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Junior Scholastic
Vocabulary
Pop Culture 2014-2015
Misc
100
These characters are lighthouse keepers in "Three Skeleton Key."
Who are Le Gleo and Ichoua?
100
Immigrants from this country popularized the potato in the US. Fiona was from this country too!
Where is Ireland?
100
A screenplay is a script written for movies, but a ________is a script written for TV; and example of this is "The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street."
What is a teleplay?
100
This actress played the lead role in "The Fault in Our Stars."
Who is Shailene Woodley?
100
These are 2 noises that drive Miss Manson totally nuts!
What are clicking pens, and water bottle cracking noises. I'll take any sort of tapping noises as well.
200
This is an endearing story about a valiant mongoose who stood up to bullies and protected his friends in the garden that you read last year.
What is Rikki-Tikki-Tavi?
200
Congratulations! You get a free 200 points because...
Your team rocks the house!
200
When we make a guess based on the evidence provided which may or may not be accurate, we called it this. Hint: we need the noun form, it is 3 syllables, and starts with an "i".
What is an inference?
200
After 33 years, this late night talk show host retired and his last show was on 5/15/15
Who is David Letterman?
200
This musician won a Grammy for Best New Artist and Record of the Year.
Who is Sam Smith?
300
"The Landlady" engaged in this twisted form of a hobby using humans. 2 part answer.
What is taxidermy?
300
After reading the JS article, "Where do Your Electronics Go to Die," we discovered that according to THIS United Nations organization, "even a low level of exposure to lead, cadmium, or mercury-all of which are found in cell phone-can cause irreversible damage to the nervous system."
What is The World Health Organization (WHO)?
300
When the mob on Maple Street started blaming everyone else for the strange occurrences, this behavior was referred to as this.
What is scapegoating?
300
This movie was the highest grossing film of the year earning 257 million domestically (US) and received 96% positive reviews on Rotten Tomatoes.
What is "The Lego Movie?"
300
This is the lead singer of the Rolling Stones.
Who is Mick Jagger?
400
THIS emits THESE which kill everything as they hit the ground on the planet, Pern.
What is the Red Star and what are thread-like spores?
400
According to the JS article, "Could You Pass a Citizenship Test?" which of the following movie stars could run for president when he/she is of age AND WHY? A. Harry Styles (great stage name!) B. Taylor Swift (ugh!) C. PewDiePie (thanks for keeping me in the loop, folks!)
Who is Taylor Swift and what is being an American Citizen?
400
This word means to grieve and mourn or grieve and starts with an "l".
What is lament?
400
The finale for this romantic sitcom which ran for 9 years on CBS makes list for the most disappointing, catastrophic finales of all time.
What is "How I Met Your Mother?"
400
Except for Henry Pym, these are the 4 of The Avenger super heroes.
Who are Thor, Iron Man, & Hulk?
500
This is the name of the wimpy tailorbird from RTT. Double points of you can recalls the term used to refer to the bird who spreads the news to the rest of the garden.
Who is Darzee and what is a "Town Crier?"
500
In the JS article, "More Than a Toy," Shubham Banarjee invented a brilliant device out of Legos which printed pokes holes in paper to produce braille for those who are blind. He has since patented his device which and given it this name.
What is Braigo?
500
This is an unusual habit unique to a certain person. For instance, Miss Manson with her addiction to bottled water which she's trying to curb, Miss Manson often has several water bottles open on her desk at once.
What is an idiosnycracy?
500
This is the first and last name of Kimye's baby. Sources indicate that he is terribly spoiled.
Who is North West?
500
Miss Manson went to this high school and played this varsity sport her freshmen and sophomore her. (She got burnt out on the sport and preferred skiing during her Junior and Senior year.
What is Edison High School (Go Chargers!) and what is tennis?
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