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San Antonio Trivia
ELA Trivia
100
This Canadian artist had hits with songs like "Baby" and "As Long As You Love Me"
Who is Justin Bieber
100
A comparison using "like" or "as". For example: Caroline is like a bird. She flies away.
What is a simile
100
This team has stars like Tim Duncan, Manu Ginobili, and Tony Parker.
Who are the San Antonio Spurs
100
Also known as the Paseo del Rio, this network of walkways lined with restaurants and shops is regarded as San Antonio's largest tourist attraction
What is the River Walk
100
Janet shops at HEB for fruits and vegetables. "Shops" is the _____ of this sentence.
What is verb
200
This movie featured two dueling a cappella groups called the Bellas and the Trouble-Tones.
What is Pitch Perfect
200
A direct comparison of two different things. For example: Jose's eyes are diamonds.
What is a metaphor
200
This three letter acronym represents the professional football league of the United States
What is the NFL
200
This is where heroes like David Crockett and James Bowie fought against General Santa Anna's army
What is the Alamo
200
This author wrote the play Romeo and Juliet.
Who is William Shakespeare
300
Shakira, Usher, Adam Levine, and Blake Shelton are judges on this vocal talent competition show.
What is The Voice
300
Type of figurative language in which a non-human is given human-like characteristics. Example: Even flowers are jealous of your beauty.
What is personification
300
This team has won the most World Series titles in the history of Major League Baseball
Who are the New York Yankees
300
This 750 foot tower provides a spectacular view of the Alamo City
What is the Tower of the Americas
300
Describing words such as large, grey, and friendly.
What are adjectives
400
This actor played the teenage wizard in the epic series by J.K. Rowling
Who is Daniel Radcliffe
400
The repetition of initial consonant sounds. Example: Marcus makes most of his money milking cows.
What is alliteration
400
The World Cup will be held in this country in 2014
What is Brazil
400
In this building you can have front seats to watch the Spurs or Rampage beat their competition
What is the AT&T Center
400
The literary work in which special intensity is given to the expression of feelings and ideas by the use of distinctive style and rhythm
What is poetry
500
This man is the father of the iPod and the iPhone
Who is Steve Jobs
500
The use of extreme exaggeration. Example: Molly's smile stretched from Los Angeles to Boston.
What is hyperbole
500
This quarterback won four Superbowl titles with the San Francisco 49ers and was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2000.
Who is Joe Montana
500
San Antonio ranks this high on the list of most populous cities in the United States
What is 7th
500
The most important or central thought of a paragraph or larger section of text, which tells the reader what the text is about
What is main idea
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