The American Dream
American cultural values
Individual freedom and Self-reliance
Equality of Opportunity and Competition
Material wealth and Hard Work
The United Kingdom consists of these countries
What are England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland?
The number of official languages of South Africa.
100 points per correct language
What are 12?
Afrikaans
English
isiNdebele
isiXhosa
isiZulu
Sepedi (Northern Sotho)
Sesotho (Southern Sotho)
Setswana
siSwati
Tshivenda
Xitsonga
South African Sign Language
The three humour theories and the theory we use to determine whether something is funny
What are
the superiority theory
the relief theory
the incongruity theory
the benign violation theory
Types of evil according to Norwegian philosopher Lars Svendsen
Demonic Evil is evil for its own sake, performed for the express purpose of harming others, or for the enjoyment of the experience of watching others suffer.
Instrumental Evil is evil that occurs in order to carry out some other purpose.
Idealistic Evil is evil that is "justified" by some greater cause.
Stupid Evil is evil that occurs based on human incompetence, despite the fact that nobody wished it.
The Austrian American who has famously achieved the American Dream
Who is Arnold Schwarzenegger?
The national dish of England
What is Chicken Tikka Masala?
The meaning of the word "Apartheid"
What is "living apart"?
The term used when a text draws attention to the fact that it is a text
What is metafiction?
In this [BONUS: XXXX] play by William Shakespeare, the female main character asks spirits to "unsex me here, / And fill me from the crown to the toe, top-full / Of direst cruelty" and urges her husband to hide his evil intentions by saying “look like the innocent flower, / But be the serpent under’t”
What is Macbeth?
1623 +/- 5 years
The slogan for the American Dream
What is the phrase “going from rags to riches”?
This politician became the current Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in [BONUS: XXXX]
Who is Keir Starmer?
2024
Uprisings which caused the international community to start looking critically at South Africa during the time of apartheid
What are the Sharpeville Massacre and the Soweto Uprisings?
The American comedian, actor, musician and filmmaker whose work combines elements of filmmaking with music, sketch, and stand-up comedy, commonly with a dramatic, satirical, or tragic twist that is often left open to interpretation.
BONUS: Name 1-5 of his songs - They must be songs I know
Who is Bo Burnham?
Two major ways to explain human behaviour, one of which focuses on personality and character traits, and one which focuses on environment, pressure, and circumstances.
What are the dispositional explanation of behaviour and the situational explanation of behaviour?
Written in [BONUS: XXXX] during the American Revolution [BONUS: XXXX-XXXX], this document declared the [BONUS: XX] colonies independent from the British Empire through the following wording:
"We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness"
What is The Declaration of Independence (1776)?
The American Revolution (1775–1783)
13 colonies
This term describes a society where multiple cultures coexist and are officially recognised within one country
What is multiculturalism?
During the apartheid era [BONUS: XXXX-XXXX] in South Africa, this anti-apartheid leader was imprisoned for [BONUS: XX] years before becoming the country’s first Black president in [BONUS: XXXX].
Who is Nelson Mandela?
1948-1994
27
1994
The object that narrates: I born in factory. They put me in wrapper. They seal me in box. Three of us in box.
BONUS: Name the text
A condom
"Unprotected"
This modern horror writer is known for combining everyday, ordinary settings with psychological fear and supernatural elements to create suspenseful stories
Who is Stephen King?
The [BONUS: XXXX-XXXX] war between the Union (the North) and Confederacy (the South) that led to the abolition of slavery and the [BONUS: XX] Amendment
What was the American Civil War?
1861–1865
13th Amendment
These three terms describe different ways societies organize cultural diversity: (1) separation, (2) blending into the dominant culture, or (3) maintaining distinct identities within a shared society
What are segregation, assimilation, and integration?
The laws that made it compulsory for blacks to carry pass books (identity cards) at all times which allowed them to have permission to be in a white area for a limited amount of time. If they did not have their pass, blacks could be arrested and imprisoned
What are The Pass Laws?
The three types of irony
What are
dramatic irony
situational irony
verbal irony
The words “eye” and “I” sound the same but have different meanings and spellings; they are...
BONUS: In which text does this become relevant?
What are homophones?
"The Tell-Tale Heart"