American Voices Then & Now
How does Tom think Gatsby gained his wealth?
Through bootlegging
Who says: "You see, I usually find myself among strangers because I drift here and there trying to forget the sad thing that happened to me”
Jay Gatsby, The Great Gatsby
A word meaning having or showing no moral principles; not honest or fair
Unscrupulous
Who was the 2024 WNBA Rookie of the Year?
Caitlin Clark
This is the name of a brand of blue jeans, a jeep, or a cowboy in charge of saddle horses.
Wrangler.
Name the city and state that Of Mice and Men takes place in.
Salinas, California
Who says: “Yes, Richard is bad like the British."
Quey, Homegoing
A word meaning disagreeing, quarrelsome; being at odds
Discordant
Which rock star's son did Stranger Things star Millie Bobby Brown get married to in 2024?
Jon Bon Jovii's son (Jake Bongiovi)
The first Dairy Queen opened in Illinois, and the first McDonald's opened in this state.
California
What are the names of the FOUR members of the Jonga family?
Jende
Neni
Limbe
Timba
Who says: “Now what the hell ya suppose is eatin’ them two guys?”
Carlson, Of Mice and Men
Name two synonyms for surmise
guess, conjecture, suspect, deduce, infer, conclude, etc.
Who were the original three American Idol judges?
Simon Cowell, Randy Jackson, and Paula Abdul
Delivered by Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War, this speech is known for the phrase “government of the people, by the people, for the people.”
The Gettysburg Address
In the first week of school, we read two poems by American authors who defined different depictions of America. Who were the two authors?
Walt Whitman & Langston Hughes
Who says: “Respectfully, I will not shake the hand of a slaver.”
Akousa, Homegoing
Fill in the blank: Because she always chose to read instead of watching TV or scrolling on her phone, she had a natural __________ toward books.
Proclivity
She had a #1 hit in each year of the 90s—the only singer to do so.
Mariah Carey
“To be or not to be” is a famous line from this Shakespeare play.
Hamlet
“Esi learned to split her life into Before the Castle and Now" by making two distinct comparisons about herself. Name both of the things she describes herself as now, being enslaved.
"Before the Castle, she was the daughter of Big Man and his third wife, Maame. Now she was dust. Before the Castle, she was the prettiest girl in the village. Now she was thin air” (Gyasi 31)
Who says: "The best laid schemes of mice and men / Go oft astray / And leave us nothing but grief and pain / Instead of promised joy!"
Robert Burns, "To a Mouse"
What vocabulary term does Ms. Murphy correlate with Spongebob Squarepants?
Alacrity
How many seasons has Law and Order: Special Victims Unit had?
27
Which president gave His Airedale (dog breed), Laddie Boy (dog name), his own chair at cabinet meetings?
President Warren Harding