Friday Language Arts Trivia & other useless trivia

Question 1

What is the connotation of divergent?

Accepted Answer

positive

Question 2

Which division of our military was surprisingly able to defeat the British in the War of 1812?

Accepted Answer

The Navy

Question 3

Which of the following is NOT formal?

Accepted Answer

can't

Question 4

Puzzling, mystifying, or enigmatic

Accepted Answer

cryptic

Question 5

Frederick Douglass, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King Jr.

Accepted Answer

Civil Rights

Question 6

To irritate, anger, or annoy

Accepted Answer

rankle

Question 7

What is the connotation of gaunt?

Accepted Answer

negative

Question 8

The year Plessy vs Ferguson was decided

Accepted Answer

1896

Question 9

Synonym of Central Idea

Accepted Answer

thesis

Question 10

Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclimation in what year?

Accepted Answer

1863

Question 11

Antonym of to soar or to skyrocket

Accepted Answer

plummet

Question 12

Illustrative writing refers to details used in:

Accepted Answer

non-fiction

Question 13

What is a turkey in bowling?

Accepted Answer

three consecutive strikes

Question 14

The person pictured below sung "Let it Go" in Frozen.

Accepted Answer

Idina Menzel

Question 15

What is the connotation of crony?

Accepted Answer

negative

Question 16

Capable of being grasped by the mind.

Accepted Answer

perceptible

Question 17

The man pictured below is the Governor of PA.

Accepted Answer

Tom Wolf

Question 18

Opposite of friendship or love.

Accepted Answer

enmity

Question 19

What is the state above Ohio?

Accepted Answer

Michigan

Question 20

The tone of a good argument essay is . . .

Accepted Answer

persuasive

Questions 20