Brooklyn
Grammar
Newspaper Design
Madison
Mad Sons
100
We ate this iconic Brooklyn pizza on our trip to The Gothamist.
What is Grimaldi's?
100
The placement of the apostrophe in "The deans' office" tells you this.
What is that there are many deans in the office?
100
This is the space between lines of text.
What is leading?
100
Madison is bordered by these four city streets.
What are Bedford Ave, Quentin Rd, E. 27th St, and Ave. P?
100
In the bible, this son of Abraham would have been really mad at his father for agreeing to sacrifice him to God.
Who is Isaac?
200
This Brooklyn baseball team built its stadium in Coney Island.
Who are the Cyclones?
200
The ... that follows or precedes a sentence fragment is called this.
What is an ellipsis?
200
This is the space between columns of print.
What are gutters?
200
Students have this much time between the bells to get from one class to another.
What is four minutes?
200
Jorge is the son of this Cuban ex-dictator and he got mad when his uncle took control of Cuba.
Who is Fidel Castro?
300
This Brooklyn body of water got its name from the animal it resembles when seen from a bird's eye view.
What is Sheepshead Bay?
300
The capital F in this sentence "I put my Faith in this car." makes the sentence mean this.
What is that I put something named Faith in the car?
300
These are the rules of design that a publication follows so that its articles and issues remain consistent.
What is a style guide?
300
Madison has these many tennis courts and handball courts combined.
What is six?
300
Eric Snipes is the mad son of this man who died in police custody after being put in a headlock by the arresting NYPD officers in Staten Island.
Who is Eric Garner?
400
This many bridges connect Brooklyn to other boroughs.
What are 5? (Brooklyn, Manhattan, Williamsburg, Verizzano, Flatbush Ave.)
400
This word represents the error in this sentence: "The lobby and auditorium of Madison was transformed into a Shakespeare Festival by Ms. Ketcher and me."
What is "was"?
400
This type of design means that all articles fit together in squares or rectangles.
What is modular design?
400
The fifth floor has this many staircases.
What is six?
400
This current NY governor got mad when his father Mario Cuomo died this year.
Who is Andrew Cuomo?
500
You can catch a water taxi from one of these two Brooklyn neighborhoods to Manhattan.
What is Red Hook or Dumbo?
500
This word represents the error in this sentence: "She is an alumni with whom Randy and I have a lot in common."
What is "alumni"?
500
If there is not enough room on the front page to finish an article, a layout editor could use this feature that directs the reader to the continuation on an internal page.
What is a jump line?
500
This is the quotation carved into the stone above the main entrance of Madison HS.
What is "Education is the true foundation of civil liberty"?
500
Prince George got mad at his parents, these two British royals, when his sister, Charlotte Elizabeth Diana was born in May.
Who are Prince William and Kate Middleton?