This is the order of the planets in our solar system
What is Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune (Pluto is a dwarf planet)
100
Which of these is a simile:
a) My dad is a monster in the morning before his cup of coffee
b) Large lizards love lollypops
c) Her hair was as big as the Goodyear blimp.
What is C
100
This is not a classroom at TFS:
Henrikson, Miller, Gauss, Newton
What is Miller
100
This is what you fear if you have metrophobia:
Subways
Meat
NY Mets
Poetry
Cities
What is Poetry
200
This is the sum of all the angles in a quadrangle.
What is 360 degrees.
200
What form of writing was developed by the ancient Sumerians?
What is cuneiform
200
This is the name (first and last) of last year's head of school
What is Paul Perkinson
200
This NBA basketball team has won the most championships.
Who are the Boston Celtics
300
These are Newton's Three Laws of Motion.
What is an object in action stays in action; an object at rest stays in rest (Inertia)
What is F = MA
What is for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.
This is the year Tandem turned into a Friends school
What is 1995
300
This popular 80's song started with these lyrics:
It's close to midnight and something evil's lurking in the dark; Under the moonlight, you see a sight that almost stops your heart; You try to scream but terror takes the sound before you make it; You start to freeze as horror looks you right between the eyes; You're paralyzed
What is Thriller
400
Add parentheses to make this true:
5 + 2 ^ 2 + 3 x 4 = 61
What is (5 + 2) ^ 2 + (3 x 4) = 61
400
Which country is geographically surrounded by South Africa
What is Lesotho
400
These two men founded Tandem Friends School
Who are Duncan Alling and John Howard.
400
This is the fastest mile recorded while balancing a baseball bat on a finger
What is 7 minutes and 5 seconds
500
This is the age of the Earth
What is 4.5 billion years
500
Name two countries that currently have a communist political system
Sample answers: China, North Korea, Cuba, Vietnam, Laos
500
This is the total number of years Joe and Julia have taught at TFS (including this year)
What is 6 years
500
This is Julia's middle name:
Sally Nicole;
Ruth Henderson;
Jasmine;
Delilah;
Erin