SLHS/Reston
Seymour, a majestic bird of prey, proudly serves as the official mascot for South Lakes High School.
What is a Seahawk?
This famous 1930s-era board game features properties named after streets in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
What is Monopoly?
Just a city boy, born and raised in ___________
What is South Detroit?
Legendary German composer Ludwig van Beethoven famously composed his ground-breaking Ninth Symphony while completely experiencing this condition.
What is hearing loss?
Located in Vienna, Virginia, this national park for the performing arts is the only National Park dedicated specifically to live musical and theatrical performances.
What is Wolf Trap (Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts)?
South Lakes High School officially opened its doors to students in this late-1970s year.
What is 1978?
The only natural food item made by insects that never truly spoils or goes bad if sealed properly.
What is Honey?
You can dance, you can jive
Having the time of your life
Ooh, see that girl, watch that scene, ________
What is Diggin' the Dancing Queen?
Sopranos and Altos primarily read sheet music written in this clef, which wraps around the G line of the staff.
What is the Treble Clef?
The modern Summer Olympic Games were first revived in 1896 in this European capital city, paying homage to the ancient games held nearby centuries ago.
What is Athens?
Founded in 1964, the town of Reston gets its name from the initials of this visionary founder.
Who is Robert E. Simon?
In chess, this piece is the only one that can leap over other pieces on the board.
What is the Knight?
Take on me (take on me)
Take me on (take on me)
I'll be gone ________
What is "In a Day or Two?"
Ballet companies around the world perform this Tchaikovsky holiday classic about a young girl whose Christmas toy comes to life.
What is the Nutcracker?
French fries might sound French, but legend has it they were actually invented in this neighboring country famous for waffles and chocolate.
What is Belgium?
Named after a NASA astronaut and an author/poet, these two FCPS middle schools feed directly into South Lakes.
What are Rachel Carson Middle School and Langston Hughes Middle School?
The group name for a collective of flamingos, fittingly derived from their vibrant pink feathers and flashy appearance.
What is a flamboyance?
The ten-dollar founding father without a father / Got a lot farther by working a lot harder, by being a lot smarter / By being a self-starter, _______
What is "By fourteen, they placed him in charge of a trading charter?"
Derived from the Italian word for "to hold," this musical notation symbol featuring a dot inside a curve indicates that a note or rest should be held longer than its written value.
What is a Fermata?
The four U.S. states that meet at a single geographic point—known as the "Four Corners"—are Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, and this state.
What is Arizona?
The seed money used by Robert E. Simon to purchase the 6,700 acres of farmland that became Reston came directly from his family's sale of this legendary New York City concert venue.
What is Carnegie Hall?
The smallest bone in the human body, located inside the middle ear, shares its name with this metal loop used when riding a horse.
What is the stirrup (or stapes)?
Players only love you when they're playing
Women, they will come, and they will go
When the rain washes __________ you'll know.
Bach belonged to this musical period, which lasted roughly from 1600 to 1750 and featured heavily ornamented music, harpsichords, and complex counterpoint.
What is the Baroque Era?
The Lego group, famous for its colorful plastic building bricks, was founded in 1932 in this Scandinavian country.
What is Denmark?