Animals Big and Small
The World Around Us
Reading and Writing
Places in the States
Music and Movies
100

This creature is the fastest land animal

What is a "cheetah'?

100

This shiny celestial body orbits the Earth and reflects sunlight.

What is the Moon?

100

This rhetorical appeal is known as the "appeal to emotion"

What is "pathos"?

100

This city and state is known for its beautiful coastline, seafood cuisine, and one wild tea party in 1773. 

What is "Boston, Massachusetts"?

100

This movie features a yellow brick road and a dog named Toto

What is "the Wizard of Oz"?

200

Kangaroos, opossums, and koalas are all this type of mammal.

What is a "marsupial"?

200

This famous river runs through Egypt and is the longest river in the world

What is the Nile River?

200

The skeletal first draft of an essay that uses concise language and alphanumerical organization

What is an "outline"?

200

Ohio gets this nickname as the" _____ State " from the trees whose nuts resemble a deer's eye 

What is the "Buckeye State"? 

200

This famous singer is known as the “King of Rock and Roll” and had hit songs like “Jailhouse Rock” and “Love Me Tender.

Who is "Elvis Presley"?

300

This creature is the largest animal on the planet

What is a "blue whale"?

300

This online shopping company shares the name of world's largest tropical rainforest

What is "Amazon"?

300

This is the process a scholarly publication goes through where it has been reviewed by experts in the same field before being published.

What is "peer review"?  

300

Death Valley, Yosemite, and Glacier Bays are all names of these.

What are "National Parks"?

300

The Transformers movies feature Optimus Prime and the autobots facing off in a million-year war with this faction of evil transforming robots led by Megatron

Who are the "Decepticons"? 

400

This egg-laying mammal was thought to be a hoax when first discovered because of it's mix-matched attributes

What is a "platypus"?

400

A rotating, organized system of clouds and thunderstorms that originate over tropical or subtropical waters is called this. 

What is a hurricane/typhoon/cyclone?

400

The communicator's purpose, audience expectations, and text choices make up this phrase for academic writing context

What is the rhetorical situation?

400

It’s the largest state in the United States, known for its vast wilderness and Denali, the highest peak in North America.

What is "Alaska"?

400

This famous singer is known as the “Queen of Soul” and had hits like “Respect” and “Natural Woman.”

Who is Aretha Franklin?

500

While hyenas look more like dogs or canines , they are actually more closely related to this type of animal

What is a "cat"?

500

The Parthenon, Temple of Nike, and Acropolis are all found in this country

What is "Greece"?

500

These two questions, four words, adds context and identifies the stakes in your argumentative essay but would be rude to say in common conversation

"So What? Who Cares?"

500

The American Robin and white-tailed deer are this state's official bird and animal.

What is "Michigan"?

500

Characters such as Samwise Gamgee and Sauron are from this trilogy of movies directed by Peter Jackson

What is the Lord of the Rings?