To Know, or Not to Know (Shakespeare)
What is the name of the city where the play Romeo and Juliet takes place?
Verona, Italy
What is the use of words that imitate the sounds they describe?
Onomatopoeia
The Hunger Games
What is the name of the largest city in New Zealand?
Auckland.
Who painted the Mona Lisa?
Leonardo da Vinci
Which Shakesperean play inspired the Disney movie 'The Lion King'?
Hamlet
In the line "The fog crept up the hill like a ghost," what literary device is used?
Simile
BOOK/MOVIE: Really old pale guy stalks awkward teenage girl, avoids trying to eat her. Eventually, they wed.
Twilight.
What is the name of the iconic New Zealand film trilogy about a hobbit's journey?
Lord of the Rings.
What is the largest planet in our solar system?
What is the name of the historical event that occurred during Shakespeare's lifetime that had a profound impact on English society and culture?
The Renaissance.
In the phrase "jumbo shrimp," what literary device is used?
Oxymoron
BOOK/MOVIE: A wardrobe malfunction causes some children to meet Jesus's fursona. He helps them to rule his world.
The Chronicles of Narnia.
What is the name of the māori ātua of the wind, clouds, rain, hail, snow and storms?
Tāwhiri-mātea
According to Guinness World Records, what's the best-selling book of all time?
The Bible.
In which Shakesperean play does the phrase "Out, damned spot" originate?
Macbeth (spoken by Lady Macbeth when she is cleaning her bloody hands)
In the well-known children's story of the boy who cried wolf, what literary device is used?
Irony
MOVIE: I’m not supposed to talk about it.
What is the name of the national flower of New Zealand?
The Kōwhai
What do you call a group of flamingos?
A flamboyance.
In A Midsummer Night's Dream, what is the name of the fairy king?
Oberon
What is the term for a figure of speech that refers to a well-known person, place, thing, or event?
Allusion
MOVIE: Man’s midlife crisis endangers his family and entire city.
The Incredibles.
What is the name of the famous New Zealand literary figure who wrote "The Piano"?
Jane Campion.
Nomophobia is the fear of what?
Being without a mobile device/cellphone.