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100

In the memoir Educated by Tara Westover, a young Tara has just entered college and is shocked by how people of this religion behave at Brigham Young University.

What is Mormonism?

100
Name the three branches government.

What is the judicial, legislative, and executive branch?

100

At the University of South Carolina, undergraduate students are pursuing this degree type.

What is a bachelor's degree?

100

In Sorry to Bother You, Cassius Green learns this voice from an older co-worker to get more telemarketing sells.

What is the "white voice"?

100

To know, or not to know your ____ date is the central question to the Knowers by Helen Philips

What is Death? or What is one's death date?

200
In Educated, Tara Westover writes about a time in a college history course where she was embarrassed to not know this famous historical event

What is the holocaust?

200

This language is the second most-spoken in the U.S. with about 35 million speakers

What is Spanish?
200

This school bares the name of a famous female businesswoman after a big donation of 45 million dollars.

Who is Darla Moore?

200

According to Nick Ng, if you don't drink this delicious beverage then you are not Chinese.

What is tea?

200

Name one these arachnids that deserve death in Nikki Giovanni's Allowables

What is a brown recluse or a black widow?

300

This country is the setting of Call Me American by Abdi Nor Iftin

What is Somalia?

300

This Greek word means "all powerful".

What is omnipotent?

300

The current president of the University of South Carolina

Who is Michael Amiridis?

300

The "scientific" name for horse-people in Sorry to Bother You

What is an Equisapien?

300

In Mercy, these two items are the peaceful weapons.

What is a cup and a napkin?

400

This Greek term means "word" but in Mezler's definition of a discourse community, he uses it to mean specialized language.

What is lexis?

400

This writer wrote a famous series of fantasy novels heavily inspired by biblical tales. The novel adapted to film is called The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (1950).

Who is C.S. Lewis?

400

After the completion of eleven buildings, they all formed a U-shape that opened up to Sumter Street. Name this modified quadrangle.

What is the Horseshoe?

400

Formation by Beyonce demonstrates this particular geographical type of subculture amongst African Americans.

What is Southern African American culture?

400

This author, wrote 2BR02B, famous for Slaughter House Five and a WW2 veteran.

Who is Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.? Prompt: Kurt

500

DD: Name the 5/6 criteria necessary for Melzer's definition of a discourse community

1. Public goal, 2. Intercommunication, 3. Feedback, 4. Genres, 5. Lexis, and 6. Expertise.

500

You may know this British singer-songwriter from her smash hit, Running Up That Hill, featured in Stranger Things on Netflix, but she is also famous for other hits, including Wuthering Heights and Cloudbusting.

Who is Kate Bush?

500

The University of South Carolina-Columbia is the flagship campus for the state university system. The University of South Carolina has campuses all across the state. Name 2 of these 8 campuses.

What are USC Columbia, Upstate, Aiken, Beaufort, Lancaster, Sumter, Union, and Salkehatchie?

500

This fancy French term dealing with film means everything we can see in every shot.

What is Mise-en-Scène?

500

In Old Fangs, these three animals went down childhood memories in a forest.

What is a fox, a panda, and a wolf?

600

This city is the capital of Somalia where Call Me American takes place

What is Mogadishu?

600

On the dance floor I'm a klutz, from a word meaning "wooden block" in this Germanic language

What is Yiddish?

600

The University of South Carolina School of Law became named after this prominent plaintiffs attorney following 30 million dollar donation.

Who is Joseph F. Rice?

600

In the short story, "You, Disappearing", once someone/something has disappeared you can call this government agency.

What is the Bureau of Disappearances?

600

A person's initial were carved in this type of tree in a Poem by Matthew Olzmann

What is the Oldest Living Longleaf Pine?

700

In Life Undercover, this quote was attributed to this American forefather, 'Better one hundred guilty persons should escape than one innocent person should suffer.'

Who is Benjamin Franklin?

700

Puttering about with peas, this monk laid the foundation for modern genetics

Who is Gregor Mendel?

700

When the University of South Carolina opened its doors in 1805, there was only one building. This building is now a dormitory for honors students located on the historic Horseshoe.

What is Rutledge College?

700

____ Say, ____ Say

What is They Say, I Say?

700

Wehling Jr., by the end of 2BR02B has secured these three volunteers for his triplets.

Who are Wehling Jr., Dr. Hitz, and Leora Duncan?

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