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100
An Edgar Allan Poe in which a bird says "Nevermore"
The Raven
100
A very famous poet with the initials: WS
William Shakespeare
100
5-7-5
Haiku
100
What is the repetition of initial consonant sounds in nearby words called?
Alliteration
100
AP Physics C Mech anyone?
F=-d?/dx
What is '?'
U (force = negative derivative of potential energy with respect to displacement)
200
An epic about a Greek hero's long journey home
The Odyssey by Homer
200
Who wrote I’m Nobody! Who are you?
Hint: She was AOTW last week
Emily Dickinson
200
This form doesn't need any rhymes or stress patterns and is more modern compared to most poetry
Free verse
200
Langston Hughes was a key voice in which renaissance?
The Harlem Renaissance
200
What year did the Apollo 11 Moon Landing occur?
1969
300
Lewis Carroll wrote "_ _ _ _ _ _ wocky"
Jabber(wocky)
300
This poet wrote, among other things, many children's poems.
Hint: Shel
Shel Silverstein
300
Nantucket
Limerick
300
Concrete poetry is?
When you make a picture with your poem
300
What element has the symbol 'W'
Bonus (+200): Why is the symbol 'W'?
Tungsten
Bonus: Because it was originally called (and still is in some countries like Germany) Wolfram
400
This poem begins: “I, too, sing America.”
I, Too by Langston Hughes
400
Who is known for Still I Rise and I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings?
Hint: Last name starts with not demon
Maya Angelou
400
A 14-line poem often written in iambic pentameter
Sonnet
400
About what percent of Emily Dickinson's poems were published during her life?
(Closest answer within 10 wins)
~0.6%
Only 10 of her almost 1800 poems were published during her life -> 10/1800 * 100 = 0.555...%
400
What is the name of the deepest known point in Earth’s oceans?
Challenger Deep
500
This book is written in verse that follows 15‑year‑old Will, who is determined to avenge the murder of his older brother, Shawn
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
500
Who wrote Nothing Gold Can Stay and The Road Not Taken?
Hint: cold
You may remember the former from The Outsiders
Robert Frost
500
This is a form of verse, often a narrative set to music, which typically uses stanzas with an ABAB or ABCB rhyme scheme
Ballad
500
Who is Scotland's national poet?
Same answer: who wrote the famous New Year's song Auld Lang Syne?
Robert Burns
500
This ancient mechanism, recovered from a shipwreck near Greece in 1901, is considered the world’s first analog computer?
Antikythera Mechanism
