Academic Grab Bag
Tell Tale Heart Vocabulary
American Cities
Women in American History
Millennial Grab Bag
200
It is the name given for the instrument being played in this image.
What is a trombone?
200
The popular Christmastime tune, _____ the Herald Angels Sing, begins with this vocabulary word, found in the first paragraph of our story.
What is Hearken (or Hark)?
200
Aside from serving as America’s capital, this city is also marked as the home of a number of noted museums and prestigious institutions, including the National Gallery of Art and Howard University.
What is Washington DC?
200
Pictured here with her younger sister Venus, she is the youngest American to win a grand slam title.
Who is Serena Williams?
200
If someone texts you and says "OMW," they really mean this.
What is 'on my way'?
400
In algebra, this is a letter standing in for an unknown numerical value in an equation, often denoted by the letter x.
What is a variable?
400
In the third paragraph of our story lives this word, whose synonym is 'enough' or 'adequate'.
What is sufficient?
400
This city, home to the Dolphins, Marlins, and Heat sports franchises, is one of the most diverse cities in the United States.
What is Los Angeles?
400
Pictured here with her mother in the spring of 1965, she later grew up to become America's first Asian-American and African-American vice president.
Who is Kamala Harris?
400
In this popular song from 2018, musician Drake apologizes for "only lov(ing) his bed and his mother."
What is God's Plan?
600
This word, introduced in class on Tuesday through context clues, means to be overly talkative.
What is loquacious?
600
The word that completes this line; "it increased my fury, as the beating of a drum ____________ a soldier into courage."
What is stimulates?
600
Also known as “Charm City,” this city is the largest in Maryland and serves as the location for the hit HBO series, “The Wire.”
What is Baltimore?
600
During an attempt to become the first woman to complete a flight across the world, she and her navigator disappeared somewhere above the Pacific Ocean in 1937.
Who is Amelia Earhart?
600
He is the former CEO and founder of Amazon, and currently the second richest person alive with a net worth of 150 billion. His ex-wife, Mackenzie, is worth 53 billion.
Who is Jeff Bezos?
800
This leader of the Pan-Africanism movement once said, "A people without knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots."
Who is Marcus Garvey?
800
The meaning of this word is to take the arms and legs off of a creature.
What is to dismember?
800
Microsoft, Amazon, and Starbucks are all centered in this largest city of Washington State, which is also home to the Space Needle.
What is Seattle?
800
She became the youngest woman ever to serve in the United States Congress when she was at elected at 28 to represent a district in Queens, New York City.
Who is Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC)?
800
This mobile phone application was purchased by the Chinese owned Byte-Dance in 2014, and eventually became Tik-Tok.
What is musical.ly?
1000
This is the associated meaning of a word, which brings up ideas and feelings. NOT the dictionary definition of a word.
What is a connotation?
1000
If a person does this, they are making wild gestures with their hands.
What are gesticulations?
1000
This midwestern city, named after a French King-- is best known for its gigantic Gateway Arch.
What is St. Louis?
1000
Known for her on-stage charisma, diverse musical range, and whirlwind romance with the guitarist of her family's band, her career came to a tragic end in 1995 when she was murdered by the president of her fan club.
Who is Selena Quintanilla (Perez)?
1000
Although the series is actually filmed in Georgia, the popular Netflix program Stranger Things is set in this fictional town in Indiana.
What is Hawkins?
