A hall of fame running back for the Cleveland Browns and starred in the movie "Three the Hard Ways."
Who is Jim Brown?
100
They express action.
What is an action verb?
100
He (climbed) to the top of the mountain.
What is an action verb?
100
Described as having a hideous female human face, with living venomous snakes in place of hair.
Who is Medusa?
100
The state's name is the Spanish word for "snowfall" and refers to the Sierra Nevada ("snow-covered mountains") mountain range
What is Nevada
200
He is often referred to as "Broadway Joe."
Who is Joe Namath?
200
This connects the subject with a word that gives information about the subject, such as a condition or relationship.
What is a linking verb?
200
Adam (was) a fast runner.
What is a linking verb?
200
It is the highest mountain in Greece and the home of the gods of Greek Mythology.
What is Mount Olympus?
200
Derived from the name of the native tribe known as the Nuutsiu or Utes
What is Utah
300
He played football for the Packers and starred in the motion picture, Southern Comfort.
Who is Alan Autry?
300
This is incomplete without a direct object.
What is a transitive verb?
300
A case of beer (contains) 36 cans,
What is a stative verb?
300
A legendary creature with the body, tail, and back legs of a lion; the head and wings of an eagle.
What is a Griffin?
300
Comming from the archaic Otoe Indian words Ñí Brásge (in contemporary Otoe, it would be Ñí Bráhge), meaning "flat water."
What is Nebraska
400
He starred in the movie "Smokey and the Bandit" and played football for the University of Florida.
Who is Burt Reynolds?
400
This indicates an action, process, or sensation.
What is a dynamic verb?
400
Look at her! She is (acting) foolishly.
OR
She (acts) as a clown in this movie.
What is a dynamic verb?
400
Man-eating beautiful women, whose songs compels men to them.
What are Sirens? (Plural Noun)
400
Six days after Easter in 1513, the Spanish conquistador Juan Ponce de León landed near what is now the city of Saint Augustine
What is Florida
500
He was an Austro-Hungarian-American competition swimmer and is best known for playing Tarzan in the 1930s and 1940s.
Who is Johnny Weissmuller?
500
This describes a state, situation, or condition.
What is a stative verb?
500
__________ verbs are action verbs but unlike transitive verbs, they do not have an object receiving the action.
What is an intransitive verb?
500
This spear is said to have pierced the side of Jesus at the crucifixion.
What is the Spear of Destiny?
500
While there is some consensus that the area was named for the fictional island, scholars have also suggested that the name comes from the Catalan word calor