Rita Dove Jeopardy Template

Birth and Family	Early Life	Awards	Her Works	Fun Facts
100 What year was Rita Dove born? 1952	100 What were Dove's passions in her early life? poetry and music	100 What award did she win in 1973? Fulbright Scholarship	100 What prize did Dove's work "On the Bus with Rosa Parks," get nominated for? it was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award	100 How many siiblings does her father have? 9 (10 including him)
200 Where was Rita Dove born? (city and state) Akron, Ohio	200 Where was Dove invited while she was in high school? the White House	200 What was she named in 1993? She was named the US Poet Laureate	200 Dove's work "Collected Poems: 1974-2004" was a finalist for this award? the National Book Award	200 True or False? Dove's father was the first in his family to go to college? true
300 What did her parents encourage her to do as a kid? study and read	300 What is Dove's father's name? Ray A. Dove	300 Why was the US Poet Laureate so important for Dove? she was the youngest and first black person to hold this award	300 At what university did Dove start to write poems? Miami University	300 What did her classmates do when Dove started writing plays? they performed them
400 What instrument did Dove play in her high school orchestra? the cello	400 To show a sign of leadership, what did Dove lead in her school? she led her high school’s majorette squad in school	400 What did she receive in 1996? National Humanities Medal	400 The Yellow House on the Corner, which received praise for its sense of ______ combined with individual detail. history	400 What did Dove study while she studied abroad (in Germany)? she studied expressionist drama and the works of twentieth-century German lyric poets
500 Dove's father was the first ______ ______ in the tire industry? black chemist	500 What year did she win a Fulbright Scholarship to study in Germany for two years at the University of Tubingen? 1973	500 What award did her poetry work, Thomas and Beulah, win in 1987? Pulitzer Prize for Poetry	500 "Thomas and Beulah" won what prize? the Pulitzer Prize	500 Dove had this amount of children? 1 - Aviva was her only daughter

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