Black Voices
Who wrote the song "Panther Power"?
Tupac
Who directed the movie "Romeo + Juliet"?
Baz Luhrman
What is the name of the homeless man that Patrick Bateman kills in "Tuesday"?
Who wrote "Shooting an Elephant"?
George Orwell
What is Lingua Franca?
An universal language
What is the "Strange fruit"?
The "Strange fruit" refers to black people hanging in the trees
Which type of people does the term "Groundlings" refer to?
The poor people unable to afford a seat in the theatres, thus they stand on the ground in front of the stage
Name two postmodern features
Metafiction, unreliable narrative, intertextuality and self-reflexivity (just to name a few)
"The sun never sets on the british empire" is a famous saying. WHat does it mean?
The British Empire was so large, that the sun could never set on every piece of the Empire
What is the square root of 81?
What was the FBI sent to investigate in the movie "Mississippi Burning"?
The disappearance of three civil rights activists/workers
What does the "iambic pentameter" consist of?
When was "The Red Line" published?
1997
Can you name any other books written by George Orwell?
Animal Farm
Another could be:
1984
Silas, give us an example of past participle?
we decide.
What does "NAACP" stand for?
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Name two general rules for writing a sonnet
(We decide)
Name the text where this song appears: "We've got tonight" by Bob Seger and describe the character from the text who loves it.
The Red Line = text
(We decide if the description match the character)
What is the "White Man's Burden"?
(We decide)
Name four American presidents from the time period 1900-2000
All american presidents from 1900-2000:
Theodore Roosevelt, William Taft, Woodrow Wilson, Warren Harding, Calvin Coolidge, Herbert Hoover, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry Truman, Dwight Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George Bush sr. and Bill Clinton
What does Alicia Garza criticise in her speech: "Why Black Lives Matter"?
Alicia Garza criticises the American society and system that has allowed racism and white supremacy to exist in their modern society
When was Shakespeare born?
1564
What story have we read that is in the movie "Smoke"?
Auggie Wren's Christmas Story
Name at least 3 major public schools in the UK and why public schools are of relevance to this subject
Major public schools:
Eton, Harrow, Winchester, Westminster...
Why they are relevant:
(We decide)
Name the seventh planet from the sun
Neptune