School of Excellence
Culture Shock
Den of Virality
Piracy Life for Me
Required Reading
100
Students had to hunker down and focus during long block, a class period lasting this amount of time.
1 hour 20 min
100
After 35 years on the job, this Price is Right show host called it quits in 2007.
Bob Barker
100
2007 saw the birth of perhaps the most popular viral video of all time, known by this phrase.
Charlie Bit Me/Charlie Bit My Finger
100
Record labels scrambled to put an end to apps distributing music files, like this popular fruity iteration which was hit with multi-trillion dollar lawsuits.
Limewire
BONUS QUESTION: Name one fork from Limewire.
100
Against a backdrop of tumultuous events, from the fall of Afghanistan's monarchy through the Soviet military intervention, we follow Amir, a young boy from the Wazir Akbar Khan district of Kabul.
The Kite Runner
200
Everyone looked forward to their free block, but also shared this school wide free period.
DMX
BONUS QUESTION: What days of the week did DMX appear?
200
In 2007, video circulated showing a 21 year old college student attempting to ask a question at a panel discussion. Angered at being rebuffed after waiting in line to speak, he fought for the microphone, and eventually fought police uttering this iconic phrase.
"Don't tase me bro."
BONUS QUESTION: Who was he trying to ask a question?
200
Let's get some of these!
Shoes
200
In the digital age, this two word phrase became the legal terminology for piracy.
Copyright infringement
200
Mark Mathabane's 1986 autobiography about life under the South African apartheid regime
Kaffir Boy
300
Get acclimated with the school during POCO, short for this.
Peddie On-Campus Orientation
300
In September 2007 the third iteration of this first person shooter game was released.
Halo 3
300
A superfan went viral when uttering this steadfast refrain in an emotional video.
LEAVE BRITNEY ALONE!!!!
BONUS QUESTION: What was his name?
300
After the release of the first generation of iPhone’s in 2007, hackers began this process, modifying the phone to remove restrictions.
Jailbreak
300
Set against the backdrop of World War II, Gene Forrester returns to his old prep school, Devon, 15 years after he graduated, to visit two places he regards as "fearful sites": a flight of marble stairs and a big tree by the river from which he caused his friend, Phineas, to fall.
A Separate Peace
400
On Peddie Heads day, students were divided into 4 teams, named for these Peddie deans.
Degray, Seltzer, Saunders, Potter
BONUS QUESTION: Currently, Peddie has removed one of these names and added another. Name them.
400
Despite polling at 12%, officials in his home state of South Carolina voted to keep this comedian off their primary ballot in 2007, ending the presidential campaign.
Stephen Colbert
400
This clip of Miss teen South Carolina went viral, as she attempted explain the reason one fifth of Americans cannot do this.
Find the US on a map.
400
Don't forget to seed when using this type of file transfer service provided by torrenting sites.
P2P (Peer to peer)
400
A historical memoir written by Ji-li Jiang about her experiences during the Cultural Revolution of China
Red Scarf Girl
500
Freshmen were given laptops, made by this company.
IBM
BONUS QUESTION: What brand did it switch to the next year?
500
On January 8, 2008, New Jersey became the first northeastern state to apologize for this.
Slavery
500
Tay Zonday went viral on YouTube singing this original song.
"Chocolate Rain"
500
This website, a Hong Kong-based online company, provided online services related to file storage and viewing and became the main way to share movies online.
MegaUpload
500
Play by Lorraine Hansberry that tells the story of a black family's experiences in south Chicago, as they attempt to improve their financial circumstances with an insurance payout following the death of the patriarch.
A Raisin In the Sun
BONUS QUESTION: The title was based on a poem. What is the Name of the poem and writer.