Taconic Trivia
When did the new Taconic open?
September 2018
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thi
What does STEM in education stand for?
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
name one of the Great Lakes. Double points if you can name all 5.
Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, Superior
Who is the character Rosaline in Romeo and Juliet?
Rosaline is Romeo's love interest before he meets Juliet.
What does CTE stand for?
Career and Technical Education
criticism
crit-iss-ciz-um
What is the Ep Room? What does "Ep" stand for?
The Ep Room is Taconic's restaurant. Ep stands for Epicurean.
What is the capital of the United States?
Washington DC
How many teachers and staff are there at Taconic?
136
How much did the new Taconic cost to build?
$120.8 million
candidly
can-did-ly
say a word with a vowel team syllable.
answers vary but a vowel team is a syllable with two vowels next to one another making a new sound.
Words like
Cough, tied, raise
What is the population of the United States? (2024 data)
340.1 million (2024 statistics)
How old is Juliet?
13
describe where Taconic's TV studio is.
The studio is on the second floor in the "A" neighborhood near the main staircase.
superfluous
soo-per-flu-us
what does the prefix un- mean?
not, the opposite, or a reversal
Name one of the major rivers in the United States.
answers vary, but...Mississippi, Columbia, Missouri, Rio Grande, Hudson
what are the syllable types of the word Romeo?
Ro-me-o
open/open/open
what does TOD stand for?
Name a TOD at Taconic.
Teacher of Deportment
TODs are...
Maggie Rivers, Terrick Boire, Jamy Inman
exacerbate
ex-as-er-bate
what does -ly usually do at the end of a word?
turns adjective into an an adverb
he was careful (adjective describing a person)
he did it carefully (adverb describing how he did it)
What is the Bill of Rights?
The first 10 amendments to the US Constitution that define a person's individual rights
What are the Taconics?
A mountain range running north-south in Vermont, eastern New York, and Connecticut