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100

This is the year that Albuquerque Academy was founded.

What is 1955?

100

Immediately following New Mexico becoming the 47th state to be admitted to the Union, this state became the 48th state

What is Arizona?

100

The year the Declaration of Independence was signed

What is 1776?
100

A person, place, or thing.

What is a noun?

100

The gamekeeper and Keeper of Keys and Grounds of Hogwarts.

In Harry Potter, what is Hagrid's job?

200

The Academy Mascot is this horse.

What is a Charger?

200

This important NM town was founded during WWII and helped the Allies win the war?

What is Los Alamos?

200
The first three words of the Preamble to the U.S. Constitution

What are "we the people"?

200

A word that expresses action or being.

What is a verb?

200

“Some Pig,” “Terrific,” “Radiant,” and “Humble”

What does Charlotte write in her web in Charlotte's Web in order to save Wilbur's life?

300

These two buildings are named after the family of AA's initial benefactors.

What are the Simms Library and the Simms Auditorium for the Performing Arts?

300

This project was completed at Los Alamos

What was the Manhattan Project?

300

The first ten amendments of the U.S. Constitution

What is the "Bill of Rights"?

300

A word that modifies a noun or a pronoun.

What is an adjective?

300

The Star-Belly variety had bellies with stars, while the Plain-Belly variety did not.

What are Sneetches?

400

The original gift of land to the AA stretched from this point in the east to this point to the west.

What is east to Sandia Mountain to west to the Rio Grande?

400

This famous NM artist lived near Abiquiu at Ghost Ranch

Who was Georgia O'Keefe?

400
The war fought by our nation between 1861-1865

What is the "U.S. Civil War"?

400

A word that joins words, phrases, or clauses.

What is a conjunction?

400

Meg, Charles Wallace, and Calvin

Who are the main characters of Madeleine L'Engle's A Wrinkle in Time?

500

The name of the current AA Head of School is this person.

Who is Mr. Andrew T. Watson?

500

This controversial public transportation project in New Mexico's biggest city is still not resolved

What is Albuquerque Rapid Transit or ART?

500

The three branches of the U.S. government as outlined in the U.S. Constitution

What are "legislative branch, executive branch, judicial branch"?

500

A word placed before a noun or pronoun to form a phrase modifying another word in the sentence.

What is a preposition?

500

She would not take the garbage out!
She'd scour the pots and scrape the pans,
Candy the yams and spice the hams,
And though her daddy would scream and shout,
She simply would not take the garbage out.

Who is Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout?

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