Central
How many previous buildings has CHS had?
3
Flowing north through northeastern Africa, this body of water is historically recognized as the longest river in the world.
The Nile river
How many times have the Philadelphia Eagles won the super bowl?
In Levantine Arabic, the word for a tomato is bandora (بندورة), which was borrowed directly from the phrase pomo d'oro ("golden apple") in this European language.
Italian
What president personally wrote a letter to Central that's displayed in the library?
Abraham Lincoln
This country has the most pyramids in the world.
Sudan
What street does Broad street replace numerically?
14th Street
Honrary award/degree that Central highschool is the only HS in the US to give at graduation?
Bachelor of Arts Degree
Clue: Spanning across most of North Africa, this expanse covers roughly 3.6 million square miles, making it the largest hot desert on Earth.
The Sahara desert
Local sports superstition blamed a championship drought on breaking the unwritten rule that no building exceed ******* ****'s statue—a "curse" lifted after ironworkers attached a their mini figure to the top of this skyscraper.
Who is the statue?
William Penn
Used as the official currency in countries like Jordan, Kuwait, and Iraq, the word dinar derives from a silver coin famously minted by this ancient empire.
The Roman Empire (or Ancient Rome)
An 1839 daguerreotype showing the original building of Philadelphia’s Central High School holds this record in American photography.
The oldest surviving photograph taken in the U.S./ Oldest photograph in the U.S.
Founded at the end of the 13th century, this vast empire ruled much of the Middle East, North Africa, and Southeast Europe from its capital in Istanbul until after World War I
the Ottoman Empire
Where is the 1 of 2 places in the world you can see slices of Albert Einsteins brain in Philadelphia?
The Mütter Museum