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All AB Students and College of Arts faculty members are enjoined to participate.

AB Students and the College of Arts faculty members shall come up with six teams. There will be seven members per team composed of 1 English faculty, 1 Soc. Scie. faculty, 1 Filipino faculty and 1 AB student from each of the year levels; 2 males and 2 females in that composition.

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In playing the game, each team will be provided with a sack. Unlike the usual sack race, the teams will be provided with a series of questions (Quiz Bee).

Each team shall answer the questions by writing their answer in an illustration board. Whoever gives the correct answer shall be entitled with one hop forward. Teams with incorrect answers are not entitled to hop.

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The teams that will reach the halfway of the course shall hop as fast as they can, heading toward the finish lines.

The team that garners the least time to reach the finish line shall be proclaimed winner.

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Question no. 1

In the production of speech sounds, what articulator plays a decisive role in forming the constrictions for many consonants and in distinguishing vowels, and which is considered as the most mobile and flexible structure in the vocal tract?

A. Pharynx  B.  Tongue                                    C. VelumD. Hard Palate

B. Tongue

Question no. 2

What is the detailed description of the life history of a person, written by the same person

called ?  

Autobiography

Question no. 3

In poetry, what do we call a single, related chunk of lines or a unit or group of lines which forms one particular faction in poetry?

A.  Rhythm and Rhyme                B. Poetic FootC. Tone                                             D. Stanza

D. Stanza

Question no. 4

What do we call an expression that has become hackneyed and trite; an expression that has lost its precise meaning by constant reiteration, in other words, becomes stereotyped?

Cliché  

Question no. 5

A three-headed dog that in Greek mythology, guards the entrance to Hades:

A.  Charon                      B.  Dionysus  C. Cerberus                            D. Chiron

C. Cerberus

Question no. 6

Which of King Arthur’s nephews had an encounter with the

Green Knight?

Sir Gawain

Question no. 7

In linguistics, the International Phonetic Alphabet is a system of phonetic notation devised by linguists to accurately and uniquely represent each of the wide variety of sounds (phones or phonemes) used in spoken human language. Using the IPA, how many standard phonetic symbols comprise the word ‘ENGLISH’?

A.  Two                                                      B.  Six              C. Seven                                   D. Four

B. Six

English

IPA= /‘ɪŋ glɪʃ /

Question no. 8

“ Andrew gave Henry a long shirt-like garment.”

 What pattern does the sentence use?

S-TV-IO-DO

Question no. 9

What do we call the use of a pleasant or pale expression

instead of an unpleasant, harsh or depressing tone?

Euphemism

Question no. 10

Which American author is generally regarded as the inventor of modern detective fiction?

A. John GrishamB. Mark TwainC. Herman MelvilleD. Edgar Allan Poe 

D. Edgar Allan Poe 

Question no. 11

How would you play a paradiddle?

A. Beat a rapid rhythm on a drumB. Carry out a prank or mild practical joke C. In cricket or baseball, hit the ball twice on a single swing  D. Tell a white lie

A. Beat a rapid rhythm on a drum

(Paradiddle –an exercise or sequence performed typically on the snare drum.)

Question no. 12

Which is the correctly spelt word?

A. OmmineousB. OmineousC. OminousD. Omenous

C. Ominous

-portending evil or harm; forebod

ing; threatening; inauspicious

Question no. 13

What do we call the modern verse or poetry without any

formal structure; that is without systematic regularity

in rhythm and in rhyme?

Free verse

Question no. 13

Nouns are used in different ways: “The dog barks. The man bit the dog.” In the first case, dog is the actor, or the one that initiates the action of the verb. In the second, dog is acted upon. In “The dog barks,” the dog is the subject of the verb. In the other sentence, dog is________.

A.  Indirect object                 B. Direct object          C. Subject complement           D. Predicate nominative

B. Direct Object

Question no. 14

 In Greek mythology, it is described as a monster, shaped half like a man and half like a bull, confined in the labyrinth built by Daedalus for King Minos. It is given a periodic tribute of youths and maidens as food until slain by Theseus.

A.  Gorgon                                  B.  CentaurC. Cyclops                      D. Minotaur

D. Minotaur

Question no. 15

William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey are commonly referred to as the 'what' Poets? 

A. Lake Poets B. River PoetsC. Swamp PoetsD. Cavalier Poets

A. Lake Poets 

Question no. 16

What simple term, alternatively called Anglo-Saxon, refers to

the English language which was used from the 5th century Germanic invasions, until

(loosely) its fusion with Norman-French around 12-13th

centuries? 

Old English

Question no. 17

What is the name given to the study of speech

sounds or spoken language? 

Phonetics

Question no. 18

Which is the correctly spelt word?

A. SepulchralB. SepilchralC. SeplechralD. Sepalchrl

A. Sepulchral

Question no. 19

What are the kina, the kuna, the kwacha and the kyat?

A. Kick-boxing techniques B. Levels of voodoo priesthood

C. Parrots D. Units of currency

D. Units of currency

(Kina- monetary unit of Papua New Guinea

Kuna- monetary unit of CroatiaKwacha- monetary unit of Malawi

Kyat- monetary unit of Burma)

Question no. 20

A deipnosophist is an expert in which of the following areas?

A. Dinner-table conversation B. Disguising the voice C. Ditch constructionD. Dividing assets following divorce

B. Disguising the voice 

Question no. 21

 You may have come across words or phrases that can be read the same way in either direction. What are such words called? 

A. PalindromesB. Synonyms C. HomophonesD. Onoma

A. Palindromes

(e.g. Madam, I'm Adam)

Question no. 22

Which of the following is an example of an Imperative sentence?

A. “The house will be built on a hill.”B. “How did you find the card?”C. “The monster is attacking!”D. “Cheryl, try the other door.”

D.“Cheryl, try the other door.”

Question no. 23

 Complete the statement with an appropriate conjunction. “My goal is to become a doctor; ___________, I work especially hard in my science classes.”

A.   Nevertheless                             B.   ButC. HoweverD. Therefore

D. Therefore

Question no. 24

What do we call the descriptive or figurative

language used in literature to create word pictures for the readers?

Imagery

Question no. 25

After some early troubles, Orpheus and his wife Eurydice might have enjoyed a long and happy life together if only Orpheus had not made a critical mistake. What did he do wrong?A. Entered the gates of HadesB. Fell asleep while drunkC. Forgot to dedicate a song to HeraD. Looked at his wife 

D. Looked at his wife 

Question no. 26

The month January is named for Janus, a Roman god who had two _______?

A. CentaursB. Faces C. MothersD. Physical forms

B. Faces 

Janus, The roman god of gates, doors, beginning and endings.

Question no. 27

In ancient warfare, what was “The Parthian Shot”?

A. A duel in which archers fired in turn as they gradually drew nearerB. A maneuver where a mounted archer turned to shoot behind him C. A shot directed at the horse so the rider could be taken for ransom D. A simultaneous volley of arrows meant to intimidate the enemy

B. A maneuver where a mounted archer

turned to shoot behind him

Question no. 28

What word, meaning 'measure' in Greek, refers to the rhythm of a line of verse? 

Metre(or meter)

Question no. 29

Which is true of the following example? "A man had just married an automobile." 

A. It is a simple sentence. B. It is a complex sentence. C. It is a compound sentence. D. It is a compound-complex sentence. 

A. It is a simple sentence. 

Question no. 30

 The flag ________ in the breeze as we wondered ________ the wind would ever die down. 

 A.  flutterred, weather B.  fluttered, whether

B.  fluttered, whether

Question no. 31

Which of the following words contains a prefix? 

A. disown B. clinical C. journal 

A. disown 

It is a humorous imitation of a literary work, one that exaggerates or distorts the characteristics features of the original.

A. FarceB. ComedyC. SatireD. Parody

D. Parody

Question no. 32

The American short story writer William Sydney Porter is better known by his pseudonym. What was it?

A. O. Henry B. Ring LardnerC. Damon RunyonD. James Thurber 

A. O. Henry 

Question no. 33

He was an American attorney and politician who became known as an orator during the movement for independence in Virginia in the 1770s. He also served as the first and sixth post-colonial Governor of Virginia, from 1776 to 1779 and from 1784 to 1786.A. Patrick HenryB. John AdamsC. Thomas Jefferson

A. Patrick Henry

Question no. 34

 Which description below best describes the god Poseidon?

A. God of wine and celebrating, he was the youngest of the OlympiansB. God of war, his symbols were the spear and shieldC. God of the ocean and horses, his symbol was a trident

C. God of the ocean and horses, his

symbol was a trident

Question no. 35

It is a melodic poem that expresses the observations and

feelings of a single speaker.

Lyric poem

Question no. 36

A porbeagle is a type of ______.

A. Sailboat B. Servant C. Shark D. Sheep-dog 

C. Shark 

Question no. 37

Who made a pact with the demon

Mephistopheles?

Dr. Faustus

Question no. 38

It is the literal or dictionary definition

of a word.

Denotation