Random Trivia
Which central American country has a name that translates to "the savior"?
El Salvador
Which country is famous for its amazing (and very old) terracotta army?
China
In Germany, around 1440, the goldsmith Johannes Gutenberg invented the movable-type version of this, leading to what has come to be known as the "printing revolution."
Printing press
Who wrote the primary draft of the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
Before Grace's mascot became the Griffins, it was:
In which year was Grace Church School founded? (You will get points if your answer is within 10 years.)
1894
In 1918, Woodrow Wilson addressed Congress with a speech laying out how many points?
14
Which military leader conquered the Persian Empire, India and Egypt, among others, to become one of the greatest conquerors of all time?
Alexander the Great
Pope Urban II’s sermon asking the European aristocracy to defend Christian pilgrims to the Holy Land marked the start of this:
the first crusade
In 1903, brothers Orville and Wilbur Wright achieved what?
Flight!
Grace's high school opened in this year:
2012
Grace is affiliated with this sect of Christianity (be specific):
the Episcopal Church
What are the four stages of cell mitosis?
Prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase
What fortification was built by the Romans around 122 A.D. across the width of Great Britain to separate Romans from the people to the north?
Hadrian's Wall
This man, born Temujin, was the founder and first of ruler of the Mongol Empire
Genghis Khan
This epidemic that swept the world in 1918 killed an estimated 50 million people
The Spanish Flu
This alum of Grace Church School is a Canadian-born American book author and political and cultural commentator. He is a moderate, center-right commentator who describes himself as a "moderate Republican," has an opinion column in The New York Times, and has written several books, including Bobos in Paradise: The New Upper Class and How They Got There and How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen.
David Brooks