Miss Lexie
This Asian country is actually a collection of over 7,500 islands, and is known for its diverse ethnicities and love of karaoke as a national pastime. It is also where half of Miss Lexie's family comes from.
What is the Philippines?
This U.S. event, which happens once every 4 years, involves the executive branch of the U.S. government. The event will take place on Tuesday, November 5th 2024.
What is the presidential election?
This Bollywood star is the only Indian actor among the top 10 richest actors across Hollywood & Bollywood, staring in over 100 movies and counting. They are also Miss Susie's husband.
Who is Shah Rukh Khan?
This game platform saw a surge in popularity in 2020, however it was initially released in 2006. It's known for its over 40 million games and lower-quality graphics.
What is Roblox?
This East African country is known for its dazzling lake (which contains the largest number of fish species of any lake in the world), is large-scale tea production, and for being the birth country of Mr. Davis.
What is Malawi?
This 8 member boy band originating in South Korea made history as the first ever k-pop group to appear in the Met Gala. They are Miss Lexie's current favorite k-pop group.
Who are Stray Kids?
This founding father, known as the Father of American Banks, was the first Secretary of Treasury under George Washington. He gained popularity in recent years due to a Broadway musical.
Who is Alexander Hamilton?
Centennial refers to a period of this many years. It is also, as Miss Susie claims, her age.
What is 100 years?
This popular internet slang term for style, or the ability to attract someone, became Merriam-Webster's word of the year in which year?
What is 2023?
This American singer-songwriter is known for hits like "Snooze", "Kill Bill", and "Good Days". Despite being openly queer, Mr. Davis still seems to think she is his wife.
Who is SZA?
The study of humanity - including human culture, societies, behavior, biology, and linguistics. Also, Miss Lexie's major in college.
What is Anthropology?
This structure, nicknamed "The Powerhouse of the Cell", is an organelle whose job is to produce energy for cell function.
What is the mitochondria?
This phenomenon occurs when 3 separate eggs are fertilized by 3 different sperm and all form embryos in the uterus. It also explains the type of relationship Miss Susie has to her siblings.
What are triplets?
This 2-word term, often used to categorize phrases like "skibidi toilet" and "sigma", describes the negative effects of consuming too much low-value internet content, especially on social media and TikTok.
What is brain rot?
This instrument originated in the 15th century and was originally called a "sackbut", which comes from the French words "saquer" and "bouter" meaning "push" and "pull". It is also the instrument Mr. Davis played in college.
What is the trombone?
This ivy league university, located in Philadelphia, was created by founding father Benjamin Franklin in 1740. It is where Miss Lexie will be going to graduate school in the fall.
What is University of Pennsylvania or UPenn?
This 3-D shape has a special type of rectangular base. It's volume can be calculated with the formula:
Volume = 1/3 x Area of base x height
What is a pyramid?
The 16th U.S. state, known for its country music legends, the Smoky Mountains, and its capital Nashville, is also where Miss Susie formerly taught middle school math.
What is Tennessee?
This Netflix original series was the most popular English television show on the streaming service, based on views in the first 91 days on Netflix.
What is Wednesday?
This university has two U.S. states in its name and was one of the first universities to offer PhD degrees. It is the university the Mr. Davis graduated from this past year.
What is Indiana University of Pennsylvania or IUP?
This date marks the day Vatican City became a sovereign state in 1929, the end of the Battle of Midway in 1942, and most importantly - Miss Lexie's birthday.
What is June 7th?
Figurative language is taught in ELA as a way to add creative flourish to written or spoken language or explain a complicated idea. Name four types of figurative language.
What are
Personification, simile, metaphor, allusion, hyperbole, onomatopoeia, idiom, oxymoron, synecdoche, litotes?
This was the year that U.S. Navy SEALs killed Osama bin Laden and one of the deadliest tsunamis in Japan's history. It is also the year that Miss Susie started working with SHIM in Prospect Park.
What is 2011?
This term defines individuals who were born between 2010 - 2024. They are characterized by spending the majority of their time using screens, being technologically savvy, and having experienced birth or early childhood during the COVID-19 pandemic.
What is Generation Alpha?
This date marks the first ever coronation of an English monarch in 973, the death of Jamaican reggae star Bob Marley in 1981, and most importantly - Mr. Davis' birthday.
What is May 11th?