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American Literature
Anything Goes
Anything Goes Pt 2
The Rat Pack
100

M'm! M'm! Good!

Cambell's Soup

100

In The Great Gatsby, what is the narrator's relationship to Daisy? 

a) He is her chauffer         c) They are former lovers

b) They are cousins          d) They are siblings

They are cousins

100

According to the Butterball corporation, it is recommended that you thaw a wrapped turkey in the refrigerator for how long per 4 pounds of bird?

a) 1 hour      c) 8 hours

b) 4 hours     d) 1 day

1 Day

100

True or False?

The Pilgrims took beer with them on the Mayflower

True

100

This Casablanca actor started the original Rat Pack.

Who is Humphrey Bogart? He started the original group in the late 1950s. After Bogart’s death in 1957, his friend Frank Sinatra revived the group, and the “classic” Rat Pack dominated the 1960s. 

200

Does she or doesn't she?

Clairol

200

To Kill a Mockingbird, Scout's friendship with Dill is based on Harper Lee's childhood friendship with what other famous American Author?

a) Dalton Trumbo                c) Truman Capote

b) Ernest Hemmingway       d) William Faulkner

Truman Capote

200

Canada also has an official Thanksgiving holiday, which is held in what month?

a) May          c) November

b) October   d) September

October

200

The native Americans who were invited to join the Pilgrims in a thanksgiving feast were of what tribe?

a) Pemaquid     c) Seminole

b) Samoset       d)Wampanoag

Wampanoag

200

She was known as the den mother of the group.

Who is Lauren Bacall? She was Humphrey Bogart’s wife at the time

300

Always ready when you are

Delta Airlines

300

What 1954 dystopian novel by Nobel Prize- winner William Golding allegorizes the story of schoolboys marooned on an island to investigate mankind's inherent savagery?

a) The Catcher in the Rye   c) Animal Farm

b) Separate Peace              d) Lord of the Flies

Lord of the Flies

300

Who was the Greek goddess of corn?

a) Ceres          c) Demeter

b) Cornucopia  d) Grainophilia

Demeter

300

The town of Plymouth, MA celebrates what on December 11 each year?

a) Forefathers'                   c) Miles Standish's birthday

b) Landing of the Mayflower  d) an "original" Thanksgiving feast

Forefathers' Day 

300

Dean Martin’s TV variety show had this as its theme song.

What is “Everybody Loves Somebody”? In 1964, the song knocked “A Hard Day’s Night” off the No. 1 position on the charts, and in 1965 it became the theme song for Martin’s show.

400

Aren't you glad you use ____? Don't you wish everyone did?

Dial

400

Ambitions and friendships are known as "transgressions of preference" in what dystopian Ayn Rand novella?

a) Atlas Shrugged         c) Anthem

b) The Fountainhead     d) Catch 22

Anthem

400

What settlement did the British establish in Virginia in 1607?

Jamestown

400

Which president established the 4th Thursday of November as the official Thanksgiving Holiday?

a) Thomas Jefferson      c) James Madison

b) Abraham Lincoln        d)Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin D. Roosevelt

400

This was their standard uniform.

What is tuxedo? In addition to their look, their schtick included glitz, glamour, nonconformity, and playfully insulting one another on stage.

500

We have to earn our wings every day

Eastern Airlines

500

In The Grapes of Wrath, a family of tenant farmers travels to California from what dustbowl-ravaged state?

Oklahoma

500

What is the name of the rock where pilgrims purportedly landed in 1620?

Plymouth Rock

500

The "annual" official presentation of a turkey to the president of the United States began under which president, who is erroneously credited with also being the first president to pardon one.

a) Millard Fillmore      c) Andre Jackson

b) Warren Harding     d) Harry Truman

Harry Truman

500

These three were the core of the Rat Pack

Who are Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, and Sammy Davis Jr.? The group also included Peter Lawford and Joey Bishop.