Billy Elliot
Who is Prime Minister during the film?
Margaret Thatcher
Name all of the poems.
Trance, Unearth, Oombulgarri, Key, Leaves, Eyes
Who is Toby?
Christopher's pet rat
What is the name of the man in the Pedestrian?
Leonard Mead
What was Mr McGuire's best subject in the HSC?
General Mathematics
What is it called when Jackie Elliot abandons the strike and goes back to work?
Crossing the picket line
What kind of haze does the woman float down in Trance
Pituri
Where does Chrsitopher spend the night after he finds out his father killed Wellington?
Where is Steve Jobs giving this speech from?
Stanford University
Where did Mr McGuire go to University and with who?
Sydney University. Williamson, Hou, Nah, Sindel
What song is playing when Billy kicks down the bathroom door and dances through the street?
A Town Called Malice
Quote the playground from Oombulgarri
"even the wind can no longer stir
movement at the playground
all the equipment is rusted shut"
What does the name Christopher mean?
'Carrying Christ'
What three companies did Steve Jobs found/build up?
Apple Inc.
NeXT
Pixar
What two subjects can Mr McGuire teach?
English and (Modern) History
A princess is turned into a swan and turns back into a human at night.
A vow of love can return her to her human form permanently.
What are the 7 types of eyes ("eyes of") in the poem Eyes?
eyes of: terror, submission, shame, wonder or contempt, compassion, filled with rage
What does Christopher have to see to know it is going to be a Black Day?
Four yellow cars in a row.
What is the genre of The Pedestrian?
Dystopian/sci-fi
What are Mr McGuire's favourite three techniques?
Allusion, apostrophe, simile
Where does Jackie go after he sees Billy dance at Christmas?
Mrs Wilkinson's house
What is the name of the tree in Unearth?
Poinciana
What recurring dream does Christopher have?
Almost everyone on Earth dying from a virus spread through understanding people’s expressions paired with something they say.
Where does the car take the man at the end of the story?
To the Psychiatric Center for Research on Regressive Tendencies
What subjects did Mr McGuire do in Year 11 and 12?
See Mr McG