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Heavy Metal Heroes
TIME Magazine's Person of the Year
Shakespeare
Other Things That Dr. Frank Expects His Students To Know
Mythological Mistakes
100
He bedeviled us as the lead singer of Black Sabbath before his reality TV fame
Who is (Ozzy) Osbourne?
100
An aviator: 1927
Who is (Charles) Lindbergh?
100
Shakespeare wrote a spoiler in the prologue of this play: "a pair of star-crossed lovers take their life"
What is Romeo and Juliet?
100
A document that identifies a problem that needs to be addressed and offers a possible solution
What is a Proposal?
100
This king realized he'd goofed big time when his food & wine turned to gold
Who is King Midas?
200
With his work on songs like "Hot for Teacher", some rank him as the greatest heavy metal guitarist
Who is Eddie Van Halen?
200
A Soviet leader: 1987 & 1989
Who is (Mikhail) Gorbachev?
200
This play is set in part in Padua, home to a single girl named Katherina
What is The Taming of the Shrew?
200
The large group activity in which classmates read and critique one another's rough drafts
What is Peer Editing?
200
Cassandra warned the Trojans about this gift from the Greeks but was ignored
What is a Trojan horse?
300
1980s heavy metal included this band that featured Izzy, Duff & Axl
Who is Guns N' Roses?
300
A secretary of state with his name on an airport: 1954
Who is (John Foster) Dulles?
300
Prince Hal says to him, "thou art so fat-witted with drinking of old sack"
What is Falstaff?
300
A table, graph, or chart used to enhance an audience's understanding of a fact or trend
What is a Visual?
300
When this Gorgon got mad at Athena for refusing a request, Athena made her ugly & turned her hair into snakes
Who is Medusa?
400
"We're not gonna take it" if you can't name this band fronted by Dee Snider
Who is Twisted Sister?
400
A politician & Rhodes scholar: 1992 & 1998
Who is Bill Clinton?
400
The hilarity of this Shakespeare play involves 2 sets of twin brothers & lots of mistaken identity
What is The Comedy of Errors?
400
Writing information in a technical document using the fewest words possible
What is brevity?
400
When Jason married Creusa, this ex-wife gave Creusa a dress that burned her to death as soon as she tried it on
Who is Medea?
500
This "Fistful of Metal" band named itself for a disease
Who is Anthrax?
500
An Army general, never president: 1943 & 1947
Who is George Marshall?
500
Her dad Brabantio dies of grief over her marriage to Othello
Who is Desdemona?
500
Individuals, groups, or agencies inside & outside a company, with whom a technical writer communicates regularly in memos and letters
What are constituencies?
500
Callisto made the mistake of fraternizing with Zeus & was turned into a bear by this jealous goddess
Who is Hera?