History
The time in which people started using machines instead of tools.
The Industrial Revolution
A person who betrays someone (t)
traitor
The monster in the Gateway Arch
Chimera
In "The Two Brothers", they found mysterious directions written on a _____________.
stone
I have legs but cannot walk, what am I?
A chair/A table
The name of the world's first railroad train. (that had a funny name)
Rocket
Cheap seats in a sports arena (b)
bleachers
What did Percy to with Medusa's head?
He mailed it to Olympus
The Spanish word for "Grandpa"
Abuelito
What can jump higher than a building?
Anything (buildings don't jump)
The Cherokee trip where they were forced to leave their homes and move west, resulting in 4,000 of them dying.
The Trail of Tears
To practice (r)
rehearse
Where did the woman's voice in the river tell Percy to go?
Santa Monica
In "Dirk the Protector", what was the boy's job?
Setting pins in the bowling alley
How many months of the year have 28 days?
All of them
The old head of the German government.
Kaiser
To go around, to avoid (c)
circumvent
The sports team on Athena's magical cap
The Yankees
How did Dirk get his name?
The boy read a detective novel with a tough guy named Dirk.
You’re running a race and at the very end, you pass the person in 2nd place. What place did you finish the race in?
2nd
The original natives to Australia.
Aborigines
Very beautiful, visually attractive (p)
picturesque
The Ancient Greek name of Percy's sword
Anaklusmos
Explain "A Bird in the Hand is Worth Two in the Bush"
It's better to hold onto something one has already than to risk losing it by trying to attain something better.
There are 3 apples in the basket and you take away 2. How many apples do you have now?
You have 2 apples. You took away 2 apples and left 1 in the basket.