Summer Jeopardy

Literature Terms

100

This is the commentary or underlying point of a novel/story. 

Theme

200

This is how we know characters through thoughts, feelings, descriptions and actions. 

Characterization

300

This kind of writing lets us see what the writer is describing. 

Imagery

400

This is information that is important to the background of a story. The what, who, when and where. 

Exposition 

500

A joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words which sound alike but have different meanings.

Example: I want to be cremated as it is my last hope for a smoking hot body.

Puns

Stuff Stendahl Did

100

I went here for Vacation

The North Shore

200

I went on the worst road trip of my life to here. It is also my least favorite state. 

Indiana

300

In my boredom I started competing against strangers by doing this. 

Seeing who can walk the most in a day

400

I took this many classes over the summer 

4 

500

I read this many books over the summer 

12

Dumb Facts I love

100

This animal does not live in "packs" and there is no Alpha. 

Wolves/Dogs

200

This famous romance series started off as Twilight Fan Fiction

Fifty Shades of Grey

300

This famous piece of research about something disturbing that happens to us in our sleep is completely made up.

8 spiders will crawl in your mouth over your lifetime while you sleep. 

400

This pitcher famed for his fast balls also accidentally sent an animal to an early demise with one of his pitches. 

Randy Johnson. 

500

This prominent former NYC mayor was married to his first cousin. 

Rudy Giuliani

Biggest News Stories of the Summer

100

An OceanGate submarine did this while going on an expedition to the titanic. 

Imploded. 

200

This person got their 4th indictment this summer

Trump 

300

This state experienced a horrible wildfire

Hawaii

400

This industry went on strike. 

Writing and Acting 

500

This concert tour became the highest grossing of all time. 

 Taylor Swift's Eras Tour

The Summer of Barbenheimer

100

This type of home is heavily associated with Barbie

Barbie Dreamhouse

200

This is Barbie's companion

Ken

300

This is the famous quote Robert Oppenheimer uttered upon the first successful nuclear bomb test. 

"I am become death, destroyer of worlds." 

400

The 1st nuclear bombs were dropped on these cities. 

Hiroshima and Nagasaki. 

500

This is Barbie's full name. 

Barbie Millicent Roberts.