Native American History
Leader of the "People of the First Light" who helped the Pilgrims.
A) Massasoit
B) Squanto
C) Pocahontas
D) Powhatan
A) Massasoit
What is a simile?
A) A long poem that tells a story
B) A figure of speech that compares two different things using the words "like" or "as"
C) A punctuation mark used to indicate a pause in a sentence
D) A type of paragraph used in persuasive writing
B) A figure of speech that compares two different things using the words "like" or "as"
Pakistan’s government wrote a letter to what neighboring country in a bid for ‘climate diplomacy’ to address extreme pollution?
A) China
B) Afghanistan
C) India
D) Iran
C) India
Who wrote the "Letter from a Birmingham Jail" while in jail?
A) Malcolm X
B) Nelson Mandela
C) Martin Luther King Jr.
D) Rosa Parks
C) Martin Luther King Jr.
Which fairytale princess is shown enjoying sushi in the movie Shrek?
A) Cinderella
B) Snow White
C) Fiona
D) Rapunzel
A) Cinderella
When did the first Thanksgiving take place?
A) 1610
B) 1617
C) 1621
D) 1630
C) 1621
What is a metaphor?
A) A humorous play on words with multiple meanings
B) A figure of speech that describes an object or action as if it were something else, without using "like" or "as"
C) A type of poem that follows a strict rhyme scheme
D) A form of punctuation used to show possession
B) A figure of speech that describes an object or action as if it were something else, without using "like" or "as"
Australia is planning to create legislation to ban social media for minors under what age?
A) 13
B) 15
C) 16
D) 18
A) 16
Who wrote The 120 Days of Sodom on a 39-foot roll of paper and hid it in a wall crack?
A) Marquis de Lafayette
B) Victor Hugo
C) Marquis de Sade
D) Jean-Jacques Rousseau
C) Marquis de Sade
What is the official name of New York's Sixth Avenue?
A) Avenue of the Americas
B) Broadway
C) Madison Avenue
D) Park Avenue
A) Avenue of the Americas
The main Pilgrim leader who organized the first Thanksgiving:
A) William Bradford
B) John Carver
C) Myles Standish
D) Edward Winslow
D) Edward Winslow
What is alliteration?
A) The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words in close succession
B) The repetition of vowel sounds within words to create internal rhyming
C) A type of poem that tells a story with a moral
D) The use of exaggerated statements for emphasis or effect
A) The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words in close succession
What city in southern Italy is aiming to decrease its tourism to 20,000 visitors a day?
A) Naples
B) Amalfi
C) Matera
D) Pompeii
D)Pompeii
Who was the former Army intelligence sergeant who wrote Silver Street, the first book in his Tony Lonto series, while serving time in Minnesota's Stillwater Correctional Facility, and accepted the 1969 Edgar Award for Best First Novel in the prison visitors' room?
A) Joseph Wambaugh
B) Donald Goines
C) Robert Johnson
D) Leo Branton
C) Robert Johnson
What is the world's fastest dog?
A) German Shepherd
B) Greyhound
C) Dalmatian
D) Whippet
B) Greyhound
What is the Native American name meaning "the people of the first light?"
A) Wampanoag
B) Iroquois
C) Cherokee
D) Navajo
A) Wampanoag
What is imagery in poetry?
A) The use of rhyme and meter to create a musical quality
B) The use of descriptive language that appeals to the senses to create mental pictures or evoke sensory experiences
C) The use of dialogue between characters in a poem
D) A technique that repeats certain words or phrases for emphasis
B) The use of descriptive language that appeals to the senses to create mental pictures or evoke sensory experiences
Researchers in Iceland are exploring the possible connection between melting glaciers and what other natural phenomena?
A) Earthquakes
B) Volcanic activity
C) Tornadoes
D) Tsunamis
B) Volcanic activity
Who wrote Doctor Faustus and later was imprisoned in 1593 for atheism?
A) William Shakespeare
B) Christopher Marlowe
C) Ben Jonson
D) Thomas Kyd
B) Christopher Marlowe
Who said, "If you’re going through hell, keep going."?
A) Winston Churchill
B) Franklin D. Roosevelt
C) Albert Einstein
D) Mahatma Gandhi
A) Winston Churchill
What is the town where some historians argue the first Thanksgiving happened 60 years earlier with the Spanish
A) St. Augustine
B) Santa Fe
C) Jamestown
D) San Diego
A) St. Augustine
What is an anthology?
A) A collection of essays written by one author
B) A collection of different literary works or pieces, often by various authors, compiled into one volume
C) A type of novel that follows a single storyline
D) A guidebook for studying literature
B) A collection of different literary works or pieces, often by various authors, compiled into one volume
China showcased what new aircraft at its largest airshow in the country?
A) C919 passenger jet
B) J-35A stealth fighter jet
C) Y-20 cargo plane
D) Z-10 attack helicopter
B) J-35A stealth fighter jet
Who was the author of Robinson Crusoe who spent in pillory meaning we constantly had rotten food thrown at him?
A) Jonathan Swift
B) Samuel Pepys
C) Daniel Defoe
D) John Bunyan
C) Daniel Defoe
What kind of a doll grabs Robbie and drags him under his bed in the 1982 film Poltergeist?
A) Raggedy Ann doll
B) Porcelain doll
C) Ventriloquist dummy
D) Clown doll
D) Clown doll