Grandfriend History
5th Grade History
Reading
Math
VMS History
100

Who were the two astronauts that stepped onto the lunar surface during the 1969 Apollo 11 mission?

Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin

100

This document, primarily written by Thomas Jefferson, was adopted on July 4, 1776.

Declaration of Independence

100

What literary device is used in the following sentence: "The little girl ran like a cheetah across the field." 

A simile

100

27.2 x 0.5

13.6

100

What year was VMS started? 

1962

200

In which year did the Berlin Wall fall, signaling the beginning of the end for the Soviet Union?

1989

200

This 1803 land deal between the U.S. and France doubled the size of the country.

Louisiana Purchase

200

What are four different ways informational text can be structured? 

 Compare and Contrast

Sequential

Problem Solution

Cause and Effect

200

This is the answer to a division equation

Quotient

200

How many years has Ms. Mac been working at Vail Mountain School?

42

300

Which legendary guitarist famously performed a distorted version of "The Star-Spangled Banner" at the 1969 Woodstock Festival?


Jimi Hendrix

300

This was the route many pioneers took to travel from Missouri to the Pacific Northwest.

The Oregon Trail 

300

What literary device is being used in the following sentence: "The lake was a mirror reflecting my childhood." 

Metaphor

300

In the operation 5the 4 is an example of what?

An exponent

300

Where was VMS originally located? 

In the home of Pete Seibert

400

Who was the youngest member of The Beatles?

George Harrison (He was 14 when he auditioned)

400

These are the three branches of the United States government.

Judicial, Legislative and Executive

400

What type of literary device is used in the following sentence: - It is raining cats and dogs

Idiom

400

In the coordinate pair (3,5) the 5 tells us the number along which axis?

The Y-axis

400

What is the current student body population at VMS? 

418

500

In 1975, this store chain held the exclusive rights to sell the first home version of the video game Pong.

Sears

500

This is the name given to the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution.

Bill of Rights

500

Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers is an example of what literary device? 

Alliteration

500

3 x ((6-3)4-1) - 220 =

20

500

What was the first name of Vail Mountain School? 

Vail Country Day

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