What is the name of the football team? What is the school's mission?
California School for the Deaf-Riverside (CSDR)
The school's mission is to teach their students that being hearing-impaired does not have to limit what they can do.
100
Where did Anne Frank live? When did she write her diary?
Anne Frank lived in Amsterdam, Holland. She wrote her diary between 1943 and 1945 while hiding from the Nazis during World War II
100
What is "stanza"?
A group of lines in a poem
100
How many phrases of the Moon are there? List them
8. New moon, waxing crescent, first quarter, waxing gibbous, full moon, waning gibbous, last quarter, waning crescent.
200
What illness did Vincent van Gogh suffer from? How many paintings did her sell in his lifetime?
Vincent van Gogh suffered from mental illness and was confined to mental hospitals various times.
He only sold one painting in his lifetime.
200
What are the antonyms of "push", "sharp", "common"
push-pull
sharp-dull
common-rare
200
In the script excerpt below, who are the characters? What are the stage directions? Which lines are spoken?
Anne: [looking down at the basket] A cat! [turning to Margot] He has a cat!
Peter: [self-conscious] A black one.
Stage directions: italic words in the bracket, which are not spoken
Characters: Anne and Peter
What figurative languages are used in the following sentences?
a) His eyes are as blue as the ocean
b) The tulips nodded their heads in the breeze
c) His stomach is the bottomless pit
a) Simile
b) Personification
c) Metaphor
300
How does van Gogh's work differ from the traditional representation of stars as white dots in a black sky?
Van Gogh's representation uses various hues to portray the stars, including intense violets, blues, greens, lemon-yellow, pink, and forget-me-not brilliance.
300
Can you think of anyone who has overcome (overcame) his or her disabilities? Name at least two people
Helen Keller - the first deafblind person to earn the Bachelor's degree
Stephen Hawking - a physicist who has to spend of his years in wheel chair due to the ALS illness.
Nick Vijicic - born without limbs
300
Where is the annex? Why do the Franks go into hiding? Who helps the Franks?
The Franks go into hiding because Margot had been ordered to report for work in Germany, to the Westerbork transit camp.
The annex is located in Mr Frank's office building
Mr. Kraler and Miep, business friends of Mr. Frank
300
What does our Solar System consists of? Be specific
Eight planets orbiting the Sun (Venus, Mercury, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune), asteroids, meteoroids, and comets
300
What are the words of "NASA", "ATM", "WHO"
NASA: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
ATM: Automated Teller Machine
WHO: World Health Organization
400
What does the author mean in the following two stanza?
"And a heaven full of stars
Over my head,
White and topaz,
and misty red;
Myriads with beating
Hearts of fire
That aeons
Cannot vex or tire;"
The stars are full of colors. They relentlessly twinkle across the sky.
400
What kinds of teams does CSDR play against? Why did the CSDR coaches design their own codes to call plays?
CSDR teams play against hearing teams.
The CSDR coaches designed their own codes so that the opposing team won't be able to understand.
400
What did the Franks do to create the impression that they left their apartment in a hurry?
The Franks left their beds unmade, and they left breakfast things on the table.
400
What is the area between Mars and Jupiter called?
Asteroid belt
400
Why should NASA build a moon base? List ALL three reasons.
To study the ancient Earth, to get a better view of space, and to be a training camp for further exploration.
500
What does the author mean in the following excerpt?
"They saw me at last, and they chased me with cries
and they soon had me packed into bed;
But the glory kept shinning and bright in my eyes,
and the stars going round in my head."
FYI: they = millions of stars
The author cannot sleep. He keeps thinking about the beauty of stars.
500
How do the team members communicate with each other and with their coaches?
Team members communicate with each other by using a combination of American Sign Language and their own code.
500
What disease did Anne and her sister, Margot, have when they were sent to the concentration camp? What year did her father publish her diary?
They died from typhus, a deadly disease, only a few weeks before the camp was liberated by the British.
Her father published her diary in 1947
500
Which planet is the hottest? Which planet is the coldest? Which planet has the biggest ring? Why does Mars have the red color? (you have to answer all questions correctly to receive the full credit ^_^)
Venus is the hottest because it is the closest to Earth.
Neptune (or Uranus) is the coldest because it is the farthest from Earth.
Saturn has the biggest ring.
Mars has the red color because of the chemical called iron oxide.
500
List three reasons why NASA should not build a moon base
1) manned space flight is dangerous
2) it is expensive
3) robotic exploration has made manned flights unnecessary