BIBLE
He built an ark to survive the great flood.
Who is Noah?
The ancient Egyptians believed this was the sun-god of Egypt
Who is Ra?
This wild man became Gilgamesh’s best friend.
Who is Enkidu?
This is an earthworm's favorite dish.
What is soil?
These are the ACS school colors.
What are red, white and blue?
The terms covered by the acronym PEMDAS.
What are Parenthesis, Exponents, Multiplication, Addition, and Subtraction?
The meaning of the root vit, as in “vitamin” and “vivacious"
What is life, or alive?
The Line that divides the sky from the Earth
What is the horizon?
Three types of speeches.
What are Self introduction, Giving /receiving an award, Pet peeve, Sales pitch, Poetry or Story Reading?
This man had a dream of a ladder reaching to heaven.
Who is Jacob?
This Egyptian statue has a lion’s body and a human head
What is a Sphinx?
This Trojan warrior gave a moving farewell to his infant son.
Who is Hector?
The part of an earthworm that swallows food
What is the pharynx?
The penalty for a uniform infraction.
What is a demerit?
This is the sum of -3 and 7.
What is 4?
The root and definition in “spectator” and “inspect”
What is spect, meaning to look or see?
This artist created the Peanuts Characters (Snoopy)
Who is Charles Schultz?
These are tips for poetry performance.
What are "Plan out/mark up the poem, practice it, perfect memorization, don’t over dramatize it, have fun with it"?
God gave Moses these things on Mount Sinai.
What are the Ten Commandments?
The northern part of Egypt, based on the Nile River
What is Lower Egypt?
This fallen angel famously said, “Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven.”
Who is Satan?
The grouping to which single-cell organisms belong.
What is kingdom protista?
In December of 2024, ACS's North Campus students participated in this activity as part of a school-wide event.
What is ice skating?
A recipe calls for 2 cups of flour for every 3 cups of sugar. This describes the ratio of flour to sugar.
What is 2 to 3 (or 2:3)?
The prefix and definition of prefix in “sympathy” and “symposium”
What is sym, meaning with or together?
Art created by the process of assembling tiles or objects and attaching to another surface to create a picture or design
What is mosaic?
These are examples of “non-verbal communication”.
What are facial expressions, hand gestures, eye contact, posture and pace?
In Genesis 22, this phrase is used by Abraham when Isaac asks about the sacrifice: “God will provide ____.”
What is the lamb?
According to the ancient Babylonians, he was chief god of Babylon and creator of the world
Who is Marduk?
Marcus sets out to recover this lost symbol of Roman honor.
What is the Eagle of the Ninth?
Invertebrates that are 95% water and do not have a brain.
What are Jellyfish?
This teaching method, emphasizing discussion and debate over lectures, is a cornerstone of ACS's high school curriculum.
What is the Socratic Method?
Simplify: 3(x + 2) – 2x.
What is x + 6?
Having the prefix “a”, what apathy means
What is much emotion or interest?
This chemical element glows under a fluorescent Black light
What is neon?
The difference between "tone" and "pitch".
What is attitude/mode (tone) and high/low voice (pitch)?
This name, meaning “drawn out,” was given to the baby who was found in a basket among the reeds.
What is Moses?
The ancient Assyrian capital city where God told Jonah to go
What is Ninevah?
This word describes a long narrative poem featuring a hero and grand adventures.
What is an epic?
Molds, yeasts, and mushrooms.
What are fungi?
The year in which the American Christian School was founded.
What is 1964?
The area of a rectangle with length 8 and width 3
What is 24 square units?
The root “mal”, what it means and the definition of "malignant"
What is "bad" and "serious, dangerous or cancerous"?
The crime of defacing or damaging someone's property with spray paint
What is vandalism?
The definition of the word “convalesce”.
What is "to recover health after illness"?
God first reveals this name in the third chapter of Exodus.
What is “I AM WHO I AM”?
This ancient civilization built ziggurats and is home to the Epic of Gilgamesh.
What is Mesopotamia?
In Paradise Lost, this is the ultimate cause of the Fall, as shown through Satan’s rebellion.
What is Pride?
These tools are called dissecting pins.
What tool holds the earthworm in place for dissection?
The meaning of the Latin phrase on the ACS crest: Cogito, Eloquor, Praesto.
What is "I think, I speak, I excel"?
Solve: 5x – 7 = 18.
What is x = 5?
This defines the suffix "ous".
What is "having the quality of"?
This shading technique uses closely spaced parallel lines to show depth.
What is hatching?
This demonstrates the definition of the word "apiary".
What is: "Since bees depend on sunlight, an apiary should be located with its entrance facing east."?