Unit 1
(Regional Differences
Goon Squad Ch.1&2)
Unit 2
(Entertainment & Technology
Goon Squad Ch. 3&4)
Unit 3
(Wanderlust
Goon Squad Ch. 5-7)
Unit 4
(Image
Goon Squad Ch. 8-10)
Wild Card
100
A city in the northern United States famous for its accent; Also, the name of a famous movie.
What is Fargo, North Dakota?
100
This is the type of band that Benny was in.
What is punk rock?
100
These are the two government bodies that are elected during the midterm elections.
What are the Senate and House of Representatives?
100
This is what General B. wore that made him look like a baby.
What is a hat?
100
What does PREP stand for?
Point, Reason, Example, Point
200
This is the fastest growing ethnic group in America.
What is Hispanic?
200
This is the band that released its album on iTunes for free.
What is U2?
200
This is the word that describes the desire to travel all of the time.
What is wanderlust?
200
According to a Ted Talk, this is how long you should do something to establish a new habit.
What is 30 days?
200
Name 2 ways that different American dialects would call a coke AND name the region.
Pop - midwest / west Soda - east coast Coke - south
300
This is the neighborhood that Sasha lived in in Chapter 1.
What is the Lower East Side?
300
This is what Benny eats to restore his health.
What is gold?
300
This was the occupation of Lou's girlfriend in chapter 5.
What is PhD student in Anthropology.
300
What does TAPS stand for?
Topic, Audience, Purpose, Style
300
What do you think will happen to the characters in A Visit From the Goon Squad?
Answers will vary...
400
This is the process of wealthier people moving into low income neighborhoods.
What is gentrification?
400
What are some common phrases used to describe graphs and charts?
Answers may vary...
400
What did Bosco mean when he said, "Time's a goon, right?"
Answers may vary...
400
This is what ruined La Doll's career.
What is a hot oil accident?
400
Name 1 of the 2 online corpora websites.
MYCASE (Michigan Corpus of Academic Spoken English) COCA (Corpus of Contemporary American English)
500
These are the apartment buildings in the traditionally Jewish Lower East Side neighborhood of Manhattan.
What are tenements?
500
This is the name of the new camera that is popular with skiers, skateboarders, and other extreme sports enthusiasts.
What is GoPro?
500
This is the name of the bargain airline discussed in the Planet Money podcast.
What is Spirit Airlines?
500
Name 5 of the 6 question types that can be used in small talk (100 points each).
What are open, closed, tag, hypothetical, negative, statements with questioning intonation.
500
What did you learn from reading A Visit from the Goon Squad?
Answers may vary...
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