Music Mania
Who is known as the “King of Pop”?
A: Michael Jackson
The largest planet in our solar system is…
Jupiter
Repetition of the same initial sound
Alliteration
To be or not to be” comes from which Shakespeare play
Hamlet
Choose the correct homophone: Their/They’re/There going to the movies.
They’re
This Australian singer-songwriter wrote “Bad Guy”’s 2019 Grammy rival “Dance Monkey.”
Tones and I
In literature, which dystopian novel features the slogan “War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength”
1984 by George Orwell
A contradiction in terms, like “bittersweet”
Oxymoron
Who wrote The Great Gatsby?
F. Scott Fitzgerald
What is the plural of “cactus”?
Cacti
: Identify the figurative device: “You’re my sunshine on a rainy day.”
Metaphor
Which element has the chemical symbol “W” and is commonly used in light bulb filaments?
Tungsten
A reference to a famous person, event, or work
Allusion
Finish this line: “It was the best of times, it was the ___ of times.
Worst
What’s a palindrome? Give an example
A word/phrase spelled the same forwards and backwards, e.g., “racecar.”)
Which decade saw the rise of grunge music, led by Nirvana?
1990s
The Rosetta Stone, key to deciphering Egyptian hieroglyphs, is currently housed in which museum?
The British Museum, London
A harsh, discordant mixture of sounds—often unpleasant or jarring to hear
Cacophony
Which poet penned “Do not go gentle into that good night”
Dylan Thomas)
Correct this sentence for both pronoun case and parallel structure:“Between you and I, him running late don’t affect me none.”
“Between you and me, his running late doesn’t affect me at all.”
(Fixes: “Between you and me” for objective case, “his running” for gerund subject, verb agreement “doesn’t,” and removes the double negative.)
What is the term for a recurring theme or melody in music, often representing a character or idea (used famously by John Williams in film scores
(A: Leitmotif)
What is the name of the only country that is also a continent?
Australia
A situation where the audience knows something the characters do not
Dramatic Irony
Margaret Atwood’s dystopian novel, later a TV series, is titled…
The Handmaid’s Tale
Fill in the blanks with the correct form of affect or effect, explaining why:“The new teacher’s enthusiasm had a positive ___ on the class, but her strict rules did not ___ their motivation as much as expected.
“The new teacher’s enthusiasm had a positive effect on the class, but her strict rules did not affect their motivation as much as expected.”
(“Effect” is a noun meaning result; “affect” is a verb meaning to influence.)