Spelling
Grammar
Idioms
History
Pop Culture
100

Which one is spelled correctly?

Reasearch

Research

Resaerch

Research (el investigacion)

100

Pick the correct form of TO BE for this sentence: "The dog ____ sleeping on the sofa."

are

am

is

Is

The dog IS sleeping on the sofa

100

If someone says the homework is "a piece of cake" it means the homework is...

easy

difficult

fun

Easy!

100

American Independence day is on this day...

July 4th! (or Fourth of July)

100

This American singer started as an actor in the hit show Hannah Montana

(25 point bonus: Name her best friend in the show)

Miley Cyrus

(25 point bonus: Lilly)

200

Which one is spelled correctly?

Comunity

Comunitty

Community 

Community (la comunidad)

200

Change this sentence from present simple to present progressive. 

She reads. ---> ___________

She is reading.

200

If something is described as "bottom of the barrel" it is...

Hard to find

Poor quality

A secret

Poor quality

200

British America started as how many colonies?

(25 point bonus: Name the three sections of colonies)

13 

(25 point bonus: New England, Middle, and Southern Colonies)

200

What was the FIRST fast food restaurant in the United States? 

(hint: the first is not the most popular)

White Castle

300

Which one is spelled correctly?

Ceiling

Celing

Cieling 

Ceiling (el techo)

300

The past tense of speak is...

Spoke

300

The idiom "out of the blue" describes something happening suddenly and it refers to...?

(25 point bonus: what is the full idiom?)

Lightning in a blue sky

(25 point bonus: A bolt out of the blue)

300

What is the minimum and maximum age for all United States presidents?

Minimum = 35 years old

There is NO maximum age

300
What movie was released in 2018 and had almost all Black actors?

Black Panther

400

Which one is spelled correctly?

Dismisal

Dissmissal

Dismissal

Dismissal (el despido)

400

Which of the following is a future arrangement? (25 point bonus: rewrite one other sentence to make it an arrangement)

We will take the bus later.

He is going to buy a book soon. 

You are dancing in the play at noon.

You are dancing in the play at noon. 

(bonus: We are taking the bus at TIME OR He is going to buy a book on/at TIME)

400

What does it mean to "bite the bullet" when doing something?

To deal with the pain or difficulty

To get hurt while doing something

To be the best one

To deal with the pain or difficulty of something. 

Example: I did not want to go to the meeting with my boss, but I had to bite the bullet and get fired. 

400

Name the three branches of American Government. 

(150 points for 1, 300 points for 2, 400 points for 3)

Judicial, Executive, and Legislative
400

What musical artist has the most Grammy nominations ever?

Michael Jackson

500

Which one is spelled correctly?

Heirogliphics

Hierogylphics

Hieroglyphics

Hieroglyphics (los jeroglificos)

500
Make a past tense sentence with the following words:


cat, my, from, eats, its, food, all, the, bowl

My cat ate all its food from the bowl. 

500

Use "cut to the chase in a sentence". 

Examples: 

I'll cut to the chase; they know your secret. 

Let me cut to the chase and tell you that I want to break up. 

Just cut to the chase already, your story is too long.

500

EVERYONE CAN ANSWER

The US government recognizes Native American tribes... how many are there total in America?

(all points for the closest guess)

574 federally recognized tribes

500

Who was the first Black ballet dancer to dance with the American Ballet Theater?

Misty Copeland

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