a figure of speech, in which one refers covertly or indirectly to an object or circumstance that has occurred or existed in an external context. (Owen and Sarah)
What is an allusion?
100
a unit for measuring force (Owen and Sarah)
What is a newton?
100
The amendment that allows you to refuse to testify in a court of law on the grounds that it may incriminate yourself. (Owen and Sarah)
What is the 5th amendment?
100
The term "hooker" was named after which Civil War general? (Mehma and Kamkam)
What force is required for tires to move a car and for brakes to stop it? (Maher and Henry)
What is friction?
200
The five freedoms contained in the 1st Amendment are:
Freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly and petition.
200
In what year was the seventh amendment ratified? (Mehma and Kamkam)
What is 1791?
200
What does E.G.O.T. stand for and how do you use it in a vocab. collector? (Max and Kazuya)
Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony. You create a sentence that uses a vocab. words nouns form, adjective form, adverb form, and verb form.
300
The theme of haiku typically has either of the following two features:
1. Juxtaposition of seemingly different objects.
2. Nature theme
300
What is Newton's 1st law? (Max and Kazuya)
An object in motion, tends to stay in that motion, unless an external force is applied to it.
300
What is the first paragraph in the Martin Luther King Jr. "I Have A Dream..." speech? (Senna and Sanam)
"I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation."
300
What was the name of the Union Civil War General who later became president? (Ashwin and Tim)
Who was Ulysses S. Grant?
300
What was the name of the french commander who trained colonist troops at Valley Forge? (Josh and Ben)
[2,500 Bonus points for correctly spelling his entire birth name.]
Who is Baron Friedrich von Steuben?
Full Name: Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin von Steuben. :)
400
What part of speech is the word "running" in the following sentence: "My students make we want to start running away."
What is a participle?
400
What is this Δ symbol called? What does it mean? (Jes and Maegan)
Answer: Called Delta, means Change
400
What were the names of the people that didn't support the proposed Constitution because they believed it gave the new government too much power and didn't provide enough protection to individual freedoms?
Anti-Federalists
400
List the Middle Colonies (Mr. S)
Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York
400
List all the F.A.N.B.O.Y.S. (Naina and Ulises)
For, And, Nor, But, And,Yet, and So
500
What is one similarity and one difference between a metaphor and a simile?
Both are used to compare different things, but a simile uses "as" or "like" when comparing them.
500
What is the formula for average acceleration? (Senna and Sanam)
Δv/Δt or (v2-v1)/t2-t1
500
What is the 15th amendment? (Naina and Ulises)
The 15th amendment prohibits the federal and state governments from denying a citizen the right to vote.
500
Name any 2 British Revolutionary War Generals. (Ashwin and Tim)
General Gage, General Howe, General Clinton, General Burgoyne, General Cornwallis