Just Mercy
Author of the novel?
Bryan Stevenson
Word: irrelevant
Meaning?
not important
not connected to the topic
Gatsby was not his real name, it was...?
James Gatz
Dancing on ice
Figure skating
Somebody once told me, the world was gonna roll me, I ain't the sharpest tool in the shed, she was looking kind of funny with her finger and her thumb in the shape of an L on her forehead.....
Smash mouth - All star
The main character and what he is in prison for?
Walter McMillian, Accused of murder and rape
Word: imminent
Meaning?
Going to happen soon
The American dream is represented in what form to Gatsby?
The Green Light
6 points, 3 points , 2 points, 1 point
Football
I got a jar of dirt, I got a jar of dirt, I got a jar of dirt, and gets what's inside it?
Jack Sparrow - Pirates of the Caribbean
The first threat for helping out the black community in the novel?
Bomb threat on the law firm.
Word: Omit
Meaning?
To take out
The real person responsible for Gatsby's death?
Tom
Baseball but with a flat stick
Cricket
You got that James Dean daydream look in your eye
And I got that red lip classic thing that you like
And when we go crashing down, we come back every time
'Cause we never go out of style
We never go out of style
Taylor Swift - Style
Finish this line: Your Job is not to imprison, your job....
IS TO SEEK JUSTICE.
Word: ambiguous
Meaning?
Having multiple meanings
DAILY DOUBLE
Daisy and Myrtle were both represented metaphorically in what ways?
Daisy: the pretty flower and Trophy wife for the American dream
Myrtle: A weed in the lawn and the desire for the American dream
Hawaiian roller coaster
Surfing
"I knew a man who said death smiles at us all, and all we can do is smile back"
"I take it that man met his death with a smile"
"You would know, he was your father."
Maximus - Gladiator
Talk show that most of the inmates went on to fight for a new trial?
60 Minutes
Word: trivial
Meaning
Not important / of little value
I represented hell and god
The valley of Ashes and Dr. TJ Ecklberg
DAILY DOUBLE
Name the stages for March Madness in college basketball. (8 stages)
1)Selection Sunday, 2)First four, 3)First round, 4)Second round, 5)Sweet 16, 6)Elite 8, 7)Final 4, 8)National Champion
Falling from grace, I watch it all come apart
Knowing I could've changed it all from the start
Fighting myself, I always lose
Fighting myself, I always lose
I can't run with this weight on my back
I can't see 'cause I'm focused on the past
I can't breathe, I need to break free
From the anger that is constantly inside me
Linkin Park - Fighting myself