Nouns, Verbs, Extras
Plural
The Alphabet
Literature
Famous Quotes
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A person, place or thing
What is a noun?
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The plural form of goose
What is geese?
100
The most used (most common) letter in the alphabet -- this letter appears more often than any other letter
What is the letter E?
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The person that writes a book is called this
Who is the author?
100
This famous document starts this way: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights... "
What is the Declaration of Independence?
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This type of word is an action word
What is a verb?
200
The plural form of he and she
What is they or them?
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The letter that almost always follows "Q"
What is a "U" ?
Quick, Quiver, Quit, Qualify, Quantity, Quotient
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The one who draws or creates the pictures in a book
Who is the illustrator?
200
"Four score and seven years ago ..." are the first words of this historical speech
What is the Gettysburg Address?
The Gettysburg address was a speech given in 1863 by Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War. A "score" is 20 years, so he is referring to 87 years ago, which would have been 1776, the year that the Declaration of Independence was signed.
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A group of dogs
~ as in, many dogs ~
What is a pack?
~ OK, not exactly the plural form of "dog" but who can resist a pack of puppies?
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The plural form of cactus
What is cacti?
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Finish this rule: "I" before "E" except after ...
What is "except after "C" ?
~ added: except as in neighbor and weigh
Otherwise / standard use: achieve, believe, chief
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This author famously wrote the Harry Potter series
Who is JK Rowling?
JK Rowling is a female author from Great Britain, born in 1965.
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This famous poet and civil rights activist stated:
"Do the best you can until you know better. Then do better."
Who is Maya Angelou?
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This term is used for words that sound like their meaning - for example: buzz, sizzle, cuckoo
What is an onomatopoeia?
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The plural form of brother-in-law
What is brothers-in-law?
400
This letter is missing from the standard grading system
What is the letter "E"
~ The letter "E" was used until 1898 when Mount Holyoke College administrators redesigned the grading system. Professors worried that students would think the grade meant “excellent” so they changed it to F which more obviously stands for “failure” or “failed.”
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This is the number of ghosts that visit Scrooge in Charles Dickens' famous story "A Christmas Carol"
What is 3
In Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, published in 1843, Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by the ghosts of Christmas past, Christmas present and Christmas future.
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"You must be the change you wish to see in the world" is a famous quote by this person
Who is Ghandi?
500
In writing, stating that something is something else
What is a metaphor?
~ A metaphor states that something is literally something else, such as: "Her eyes are gems that glisten."
~ A simile actually compares, such as: "Her eyes were like diamonds shining brightly
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The plural form of octopus
What is octopi?
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The name for the dot above a lower case 'i' or 'j'
What is a tittle?
Funny enough, the dot over the letters “i” and “j” actually has a name. It is called a tittle.
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This famous author wrote, "Not all who wander are lost."
Who is JRR Tolkein?
~ from J R R Tolkein, 'The Lord of the Rings'
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"Life is what happens when you are busy making other plans" is a quote from this person
Who is John Lennon?