GFS Student Ambassadors Jeopardy

Quakerism

100

This acronym is used to express our Quaker values. 

What is SPICES?

200

This is the name of the building where we hold our weekly Quaker service.

What is the Meeting House?

300

This part of our school's name indicates that we are a Quaker institution.  

What is Friends?

400

This faculty member is a lifelong Quaker and Head of the Math Department. 

Who is Anne Ross?

500

This is the name of the founder of Quakerism.

Who is George Fox?

Student Life

100

How many days are in a GFS student's schedule?

What is 8?

200

This is the name of the middle school building. 

What is Sharpless?

300

This is the name of the building where Head of School Dana Weeks's office is located.

What is the Main Building?

400

These are the names of the four streets that surround the GFS Main Campus.

What is Germantown Ave, Coulter St, Greene St, and School House Lane?

500

This is the year GFS was founded.

What is 1845?

Teachers

100

Name the teacher whose name sounds like a weather description.

Who is Sunnie Park?

200

This is the Director of the Lower School.

Who is Joe Stanzione?

300

Name (at least) one third grade Lead Teacher or Teaching Assistant.

Who is Andrea L'Tainen, Becky Morales, Hal Morra, Sophie Laine, Meghan Hughes, or James Hobbs Pifer?

400

Name a faculty member in the Lower School who graduated from GFS.

Who is:

Celia Cruz '85 (Grade 1 Lead Teacher)

Rachel Marcus '16 (Grade 1 TA)

Colin Riley '18 (Grade 2 TA)

Lydia Overton '77 (Grade 2 TA)

Gabe Buyske-Friedberg '16 (Grade 4 TA)

Jenny Goldberg '95 (Grades 2-5 Learning Specialist)

Daisy Curtin '11 (Assistant to Director of LS)

James Hobbs Pifer (Grade 3 TA)

500

Name two GFS faculty members that are married.

Who are:

Laura Sharpless Myran + Tom Myran,

Kasey + John Henderson, OR

Jenny Taylor + Patrick Curtin

Sports

100

Name a winter sport offered at GFS.

What is Basketball, Wrestling, Indoor Track, Squash, or Winter Crew?

200

This is the name of the gym that used to exist where the new Dining Hall is located.

What is the Smith Gym?

300

Name an upper school sport that has practices during every season.

What is Crew, Track/Cross Country, or Basketball?

400

This is the name of the building on campus where GFS wrestling practices occur.

What is the Little Gym?

500

This specific school in the Friends League and GFS has an ongoing feud. Name the school.

+200 bonus points if you can remember the name of the trophy awarded to the school that wins more athletic competitions that year.

What is Friends Central School/FCS? 

What is the Felsen Cup?