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Reading Smart
TIME
Nifty Fifty
DYB & Teachers
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The root of VERSION - vertere - means?

"to turn"

100

What is the difference between a FRIEND and a BEST FRIEND?

...

100

What game was being played on the most recent cover of TIME?

chess

100

Johan Cruiff is associated with this sport

SOCCER

100

How many native teachers are there in Dongtan 2?

NINE: Sam, Man Nam, Darcy, Janke, Louis, Hennie, Natalie, Dylan, and Julia

200

1 synonym and 1 antonym of IMPLY

[syn] insinuate, denote, show signs of, betoken, hint (at), suggest

[ant] define, explicate, express, state, evince, declare, announce, delineate, elucidate, proclaim, spell out

200

What is the name of the chemical used to help ripen fruit and vegetables?

ethylene

200

What is a "trailblazer"?

A pioneer, someone who does something first

200

Who is the "Father of Economics"?

Adam Smith

200

What is the other name for Song's class level?

BRAIN

300

3 antonyms of INTERPRET

befog, distort, twist, misinterpret, mix up, obscure, confound, cloud, obfuscate

300

What is the difference between mangoes and watermelons, according to Reading Smart U2?

mangoes = release extra ethylene

watermelon = sensitive to ethylene

300

Explain the "affordability squeeze"

Globally, people perceive prices to be increasing so that it is becoming more difficult to buy what they want and need

300

Picasso's art

CUBISM

300

What is Sam Tr's "Korean name"?

사만다

400
4 synonyms of MONITOR

(n) observer, supervisor, inspector, overseer, CCTV, video display unit

(v) check, watch, observe, supervise, censor, superintend, examine, guard

400

What is The Great Acceleration?

the surge in human activity we have seen since the mid 20th century

400

What is the rate at which the general level of prices for goods and services rises across an economy over a period of time, reducing the purchasing power of money?

INFLATION

400
What do the letters JFK stand for?

John Fitzgerald Kennedy

400

What other grade & level of students does Elin Tr teach at DYB?

E4 Theseus

500

5 synonyms of SPECULATE

guess, hypothesize, surmise, theorize, wonder, cogitate, reason, gamble, hazard, venture, take a chance

500

What term is given to this human epoch?

"Anthropocene"

500

Name FIVE American companies mentioned in the recent article, "The companies that define America"

FORD, McDONALD'S, DISNEY, JOHN DEERE, APPLE, GOOGLE (also COCA COLA, WALMART, AMAZON, GM, MICROSOFT and NIKE are in the top 10)

500

What was the name of the book that won Pearl S. Buck the Nobel Prize?

The Good Earth

500

Which DYB campus is the oldest?

Daechi