Dorm Debates
Forget U
Using Algebra After Highschool
The Elements
Literary Genres
400
Forget Coke vs. Pepsi; now it's Red Bull vs. this energy drink that makes Super Sours
Rock Star
400
Forget the "U" in this synonym for "abode" & you get this stocking
House and Hose
400
5/4 = 30/x;
x = this
24
400
Hg, its chemical symbol, is derived from the Latin hydrargyrum, "liquid silver"
Mercury
400
This type of being precedes "Godmother" as well as "Tale"
Fairy
800
Edward vs. Jacob, so over; now it's Marnie vs. this "Girls" character, her sometimes best friend
Hannah
800
Drop the "U" from this float used to mark a navigational channel to get this male word
Buoy and boy
800
Solve for x:
5x + 2x = 14
2
800
This element, atomic No. 8, is responsible for the respiration of living things & the combustion of fuels
Oxygen
800
You probably have some twilight, Y.A. fiction, on your bookshelf, Y.A. standing for this
Young Adult
1200
This activity AKA bussing--eyes open or closed? We need more research
Kissing
1200
Dropping the "U" from this synonym for "leap" gives you this uniting force
Bound and bond
1200
The price of a book decreased from $25 to $20. By how many percent did the price decrease?
20%
1200
More than 1/4 of the Earth's crust is this element, symbol Si
Silicon
1200
Mark Twain said this book of his couldn't be published until 100 years after his death; in 2010 it was a bestseller
An autobiography
1600
Inches & pounds vs. this 200-year-old system; Jacques, Helmut & Bao-Yu, we know what you think
The Metric System
1600
This verb meaning "to recommend" becomes this word for a small child when it loses its "U"
Tout and tot
1600
Solve for x:
1/3
1600
Daily Double!
The name of this element, atomic number 27, can precede "blue" & "green"
1600
Its hard to trust this storyteller, whose credibility is compromised
Unreliable Narrator
2000
Daily Double!
A classic clash--determinism vs. this 2-word term for our supposed power of choice in behavior
2000
This, the worth or merit of something, loses its "U" to become a valley, like "this of Avoca" here in Toronto
Value and vale
2000
The stadium holds 4,500 seats;
at 80%, this many are filled
3600
2000
Alkali metals include sodium & this one, the least dense of all metals
Lithium
2000
This word can mean a short prose narrative as well as a preliminary drawing
Sketch