What happened this year in the English-speaking world?
Grammar
Fun facts about your teacher
Did you really read A Monster Calls?
Who said it?
100

BONUS: LIST THE TEN MOST POPOULOUS CITIES IN THE UNITED STATES

100 points per city

100 points per city placed right

New York, LA, Chicago, Houston, Phoenix, Philadelphia, San Antonio, San Diego, Dallas, Jacksonville

100
The (most important) word class that expresses an action or a state of being. 

What is a verb?

100

This is your teacher's favorite pizza

What is potato pizza?

100

This is the protagonist of A Monster Calls (first and last name)

Who is Conor O'Malley?

100

"I have a dream"

Who was Martin Luther King. Jr.?

200

This right-wing activist was assassinated while speaking at a college in Utah on September 10

Who was Charlie Kirk?

200

Word class where the word typically ends in -ly

What is an adverb?

200

This is the part of Copenhagen in which your teacher lives

What is Frederiksberg?

200

The author of A Monster Calls

Who is Patrick Ness?

200

"To be or not to be, that is the question"

200 extra points if you can name the character who says it.

Who was William Shakespeare?

300

In April, this American pop singer went to space with an all-female crew. ("I feel superconnected to love," the singer said upon landing.)

Who is Katy Perry?

300

Word class that describes nouns

What is an adjective?

300

BONUS QUESTION: HOW MANY FILMS HAS YOUR TEACHER WATCHED THIS YEAR?

CORRECT ANSWER: 1000 points
+/- 10: 500 points

75

300

This is the type of tree that visits Conor

What is a yew tree?

300

"A small step for man, one giant leap for mankind"

Who was Neil Armstrong?

400

This controversial British right-wing extremist held a rally in London in September in which more than 100.000 people participated. The protest was called "Unite the Kingdom - Free-Speech Festival" and was primarily anti-Islamic/anti-immigration. 

Who is Tommy Robinson?

400

The subject in the following sentence: "There are a lot of elves in Santa Claus' workshop."

What is "a lot of elves"?
400

This is the university education your teacher has studied

What is "Litteraturhistorie"?

400
The three-word sentence following the first sentence of the novel: "The monster came just after midnight. [...]"

What is "As they do."?

400

"Despite the constant negative press covfefe" (Tweet)


Who is Donald Trump?

500

This world-famous British author celebrated her 250th birthday (had she been alive) on December 16. 

Who was Jane Austen?

500

BONUS: WHAT WORD CLASS IS EACH WORD IN THIS SENTENCE?

"They are really looking forward to the holidays, the lovely students in 1.q"

100 points per correct word class

They [pronomen] are [verbum] really [adverbium] looking [verbum] forward [præposition] to [præposition] the [artikel] holiday [substantiv], the [artikel] lovely [adjektiv] students [substantiv] in [præposition] 1.q [substantiv]

500

This is your teacher's last name (spelled right!!)

What is "Lauridsen"?

500

The name of the girl that used to be Conor's best friend.

Who is Lily?

500

"ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country."

Who was President John F. Kennedy?

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