As If!
How to Save a Life
Elements of Literature
Fantasy Creature Trivia
Poorly Summarized Novel Trivia
100
Tina Fey asks students to raise their hands if they have been personally victimized by this character in Mean Girls.
Who is Regina George?
100
This is the name of the first aid technique that involves chest compressions.
What is CPR?
100
A character that interacts with the main character in a meaningful way. Usually they offer support or guidance.
What is a secondary (side) character?
100
Wise individuals who are often depicted with pointy hats, beards, magical staffs, and have the ability to cast spells.
What are wizards?
100
A short homebody helps a band of homeless miners take back the Lonely Mountain from a big lizard.
What is The Hobbit?
200
3 characters share the same name in this deadly high school film from 1988 starring Winona Ryder.
What is Heathers?
200
This essential first aid medication might save someone’s life if they are having a heart attack.
What is Aspirin?
200
The absolute peak of action present in a story.
What is the climax?
200
These are scaled, winged creatures which can often breath fire. They have a love of gold, and they tend to collect and guard a horde of riches.
What are dragons?
200
A couple children discover a magical portable closet in the attic. The portable closet allows the children to enter a magical realm. A few kids are quickly kidnapped or corrupted by pastries. After the death of a big cat, they slay the realm's queen; who wanted the A/C to be unbearably cold.
What is The Chronicles of Narnia? (The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe)
300
Easy A, starring Emma Stone, is a modern retelling of this red-hot piece of American literature by Nathaniel Hawthorne.
What is The Scarlet Letter?
300
A headache, confusion, and vomiting are symptoms of this common brain injury.
What is a concussion?
300
A underlying message that recurs throughout a story.
What is a theme?
300
You're likely to find these creatures in mines or mountains sporting luscious beards. They love to tinker, forge, and craft with the precious metals and jewels they find.
What are dwarves?
300
A random woman descends from the sky via umbrella. She helps bring joy to two neglected - and extremely wealthy - children. She makes them dance with penguins, talk to a cheery man dying from coal dust inhalation, and take their medicine with a heap of sugar.
What is Mary Poppins?
400
This sibling of Jonah Hill has the lead role in Booksmart, a 2019 buddy comedy. Critics did not think this film was “Superbad”.
Who is Beanie Feldstein?
400
In Mrs. Doubtfire, Robin Williams saves Pierce Brosnan with this technique. "Help is on the way dear!"
What is the Heimlich Maneuver?
400
An action or item that appears multiple times in a story. Together, the appearance form a new meaning.
What is a motif?
400
A slow-moving creature capable of absorbing unfortunate adventurers. Once absorbed, this jello-like creature dissolves its prey for digestion.
What is a gelatinous cube?
400
A nobleman moves to England with the goal to conquer the nation with an army of the undead. He is thwarted after a brave professor sterilizes the boxes of earth the nobleman is using to remain in England. The nobleman is eventually chased back to his home country and killed.
What is Bram Stoker's Dracula.
500
When meeting new girl Tai, Amber says that Tai could be a _________ in those clothes, in the 90s classic Clueless.
What is "farmer"?
500
Using this device, a tightly wrapped bandage with a stick has actually been proven to do more harm than good to control bleeding.
What is a tourniquet?
500
A sentence in which a writer asserts their belief and reasons that support their belief.
What is a thesis?
500
An immortal type of warlock which trap a piece of their souls within items known as phylacteries. They are often depicted as skulls with precious gems in their eye sockets; the most famous example is Acererak.
What is a demilich (lich)?
500
The Sutlan's new wife, Shahrazad, must tell her husband, King Shahrayar, a new story every night lest he kill her in the morning. No bedtime story means a new wife for ol' King Shahrayar.
The collection of Middle Eastern folk tales contains classic stories such as: Sinbad the Sailor, Aladdin's Lamp, Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves.
What are The Tales of the Arabian Nights (Scheherazade)?
