US History
This document begins with the words "We the People."
What is the Constitution?
The center of an atom is called this.
What is the Nucleus?
This ogre is the title character of a popular DreamWorks movie series.
Who is Shrek?
In basketball, this violation occurs when a player takes too many steps without dribbling.
What is traveling?
A word like "buzz," "clang," or "sizzle" is an example of this literary device.
What is onomatopoeia?
He was the U.S. president during most of the Civil War.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
This planet is known for its large red spot.
What is Jupiter?
Who is Katniss Everdeen?
This term is used when a soccer player scores three goals in one game.
What is a hat trick?
This figure of speech compares two things using "like" or "as."
What is a simile?
This 1803 purchase nearly doubled the size of the United States.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
This process allows plants to make their own food using sunlight.
What is photosynthesis
This sitcom follows the lives of six friends living in New York City.
What is Friends?
In baseball, this statistic is abbreviated ERA.
What is earned run average?
This figure of speech compares two unlike things without using "like" or "as."
What is a metaphor?
This amendment forbade the government from forcing citizens to quarter soldiers.
What is the 3rd Amendment?
This is the chemical symbol for silver.
What is Ag?
In Spider-Man, this is Peter Parker's newspaper job.
What is a photographer?
This country has won the most FIFA Worl Cup Titles.
What is Brazil?
A phrase like "jumbo shrimp" or "deafening silence" is an example of this contradiction in terms.
What is an oxymoron?
This scandal forced President Richard Nixon to resign.
What is Watergate?
This law states that energy cannot be created or destroyed, only transferred or transformed.
What is the Law of Conservation of Energy?
This director is known for films like Jaws, Jurassic Park, and E.T.
Who is Steven Spielberg?
This baseball term refers to when a pitcher records three strikeouts within nine pitches in an inning.
What is an immaculate inning?
In persuasion, these strategies rely on credibility, emotion, or logic to convince an audience.
What are rhetorical appeals?