Baseball
The home team
Imagery appeals to all five senses. What are they?
touch, taste, smell, sight, sound
Yak, Feta, and Gouda are all types of what?
Cheese
the problem in a story
conflict
Which was the last of the 50 states to be admitted?
Hawaii
What are the two PA MLB teams? City + Mascot
Philadelphia Phillies and Pittsburgh Pirates
What's the rhyme scheme?
Twinkle, twinkle little star,
How I wonder what you are.
Up above the world so high
like a diamond in the sky.
A
A
B
B
Raspberry Watermelon is the newest flavor beverage at which chain?
Dunkin'
an overused phrase
cliche'
How many original British colonies existed in America?
13
Assuming all innings are played in full and no overtime, how many outs does each team get in a regular MLB game?
27 outs = 9 innings x 3 outs
List 4 different types of figurative language and define them.
simile, metaphor, hyperbole, personification, idiom, adage, proverb
Which American city is most famous for its deep-dish pizza?
Chicago
explain the difference between point of view and perspective
pov = 1st, 2nd, 3rd
perspective = character's feelings on events
What was the Model T and who made it?
One of the first automobiles and Henry Ford
The Railriders are the minor leagues for which MLB team?
NY Yankees
Name three different famous poets.
Poe, Shakespeare, Yeats, Auden, Frost, Carroll, Lorde, Kaur, etc.
What type of nut is added to chocolate to make Nutella?
Hazelnut
1 - commonly used, walk / enjoy
2 - academic words, strategize / assimilate
3 - technical terms, onomatopoeia / scalpel
Who is the first European believed to land on North America. Hints: He's from Norway + Spongebob & Patrick celebrate him, Hinga dinga durgen!
Lief Erikson
Which team has the second most MLB World Series Championships?
The St. Louis Cardinals are second with 11 titles.
What two poetic devices are used from this line:
"Double, double toil and trouble,"
alliteration & internal rhyme
What is the global best-selling chocolate bar?
Snickers
Explain the difference between Denotation and Connotation using an example to help you explain.
Connotation - associations with words; shrimp: short/small
Denotation - dictionary definition; shrimp: food/sea creature
Name the first 5 US presidents.
Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe