Civil Rights
January 20, 2020
What date was Martin Luther King Jr. Day this year?
The vital organ of the central nervous system.
What is the brain?
The study of relationships between organisms and their environment.
What is Ecology?
A philosopher and poet who believed that nature and spirituality are connected.
Who is Ralph Waldo Emerson?
Created internationally popular game shows like Jeopardy!, beginning in 1964.
Who is Merv Griffin?
The Lincoln Memorial
Where did MLK deliver his "I Have A Dream Speech"?
Imagination, creativity, emotional thought
What are three functions of the Left Brain?
Lyme disease
What is the name of a bacterial infection commonly spread by ticks?
A transcendentalist who wrote nature poetry based on his own experience living in a remote cabin by Walden pond.
Who is Henry David Thoreau?
Merv Griffin Enterprises
What was the production company Merv Griffin used to create Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune?
Laws requiring segregation on buses.
What laws did the Supreme Court declare unconstitutional?
Rational thought, logic, analytical thought
What are three functions of the Right Brain?
The range of variation found among microorganisms, plants, and animals.
What is biodiversity?
A short amusing or interesting story about a real incidence or person.
What is an anecdote?
Final Jeopardy! Round
During what part of Jeopardy! do you hear a 30 second piece of music written by Merv Griffin?
Refused to give up her seat on the bus to a white man.
What is Rosa Parks famous for?
Listening to your teacher
What is one example of a left-brained task?
The surroundings of an organism and other organisms in which it comes in contact.
What is the environment?
"So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.”-Robert Frost
What is one example of allusion read in class?
Whitney Houston
Which guest made her first TV appearance on the Merv Griffin Show in 1983?
President Barack Obama
Who unveiled a statue of Rosa Parks in the nation's Capitol building in February, 2013?
Daydreaming when you should be studying
What is one example of a right-brained task?
Provides information to improve our health and our environment for future generations.
How does the study of ecology help us?
"It's as if they carried their fences wherever they went"
What is an example of symbolism based on the passage read in class?
An autographed picture, coupons, and Turtle Wax
What three things did all guests of the Merv Griffin Show and Jeopardy! receive?