Grammar Jeopardy

Compound Words

100

What celebratory time of the year symbolizes three hundred and sixty-five days of your life?

Birthday

200

What is the formal title of your mother and father's father?

Grandfather

300

What body part do you typically have two of that assists with one of your five senses?

Eyeball/Eyeballs

400

What is the name of this popular orange snack that is the shape of an aquatic animal?

Goldfish

500

What is the currently trendy word that combines a human and an animal in it? Hint:(Its trendiness has a musical connection)

Cowboy

Homonyms

100

Does this sentence need a comma? If so, which word should it come after? --- Mr. Spock would not admit that he enjoyed the stand-up comedy routine but his brother thought it was hilarious.

What is "routine"?

200

Is this sentence already correct? If not, which word should a comma come after? --- Gladys tried to sabotage John’s work but only succeeded in making herself look bad.

What is correct?

300

Is this sentence already correct? If not, which word should a comma come after? --- Although Max ate a hefty lunch he was hungry again in two hours.

What is "lunch"?

400

One of these commas should be replaced with a semicolon. What word is before the comma that should be replaced? --- During April, Yvonne re-tiled the bathroom, during May, she repainted the living room.

What is "bathroom"?

500

One of these commas should be replaced with a colon. What word is before the comma that should be replaced? --- Over the weekend, Devon read three of Poe's stories, "Ligeia," "The Masque of Red Death," and "The Black Cat."

What is "stories"?

Social Media Abbreviations

100

Is this sentence correct? If not, which word is the problem? --- Tonya and her sister has the same color of eyes.

What is "has"?

200

Is this sentence correct? If not, which word is the problem? --- Raccoons or a skunk sometimes eats the cat food before Socks can get to it.

What is correct?

300

Is this sentence correct? If not, which word is the problem? --- Every terrier, collie, golden retriever, cocker spaniel, and mutt in the shelter have been howling today.

What is "have"?

400

Is this sentence correct? If not, which word is the problem? --- The janitors or one of the faculty members turn off the lights in the building every evening.

What is "turn"?

500

Is this sentence correct? If not, which word is the problem? --- A flock of pigeons like to perch on the power lines and leave droppings on the cars below.

What is "like"?

Silent Gestures

100

This gesture, often associated with the Black Power movement and later used in Black Lives Matter protests, symbolizes strength, solidarity, and resistance.

What is a raised fist

200

A quick glance to the side with a raised brow or squint, this gesture is often used to express skepticism, disapproval, or silent judgment.

What is a side eye.

300

In Black culture, subtly pointing at your palm during a conversation is often a nonverbal way to indicate that someone is this.

What is White.

400

 In Black culture, this type of head nod is typically used as a sign of mutual respect or acknowledgment between peers, while this other type is more formal or distant, often used for strangers or authority figures.

What is an upward head nod and downward head nod.

500

When you're in the store playing around, and your mom tightly scrunches her lips together and mouths something without speaking aloud, it typically indicates this.

(Bonus 100: Make the face I'm describing.)

What is that she's upset but trying to keep her cool and warning you without drawing attention.

ENGL 305 Readings

100

What was the book that Elizabeth Alexander referred to in her poem, "Butter"?

What is "The Story of Little Black Sambo"?

200

What experience did Gloria Anzaldua first talk about in the beginning of the book referring to a "wild tongue"

What is "Being at the dentist office and the tongue getting in the way of the procedure and the dentist saying "We're going to have to control your tongue"?

300

What African country is Ramatoulaye from "So Long a Letter" from and what part of Africa is it located?

What is "Senegal; West Africa"?

400

What is the meaning behind "Parsley" by Rita Dove?

What is " when the Dictator of the Dominican Republic made every individual say "Perejil" and if they didn't roll their "R's", they would be execute"?

500

What genre of literature did Amy Tan start off writing after her boss told her to stick to jobs in account management?

What is "fiction"?