That's English For Ya
The "Great" War
World War 2: The Sequel
Blast From the Past
MILLER/TILLY TRIVIA
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This logical fallacy relies on attacking the character of the arguer rather than the argument itself.  

Ad Hominem

10

This is the year that the United States entered the war. 

1917. 

10

This is the name of the type of US ships that were not destroyed during the attack on Pearl Harbor. 

Aircraft Carriers 

10

This was the name of the first unit we studied in American Studies Combo. 

Conflict, Compromise, and Resolution

10

These are the names of Miller and Tilton's animals (full names).

Who are Mr. Moose and Ember Jolene

20

This is the name of the river which the Maclean brother's fished in Montana (from the novel A River Runs Through It). 

The Blackfoot River

20

These are the US states that Germany promised to Mexico if they joined Germany's war effort. 

New Mexico, Texas, Arizona 

20

These are the names of the leaders of the three axis powers. 

Benito Moussolini, Hideki Tojo, Adolf Hitler 

20

This year in history is famous for the day now referred to as "Black Tuesday," when the stock market crashed and led to the Great Depression.    

1929

20

This is where Mr. Miller and Ms. Tilton are both from originally (need city and state)

Littleton, Colorado and Sheridan, Wyoming

30

This is the name of the  author (who we've read in class) who's book they are most famous for was not well received by the public until well after their death. (their last royalty check was for $13.13)

F. Scott Fitzgerald

30

This is the name of the passenger ship that Germany sank which carried US citizens.

Lusitania 

30

This is the name of the specific theater AND the particular battle in WW2 that Navajo Code Talkers took essential roles in allied victories. 

Pacific Theater & Iwo Jima 

30

This is the name of the document created by Indigenous peoples in protection of their civil liberties (need full name).

United Nations Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. 

30

This is the location of where Mr. Miller student taught.

New Zealand

40

This happens when your ideology is only ever reinforced and supported by those around you, because you purposefully surround yourself by others who share the same ideology. 

An Echo Chamber

40

This is the slogan that US citizens created in support of Wilson's reelection during WW1. 

"He kept us out of the war" 

40

This is the name of the waterway that Allied powers were interested in launching a campaign through towards the end of WW2. 

The English Channel 

40

This is the name of the popular slave song which used clues to point slaves escaping the south to the North using constellations (need both the song title and the name of the constellation)

"Follow the Drinking Gourd" / The Big & Little Dippers

40

This is something (maybe the only thing) that Mr. Miller and Ms. Tilton have in common (hint: something they own).

We both drive Tacomas

50

The quote “That government is best which governs least” is mostly credited to this author, but is not actually a phrase they coined.

Henry David Thoreau

50

This is the name of the US general that led American troops to France to help end WW1. 

General John J Pershing. 

50

This is the number of allied troops that landed in France after successfully securing the Port of Cherbourg.

850,000 men 

50

This is the name of the cartoonist who created the term "McCarthyism". 

Herb Block 

50

This is the name of the Master's Degree that Ms. Tilton EARNED this year.

Educational Leadership

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