GOLDEN EAGLES
"X" MARKS THE WORD
STATE NICKNAMES
SCHOOL RHYME TIME
100
The golden Eagle of Saladin is featured on the flag of this country, whose capital is Cairo
What is Egypt?
100
The marimba is a type of this instrument
What is a xylophone?
100
"The Grand Canyon State"
What is Arizona?
100
A more awesome 12-inch measuring stick
What is a cooler ruler?
200
Sure, this Marquette Golden Eagle here is a Miami Heat legend and won Olympic Gold, but his real career highlight -- he became a game show host
Who is (Dwyane) Wade?
200
This event seen annually on ESPN showcases sports such as street luge, rallycross, BMX, and skateboarding
What are the X-Games?
200
"The Last Frontier"
What is Alaska?
200
A guess about what they're serving in the cafeteria
What is a lunch hunch?
300
The Eagles' top-selling 1976 single, which went gold just 3 months after its release, begins "on a dark desert highway"
What is "Hotel California"?
300
Chestbursters & facehuggers are stages of the life cycle of the titular species from the Alien movies
What is a xenomorph?
300
"The Empire State"
What is New York?
300
A mistake made by the person filling in for your regular teacher
What is a sub flub?
400
Though team members jokingly call their gold pin (seen below) "The Budweiser", they're still proud to be a part of this elite military unit of the US Navy
What are the SEALs?
400
The name of this noble gas is from the Greek for "foreign" or "strange"
What is xenon?
400
"Land of 10,000 Lakes"
What is Minnesota?
400
A fantastically ugly thing to sit at during class
What is a grotesque desk?
500
Part eagle & part lion, these mythical beasts were famous for guarding gold
What are griffins / gryphons?
500
Put a white flower in water that has dye in it to see how minerals and water travel up from the roots to the petals, via this vascular tissue
What is the xylem?
500
"The Equality State"
What is Wyoming?
500
A comparative chart of all the school's employees
What is a staff graph?