Alliteration Answers
International Music
Cinema Villains
Semantics
Three of a Kind
200
This whimsical chocolatier is known for his wild inventions, golden tickets, and a river of chocolate.
Who is Willy Wonka?
200
This Jamaican genre, rooted in ska and rocksteady, gave the world Bob Marley and the Wailers.
What is reggae?
200
This villain is known for many infamous lines in this trilogy, including "No, I am your father" to Mark Hamill's character
Who is Darth Vader?
200
This part of speech can be easily remembered using the acronym "FANBOYS": for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
What is a conjunction?
200
Johnson, Adams, Clinton
What are US Presidents?
400
This pioneering painter is known for co-founding Cubism, creating Guernica, and possessing one of the most famously alliterative names in the art world.
Who is Pablo Picasso?
400
This percussion instrument originated in the Middle East and later arrived in Europe in the 13th century
What is a timpani?
400
An Artificial Intelligence gone wrong ends up becoming the main antagonist of the Avengers' second film in 2012
Who is Ultron?
400
A term for a phrase that contains words that mean the complete opposite of the other i.e, "Jumbo Shrimp" or "Alone Together"
What is an oxymoron?
400
Breast, Back, and Free
What are swimming strokes?
600
The gradual switch to this two-word phrase away from "global warming" in the early two thousand years was intended to be a more scientifically comprehensive term
What is Climate Change?
600
A modern-day television spectacular celebrating peace that originated on the European Broadcasting Union back in 1956 and has since expanded beyond what its title implies.
What is Eurovision?
600
This bald, cat-petting villain from the Austin Powers films is known for his ridiculous evil plans and asking for “one million dollars”… followed by pinky raises and confusion about inflation.
Who is Dr. Evil
600
Words like child and brat have similar dictionary definitions, but very different emotional tones. This difference is known as this.
What is connotation?
600
Boom, Zap, Kapow
What are onomatopoeias?
800
This alliterative phrase describes a chaotic situation where everything seems to be falling apart — often used to describe group projects or toddler birthday parties.
What is a complete catastrophe?
800
Originating in Argentina, this dramatic and sensual dance genre also refers to the music that accompanies it.
What is tango?
800
Wearing a hockey mask and wielding a machete, this silent killer has haunted Camp Crystal Lake since 1980.
Who is Jason Voorhees?
800
This type of sentence error joins two independent clauses with only a comma.
What is a comma splice?
800
Crystal, Beach, and Basket
What are types of balls?
1000
This term describes a phenomenon when gravity is the sole force acting on an object in a downward movement
What is Free Fall?
1000
A string instrument with a droning, resonant sound is closely associated with classical music from India.
What is a sitar?
1000
This terrifying extraterrestrial creature from Alien doesn’t speak, doesn’t reason — and bleeds acid when you shoot it.
What is a xenomorph?
1000
In the sentence, "My dog and I went for a walk to her house", the word "her" is this kind of pronoun.
What is an indirect object?
1000
Bear, Deer, Whale
What are animal homophones?