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How many syllables are in the word memorial?

four

mem-or-i-al

100

What color are the lockers on the second floor?

Green

100

Say a sentence with a simile. 

Answers vary, use like or as to compare things.

100

What are Taconic's colors?

Green and Gold

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During the early morning hours, visitors quietly approach the black granite wall to find names of loved ones.

What is the adverbial phrase?

During the early morning hours

200

What is the vowel sound in the word make ?

the long A sound 

200

Where is the B hallway in the building?

It's the Early Childhood and IT hallway. The Nurse's Office is there too.

200

Say a sentence using personification.

Answers vary. Describe something non-human using human traits.

200

Who is the old Taconic mascot?

a Brave

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What is the adverbial phrase in the sentence

Since its dedication in 1982, the memorial has become a place of healing and remembrance.

Since its dedication in 1982

300

How are the names arranged on the Vietnam Memorial in Washington, D.C.?

In the order of their dying, from the beginning of the war to the end
300

Which direction does the front of Taconic face? North, South, East, or West?

South

300

What is the preposition in the sentence

The deer jumped over the fence ?

over 

300

What is Taconic's mailing address?

96 Valentine Road, Pittsfield Ma 01201

300

People walk along the pathway in respectful silence, reading the 58,000+ names inscribed on the wall.

What is the adverbial phrase?

In respectful silence

400

What is the subject of the sentence: 

The planet Saturn has multiple rings. 

Saturn, the planet Saturn

400

Who is Taconic's principal?

Dr. Matthew Bishop

400
Describe the surface of the Vietnam Memorial.

answers vary, but it's like a black mirror, smooth granite

400

How many syllables in the word Taconic ?

three

Tac-on-ic

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The memorial was designed by Maya Lin when she was just 21 years old.

What is the adverbial phrase?

by Maya Lin

500

What is the verb in the sentence 

The planet Saturn has multiple rings.

Has, from the infinitive to have

500

What does the word Taconic mean?

This is really cool actually. It describes a geological process that formed the Taconic mountains: Taconic orogeny, the movement of sedimentary rock about 440 million years ago thaty created this area before the glaciers during the Ordovician period.

500

How many syllables in the word simile?

three

sim-i-le

500

Describe how to get to the D hallway on the third floor.

Answers vary, but it's the far (East) end of the longest hallway, all the way up the top of the stairs.

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Despite initial controversy, the wall has become one of the most visited memorials in Washington, D.C.

What is the adverbial phrase?

Despite initial controversy