U.S. Statehood
This "First State" was the very first to ratify the U.S. Constitution on December 7, 1787.
What is Delaware?
"One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."
Who is Neil Armstrong?
This common root means "to see" and gives us words like video, vision, and evidence.
What is Vid or Vis?
Used to find the area of this three-sided figure, the formula is 1/2 base times height.
What is a Triangle?
I was part of an illegal black market operation for four years.
Who is Mr. Trenkle?
Known as the "Sunshine State," it was purchased from Spain and joined the Union in 1845.
What is Florida?
"A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe this government cannot endure, permanently, half slave and half free."
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
From the Latin Annus, this root means "year," found in words like annual or bicentennial.
What is Ann?
This theorem, named for a Greek philosopher, states that a2 + b2 = c2.
What is the Pythagorean Theorem?
I was born premature at only 4.4 pounds. I have eight siblings, and we all have the same initials.
Who is Mrs. Boice?
This "Pelican State" was the first of 13 states to be carved out of the massive 1803 land deal with Napoleon Bonaparte.
What is Louisiana?
"Ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country."
Who is John F. Kennedy?
This root meaning "to write" is the source of the word scripture, scribe, and transcript.
What is Scrib or Script?
This formula, used to find the "zeros" of a second-degree polynomial, begins with "negative b plus or minus the square root..."
What is the Quadratic Formula?
I played in President Nixon's inaugural parade in Washington D.C.and later taught middle school students to play in a jazz band.
Who is Pastor Sieker?
In 1867, Secretary of State William Seward purchased this future state from Russia for $7.2 million.
What is Alaska?
"Our heart is restless until it rests in Thee."
Who is St. Augustine?
(from Confessions)
Derived from the Latin Veritas, this root means "truth," and is found in our school motto.
What is Ver?
In the slope-intercept form of a linear equation (y = mx + b), the letter m represents this.
What is Slope?
As a college student, this more tenured teacher once eluded police capture.
Who is Mr. Turner?
To maintain the balance between slave and free states, this northeast state was admitted in 1820 as part of a famous "Compromise" along with Missouri.
What is Main?
"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles... the credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena."
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
Meaning "to lead" or "to pull," this root is the foundation of the word education.
What is Duc or Duct?
In the category of Circles and Trigonometry, the answer is:
"A full rotation of 360 degrees is equivalent to this many radians."
What is 2π radians?
This teacher narrowly escaped an attempted robbery in Costa Rica by pretending NOT to undetstand spanish.
Who is Mrs. Harmon?