Life is Full of Hard Knocks

Life is Full of Hard Knocks

9th - 12th Grade

10 Qs

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Life is Full of Hard Knocks

Life is Full of Hard Knocks

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9th - 12th Grade

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10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

...a famous person who was defeated seven times while running for political office.

Abraham Lincoln

George Washington

Franklin D. Roosevelt

John Kennedy

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

...a cartoonist who was told by the editor of the Kansas City newspaper, “It’s easy to see from these sketches that you have no talent.”

Walt Disney

Charles Schulz

Stan Lee

Vincent van Gogh

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

…an author whose first children’s book was rejected by 23 different publishers?

Dr. Seuss

JK Rowling

William Shakespeare

Pat Conroy

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

…a famous singer who was fired after his first performance at the Grand Ole Opry?

Elvis Presley

Prince

Bono

Ariana Grande

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

…a famous actress who dropped out of high school and held a variety of odd jobs, including doing the hair and make-up for corpses, before finally succeeding in show business?

Whoopi goldberg

Drew Barrymore

Margot Robbie

Scarlett Johansson

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

…a famous author who lived on welfare for years in an apartment infested with mice?

JK Rowling

JRR Tolkien

Stephen King

Brené Brown

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

…a famous athlete who was cut from the varsity basketball team his sophomore year in high school?

Michael Jordan

Kobe Bryant

Larry Bird

Pete Maravich

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