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Sports

The cat’s eyes were jewels

gleaming out of the

darkness.

What is a metaphor?

The electric wires were like a

snake.

What is a simile?

I had to wait an eternity for

the file to download.

What is hyperbole?

The burning wood

crackled and hissed.

What is onomatopoeia?

The wind whispered to them as they ran through the woods.

What is personification?

Don’t look a gift

horse in the

mouth.

What is an idiom?

In Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet: it is an example of

_______ when the lovers die as a result of a plan that was

meant to ensure their spending the rest of their

lives together.

What is irony?

The cyclone had set the house down, very gently - for a cyclone - in the midst of a country of

marvelous beauty. There were lovely patches of green sward all about, with stately trees bearing rich and luscious fruits. Banks of

gorgeous flowers were on every hand, and birds with rare and brilliant plumage sang and

fluttered in the trees and bushes. A little way off was a small brook, rushing and sparkling

along between green banks, and murmuring in a voice very grateful to a little girl who had

lived so long on the dry, gray prairies..

What is imagery?

An eagle started it, but a dove

stopped the war.

What is symbolism?

Finger is to ring as nose is to

glasses

What is an analogy?

Who shot the 3 pointer that tied Kansas with Memphis and opened

the way to their NCAA Championship win in

2008?

Who was Mario Chalmers?

This hall of fame

basketball player played for KU from 1955-1958.

Who is Wilt Chamberlain?

The team that won 3 Super Bowls in the

1990’s.

Who are the Dallas

Cowboys?

The 1st sport televised in the United

States

What is baseball?

The number of members in a NASCAR pit

crew

What is 7

The vice president for Bill

Clinton and author of “An Inconvenient

Truth”

Who is Al Gore?

The capitol of Italy

What is Rome?

Names of the continents in

the world.

What are Africa, Antarctica, Asia,

Australia, Europe, North America, South

America?

This occurred in San

Francisco April 18, 1906.

What was the San Francisco Earthquake?

Where the historical step for mankind

was taken July 21, 1969.

What is the moon?

Beware! This genre might scare you!

What is horror or suspense?

A list of resources arranged

alphabetically by author and title.

What is a bibliography?

Four types of reference

books found in most libraries.

What are Dictionary,

Encyclopedia, Atlas and Thesaurus or

Almanac

The genre often characterized by Myth, Magic and

Medievalism?

What is Fantasy?

The card that gives Kansas students free

access to online tutoring, audio books, and databases such as SIRS and World Book

What is the Kansas Library Card?

The system used to organize library

materials -particularly nonfiction

What is the Dewey Decimal

Classification System?

Area of the library with aids for

finding information

(such as encyclopedias, atlases and almanacs)

What is reference?

A law that protects a published work from

unauthorized use

What is copyright?

Three common ways to search an automated library

catalog.

What are Title, Author and

Subject.?

The definition of

CENSORSHIP

What is restricting of access to

materials a person or small group find

objectionable.

Make your wager

Hint: Kansas Trivia

Final Answer

The name of the first battle and the battle

commander (in case of a tie) of the Vietnam War.

Final Question: What was

La Drang? (Commanded by Hal Moore)