New York City
Vocabulary
Grammar
Film
Metaphors
100
One of the great bridges into Manhattan was designed by John Roebling with Gothic arches, and opened in 1883.
What is the Brooklyn Bridge? (The Brooklyn Bridge was the first bridge to use steel cables and it held the record for being the longest suspension bridge for 20 years.)
100
to cause to be withdrawn or diverted; make estranged
What is 'to alienate' someone or one's self?
100
These words name a specific person, place, or thing and start with a capital letter.
What are proper nouns?
100
This is a slang term for a film genre mainly dealing with love and romance and designed to appeal to a largely female target audience.
What is a 'chick flick'?
100
The publication of the indelible, gut-wrenching, darkly humorous, best-selling memoir "This Boy's Life" by author Tobias Wolff in 1989 set of a ____________ through the publishing industry that is still evident today with our ongoing glut of memoirs.
What is a 'ripple effect'?
200
This NYC museum is the largest art museum in the Western Hemisphere.
What is the Metropolitan Museum of Art? (The Met covers over 32 acres. Its holdings include paintings, furniture, rooms from famous homes, armor, even a real Egyptian temple and many other fascinating items.)
200
characterized by resolute fearlessness, fortitude, endurance, courage
What is intrepid?
200
(Complete this sentence with the past perfect progressive verb tense.) Felipe ________________ in San Francisco for three months before he discovered his favorite cafe.
What is 'had been living'?
200
The American Film Institute defines this uniquely American genre as 'films that embody the spirit, struggle, and demise of the new frontier', often presenting us with a 'mythic vision of the plains and desert'. These films soared in popularity in the 1930's, 40's, and 50's, dying out in the late 1960's.
What is a Western?
200
people of the same sort or with the same tastes and interests will be found together.
What is 'birds of a feather flock together'?
300
What New York City Art Deco building has six levels of stainless steel arches topped by a lit lancet spire on its top?
What is the Chrysler Building. (Flared gargoyles at the forth setback resemble 1929 radiator hood ornaments. The lobby is decorated with African marble and was once used as a car showroom.)
300
an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.
What is an allusion?
300
dimly-lit, well-regarded, 300-page, and mouth-watering are all examples of these
What are compound adjectives?
300
This prominent director made such classic New York films as "Taxi Driver" and "Mean Streets" and has also collaborated with Leonardo Dicaprio on five films to date.
Who is Martin Scorsese?
300
Thou art more lovely and more temperate. Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May
What is 'shall I compare thee to a summer's day'?
400
This famous NYC site is made up of 19 buildings on 22 acres in midtown Manhattan. It was named a national landmark in 1987.
What is Rockefeller Center?
400
1. the original pattern or model of which all things of the same type are representations or copies 2. a recurrent symbol or motif in literature, art, or mythology
What is an archetype?
400
(Complete the sentence with a conjunctive adverb.) Juliana will try to get a stellar discount; ____________ she won't buy the Iphone 6s
What is 'otherwise'?
400
This seminal trilogy of films chronicles the rise and fall of an Italian-American crime family. Part 2 is considered by many critics to be one of the greatest films ever made.
What is 'The Godfather' (trilogy)?
400
It's a troubled, tempestuous time for the once ardent lovers. Their relationship has hit these.
What are 'rocky waters'?
500
In the early 1800's this area around Washington Square was inhabited by prominent NYC families. By the late 1850's when the rich left the area to move uptown their large homes were divided into flats and studios, attracting writers and artists. The area continued its Bohemian style until the high rents in the 1960s forced out the creative young artists.
What is Greenwich Village?
500
This word is used to refer variously to the human soul, mind, or spirit.
What is 'psyche'?
500
This grammatical construction can be used as a noun, adjective, or adverb; however it will never end in 's', 'es', 'ed', or 'ing'.
What is an 'infinitive'?
500
The first "Rocky" film was made on a shoestring budget and completed in just 28 days; and yet it went on to become a sleeper hit and win three Academy awards, including the highly-coveted Best Picture award. This is the year it was released.
What is 1976?
500
having meager financial means or resources as opposed to ample funds; People who have this want to make the optimum use of their limited resources in the different fields of life, whether it is for their personal needs, traveling, business, or planning a party or a wedding
What is 'a shoestring budget'?
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