LAHOF (anthology)
Malaysia
English Devices
Geography/History
Films
100

The two texts meant for homework.

What are Like a House on Fire and Laminex and Mirrors?

100

The fruit on Mr. Danny's Teams profile picture.

What is 'lychee?'

100

Fire = hatred/passion
This is an example of a certain device.

What is symbolism?

100
The largest desert on Earth.

What is Antarctica?

100

Shazam's line to become a superhero.

What is 'SHAZAM!'?

200

Provide 5 different examples or types of punctuation used in Like a House on Fire.

What are...:

Full stops
Question marks
Semicolons
Colons
Commas
Dashes
Ellipsis

200

The third largest island in the world (and also the island Mr. Danny is from!).

What is Borneo?

200
When we know a character will die in the next scene but they're currently saying 'I can't wait for this day to end!', blissfully unaware.

What is dramatic irony?

200
A volcanic rock that can float.

What is pumice?

200
Doc Hudson's advice to Lightning McQueen about going the right direction.
What is 'turn right to go left'?
300

Relaxing in a pool of water symbolises in Laminex and Mirrors...

What is rebirth?

300

The country with greater population (Australia or Malaysia).

What is Malaysia? (Say/steal the number of people to the nearest digit for 300 points!)

300

Four devices used in this speech by MLK Jr.:

I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.

I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the colour of their skin but by the content of their character. I have a dream today.

What are...:
First person perspective
Sibilance
Consonance
Metaphor
Pun
Metaphor
Anaphora

300

Name at least two of the Humanities areas in the Victorian Curriculum F-10.

What is Civics and Citizenship, Economics and Business, Geography and History?

300

This person cameos in Home Alone: 2.

Who is Donald Trump?

400
The number of short stories in the anthology.

What are 15 short stories?

400

The number of indigenous groups in Malaysia (to the nearest multiple of 5)

What are the 95 indigenous groups? (I belong to two!)

400

Animal Farm is an example of this kind of text, where a story of simple animals at a farm joining together and losing their values represents politics today.

What is an allegory?

400

The scientific study of humanity.

What is anthropology?

400
'Jambo!' is a cringey greeting in this 2000s comedy.

What is Mean Girls (2004)?

500

The diminutive name used for 'Ben' in LAHOF.

Who is Benny?

500

The Malay word 'gostan' means to reverse, coming from what two English words?

What does it mean to 'go astern?'

500

'Nice wheels!' and 'my glasses' are examples of this device.

What is synecdoche?

500

The last year in which dogfights consisted of piston aircraft.

When was 1969? (What war for bonus points!)

500

The gesture the T-800 does before going into hot molten liquid in the ending of Terminator 2.

What is a thumbs up?
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