Middletown
Wesleyan
Argus
Journalism Lingo
Miscellaneous
100

Beloved diner on Main Street featuring dishes with a strong Irish influence, as well as traditional American classics

What is O’Rourkes Diner?

100

The old saucer-looking dining hall

What is McConaughey Hall?

100

The amount of times the Argus publishes a week (in a normal year)


What is twice?

100

The opener of an article

What is a lede?

100

The capital of Denmark

What is Copenhagen?

200

The county Middletown is in

What is Middlesex County?

200

The year Wesleyan went coed for the second time

What is 1970?

200

Where the name Argus comes from

What is Greek mythology?

200

A paragraph that explains the context of the story

What is a nutgraf?

200

The largest fresh water lake in the world

What is Lake Superior?

300

The current mayor of Middletown

Who is Ben Florsheim?

300

Wesleyan’s zip code

What is 06459?

300

The year the Argus was founded

What is 1868?

300

A particular area or topic that a reporter covers

What is a beat?

300

Author of the Very Hungry Caterpillar

Who is Eric Carle?

400

The river Middletown is on

What is the Connecticut River?

400

This Wesleyan building is considered a National Historic Landmark

What is Russell House?


400

The first woman EIC of the Argus

Who is Jane Eisner?

400

The standardized format and usage for writing news copy

What is AP Style?

400

The scientific term for complete lack of sense of smell

What is anosmia?

500

A waterfall a few miles from campus

What is Wadsworth Falls?

500

The year Lin Manuel Miranda graduated Wesleyan

What is 2002?

500

Another Wesleyan University whose newspaper is also called The Argus

What is Illinois Wesleyan University?

500

A conversation that is not for publication

What is off the record? 

500

A 2010 animated kids film featuring Will Ferrell as a blue villain

What is Megamind?