This refers to the practice of attaching human traits and characteristics with inanimate objects, phenomena and animals.
What is personification.
100
The team with the most World Series wins.
Who are the New York Yankees.
200
This Greek mathematician is best known for his theorem about right triangles.
Who is Pythagoras.
200
This can be understood to be a sort of introduction to a story that usually sets the tone for the story and acts as a bit of a backgrounder or a “sneak peek” into the story.
What is a prologue.
200
The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum is located in this city.
What is Cooperstown (N.Y.)
300
This Greek mathematician provided the exact numerical value of pi, developed a system for large numbers to be expressed, and the method of exhaustion... he was also said to have a death ray of mirrors.
Who is Archimedes.
300
In ancient Egypt, they created a unit of measurement known as this. It was about 45 cm long.
What is a Cubit.
300
This is a symbolism device where the meaning of a greater, often abstract, concept is conveyed with the aid of a more corporeal object or idea being used as an example.
What is an allegory.
300
This person won the National League MVP Award seven times.
Who is Barry Bonds.
400
This Italian mathematician lived from 1170-1250, and is most known for discovering the Fibonacci sequence (his real name).
Who is Leonardo Pisano Bigollo.
400
There is a legend of a fight between these two brothers. The winner of the battle founded Rome, after his name.
Who are Romulus and Remus.
400
This refers to the practice of interchanging the first letters of some words in order to create new words or even to create nonsensical words in order to create a humorous setting.
What is spoonerism.
400
This former payer holds the record for both most home runs (18) and most RBI (40) in World Series history.
Who is Mickey Mantle.
500
This Greek mathematician used principles of mathematics, specifically geometry, to solve everyday problems. He is considered as the “first true mathematician”.
Who is Thales.
500
This literary device involves creating a fracture of sorts within a sentence where the two separate parts are distinguishable from one another yet intrinsically linked to one another. The purpose of using this is to create a dramatic pause, which has a strong impact.
What is a caesura.
500
The two teams that played in the first world series, who won, and the final score of the series.
Who are Pittsburgh Pirates and Boston Americans, 5-3 Boston.