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200

The US is amassing forces against this middle eastern country

What is Iran

200

This is the year The Sagamore became The Cypress

What is 2023

200

This writer wrote "'The Prom' is a prom-ising production"

Who is May Gardner

200

The Cypress does NOT use this comma which is used after the penultimate item in a list of three or more items

What is an Oxford Comma

200
This staff member unknowingly had The Cypress camera at his house for many weeks

Who is Brendan Bottiglieri

400

This athlete scored in overtime to win the US Men's hockey team the gold medal 


Who is Jack Hughes

400

This is the volume of the Cypress for the 2025-2026 school year

What is volume 64

400

This writer wrote "Lockdown due to threatening phone calls disrupts midyear exams"

Who is Amedeo Bettauer

400

What is the correct style for today's date? (needs to include the day of the week and date with the day, month, and year)

What is Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026

400

This is the password for The Cypress iPads (give in letter form).

What is dikdik

600

This “Today” show host's mother has been missing for about four weeks now

Who is Savannah Guthrie

600

This staff member won NESPA's All State High School Journalism Staff in 2023

Who is Ezra Kleinbaum

600

This writer wrote "Seniors defeat juniors in Powerpuff 42-35"

Who is Caden Imura

600

How would you refer to the games that are taking place in Italy right now 

What are the Winter Olympics

600

This is the name of Marco's column from last year

What is "We Don't Talk About That"

800

This country's forces killed 4 people in a Florida-registered speedboat yesterday

What is Cuba

800

This is the first year The Cypress has awards listed on its website

What is 2008

800

This writer wrote "The Incompetence Crisis"

Who is Dylan Brody

800

United States is used for what part of speech?

U.S. is used for what part of speech? 


What is a noun.

What is an adjective.

800

This was the first item listed on the scavenger hunt back in September 

What is The underside of Ms. Anderson’s desk 

1000

Trump's State of the Union address on Tuesday (the longest in American history) was 1 hour and ______ minutes

What is 47 minutes

1000

This is the year Ms. Wise became a Cypress adviser 

This is the year Ms. Anderson became a Cypress adviser

What is 2007

What is 2010

1000

This writer wrote "Administration releases new draft of 2025-26 schedule"

Who is Geo Elasmar

1000

Correct these sentences: Taylor swifts album the life of a showgirl brought in one hundred and thirty five mill dollars. The 35 year olds last album accounted for 6% of all album sales in 2024. 

Taylor Swift's album "The Life of a Showgirl" brought in $135 million. The 35-year-old's last album accounted for 6 percent of all album sales in 2024.

1000

This is the net number from issue 4 (money gained in ads - money spent to print)

450 dollars

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