Literature
This is the main character of a story, the one the plot usually focuses on.
What is the protagonist?
This type of phrase has a meaning different from the literal words, such as “break the ice.”
What is an idiom?
This is the name for a number that can only be divided by 1 and itself.
What is a prime number?
This Greek god is the king of the gods and controls thunder and lightning.
Who is Zeus?
In this country, you are not allowed to name a pig “Napoleon,” according to an old law.
What is France?
This refers to when and where a story takes place.
What is the setting?
This word describes a word or phrase that reads the same forward and backward, like “racecar.”
What is a palindrome?
This is the only natural satellite of Earth.
What is the Moon?
This Norse god is known for his hammer called Mjölnir and for controlling thunder.
Who is Thor?
In this European country, it is technically illegal to die in the town of Longyearbyen because bodies cannot decompose in the frozen ground.
What is Norway?
The most exciting or intense moment in a story where the main conflict reaches its peak.
What is the climax?
These are words that sound the same but have different meanings and spellings, such as there, their, and they’re.
What are homophones?
This is the longest river in the world, flowing through northeastern Africa.
What is the Nile River?
This Greek hero completed twelve famous labors as punishment.
Who is Heracles?
In this U.S. state, it’s illegal to whisper in someone’s ear while they are moose hunting.
What is Alaska?
This part of a story introduces the characters, setting, and basic situation.
What is the exposition?
A humorous use of a word that has two meanings or sounds like another word.
What is a pun?
This inventor is famous for developing the practical electric light bulb and holding over 1,000 patents.
Who is Thomas Edison?
This creature had the body of a lion and the head of a human and guarded riddles.
What is the Sphinx?
In this country, you must walk your pet dog regularly, or you could face a fine.
What is Germany?
This type of irony occurs when the audience knows something that the characters do not.
What is dramatic irony?
A word created by blending two words together, like brunch from breakfast and lunch.
What is a portmanteau?
The Olympic symbol has five interlocking rings representing these five places.
What are Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe, and Oceania?
This Greek goddess of wisdom was said to be born from Zeus’s head.
Who is Athena?
In this U.S. state, it’s illegal to let a donkey sleep in a bathtub overnight.
What is Arizona?