American Voices Then & Now
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100

This African country is the birthplace of the first two protagonists of the story, Effia and Esi.

Ghana

100

Who says: “I am quite illiterate, but I read a lot.”

Holden Caulfield, The Catcher in the Rye

100

A word meaning having or showing no moral principles; not honest or fair

Unscrupulous 

100

What sport did Zendaya’s character in Challengers play?

Tennis

100

This is the name of a brand of blue jeans, a jeep, or a cowboy in charge of saddle horses.

Wrangler.

200

Name one of the indigenous authors we read & studied as a class.

Leslie Marmon Silko

Louise Erdrich

Daniel Justice Heath

Heidi Erdrich

200

Who says: “My boots are filling.”

Henry, "The Red Convertible"

200

A word meaning disagreeing, quarrelsome; being at odds

Discordant 

200

What Bridgerton star plays Fiyero in the film adaptation of Wicked?

Jonathan Bailey

200

This giant statue in New York Harbor was a gift from France in 1886.

The Statue of Liberty

300

What are the names of the FOUR members of the Jonga family?

Jende

Neni

Limbe

Timba

300

Who says: “Yes, Richard is bad like the British."

Quey, Homegoing

300

Name two synonyms for dissolution

disrupting, dispersing, break down, etc.

300

What does the JK stand for in J.K. Rowling?

Joanne Kathleen

300

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

400

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

400

Who says: “Respectfully, I will not shake the hand of a slaver.”

Akousa, Homegoing

400

Fill in the blank: The crowd at the comedy club laughed ________, their boisterous voices echoing through the room after the comedian's punchline.

Raucously 

400

Who is the current host of Love Island USA?

Ariana Madix
400

“To be or not to be” is a famous line from this Shakespeare play.

Hamlet

500

Holden makes allusions to two different famous American novels that reflect on the U.S. Army and his brother, D.B. Name the title of BOTH texts.

A Farewell to Arms and The Great Gatsby

500

Who says: “We are together always. There was never a time when this was not so.”

Ayah, "Lullaby"

500

A word that refers to the space between framed panels.

Gutter

500

Which reality TV star has won "The Challenge" 7 times? 

Johnny Bananas 

500

Which president gave His Airedale (dog breed), Laddie Boy (dog name), his own chair at cabinet meetings?

President Warren Harding