Essay Knowledge
Movies & Television
Famous Canadians
Gaming Knowledge
Short Stories and Poems
100
The final paragraph of an essay is called the _____.

What is the conclusion?

100

This horror movie features a child-eating clown demon.

What is IT?

100

This actor stars in hit comedies such as Dumb and Dumber and The Mask, and is a reoccurring antagonist in the live action Sonic movies .

Who is Jim Carrey?
100

In computer gaming, the M&K stands for _______.

What is the mouse and keyboard?

100

This short story features the concept reincarnation.

What is The Egg?

200

In an essay, this is the sentence in your introduction that tells the reader the topic that you will be writing about.

What is the focus statement?

What is the focus?

200

This Marvel movie hero built his suit in a CAVE WITH A BOX OF SCRAPS!!

Who is Ironman / Tony Stark?

200

This early 2000s Canadian musician is known for her pop-rock songs such as "Complicated" and "Skaterboy"

Who is Avril Lavigne?

200

This game is inspired by the 1982 film, The Thing, in which a creature mimics the identity and behavior of its victims to sow distrust and panic; and ultimately, its final goal is to kill all the remaining survivors.

What is Among Us? 

200

The setting of the short story, All Summer in a Day, is on this planet.

What is the planet, Venus?

What is Venus?

300

A typical body paragraph applies the abbreviation P.E.E. in order to keep your writing organized. 

This abbreviation P.E.E stands for:

What is Point, Example, Explanation?

What is Point, Evidence, Explanation?

300

Famous British chef, Gordon Ramsay, yells at home cooks that compete in this reality television show in which there can only be one winner.

What is Master Chef? 

300

This actor is well known for his role as the mercenary with the mouth - Deadpool

Who is Ryan Reynolds?

300

This gaming genre - popularized by The Hunger Games - momentarily took over the gaming industry. Its main characteristics emphasizes the survival of one person or a team trying to defeat and outlast all other players in a shifting environment.

What is the battle royale genre?

300

This poem features two African-American sisters who make contrasting life choices.

What is Sadie & Maud?
400

 Three things in which a thesis is NOT.

1. Not an opinion or preference.

2. Not a fact or piece of data.

3. Not restating the topic.

4. Not a question.

400

The song, Go The Distance, is in this Greek themed Disney animated movie that released in 1997.

What is Hercules?

400

This seemingly unstoppable fictional assassin, often dubbed The Baba Yaga or Boogeyman has killed three men with a PENCIL! (Name the character and actor)

Who is John Wick / Keanu Reeves?

400

This video game title features an elf-like hero that wields a sword and shield and many other tools in order to travel to alternate worlds to save a princess and defeat the monstrous warlock, Ganon. 

What is Zelda?

What is The Legend of Zelda? 

400

At the beginning of the poetry unit, this song by rapper, Eminem, was played to show how common it was to find poetic devices in music and song.

What is Mockingbird?

500

There are four main types of essays. Name at least 2.

Expository, Persuasive or Argumentative, Descriptive, and Narrative.

500

This is the name of the creature or monster that shows up in the television series Stranger Things (Season 1)

What is the demogorgon?

500

This actress often stars in Romance & Comedies, however, perhaps her most iconic role is that of Regina George in the movie Mean Girls.

Who is Rachel McAdams?

500

This fantasy novel turned game turned television show features an enhanced, silver-haired, monster bounty hunter who carries two swords: one silver and one steel.

What is The Witcher?

Who is The Witcher?

500

The character in the short story, "The Sniper," is a soldier fighting for the IRA, which stands for __________ .

What is the Irish Republican Army?

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