Book Reports
What are our next two book reports?
Lord of the Rings and Primo Levi
What is the conjunction in "She forgot the book report at home, so she sent a picture of it online."
So
What is a synonym for frank?
Honest, true,...
How many witches were there in Macbeth?
Three
It was the best of ________, it was the worst of _________, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair.
Times
What is the name of the main villain in The Kite Runner?
Assef
'This is an original copy of Romeo and Juliet'. What figure of speech is in this sentence?
Oxymoron
What is the science that studies fossiles and plants?
Paleontology.
What do Benedick, Hamlet and Shylock have in common in Shakespearean plays?
They all have at least one soliloquy.
Do I dare
Disturb the ________?
In a minute there is time
For decisions and revisions which a minute will reverse
Universe
What is the name of the terrorist group that drove the characters in The Kite Runner out of Afghanistan and still controls the country to this day?
Taliban
How many clauses are there in the following sentence?
"Although it was raining heavily, the teachers decided to still take us ice-skating, and we ended up getting soaked."
Three
What word is defined by 'the desire to promote the welfare of others, expressed especially by the generous donation of money to good causes'?
Philanthropy
Who said 'Out damned spot; out, I say!' while cleaning a bloody stain?
Lady Macbeth
Sigh no more, ladies, sigh no more,
Men were deceivers ever,
One foot in sea and one on _________,
To one thing constant never
Shore
What are the main townships/neighbourhoods Trevor Noah mentions having lived in in Born a Crime?
Soweto, Alexandra and Parkhurst.
What kind of word is fast in the following sentence?
''The car drove fast along the winding road.''
Adverb
The word troth appears many times in Much Ado About Nothing. What is the meaning of it?
Loyalty, truth
Where does Romeo and Juliet take place?
Verona
Oh Romeo, Romeo! __________ art thou Romeo?
Wherefore
How many miles/kilometers are there in the Appalachian Trail?
Around 2,200 miles/3540 kilometers.
What kind of phrase is suprisingly in the following sentence?
The weather today is, surprisingly, above zero degrees.
A parenthetical phrase
Every year, the Oxford dictionary selects a new word as the word of the year. What word was it in 2023?
Rizz
How many Oscar awards have movies based on Shakespeare stories won? (+/- 2)
*Including all Oscar categories
30
I would my _________ had the speed of your ________.
horse, tongue