Shakespeare
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Grammar
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What year was Shakespeare born? a. 1464 b. 1616 c. 1564
c. 1564
100
Name the four roles (levels of society) of the feudal system in Europe during the middle ages?
Monarch, lords, knights, and peasants (serfs).
100
How many novels did Shakespeare write?
zero
100
Who made headlines by creating a twitter account last year and recently resigning?
Pope Benedict XVI
100
What part of speech does an adjective describe?
A noun
200
What was the name of Shakespeare's wife?
Anne Hathaway
200
Name two fashionable styles in Japan's Heian Period.
Women - long hair, silk robes, white face powder, red cheeks, small red mouth, small painted eyebrows Men - pointed beards Both - perfume, and black teeth
200
What does nanowrimo mean?
National Novel Writing Month
200
Who is Felix Baumgartner and what did he accomplish in 2012?
He jumped to Earth from a helium balloon in the stratosphere on 14 October 2012. He Became the first person to break the sound barrier without vehicular power on his descent. As part of this project, he set the altitude record for a manned balloon flight, parachute jump from the highest altitude, and greatest free fall velocity.
200
Are these words synonyms or antonyms? ample and sufficient
synonyms
300
What does Juliet mean when she says: O Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo?
Why is your name Romeo (Why do you have to be a Montague)
300
In what country would you find Ho Chi Mihn City?
Vietnam
300
Who wrote Huckleberry Finn?
Mark Twain
300
What kind of social media jacket/coat did MIT students create in 2012?
A jacket that inflates to give you a hug when someone likes your facebook post.
300
Where did quotation marks originate from?
In ancient texts they were lips turned on their side to show when someone started (and stopped) talking.
400
In a Midsummer Night's Dream what is Puck's real name?
Robin Goodfellow
400
What is the name of the spider popular in West African Folktales?
Anansi
400
In which book does Phileas Fogg have an adventure?
Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne
400
Who's bones were recently discovered under a parking lot in the UK?
King Richard III's
400
What is a preposition?
It links a noun to another word and shows the relationship between that and something else. Ex. On, at, after, over, above, under, near, below.
500
What is the name of Shakespeare's son?
Hamnet
500
Name four inventions of Imperial China
Paddlewheel boats, segmental arch bridge, paper, printing, the compass, canal lock, movable type, , books, porcelain, steel, gunpowder, alchemy, catapult, grenades, fireworks, playing cards, paper money, mechanical clock, disinfectant, using heat to kill germs, inoculations, vaccines
500
Which famous book did Geoffrey Chaucer write?
The Canterbury Tales
500
Name four of the Republican presidential candidates from 2012?
Mitt Romney, Ron Paul, Newt Gingrich, Michelle Bachman, Rick Santorum, Buddy Roemer, Rick Perry, Jon Huntsman Jr, Hermain Cain, Gary Johnson, Fred Karger
500
Which of the following should you not capitalize a. months b. seasons c. days of the week
b. seasons
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