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Porter’s JeopardyGrammar
Current Events
Literary Terms Quotations Characters
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Final Jeopardy
$100 Question from H1
What grammatical error is in this sentence?
Seven boys and seven girls Seven boys and seven girls played touch football but played touch football but only three of the boys scored only three of the boys scored touchdowns.touchdowns.
$200 Question from H1
This definition is for what punctuation mark?
Use a _________ in place of a period to separate two sentences where the conjunction has been left out.
$300 Question from H1
How many errors are in this sentence?
in the morning I milk the cows before heading too the house for breakfast
$500 Question from H1Which sentence(s) is/are correct?
1. Illiteracy is a huge problem it affects millions of people worldwide, and it is an impediment to social progress.
2. Illiteracy is a huge problem; it affects millions of people worldwide, and it is an impediment to social progress.
3. Illiteracy is a huge problem. It effects millions of people worldwide, and it is an impediment to social progress.
4. Illiteracy is a huge problem it effects millions of people worldwide and it is an impediment to social progress.
$500 Answer from H1
2. Illiteracy is a huge problem; it affects millions of people worldwide, and it is an impediment to social progress.
$100 Question from H2
The name of the hurricane that The name of the hurricane that barreled into the coastal watersbarreled into the coastal watersover the weekend.over the weekend.
$200 Question from H2
This man’s butler allegedly leaked importantinformation that shows corruption in theCatholic church.
$300 Question from H2
This recent American celebrity golden calfwill go under the knife for kidney surgeryon Tuesday (May 29th).
$400 Question from H2
Mark Zuckerberg has been criticized recentlyfor this less than proportionate wedding gift.
$500 Question from H2
For the second time this month,Lil Wayne and his entourageare being investigated for thiscrime.
$400 Question from H3
A narrative, in which characters, action, and sometimes setting represent abstract concepts apart from the literal meaning of the story
$500 Question from H3
A brief reference to a famous person, event, or place, real or fictitious, in a piece of art or literature.
$100 Question from H4
What literary era is this quote from?
“This is the way the world endsnot with a bang but a whimper.” ― T.S. Eliot (1888-1965)
$200 Question from H4
What book is this quote from?
"I've been drunk for about a week now, and I thought it might sober me up to sit in a library."
$300 Question from H4
What book is this quote from?
Because it is my name! Because I cannot have another in my life! Because I lie and sign myself to lies! Because I am not worth the dust on the feet of them that hang! How may I live without my name? I have given you my soul; leave me my name!
$400 Question from H4
What story does this quote come from?
“You’ll know her more by your questions than by her answers. Keep looking at her long enough. One day you might see someone you know.”
$500 Question from H4
What book is this quote from?
"Ah, but let her cover the mark as she will, the pang of it will be always in her heart."
$100 Question from H5
This character was a symbol of This character was a symbol of sin, able, and help.sin, able, and help.
$200 Question from H5
This man defended Red Coat soldiers in court after the Boston Massacre.He cared more about liberty and justice than he did about the emotions of the trial.
$300 Question from H5
The literary term for listing in a storylike Tim O’brian did in The ThingsThey Carried or Ben Franklin didin Poor Richard’s Almanack.
$400 Question from H5
The name for the person who is telling the story in a poem or short story when they are not the author.
Final Jeopardy
This author wrote, “I have been studying the traits and dispositions of the lower animals (so-called), and contrasting them with the traits and dispositions of man. I find the result humiliating to me.”