Mr. Reese
AP Style
Journalism
2024-25 TRN Playlist
Wildcard
100

What is the name of Mr. Reese's car?

Button

100

Where do you put the single quote when shortening a year?

Before the second half (ex. '25)

100

"Podcasting" is a combination of the word iPod and what?

Broadcasting 

100

What movie's soundtrack was often played this year?

Call Me by Your Name or Amelie

100

What year did the Cold War end?

1989

200

How many years has Mr. Reese been the TRN advisor for? (including this year)

Six years

200

What range of numbers do you spell before using figures?

1-9

200

Who is the host of the NYT's podcast The Daily?

Michael Barbaro

200

What Disney movie's soundtrack was most heavily featured in TRN karaoke?

Frozen

200

What year was the first iPhone released?

2007

300

How many university orchestras was Mr. Reese the concertmaster of?

Two, Harvard & UCLA

300

When do you capitalize formal titles? 

When they directly precede a name. 

300

What is it called when the general public spreads and reports on news, especially via the internet?

Citizen Journalism

300

What artist did Iva play the most this year?

Nujabes

300

What was the first Pixar film ever made?

Toy Story

400

Mr. Reese has a picture of himself from his senior year of high school shaking the hand of which first lady?

Nancy Reagan 

400

What do you do with movie, show, and book titles?

Capitalize and put in quotations. 

400

Which newspaper first published excerpts of the Pentagon Papers?

The New York Times

400
Which Beatle's album was most commonly played this year?

Abbey Road

400

What is the capital of Australia?

Canberra

500

How many guitars are in Mr. Reese's current collection?

49 guitars

500

List five words that should not be capitalized in a headline.

a, an, the, and, but, for, at, by, from

500

What was the name of the muckraking novel on the meat packing industry by Upton Sinclair?

The Jungle

500

What is Alice's favorite band?

The Magnetic Fields (I may be open to alternative answers)

500

What is the smallest country in the world? (by land mass)

Vatican City