HumaniTeesers
Iambic pentameter is a type of metric line used in English verse, most famously by William Shakespeare. While "iambic" describes the unstressed/stressed pattern of each two-syllable "foot," the word "pentameter" indicates that there are how many feet within a given line?
5
Phosphorus + Holmium + Neon
PHONe
What is the name of the SMC mascot?
Basil the bulldog
What scientific theory, by Charles Darwin, is the process of species change over time?
Natural Selection
What are numbers that cannot be divided by any number other than 1 and themselves called?
Prime numbers
What is the name of the pickpocket in Oliver Twist?
The artful dodger
Radium + Germanium
RaGe
What is the most North residence building at St. Mikes?
Loretto
Name the 4 lobes of the human brain
frontal, parietal, occipital and temporal
How many cupcakes in a baker's dozen?
13
In Greek Mythology, what is the responsibility of Zeus?
Sky and Thunder
Barium + Cobalt + Nitrogen
BaCoN
What is the statue in the QUAD?
An angel
Which Russian psychologist famously proved that responses could be conditioned by association, such as a dog drooling at the sound of the bell that rang before it was fed?
Ivan Pavlov
Which is greater: the number of feet in a mile, or the number of pounds in two tons?
Feet in a mile (5,280 vs. 4,000)
First appearing in the children's book "Cecily G. and the Nine Monkeys", what is the most famous character created by H. A. and Margaret Rey?
Curious George
Tugsten + Iodine + Selenium
WISe
What TV show/Movie’s remake is currently in production at SMC?
Cruel Intentions
Deriving from a Hindi phrase meaning “learned one”, what six-letter “P” word describes a broadcaster, commentator, or writer who specializes in analyzing politics?
Pundit
What percentage of the original four Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles have names ending with the letter o?
75% (Leonardo, Donatello, Michelangelo, Raphael)
How many sonnets did Shakespeare write
154
Potassium + Nitrogen + Iodine + Iron
KNIFe
DAILY DOUBLE!!!
Before it was called Elmsley place, what was the name of the path to the Historic Houses?
The origin of the word politics is adopted from the Greek title of a famous philosopher's book on affairs of state. Who is this Greek philosopher?
Aristotle
What’s the square root of the square root of 14,641? (We’ll give you a clue: Stranger Things.)
11