Trevor Noah Fun Facts
Trevor Noah was born in THIS country:
What is South Africa?
What is the set-up?
Irony is all about:
What are expectations?
The prologue to chapter 1 lists the different languages spoken in South Africa. A few examples of those languages are:
What are Zulu, Xhosa, Tswana, Sotho, Venda, Nbedela, Tsonga, Pedi, and English. (there are more as well)
The names of the two hurricanes that recently hit Florida and the Southern Coast:
What are Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton?
Trevor Noah worked on this late night series during his rise to fame:
What is the Daily Show?
A comedian's jokes are sometimes referred to as...
What are bits?
Verbal irony is:
What is when a character says one thing but means the opposite?
In the chapter 2 prologue, Noah uses an adjective to describe Apartheid's racism. The adjective he used for Apartheid is:
What is "perfect," racism?
For the health academy students: The average human takes this many breaths everyday.
What are 23,000 breaths?
Trevor Noah's mother goes by two names. Those names are:
What is Patricia and Nombuyiselo?
The climax of the joke, aka the most funny part, is called what?
What is the punchline?
Dramatic irony is:
What is when the reader understands more about the events of a book than the characters.
The traditional justice system of South Africa is compared to what happened after Apartheid. This change occurred due to the following: (Chapter 3)
What is colonization?
The diameter of a basketball hoop is this many inches:
What are 18 inches?
Trevor Noah was Born a Crime due to his mother being Xhosa and his father being:
What is Swiss German?
When a comedian refers back to something they said earlier
What is a callback?
Situational Irony is:
What is when what actually happens is opposite of what was expected?
In chapter 4's prologue, Trevor Noah describes a process of segregation that the colonizers used in South Africa. They attempted to segregate by:
What is language or (American TV Broadcasts)?
What is felix felicis?
The following quote was said by: “We tell people to follow their dreams, but you can only dream of what you can imagine, and, depending on where you come from, your imagination can be quite limited.”
Who is Trevor Noah?
The information prior to a chapter about Apartheid is called:
What is the prologue?
What type of irony is this? "Mr. Chamberlain promised fun Friday every Friday but this is only our second time doing it."
What is situational irony?
In chapter 5, the educational system of South Africa is described. The name of these schools is:
They were taught different subjects: What were some of the subjects taught at those schools?
What are Bantu Schools?
What are counting potatoes, how to chop wood and till soil?
Spelling Test: The first person to spell the word correctly on the back board will win this category. Please grab an Expo marker from there. (Do NOT push me or others over please)
What is the correct spelling of the word.