Numbers & Dates
Titles & Names
Misc.
Capitalization & States
Common Word Usage
100

In AP style, when should you spell out whole numbers?

What is for whole numbers under 10?

100

When should a formal title (President/Governor) be capitalized?

What is when it comes immediately before a proper name?

100

Choose the correct AP style option: [ capital / capitol ]

"Austin is the ________ of Texas, and the legislature meets in the state ________ building." 


What is 1. capital 2. capitol?

100

Should state names be abbreviated or spelled out in the body text of a story when standing alone or paired with a city?

What is spelled out: ex. Orlando, Florida?

100

Which term is an adjective meaning ordinary or routine, as opposed to a phrase meaning each day? 

Everyday or Every day

What is everyday?

200

How do you write nineteen-nineteys in AP style?

What is 1990s?

200

How should job titles or formal titles be capitalized when they follow a person's name or stand alone in a sentence?

What is lowercase?


200

Choose the correct AP style option: [ Street / St. ] "She lives on 704 Elm ________, but moved from Oak ________."

What is 1. St. 2. Street?

200

How should academic degrees like bachelor's degree or master's degree be capitalized in general prose?  

What is lowercase?

200

Which word is usually a verb meaning to influence, and which is usually a noun meaning a result?

Effect and Affect 

What is Effect (Verb) Affect (Noun)?

300

How should you abbreviate October 12 in AP style text?

What is Oct. 12?

300

How does AP style format titles of books, movies, and songs

What is with quotation marks: "The Great Gatsby"?

300

Choose the correct AP style option: [ Avenue / Ave. ] "The parade marched down Fifth ________ past 100 Pennsylvania ________."

What is 1. Avenue 2. Ave.?

300

True/False

Seasons (spring, summer, fall, winter) are capitalized in AP style? 

What is false?

300

Which word means to praise?

Compliment/ Complement

What is compliment?

400

What is the correct AP style way to write the age of a five year old girl?

What is 5-year-old girl?

400

How should you abbreviate Senator before a full name on first reference?

What is Sen.?

400

Choose the correct AP style option: [ Drive / Dr. ] "Their office is located at 45 Park ________."

What is Drive?

400

True/ False

Occupational or descriptive titles like astronaut, attorney, or movie star are not capitalized before a name?

What is true?

400

We had two cupcakes to split (between / among) the three of us.

What is among?

500

How do you format these times of day in AP style, 8 in the evening / 12 in the afternoon? 

What is 1. 8 p.m. 2. noon?


500

How do you abbreviate "General" "Sergeant" "Captain" titles before a name on first reference.

What is 1. Gen. 2. Sgt. 3. Capt.?

500

Choose the correct AP style option: [ United States / U.S. ] 

"The ________ export market grew rapidly, helping the ________ expand its economy."

What is 1. U.S. 2. United States?

500

Name four of the eight states that are never abbreviated.

What are Alaska, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Maine, Ohio, Texas and Utah?

500

Which is correct: full-time job/ full time job

What is full-time job?