Presidential Election
2020
2020
The American Dream
Love and Art
Crime & Violence
Trivia
100
The title of Barack Obama's latest book
A Promised Land
100
What does the expression "The American Dream" mean?
Living a comfortable life, being highly successful, owning a home, perhaps raising a family. Being able to climb the social ladder.
100
What do we call a figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things using words "as" or "like"?
A simile
100
In what story does a character have a tattoo of a cobra?
"Rendevous" by Daniel Ransom
100
What's the full name of the actress playing Eva in "We Need to Talk about Kevin"
Tilda Swinton
200
The date of the last Presidential Election in the USA
November 4th, 2020
200
What image does Amanda Gorman use repeatedly in her poem "The Hill We Climb"?
The light
200
What is the name of the most famous English poet who wrote sonnets?
William Shakespeare
200
Who wrote the story "The Man Who Loved Flowers"?
Stephen King
200
Who is the Vice President of the United States?
Kamala Harris
300
The source of this quote?"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."
The Declaration of Independence
300
Who said that: ""President Trump is a failed leader. He will go down in history as the worst president ever. The good thing is that he soon will be as irrelevant as an old Tweet."
Arnold Schwarzenegger
300
The name of the artist who made this sculpture...
Auguste Rodin (See Glyptoteket!)
300
What's the name and background of the main character in Graham Greene's story, The Destructors?
Trevor, from a middle class (his father used to be an architect)
300
What does GOP stand for?
Grand Old Party (aka. The Republican Party)
400
Separation of powers in the USA refers to three branches. One: "The executive branch (The President)"
What are the other two called?
The legislative branch (The Congress)
The judicial branch (The Supreme Court)
400
The title of the poem and the name of the poet who wrote these lines:
"I am the poor white, fooled and pushed apart,
I am the Negro bearing slavery’s scars.
I am the red man driven from the land,"
"Let America Be America" by Langston Hughes
400
The last lines in Sarah Kay poem "When Love Arrives" are:
"Love arrives exactly when Love is supposed to and Love leaves exactly when Love must.
When Love arrives, say, “Welcome. Make yourself comfortable.”
If Love leaves, ask her to leave the door open behind her.
Turn off the music. Listen to the quiet.
Whisper, “Thank you for stopping by.”
What kind of poem is that?
Spoken word poetry
400
What do we call the crime of killing a person when the killer did not intend to do it or cannot be responsible for his or her actions.
Manslaughter
400
What does the Latin phrase expressed by Julius Caesar "Veni, vidi, vici" mean? (translation to English)
“I came, I saw, I conquered."
500
What rhetorical device did Biden use in his speech: "
"We the people will not be silenced. We the people will not be bullied. We the people will not surrender."
Anaphora // Tricolon
500
What are the final two lines in Amanda Gorman's poem "The Hill We Climb" that come after these two lines:
"There is always light.
Only if we are brave enough to see it."
"There is always light.
Only if we are brave enough to be it."
500
A feeling or idea that is suggested by a particular word although it need not be a part of the word's meaning, or something suggested by an object or situation
connotation
500
Kevin eats a small, juicy fruit - a lychee - that looks like his little sister's eye. Eva points out he never liked the fruit before. He call it an ".............." taste.
an acquired taste (meaning he has acquired a taste for sadism)
500
Name at least four different plays by William Shakespeare
Macbeth, The Merchant of Venice, Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, A Midsummer Night's Dream, King Lear, Twelfth Night, As You Like It ... (37 plays in all)