Gold Rush
Poetry & Poe
Brain Science
Vocabulary
Grammar
100

This was used by miners to trick visitors. 

What is salt?

100

The old man's eye looked like this.

What is like the eye of a vulture? Blue film over it. 

100

The job Phineas Gage was working when he was injured. 

What is a railroad foreman.

100

This vocabulary word means "poor person".

What is a pauper. 

100

An action word.

What is a verb.

200

The year gold was first discovered in California.

What is 1848?

200

The full name of the author of Tell Tale Heart, The Cask of Amontillado, and other famous works such as "The Raven" and "Annabelle Lee". 

Who is Edgar Allan Poe

200

This part of his brain was damaged by a metal rod. 

What is the frontal lobe or more specifically, the prefrontal cortex.
200

A small umbrella used to block the sun. 

What is a parasol.

200

I, me, they, her, him are examples of these.

What are pronouns.

300

This text was written in first person and describes a woman's experience digging for gold. 

What is Letter to the Tenth?
300

This is how the old man died in Tell-Tale Heart.

What is suffocation? He was crushed with a bed. 

300

One job Phineas had AFTER his brain injury healed. 

What is a farmer, a museum worker, a stagecoach driver, and a 

300

Vocabulary word that means "dead body" or "corpse".

What is "cadaver". 

300

This describes a noun. 

What is an adjective. 

400

The magic equation. 

What is Gold=Energy or gold+opportunity = wealth?
400

This character died unfortunately in an underground graveyard. 

Who is Fortunato?

400

Phineas Gage lived this many years after his accident. 

What is 12? Will also accept 11.

400

Per Capita means this.

What is per person?

400

This part of speech describes a verb. 

What is an adverb?

500

These two groups of people were treated horribly during the Gold Rush. 

Who are the Native Americans and the Chinese?

500

The amount of time since Fortunato was left to die inside the catacombs. 

What is half a century or 50 years?

500

This group of theorists believed different parts of the brain controlled different functions. 

Who are the Localizers?

500

The word "barred" means this. 

What is banned, not allowed, forbidden?

500

Every sentence has these two parts of speech.

What are a verb (predicate) and a subject (noun).

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