Idioms
Alain Botton
Fill in the Blank
Multiple Choice
Colors
100

Fell by the wayside

Didn't make it

100

Name one book that Alain wrote?

How Prous can change your life

The Course of Love

On Love

Status Anxiety

The Consolation

The Art of Travel

The Architecture


100

Research showed a clear c_____________ between poor eyesight and hours of playing videos


A vocabulary term

correlation


Deduct Same Points if Incorrect

100

Meritocracy is?

a. Based on knowledge

b. Based on real estate

c. Based on worthiness 

c. worthiness

100

Which color do babies see first?

Red

200

Don't burn bridges

Don't mess up relationship with people. You may have to cross back over that bridge.


DOUBLE POINTS!!!!


200

Alain had what type of accent?

British

200

This Generation Group came about during the time that there were global AIDS

Generation X

200

What would make an older employee more valuable?

a. Designing the latest crop top

b. Designing a padded shoulder strap for a Nike backpack

c. Designing the newest Fortnite

b. Designing a padded shoulder strap for a Nike backpack


Lose same Points if incorrect

200

What color is the world's favorite and most popular?

Blue

300

There is an elephant in the room

A problem or issue between 2 or more people in the same place.

300

Alain said there was one person who didn't care about your achievement. Who did he name?

Mother


DOUBLE POINTS !!!!

300

Alain said that ____________ art traces how people fail

tragic

300

When changing the phrase pattern using "that" do you

a. add that+ the verb

b. add the verb then add that 

c. change the preposition then add an adverb + that

a. add that + the verb

300

Which color is used to calm down anger and anxiety?

Pink

400

To say in a nutshell

To sum up points you are making in a brief, quick manner

400

Why couldn't we envy the Queen of England?

Too weird. Someone we cannot compare

400

People in the US are no longer referred to as Unfortunate but they are called ____________ if they aren't successful

Losers


DOUBLE POINTS !!!!

400

Which sentence is correct: using empathy?

a. Jackie had empathy for John who lost his house in the fire

b. Having just lost her mother to cancer, Janet felt great empathy for Joe during his chemotherapy

b

400

Which two colors indicate Hunger?

Must get them both for points

Yellow and Red


DOUBLE Points !!!

500

He/ She "came up"

He or She became successful or acquired fame, luxuries, money that he/she didn't have before

500

What idiom did Alain use when he said we need to do this before judging others based on little information

Hold your horses

500

A  _______________ is a system of different ranks or levels


A vocabulary term

hierarchy

500

Which one was a Tip for Success

a. Take rejection in your stride

b. Seek out no confrontation

a


500

What color car is known as the safest and least likely to crash?

White

According to research and studies at Monash University