Help, Help Me Please!
What do you see?
Home Sweet Home
Might Save Your Life
True Jeopardy
100

I just got robbed. Oh god! They took my phone, my wallet, my keys. They took from me the same thing that rhetoric is.

What is everything?

100

This heuristic helps you plot times on what?


What is the information cycle? 

100

UWM is the only school in the state with an all-deaf faculty that uses this form of non-verbal communication.

What is American Sign Language?

100

The email for the instructor of this course.

What is gmundo@uwm.edu

100

What is the highest-grossing film of all time?

What is Avengers: Endgame?

200

Help! Please help. This group of kids tied me onto this tree. They tied the rope so tight. They even tied  my feet. They have the same thing that the limits of genre, medium, and time have.

What is constraints? 

200



This commercial is famous for using emotions to convince its audience. What are the other two rhetorical appeals?

What is Ethos and Logos? 

200

This red-feathered bird was the original mascot of UWM before the Panther.

What is a cardinal?

200

Mixing the two common cleaning supply chemicals, ammonia and bleach, creates what deadly gas?

What is Mustard Gas?

200

Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize? 

Who is Marie Curie?


300

Help me! Meow! I’m a cat stuck in a tree. Oh and the tree is on fire. Please! We don’t have much of this integral part of the rhetorical situation. 

What is time? 

300


Businesses will utilize this rhetorical term to emphasize urgency and specialness. 

What is Kairos? 

300

In 2018, the Hollywood Reported ranked this UWM program the 24th best in the nation.

What is the film program?

300

During a grease fire, you should ____ to get the fire out. 

What is smother/cover/use a fire extinguisher?

300

What material was first used to cover baseballs? 

What is Cowhide? 
400

Doctor, doctor, no! Please don’t operate on me. I don’t trust you. I don’t believe you got your medical degree. I’m going to have to see some credentials or else I walk. You have none of this rhetorical appeal with me! 

What is situated ethos? 

400


A podcast, a meme, and a movie poster are all examples of this rhetorical term. 

What is medium? 

400

In 1965, this famous civil rights leader spoke in the Union Ballroom after the March on Milwaukee. 

Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?

400

The three branches of government.

What is the legislative, judicial, and executive?

400
Which country sees the most international tourist annually? 

What is France? 

500

Greg! Greg! Please don’t bleed out in my kitchen. I don’t know how you cut into your arm with a butter knife but I’m going to help you! Just wait. I’m going to do some research. Greg! Stay with me. I’m just going to do this thing where I follow breadcrumbs through hyperlinks to find valuable information. Greg? 

What is citation chase? 

500



In 1835, penny press newspaper The New York Sun published a series of articles about life on the moon, falsely attributed to astronomer John Herschel. This is an example of the resurgent term of what?

What is Fake News? 

500

The Emile H. Mathis Gallery in Mitchell Hall houses works by this cubist founder.

Who is Pablo Picasso?

500

According to the American Heart Association, this song by the Bee Gees contains the BPM you should follow when performing CPR.

What is Stayin' Alive?

500

What was the original purpose of the tiny pockets in jeans? 

What is to store pocket watches? 

600

Help, help! My teacher has gone crazy because none of us turned in our Segment Two projects. He’s foaming at the mouth and his face is twisted in anger. We can all tell by this modality that refers mainly to the body that he is furious. 

What is the gestural mode? 

600

A logical shortcut based on cultural knowledge. 

What is an enthymeme? 

600

UWM alumni (class of 90') Satya Nadella is CEO of this global tech company.

What is Microsoft?

600

When jump starting a dead battery, you connect the positive charge of the dead battery to what charge of the live battery?

What is positive? 

600

What was the original name of Mario from the Super Mario Bros. Franchise? 

What is Jumpman?