General Literature
Language and Grammar
Field Trivia
Field Curriculum Literature
Word Etymology
100
This novel begins, "[Character's name], light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, My soul."
What is "Lolita"
100
The all CAPS word in the following sentence is an example of this part of speech: "Anne pulled the tube socks OVER her ankle."
What is a preposition
100
The Majestick Elephant gets its name from a drawing by this student
Who is Sam O'Brien
100
The cover of "The Great Gatsby" was hated by this famous author, also taught in the Field curriculum
Who is Hemingway
100
The name of this disease comes from the medieval Italian for "bad air"
What is malaria
200
She was the eldest of the Bronte sisters.
Who is Charlotte
200
This is one of the two English words ending in "shion"
What is "fashion" or "cushion"
200
This is the only field teacher to earn an undergraduate degree at Harvard University
Who is Fred
200
This is the number of novels published by Harper Lee
What is one
200
This popular libation's name comes from the Old English "water of life," or "usquebae"
What is whiskey
300
This was the pen name of novelist Mary Ann Evans
What is George Eliot
300
This word means, "The one before the second to last"
What is antepenultimate
300
This is the year The Field School moved to its Wyoming Street campus
What is 1974
300
This was the original title for "Fahrenheit 451"
What is "The Fireman"
300
In 1880, P.T. Barnum bought an elephant named this, a word that now means "very large"
What is Jumbo
400
This was the original bird slated by Poe to repeat the phrase "Nevermore."
What is a parrot
400
This is the term for the vowel sound heard in the first syllable of the word "about"
What is schwa
400
This Field faculty member's name is a homophone with their spouse's name
Who is Aaron Bachmann
400
This contemporary of Thoreau wrote that he was "as ugly as sin, long-nosed, queer-mouthed, and with uncouth and rustic, though courteous manners, corresponding very well with such an exterior. But his ugliness is of an honest and agreeable fashion, and becomes him much better than beauty."
Who is Hawthorne
400
This word comes from the French for "about forty," or the length of time a ship suspected of carrying disease was forced to cut contact with the shore
What is quarantine
500
"Reader, I married him" are the closing words to this novel.
What is "Jane Eyre"
500
This three letter word, defined as "a steep-walled hollow on a hillside," has a W as its nucleus vowel
What is cwm
500
As of this morning, this hydration station had the lowest number of bottles saved
What is the theater lobby hydration station (with 2,472 bottles saved)
500
This is the birth city of novelist Kazuo Ishiguro
What is Nagasaki
500
The American name for this sport derives from the word "Association," and perhaps comes from those who shied away from making a nickname from the first three letters of the word.
What is soccer (Happy World Cup kickoff tomorrow!)
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