Literature
This Chinese American author is best known for her works The Joy Luck Club and "A Pair of Tickets"
Who is Amy Tan?
Also known as a gliding vowel, this is a combination of two adjacent vowel sounds in the same syllable (ex: "weigh")
What is a dipthong?
"I am an invisible man."
What is H. G. Wells's The Invisible Man?
This professor is fluent in French, learned to play the piano by ear before learning to ride and write, and was name-called Bugs Bunny, Walking Stick, and Monkey for buck teeth, being too skinny, and having a lot of body hair as a kid
Who is Clarisa Quan?
The game the boys play in Mike's basement
What is Dungeons and Dragons?
This short story, written in 1892 by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, features a woman's descent into insanity in the confines of her summer home, and is regarded as one of the most important works in early Feminist literature
What is "The Yellow Wallpaper"?
The basic structural unit of sound that distinguishes one word from another
What is a phoneme?
"Things we lose have a way of coming back to us in the end, if not always in the way we expect."
What is J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix?
This professor hates semicolons, spent four years in Burma, enjoys taking evening walks on the beach, and has ran behind the King of Tonga on track "because no one should run in front of a king"
Who is David Gugin?
In season one, Steve breaks Jonathan's _____
What is a camera?
An 1818 novel written by Mary Shelley that bridges the gap between science and reanimation and is infused with elements of the Gothic novel and the Romantic movement
What is Frankenstein?
This man is known as the "father of modern linguistics"
Who is Noam Chomsky?
"All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others."
What is George Orwell's Animal Farm?
This professor has a black belt in karate, loves apple pie and egg sandwiches, and is considerably proud of his last name meaning "Cabinet Maker"
Who is Christopher Schreiner?
The name Dustin gives the baby demogorgon he finds in the trash can
What is D'Artagnan (Dart)?
In this narrative poem, a man goes insane questioning a bird
What is "The Raven"?
Translate the following from IPA to English: maʊθ briðər
What is "mouth breather"?
"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife."
What is Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice?
This professor can sing all 50 states in alphabetical order, has read all 52 books in the Nancy Drew mystery series, and has whitewater rafted rivers on three continents
Who is Diane Thurber?
The boys' Halloween costumes when they go to school
What are Ghostbusters?
In William Golding's 1954 novel The Lord of the Flies, this object symbolizes order and civilization, and the boys would have no way of organizing themselves without it
What is the conch shell?
This was a massive sound change that affected the long vowels of the English language during the 15th to 18th centuries; vowels were pronounced in places higher up in the mouth
What is the Great Vowel Shift?
"The secret of a good old age is simply an honorable pact with solitude."
What is Gabriel Garcia Marquez's One Hundred Years of Solitude?
This professor has an undying love for lettuce, watched both seasons of Stranger Things in 48 hours, can play anything with strings, and his middle name is a character in Grease
Who is Royce Camacho?
The dinner that Steve and Nancy eat when they visit Barb's parents
What is KFC? It's finger lickin' good!