Gerund or Participial Phrase
Hunger Games Speaker
Literary Crossword Clues
Short Stories and Poems
General Knowledge
100

I love driving the Bear Bus.

Gerund

100

"Guess they liked your temper. They've got a show to put on. They need some players with some heat."

Haymitch Abernathy
100

Author of "Hop-Frog" and other short stories and poems (3 letters)

Poe

100

The primary conflict in Hop-Frog is Person v. _______

Person

100

The upcoming Summer Olympics will be held in which European city?

Paris

200

Ignoring his father's advice, Jeff left for the airport too late.

Participial

200

"At least you two have decent manners. The pair last year ate everything with their hands like a couple of savages."

Effie Trinket

200

In "The Black Cat," the weapon used to remove this cat's eye (8 letters)

Penknife

200

In this poem, Langston Hughes uses an extended meataphor to compare life to a staircase.

"Mother to Son"

200

The character Jar Jar Binks first appears in which Star Wars film?

Episode I: The Phantom Menace

300

Steve was benched by the coach for skipping practice.

Gerund

300

"It was my idea. Haymitch just helped me with it."

Peeta Mellark

300

What kills "Foxface" in the Hunger Games (7 letters)

Berries

300

The short story "The Pedestrian" is set in this year.

2053

300

In which American National Park would you find the natural geyser called "Old Faithful"?

Yellowstone

400

The girl looking for her lucky paperclip was late for class.

Participial

400

"Just this one time, I let you go. For the little girl."

Thresh

400

A fabulous type of ball held by both Prince Prospero and by the King in "Hop-Frog" (10 letters)

Masquerade

400

Which character is being described in this excerpt? 

"He bore aloft the drawn dagger, and had approached in rapid impetuosity..."

Prince Prospero

400

Originally from Charleston, South Carolina, Madelyn Cline plays Sarah Cameron in this Netflix drama series.

Outer Banks

500

My biggest fear is speaking in public.

Gerund.

500

"Greetings to the final contestants of the Seventy-fourth Hunger Games. The earlier revision has been revoked ... only one winner may be allowed."

Claudius Templesmith

500

The nickname the careers use for Peeta (8 letters)

Loverboy

500

The government has decided to allot each person exactly one hundred and sixty-seven words, per day. 

Allot means __________

To divide or distribute/portion

500

What is made by a cartographer?

Maps

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