The Argo
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Literature
Latin
100

The faculty advisor of the Argo.

Who is Ms. Moon?

100

The powerhouse of the cell.

What is the mitochondria?

100

The highest-grossing movie without adjusting for inflation.

What is "Avatar"?

100

This is the time period during which "The Great Gatsby" is set.

What is the Roaring Twenties?

100

The gender of agricola, agricolae.

Masculine

200

This punctuation mark is used after the penultimate term in a list of three or more terms and is usually unacceptable to use in an Argo article.

What is an Oxford comma?

200

The process of gas converting to a liquid.

What is condensation?

200

The dying words of Charles Foster Kane.

What is "Rosebud"?

200

This ancient Mesopotamian epic poem is the earliest surviving notable literature.

What is "The Epic of Gilgamesh"?

200

A type of verb that is active in meaning but forms as a passive verb.

What is a deponent verb?

300

This song is the first song in the Argo's "argo woot woot" Spotify playlist. (YOU HAVE TO STATE THE SONG CORRECTLY OR NO POINTS)

What is "All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (Taylor's Version) (From the Vault)"?

300

The product of mass and acceleration.

What is net force?

300

These three movies are the only animated films to be nominated for Best Picture (50+ points for each year guessed correctly!)

What are "Beauty and the Beast," "Up," and "Toy Story 3"?

300

This is the best-selling book series in history.

What is "Harry Potter"?

300

This Roman politician ended all of his speeches with "Carthago delenda est"

Cato

400

This person started the Argo advice column (first and last name).

Who is John Nguyen?

400

The number of protons potassium has.

What is 19?

400

This fictional cannibal, originally created by Thomas Harris, is considered to be the greatest villain in American cinema.

Who is Hannibal Lecter?

400

Charlotte Brontë used this as her pseudonym to publish books.

What is Currer Bell?

400

The tense, voice, and mood of "nolimus." (+50 for each principal part of the verb)

Present, active, subjunctive. Nolo, Nolle, Nolui

500

The founding year of the Argo (according to Wikipedia).

When is 1970?

500

The study of how changes in organisms are caused by modification of gene expression rather than alteration of the genetic code itself.

What is epigenetics?

500

These three movies are the only animated films to be nominated for Best Picture (50+ points for each year guessed correctly!)

What are "Beauty and the Beast," "Up," and "Toy Story 3"?

500

This murderous tragedy is William Shakespeare's only play that uses the word "rhinoceros."

What is "Macbeth"?

500

This Roman hero sought to kill the Etruscan king, Lars Porsena. Although he was caught, he impressed the king so much by placing his right hand in a fire that the king released him. (+50 points for each part of his name you guess correctly)

Who is Gaius Mucius Scaevola?