Unit1
Unit 2
Unit 3
Unit 4
Vocab
100

What is a gap year ?

a break of one year during your education when you do something different

100

Who is Elon Musk ? Give 2 elements.

CEO of Tesla, richest man in the world, entrepreneur

100

Who made the film 'Bowling for Columbine'?

Michael Moore

100

From what age can you receive the Weston Youth Innovation Award ?

14 years old
100

Give the French for :

- Unit 1: at least

- Unit 2: blurry

- Unit 3: a murderer

- Unit 4 : global warming

- Unit 1: au moins

- Unit 2: flou

- Unit 3: un tueur/meurtrier

- Unit 4 : le réchauffement climatique

200

When do teenagers do their gap year ?

Before going to university

200

What is ElliQ?

A friendly and helping robot

200

What is a particularly easy way to have a gun?

Opening a bank account
200

What is SmartIce ?

SmartIce is a system which permit to travel safely on ice.

200

Give the equivalent in French/English

- Unit 1: to get along with

- Unit 2: honnête/franc (not 'honest')

- Unit 3: des victimes (not 'victims')

- Unit 4 : innondation

- Unit 1: s'entendre avec quelqu'un

- Unit 2: outspoken

- Unit 3: casualties

- Unit 4 : flood

300

What are the tenses used in the past ?

prétérit simple / prétérit BE+ing / past perfect

300

What are Stephen Hawking's job and nationality ?

British physicist

300

What's the Second Amendment?

It allows people to have weapons.

300

Who is Banksy?

an anonymous artist who uses street art to denounce world issues

300

Give the equivalent in French/English

- Unit 1: exhilarating

- Unit 2: au quotidien

- Unit 3: déjouer

- Unit 4 : pétillant + spell the word in English

- Unit 1: excitant

- Unit 2: on a daily basis

- Unit 3: thwart

- Unit 4 : sparkling

400

Which book did we study during the unit ?

The Camel Bookmobile (written by Masha Hamilton)
400

What is the robot's name in Isaac Asimov's story 'Reason'?

Cutie

400

What is the meaning of the NRA and what's their role concerning the 2nd Amendment?

National Rifle Asssociation 

-> fighting to keep the rights of owning weapons

400

What is WMA (from the text studied in the unit)?

Water Management Administration

400

Give the equivalent in French/English

- Unit 1: woofing (explain in English)

- Unit 2: weakness

- Unit 3: a bank employee (synonyme)

- Unit 4 : tailling ponds

- Unit 1: working in a farm and getting free accomodation in return

- Unit 2: faiblesse

- Unit 3: a bank clerk

- Unit 4 : des bassins de résidus miniers

500

Where did Fiona do her gap year ?

in Kenya

500

What was Stephen Hawking's opinions about the evolution of robotic ?

He gives a warning, he is scared that robots get a foothold that is too important.

500

Complete with the right tense.

If Americans ( not / fear) outisders, they (not / want) to be armed.

If Americans had not feared outsiders, they would not have wanted to be armed.

500

What has Marcus Dean created ?

He has created a new way to filter sea water by using sands, shells and sugar.

500

Give the equivalent in French/English

- Unit 1: Ivy League (explain in English)

- Unit 2: sensible

- Unit 3: Spell couteaux in English

- Unit 4 : Synonyme of faucet

- Unit 1: a group of 8 private and prestigious universities in North America

- Unit 2: raisonnable

- Unit 3: knives

- Unit 4 : a tap