Grammar
What is a noun?
A person, place, or thing.
How many vowels are in the English alphabet?
5
What singer has had a Billboard No. 1 hit in each of the last four decades?
Mariah Carey
Celebrated on the 19th day of the sixth month of the year, what is the newest addition to the US federal holiday calendar, as signed into law by President Joe Biden in 2021?
Juneteenth
I wrote this question right after I woke up: What is the only word in the English language that ends in “mt?”
Dreamt
What is a verb?
An action word
What uses "like" or "as" to compare two things?
A simile
Before Miley Cyrus recorded "Wrecking Ball," it was offered to which singer?
Beyonce
What autumn holiday was described by writer O. Henry as "the one day that is purely American?"
Thanksgiving
Only two words in English that we use today end in “-gry.” One is “angry.” What’s the other one? (Hint: If you combine them, you’ll get a portmanteau that describes your mood when you’ve gone too long without a snack!).
Hungry
What is the subject of this sentence?
The cow jumped over the moon.
The cow
What is a metaphor?
A comparison between two things not using "like" or "as"
As a child, what singer held the longest note ever on Star Search?
Usher
In Spain, a tradition in the first seconds of the New Year is to quickly eat 12 uvas for good luck. In English, what fruit are uvas?
Grapes
What is a prime number?
A number with no other dividable numbers other than itself and one.
How many different types of verbs are there?
16
The nursery rhyme titled Brother John is more often known by what French-language name?
Frere Jaques
Cardi B starred on what reality show?
Love and Hip Hop
Eating a bucket of KFC will make you just as sleepy as a big ol' helping of Thanksgiving turkey, since most poultry contains about the same amount of what T-word amino acid?
Tryptophan
Which American road runs from Chicago to Los Angeles?
Route 66
What is the adverb in this sentence?
She was very tired of watching the movie and wanted to go to sleep.
Very
What is the second most popularly spoken language in Michigan, behind English?
Spanish
What was the first rap single to hit the Billboard Top 40?
Rapper's Delight by Sugar Hill Gang
Celebrated by many on November 13th, what holiday on which women ask men out originated from the Al Capp comic strip, "Li'l Abner?"
Sadie Hawkins Day
What ancient Roman festival, held from December 17th on the Julian calendar until December 23rd, was used to honor a Roman God? Nowadays, its name is reminiscent of the sixth planet from our sun.
Saturnalia
On the board, correctly capitalize this sentence.
on a summer's day, the mountains could easily be seen to the west.
On a summer's day, the mountains could easily be seen to the west.
The NATO Phonetic Alphabet associates each letter of the English alphabet with a distinct word, starting with Alfa, Bravo, and Charlie. Of the 26 words present, only two are a single syllable. One is “golf.” What is the other?
Mike
Who are all of the original members of N.W.A.?
Ice Cube, Dr. Dre, DJ Yella, MC Ren and Eazy-E
In 1887, Oregon became the first state in the U.S. to make it an official public holiday. Seven years later, there were 29 additional states with official celebrations. What is it?
Labor Day
What are the Great Lakes?
Lake Huron, Lake Ontario, Lake Michigan, Lake Erie, and Lake Superior
What are the two parts of a sentence?
A subject and a predicate.
In American Sign Language (ASL), closing your hand into a fist with your thumb resting across the front of a couple fingers represents what common letter in the alphabet?
S
What was the first music video to ever air on MTV?
"Video Killed the Radio Star" by The Bugles
What holiest day of the Jewish year focuses on atonement with a fast, confession, and prayer? It lent its name to an armed conflict between Israel and a coalition of Egypt and Syria in 1973.
Yom Kippur
What is a major difference between amphibians and reptiles?
Reptiles have hard-shelled eggs and amphibians do not.
Find the prepositional phrase(s) in this sentence:
She looked over the bridge across the water.
Over the bridge
Across the water
Which of the following is NOT considered a romance language? Italian, French, English, Spanish, Portuguese, Latin.
English
The Wu-Tang Clan recommends protecting which body part?
Your neck
Although a staple of the holiday, candy corn is also often considered a polarizing sweet and is even considered "Halloween's most contentious sweet" by Vox. In the vast majority of tri-colored pieces of candy corn, what color is the middle section of the sweet?
Orange
What are the eight lunar phases?
New Moon, waxing crescent, first quarter, waxing gibbous, full Moon, waning gibbous, third quarter and waning crescent
What acronym helps you to remember conjunctions and what they stand for?
For
And
Nor
But
Or
Yet
So
Wolof, Yoruba, Sotho, San, and Xhosa are all languages spoken primarily on what continent?
Africa
Jay-Z says he got his MBA from where?
The Marcy Projects
Don't say turkey: Vaccinium macrocarpon is the scientific name of what Thanksgiving staple?
Cranberry
What are the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World?
They are the Great Pyramid of Giza, Hanging Gardens of Babylon, Statue of Zeus at Olympia, Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, Colossus of Rhodes, and the Lighthouse of Alexandria.
Identify the verb(s) in the following sentence:
The girl wanted to go to the movies with her friends.
Wanted
Go
What Native American language is renowned for being used by code talkers from a namesake tribe during World War II?
Navajo
Which rapper inspired an entire accredited course at Syracuse University called "Hip-Hop Eshu: Queen B***h 101?"
Lil' Kim
What December holiday, which honors various African harvest festival traditions, was invented in 1966 by professor Maulana Karenga?
Kwanzaa
An Olympic gold medal is mostly comprised of what metal?
It's 92.5% silver.