and most recognizable on campus
University Hall
The number of days in a leap year
366
This international organization is headquartered in New York City
The United Nations
This describes words that are pronounced the same but have different meanings
Homophones
What nationality is Tyla?
South African
Who’s brain does McMaster university have right now for study purposes?
Albert Einstein
The smallest planet in the solar system
Mercury
This African country was formerly known as Abyssinia
Ethiopia
A 14-line poem with a specific rhyme scheme, popularized by Shakespeare
Sonnet
Which genre of music originated in New Orleans and features improvisation?
Jazz
In what city was McMaster University first founded?
Toronto
This branch of science studies the relations between living organisms and their environment.
Ecology
This agreement aims to limit global warming in 2015
The Paris Agreement
The deliberate exaggeration used for effect in poetry
Hyperbolee
Which actress has been nominated for the most Oscars in history?
Meryl Street
How many students can the Lincoln Alexander Hall house (get the right answer to hundreds)?
1366 (1300)
This punctuation mark/symbol is also called an octothorpe.
Hashtag