Reading
This term is used to describe the leading character in a story (i.e. Harry Potter and Katniss Everdeen)
What is a protagonist?
After a visit to the Galapagos Islands, he introduced the world to the theory of evolution
Who was Charles Darwin?
This number is 6 less than 2
Perhaps the most famous female ruler in history, she was the last Pharaoh of Egypt
Who was Cleopatra?
This double dotted punctuation mark, that shares a name with the main part of the large intestine, is used to introduce a list in a sentence
What is a colon?
F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby is set during this period in American History
What was the Roaring Twenties/ Jazz Age?
Coming from the latin word for "fire," this kind of rock is formed through the cooling and solidifying of magma or lava.
What is a igneous rock?
This number is the sixth positive odd number on the number line
What is 11?
This is the year in which the United States declared its independence from Great Britain
When was 1776?
You would use this cursive font to cite a completed work
What is Italics?
This is the height of action in a story (i.e. a final fight)
What is a climax?
A plant cell has this protective barrier that an animal cell does not.
What is a cell wall?
This number is the sum of the digits of 365
What is 14?
This age that lasted from 1643 to 1715 saw European monarchs exercise and expand their full power upon their subjects
What was the age of absolutism?
What is love?
This author not only wrote The Grapes of Wrath, he also wrote Of Mice and Men
Who was John Steinbeck?
K stands for this element found in bananas
What is potassium?
If you subtract $3.15 from $5.30, you would get this amount
What is $2.15?
This Persian ruler is the first man to have his face on a coin
Who is Darius the Great?
What is haiku?
This 1937 Harlem Renaissance classic that depicted the life and trying times of Janie Crawford initially faded into relative obscurity?
What is Their Eyes Were Watching God?
Procyon Lotor is the scientific name for this masked mammal
What is a raccoon?
This is the product of 12 and 8
What is 96?
Despite most people associating the quote, "Now I am become death; the destroyer of worlds," with father of the atomic bomb, J. Robert Oppenheimer, it was initially spoken by this Hindu God
Who is Vishnu?
Footnotes and endnotes are key to this writing format
What is The Chicago Manual of Style?