Shawshank Redemption
Serial Killers
Figurative Language
Grammar
General Knowledge
100

What is Andy in prison for?

murder

100

What is it called when a serial killer keeps a souvenir of their murders?

a trophy

100

What kind of figurative language is the following?

Drip, drip went the tap.

onomatopoeia - words that are sounds

100

Which of the following is correct:

The weeks is flying by

or

The weeks are flying by

The weeks are flying by

weeks is plural so takes a plural verb

100

How often is the summer Olympics held?

every 4 years

200

Who have been raping Andy?

The Sisters

200

A part of what organ from the body of a victim did Jack the Ripper send to George Lusk in the post?

Half a kidney

200

What kind of figurative language is the following?

He drinks whisky like it is water.

simile - used in comparison with like or as

200

Which is correct?

The cat licked it's paws

or

The cat licked its paws

The cat licked its paws.

its for possession and it's for it is

200

Which series of films and books is Katniss Everdeeen the protagonist?

The Hunger Games

300

What was Andy's nickname in the press?

The Even-Steven killer

300

Who were the victims of Beverly Allitt?

Babies and children

300

What kind of figurative language is the following?

She is a graceful dolphin in the water

metaphor -  describes something by describing it as something else without using like or as.

300

Which is incorrect?

I didn't eat breakfast, I'm hungry

or

I didn't eat breakfast, so I am hungry

I didn't eat breakfast, so I am hungry.

- a fanboy conjunction, full stop or a semi-colon is needed between two complete sentences (helsætning) with a subjet and verb.

300

Which UK pop band sang "Club Tropicana" in 1983?

Wham

400

Who was the first woman Andy asked Red to get him?

Rita Hayworth

400

What is the term for the sexual attraction to serial killers and other violent people?

Hybristophilia

400

What kind of figurative language is the following?

Peter Piper picked a pickled pepper.

Alliteration - when the letter or sound of successive words sound alike

400

Which one of the following is not an adverb:

cheerfully; never; almost; beautifully; happy

happy - it is an adjective which is used to describe nouns. Adverbs describe verbs, adjectives and other adverbs.

400
Which US series features the characters Cam, Mitchell, Jay, Gloria, Phil, Hayley and Claire?

Modern Family

500

Andy left a key under a rock in which area/town?

Buxton

500

Serial killer Peter Sutcliff died recently. What was his nickname in the press?

The Yorkshire Ripper

500

What kind of figurative language is the following?

The shadows tickled her neck in the fading darkness.

Personification - when non-human things are given human characteristics

500

What do the words furniture, advice and weather have in common?

They are uncountable nouns in English. 

You cannot have two furnitures, for example (you can have two pieces of furniture).

You can give advice but not an advice.

There can be bad weather but not a bad weather.

500

Who is Queen Elizabeth II married to?

Prince Phillip

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