Trivial Pursuit

and visit him. • Blind date lunch: Select a random group of four to five members and tell them to meet at a certain location for lunch. • Pajama party: Chapter’s T-shirt budget could be used to provide matching pajamas or slippers. • Ice cream social • Game night: Meet at a local coffee shop or at a member’s house and play games like Scrabble, Trivial Pursuit, Catch Phrase or Monopoly. • Make holiday cards for a local children’s hospital and deliver them. • Dance party: Have someone teach hip-hop, line dancing, Zumba or kickboxing to the chapter. • Yoga/exercise night • Spa day/girls night in: Pamper yourself with face masks, nail polish, movies, girl talk, etc. • Secret standards: The Standards Committee organizes an activity for the chapter to do and keeps it secret until chapter members arrive — could be held instead of a chapter meeting. • Decorating day: A sisterhood event to decorate doors, cupcakes, picture frames, ornaments, cookies, etc. • Care packages for members abroad: Have the chapter assemble care packages for members studying abroad. • Trivia night: Use trivia games like Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader, Trivial Pursuit, Wits & Wagers, Sporcle, or make up your own Kappa trivia game. Break up the chapter into groups to play as teams. • Have an un-birthday party: Take after the Mad Hatter from Alice in Wonderland and plan an un-birthday party to celebrate. • Play Minute to Win It: Break up the chapter into teams and make up silly games to play like balance a…

The film ‘The Pursuit of Happyness’ (2006) is a drama movie directed by Gabriele Muccino inspired by a true story about a multi-millionaire man called Chris Gardner a San Francisco man. Three characters that appear most regularly were Will Smith playing Chris Gardner, Jaden Smith as Christopher Gardner Jr and Thandie Newton as Linda Gardner. The real Chris Gardner had experienced a difficult childhood living with an abusive stepfather and also experiencing rapist by a man as a boy. The real…

How does one achieve a status of pure happiness? Is it having all the money in the world to spend? Is it being able to spend time with friends, family, and loved ones? Is it winning a championship title game? There is no one true answer that could possibly answer this ideal question. However, in the 2006 biographical drama film, The Pursuit of Happyness directed by Gabriele Muccino, happiness is practically non-existent for the case of salesman, Chris Gardner (played by Oscar nominated…

Relationship cognition and goal pursuits are objectives that perceive people, places, and things, which color their ability to help achieve an end goal. Relationship cognition has many positive outcomes in a marital relationship, and links positive association between one’s goal progress and well being. According to Fitzsimons and Bargh (2003), relationship cognition goes hand-in-hand with goal pursuits because it primes an individual’s connection with its partner, making the individual more…

The Pursuit of Happyness is a film based on a real story of Christopher Gardner, a renowned author, philanthropist, stockbroker, investor, entrepreneur, and a motivational speaker. While trying to highlight the most admired aspects of the life of Gardner, portrayed by Will Smith, the film also depicts the underside of Christopher Gardner. The film took place in San Francisco, California in the year 2006. Christopher Gardner is married to Linda, who for most of the film seems to have an unstable…

Brief summary of storyline and context: The Internship is a film about two friends Billy McMahon (Vince Vaughn) and Nick Campbell (Owen Wilson) who's salesman careers go spiraling in the wrong direction and end up without a job. They find themselves trying to prove themselves to the world that they can become something great and not amount to nothing. Nick and Billy do this by taking internships at Google which is where this film takes place and where they are faced with many challenges but…

In Selfish Pursuit "In Selfish Pursuit" is a short story in which Anthony Brandt, the author, presents his definition of happiness according to his life experiences. Brandt discusses the most common view of happiness, which is defined by materialistic possessions. According to him, happiness is unobtainable. Also, the author uses a lot of techniques and devices in this short story, such as cause and effect, comparison and symbolism. At the beginning of the story, the author uses a pattern of…

The phrase “Pursuit of Happiness” has been around as long as our country. It became one of the three unalienable rights listed in the Declaration of Independence. The Pursuit of Happiness is commonplace in everyone’s lives, and has frequently been displayed in American literature. Every single person pursues their own sense of happiness, whether it may be the typical “American Dream,” or even as simple as getting out of poverty. Happiness is the goal everyone strives to achieve. F. Scott…

legacy is most important in my life. I believe leaving positive impacts behind for my family and others to be inspired by would make my life complete. My view on legacy is similar to the movie The Pursuit of Happyness. This movie portrays a story of a poor father, his son and the father’s struggle for success as a stockbroker. His one ultimate goal was to be remembered by his son for doing something great. “I met my father for the first time when I was 28 years old. And I made up my mind as a…

The Pursuit of Happyness - Film Analysis. Directed by Italian director, Gabriele Muccino, and inspired by a true story, The Pursuit of Happyness takes place in the hard streets of San Francisco in the 1980s. Chris Gardner, the main character played by Will Smith, is trying to fulfill the legacy of the American Dream, but his family is in quite the struggle. Chris is attempting to make a living and provide for his family by selling bone density scanners (similar to an x-ray machine, but with…