All About Bache
What's something that happens every Friday?
Pizza
This is the specific color of the Market-Frankford Line on official SEPTA transit maps.
Blue
What is Nate's favorite activity at school?
Computer time
What is Logan's favorite/currently most played sport?
Football
This frozen treat was invented by accident in 1905 when an 11-year-old boy left a cup of soda water and a stirring stick out on his porch overnight during a cold snap.
Popsicle
What year was the Martin building built in?
1936
If you look closely at the Philadelphia city grid, almost all the north-south streets are numbered, while the east-west streets are named after these botanical items (like Walnut, Chestnut, and Spruce).
Trees
What game is Dylan extremely good at?
Chess
What style of art does Maquil like?
Released in July 2016, this mobile game caused millions of people to suddenly walk around their neighborhoods looking at their phones to "catch 'em all."
Pokemon GO
Who are our two school Deans?
Ms. McAdoo and Mr. Hennigan
Located right in Fairmount, this famous, castle-like historic building occupies an entire city block on Fairmount Avenue between 21st and 22nd Streets.
Easter State Penitentiary
Which two students were born in the same year?
Maquil and Dylan (2012)
What does Maquil want to be when he gets older?
Content creator
In July 2007, competitive eater Joey Chestnut won his first of many titles by eating 66 of these in 12 minutes at Nathan's Famous on Coney Island.
Hot dogs
Who are our two school counselors?
Ms. Cocca and Ms. Valenson
Running directly under Broad Street, this major SEPTA subway line is officially represented by the color orange.
Broad Street Line
What instrument does Logan play?
Trombone
What season is Ms. Fishkow's birthday in?
Summer
This 1975 Steven Spielberg movie about a man-eating great shark practically invented the concept of the "Summer Blockbuster."
Jaws
The Bache building is named after Alexander Dallas Bache, a famous 19th-century physicist and superintendent of Philly schools who happened to be the great-grandson of this legendary, lightning-rod-inventing Founding Father.
Benjamin Franklin
Looking at Philadelphia’s strict north-south numbered street grid, this is the only number that is completely missing between 1st Street (Front Street) and 24th Street because it was replaced entirely by Broad Street.
14th Street
This person has the absolute earliest birthday in the calendar year
Maquil (January 10th)
This person has the latest birthday in the calendar year
Nate (July 26th)
This astronomical event occurs around June 21st in the Northern Hemisphere, marking the longest day of the year.
Summer Solstice