Vocabulary
This word means 'a friendly laugh'.
What is a chuckle?
This is the name of the famous Jeopardy! host who recently passed away.
Who is Alex Trebek? / Who was Alex Trebek?
This is the term (amount of time) that a president serves in the United States.
What is 4 years?
This is the adjective that describes a type of verb that takes an object.
What is 'transitive'?
These are the three main types of arguments in rhetoric.
This is something that honors or appreciates someone (often someone who has passed away).
What is a tribute?
This is the form that contestants must give their answers in in Jeopardy!
What is a question?
This is the name of the voting system that the United States uses (NOT the popular vote).
What is the electoral college? / What is the electoral system?
This type of clause describes a noun.
What is a relative clause? / What is an adjective clause?
This type of poem often begins with "There once was a _________"
What is a limerick?
This is a short description, often for promotional purposes.
What is a blurb?
This is the thing that Alex Trebek cut off, causing a the media to go crazy.
What is a mustache.
This is the number of Senators in Congress.
What is 100?
This is a verb mood that can describe desires, unreal situations, suggestions, etc.
What is subjunctive?
This is a type of poem which is directed/addressed to a particular subject.
What is an ode?
This word means a pause or interruption.
What is hiatus?
This is the number of years that Alex Trebek was host of Jeopardy.
What is 36?
This is the most important document for the United States government.
What is the Constitution?
This is the most formal synonym for 'like' when making comparisons.
What is 'as though'?
This is the word for a group of lines in a poem.
What is a stanza?
This word refers to the particular essence (culture, politics, morals, etc.) of a moment in time.
What is zeitgeist?
This is the number of games that Ken Jennings won in the longest winning streak in Jeopardy! history.
What is 74? / What is 74 games?
This is the special name for the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution.
What is the Bill of Rights?
This was the informal second person possessive pronoun in Archaic English.
What is 'thine'?
This type of poem has the following rhyme scheme:
ABAB CDCD EFEF GG
What is a sonnet?