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Washington, D.C.
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100
The color of stripes that there are most of on the American flag.
What is red?
100
The four quadrants or sections that Washington, DC is divided into...
What is Northeast,Southeast, Northwest, and Southwest?
100
This scientific instrument makes small things look larger.
What is a microscope? What is a magnifying glass?
100
Event that occurs every Higher Achievement day which scholars lead with speaking...
What is community meeting?
100
This presidential event allowed the president to be sworn into his second term...
What is the inauguration?
200
In traveling north, this direction will be your right.
What is east?
200
The name of the current mayor of Washington, DC and Ward 7's council member...
What is Vince Gray and Yvette Alexander?
200
Earth's path around the sun is called this...
What is the orbit?
200
Four pillars of Ward 7 Higher Achievement...
What is freedom, voice, solidarity, and justice?
200
Name of devastating hurricane that recently occurred in October
What is Hurricane Sandy?
300
The capital of Hawaii is called this.
What is Honolulu?
300
The genre of music that originated in Washington, DC and is mainly heard here...
What is go go music?
300
The colored part of a human's eye is called this...
What is a iris?
300
Name of special Ward 7 Higher Achievement coming up which scholars compete to represent Ward 7 in citywide venue...
What is the Literary Love Poem Contest?
300
Name of two teams that are competing for this year's Super Bowl
What are the Baltimore Ravens and San Francisco 49ers?
400
The famous mountain has four past presidents carved on it.
What is Mt. Rushmore?
400
The two famous NATIONAL landmarks in Washington, DC that are approximately 2 miles away from one another(hint:both are ends of the National Mall)...
What is the Lincoln Memorial and the Capitol?
400
This would be caused if the earth's crust moves suddenly along a fault...
What is an earthquake?
400
The amount of Achievement Centers in the entire DC, Maryland, Virginia area
What are the 6 Higher Achievement centers? (Wards 1, 4, 6, 7, 8 and Alexandria, VA)
400
Nationwide youth issue among kids that's causing school lunches to be healthier and physical activity to be emphasized...
What is childhood obesity?
500
The five 'Great Lakes' are : Lake Huron, Lake Ontario, Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, and _____________________.
What is Lake Erie?
500
The amount of universities in Washington, D.C.(can you name them??)...
What are American University, Catholic University, Howard University, Trinity University, George Washington University, Georgetown University, Gallaudet Univeristy, and University of DC? 8 total!
500
These types of animals eat only plants
What are herbivores?
500
The decade in the 1900's that Higher Achievement first began...
What are the 1970's? (Created by Greg Gannon in 1975)
500
National tragedy/tragedies that cause President Obama to propose new gun control laws for the nation...
What are the Connecticut school shootings? or What are Colorado movie theater shootings?
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