Ancient Greece
What does poleis mean?
City-States
Fair: You get an additional 1,001 points in honor of the 1,000+ poleis of Ancient Greece.
Unfair: You lose an additional 1,001 points in honor of the 1,000+ poleis of Ancient Greece.
What students pied Murray?
100 pts. per correct answer.
Amadou & Bradley
Fair: Take the points
Unfair: Gamble quadruple (4x) your score using the spinning wheel of death with a 50/50 chance
Name the song that is traditionally used as punishment in detention?
Barney or Elmo
Fair: Take the points, and choose a team to sing the Barney or Elmo theme song.
Unfair: Subtract double from one team of your choice and force everyone to listen to one of the songs during the next round.
Would mr milton rather live in Athens or Sparta?
Athens
Fair: 90 points
Unfair: Mr Milton changed his mind. Get the points if you answered Sparta
What was the first word banned this year?
6,7
Fair: Get the points times 67.
Unfair: Choose a team to gamble quintuple their points with a 6.7% chance of winning.
At what age did Spartan boys and girls start training?
7 years old
Fair: Take the points, and get an extra 10 points per pushup.
Unfair: Gain no points, but force a team to sacrifice a team member for one round.
What is Willianys' favorite color?
Purple
Fair: Take triple the points because Williany's is the GOAT
Unfair: Take triple the points from another team.
Which Chinese Philosophy aligns with Mr. Murray's teaching methods?
Legalism, of course.
Fair: Take the points and subtract points from those who were wrong (a true punishment).
Unfair: Divide the scores of all teams by two (2).
What is Mr. Milton's favorite animal?
Duck
Fair: 5000 points if correct (you thought 100 was a fair option?)
Unfair: Any groups who answered "cat" lose 5000 points (you fools).
Performance: Reenact the Chinese poem from the Song Dynasty about the lady who was mad at her husband.
*Must be done to another group member*
Performance must involve emotion, frustration, dallying (cheating), and forcing someone to do all housework.
Fair: Take the points and gain a round of applause. If anyone complained about your performance, get 1,000 points.
Unfair: Choose a team member to divorce from your group and send them to another group.
Which Greek City State provided women more freedom?
Bonus: What was the woman in the story trying to avoid when having breakfast with her husband?
Sparta
The Athenian woman was trying to avoid getting a tan, because it was "unbecoming."
Fair: This injustice must be fixed. If anyone chooses this option, only teams with female members may participate in the next round. Groups lacking female members may pay a fee of 500 points to each eligible team to play if they so choose.
Unfair: In the next round, every team has a member randomly selected via sortition and that person will be responsible for their team's choice and answer.
Which students CHOSE to sit like samurai for an entire class?
GodLizza (Lizzie) and Sophia M.
Fair: You get to have another group serve you in the next round. If they get the answer right, both you and them get the reward. If wrong, you both lose triple.
Unfair: No points. Your group must all sit like samurai for one round. If anyone refuses, lose an additional 1,000 points per traitor.
What did Mr. Murray's friend have to do to get his Mustang running after he bought it?
A blood sacrifice. While rebuilding the carburetor, he almost sliced his thumb off which brought the car to life.
No Fair or Unfair. Make a deal with Mr. Murray to seal your team's destiny. Terms Apply.
If Mr Milton could be pro in any sport, what would it be?
Ostrich Racing
Fair: If any answer is bird related, win the points.
Unfair: If groups answer golf or soccer, divide score in half.
Name a war started over petty reasons that Mr. Murray finds amusing.
Double Bonus: Name both for double rewards.
Double Bonus: The Pig War & The War of The Bucket
If you get this wrong: lose 50% of your score unless you make a peace treaty with Murray & Milton.
Fair: Declare war on another team and battle them through 3 rounds of Rock, Paper, Scissors. Winner takes all.
Unfair: Mutually Assured Destruction: You must zero out your score and that of your top opponent.
What was the annoying phrase said by the annoying lady in the documentary we watched that infuriated Murray & Milton?
You can say it to Murray or Milton to receive points.
Hoah Demos (Not sure how to spell, say it)
Fair: Your team gets to vote with the other correct teams to punish a group with minus 600.
Unfair: Your revolution fails to overthrow the oligarchy, you all lose 10,000 points.
On what day did we lose power and have to leave early?
Triple Bonus: At what time did we dismiss?
Quintuple Bonus: At what time did we lose power?
December 4th.
Dismissed @ 12:30-12:45PM
Loss of Power @ 10:15AM
Fair: Half the points because you lost half your classes that day.
Unfair: You lost the opportunity to learn from Mr. Murray. This must be made right. Take the points and then some from another team.
In the event of a likely third world war, what unit would Mr. Murray voluntarily lead into battle and what would his unit's name be?
A cavalry unit called "Thor's Boars." We would ride eternal, shiny, and piggy into battle upon our squealing swines.
Backup: Mr. Murray chooses the answer he finds the most amusing if wrong to score points.
Fair: You shall ride eternal, shiny, and piggy into the next round with quintuple points from this question.
Unfair: Must draft one group member to speak like Trump for the rest of the game. Should you fail to do so, your group will lose 26% of your score each round.
Who is Chelsea FC's all-time leading goal-scorer?
Frank Lampard
Fair: Additional 1000 points
Unfair: One team loses all points (wheel) unless they have a soccer fan who proclaims that Chelsea is the greatest football club of all.
What was the original last day of school?
April 18
Fair: multiply score by 2
Unfair: April 20, 1636, when Boston Latin School had their first school year. *GO DOUBLE OR NOTHING NEXT QUESTION*
What was the name of the battle Mr. Murray & Mr. Milton wanted to teach about?
Double Bonus: Name the Spartan king who led the battle.
The Battle of Thermopylae
Double Bonus: Leonidas (I)
Fair: Multiply your score by 300.
Unfair: Multiply a group's score via spinner wheel of death.
How many drawings did Mr. Murray receive or end up with this year from students? (Brought to you mainly by Sophie, Valery, Miranda, Shaira, and viewers like you, thank you).
Fair: You must draw the best sketch of Mr. Murray or Mr. Milton from memory in 60 seconds to receive points (no stick figures).
Unfair: Your guess x 125 points = how many points your group loses.
What was Mr. Murray credited as in the 2017 short film Louder Than Words?
Double Bonus: Get both roles correct!
Triple Bonus: What was Mr. Murray supposed to be for this film?
Executive Producer & Unit Production Manager
Triple Bonus: I was supposed to be a lowly, uncredited Production Assistant.
Fair: You get 66 times the value of this question's value in honor of every hour Mr. Murray worked in a 72 hour period.
Unfair: You lose the value of how much this movie went over budget (10,000) times three days of agony for Mr. Murray.
What's Mr. Milton's dominant foot in soccer (football)?
None you fool. Trick question, he's ambidextrous.
No Fair or Unfair. Make a deal with Mr. Milton to seal your team's destiny. Terms Apply.
Which current 16 students have relatives that Mr. Murray taught in the past?
Ana, Alex, Maxim, Bradley, Davielle, Jordan, Bobby, Dawuud, Elver, Ashley, Ryan, Dennis, Yanna, Willianys, Emberly, Sophia M.
Fair: You get 500 points per correct answer.
Unfair: Choose a group to dissolve into other groups unless they sing the chorus from "Party in the USA" by Miley Cyrus with feeling (as judged by the teachers).