Lamb to the Slaughter
Isn't it Ironic?
Dr. Seuss & Allegory
The Lottery
8th Grade Trivia
100

What does the main character kill her husband with? Be specific. 

A frozen leg of lamb

100

When someone makes a snapchat about how dumb snapchat is would be considered what type of irony?

Situational 

100

What was the name of the turtle that wanted to raise higher and higher? 

Yertle 

100

When does the The Lottery take place? (season)

Summer

100

The name for the message the author wants you to know about the story. 

Theme

200

Where do the police officers think the murder weapon could be? 

"right under our noses" / on the property 

200

In Lamb to the Slaughter, the audience knows that Mary has killed her husband, but no other character know this. What type of irony? 

Dramatic 

200

Yertle the Turtle was based on what historical figure? 

Hitler

200

The name of the man who is in charge of "The Lottery"

Mr. Summers

200

What was was The Butter Battle Booked based on? 

The Cold War

300

What job did Mr. Maloney have before being killed? 

Detective 

300

In J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Harry says, "Yeah, Quirrell was a great teacher. There was just that minor drawback of him having Lord Voldemort sticking out of the back of his head!” This is an example of what type of Irony? 

Verbal 

300

How the Grinch stole Christmas is an allegory for what? 

Commercialization 

300

The women who wins The Lottery's name. 

Tessie Hutchinson 

300

50% of what number is 12? 

24

400

The author of Lamb to the Slaughter 

Roald Dahl 

400

It's ironic that someone would receive a "death row pardon" two minutes too late. What is a death row pardon?

You have been found innocent of the crimes that put you on death row. 

400

As an allegory for deforestation, Dr. Seuss wrote this book to show people the effects it could have. 

The Lorax

400

Instead of paper slips, the townspeople use to choose what out of the black box? 

Wood Chips 

400

"It's raining cats and dogs" is an example of what? 

An Idiom 

500

What does Mary ask for when she is at the grocers? 

“I want some potatoes please, Sam. Yes, and I think a can of peas.”

500

How ironic that the $500 question contains a 5 letter answer? The name of the author who wrote "The Tortoise and the Hare" and "The Ant and the Grasshopper".

Aesop 

500

The name of the two "cities" who were fighting over which side of the bread you should butter. 

Yooks and Zooks 

500

The author of The Lottery 

Shirley Jackson

500

The force exerted on a surface by the air above it as gravity pulls it to Earth is called what? 

Atmospheric Pressure 

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