Ozymandias
Ulysses
General Knowledge
Maths
General Literature
100

What do the words antique, vast, trunkless, and wrinkled mean? 

Antique - old

Vast - large

Trunkless - without a torso

Wrinkled - shriveled 

100

Who are the four characters mentioned in the poem?

Ulysses, Telemachus, Penelope, the Mariners


100

What do you call a group of ants?

A colony

100

How do you find the volume of a cube?

L X W X H

100

Who kills Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet?

Tybalt

200

The full name of the author of Ozymandias

Percy Bysshe Shelley

200

Who wrote Ulysses and in what decade? 

Alfred Lord Tennyson, 1842

200

Which bone are babies born without?

Knee cap

200

This number is 1/5 of 1/2 of 1/4 of 600

15

200

Name four characters from Fahrenheit 451

Montag, Clarisse, Faber, Mildred, Beatty, Mr Black, Stoneman, Mrs Boyles
300

Recite two lines from Ozymandias exactly, from memory. 

Check poem

300

What is one point of comparison between the poems Ozymandias and Ulysses.

Both poems are about an individual with power who uses it selfishly. 

Both are written in the 19th century about a figure from ancient history. 

300

What two countries do most Maya people live in today?

Mexico and Guatemala 

300

What is the longest side of the right-angle triangle called?

The hypotenuse

300

In Macbeth, who are the characters Fleance and Malcolm related to?

Banquo and Duncan

400

What does the name Ozymandias mean?

ozy - to breathe

mandias - to control 

400

What are TWO adventures that Ulysses experienced during his life? 

Killing the cyclopes

Fighting in the battle of Troy

Sailing home from the battle for 10 years

400

Which ancient civilization created Machu Picchu and where is it located? 

The Inca and Peru

400

What is the value of pi to five decimal places?

3.14159

400

Dwalin, Smaug's Delight, and Thorin Oakenshield are sandwiches at a Houston cafe named for what 1937 novel?

The Hobbit

500

What type of poet was Percy Shelley and what did those poets typically write about?

Romantic poet - the power of nature, the power of time, they were critical of authority figures
500

Tell the story of Ulysses in five key images (think back to the tableau)

Check poem

500

What type of economy does Venezuela have?

Socialist 

500

When something is going to occur, which mathematical term is used to express the likelihood of the event?

‘Probability’ is the extent to which something is likely to happen or be the case.

500

What 1945 British novel depicting animal life was often accompanied with the subtitle "A Contemporary Satire?"

Animal Farm

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