Fiction
Non-fiction
USA
UK
The english speaking world
100
You all know what fiction is, but can you name a type of fiction text?
Novel, Novella, Short story, Poem, Song, Play etc.
100
Non-fiction is a broad catagory of texts, so please name a type of non-fiction text
Essay, documentary, podcast, biography, etc.
100
This swampy cityis the capital of the united states, what is it called?
Washington D.C.
100
The UK has many wonderful towns, but what is the capital of the UK?
London
100
Name an english speaking country that is not the US or UK? (or another country already mentioned)
200
Harry Potter is famously a part of the fantasy genre. Name at least one other fantasy story?
Game of Thrones, Lord of the Rins, Narnia, Star Wars, etc.
200
In order to persuade someone we might choose to apeal to your emotions or your logic, can you name at least one of the three rhetorical modes of appeal?
Logos, Ethos, Pathos
200
From Alabama to Wyoming the US has many states, but how many states are there in the US?
50
200
The UK is famous for their royal family. Who is the current monarch?
Charles III
200
English is spoken in many places around the world, but from which dialect of english do we get the slang terms brekkie, barbie and sheila?
Australian (Breakfast, Barbecue and woman)
300
Heres something you might know from danish class. What does the analytical term "in medias res" mean?
When a story starts in the middle of the action
300
How you say something is just as important as what you are saying. Sometimes we might talk about high and low styles. What is the difference between high and low style of writing?
High: Formal
Low: Informal
300
We all know who won the presidential election in 2016, but who lost the election to Donald Trump?
Hillary Clinton
300
You might have heard a lot of talk about borders in the UK in recent years, but what countries does the UK actually have a land border with?
Republic of Ireland
300
Even the largest continent in the world has english speaking countries, name an asian country that has english as an official language?
India, Pakistan, Singapore and the Philippines
(Hong Kong is also accepted)
400
This term is widely misused on TikTok so do you know what the term POV actually stand for?
Point of view
400
Sometimes we might use this model to analyse non-fiction. What is this called? (Most correct or most creative answer wins)
The rhetorical pentagram, Cicero's pentagram, the five-point communication model.
400
US history is full of dark chapters you might already have heard about. What was the "Jim Crow" Laws?
A set of laws that set up the racial segregation in the southern US states? (Segregation)
400
You might know the names of the danish political parties, but can you name at least one of the current british political parties? (Must be in parliament)
Labour, Conservatives, Liberal Democrats, Reform UK, Greens, SNP, Etc.
400
As latin, french before it English is known as a "Lingua Franca" what does that mean?
A language used to communicate bewteen groups who speak different languages
500
Shakespeare is considered one of the greatest writers of fiction, how many plays did he write? (Closest wins)
36 (though there is some debate)
500
Political speeches is a type of non-fiction text we might analyse in class. In 2025 US senator Cory Booker gave one of the longest speeches ever. How long was it? (closest answer wins)
25 hours, 5 minutes, and 59 seconds
500
Everything is bigger in the US, even the amount of people. What is the population of the US? (Closest guess wins)
342.8 million
500
British people love complaining about their politicians, but how many MPs (Members of parliament) are there in the UK? (Closest wins)
650
500
Sometimes it might seem like everybody knows how to speak english, but how many native speakers of english are there in the world?
380 million
(1.4 billion speakers total)