Skills of the Week
This is better than perfect.
What is Done?
200 hundered years
What is a bicentenniel?
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle created this famous detective.
Who is Sherlock Holmes?
Never copy more than _______ words in a row to avoid plagarism.
What is four?
Monopoly was first sold by this famous board game company.
What is "Parker Bros."?
Practice makes __________.
What is Better?
"Brunch" is an example of this.
What is a portmanteau?
This president loved squirrel soup.
Who is James Garfield?
This Missouri governor's death prompted the building of the Fulton asylum.
Who is Thomas Reynolds?
The Pony Express is credited with bringing this state into the Union.
What is "California?"
Slow is ________. ________ is fast.
What is smooth?
This Latin phrase means "Time flies!"
What is Tempus Fugit?
The dodo is a national symbol of this island state.
What is Mauritius?
This famous court case ended legal school segregation.
What is Brown vs. Board of Education?
AD means this in English?
______________ are opportunities to learn something new.
What are "mistakes?"
On July 4, the USA will celebrate it's ______________, meaning 250 years.
What is semiquincentennial?
Amaxaphobia is the name for this fear.
What is the fear of riding in a car?
Route 66 was nicknamed the "__________ Road" by famous author John Steinbeck.
What is "Mother?"
This man is credited with inventing the steamboat.
Who is Robert Fulton?
This skill means knowing your audience and adjusting your vocabulary and speech patterns accordingly.
What is code-switching?
Marley was punished in the Afterlife by carrying a ____________ chain, meaning "weighty."
What is "ponderous?"
In 1946, ________ was invented. It led to the technology that allowed PONG to begin the video game craze.
What is ENIAC?
These men completed the first ever successful manned flight.
The Wright Brothers