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Educator Trivia
100

The top number in a fraction is called what?

What is "the numerator"

100

What structure is known as "the powerhouse of the cell?"

What is "mitochondria"

100

What is the term for a comparison using "like" or "as"?

What is a "simile"
100

What document begins with the words, "We the People"?

What is "The U.S. Constitution"
100

What year was Alma granted our charter?

What is "2011"

100

What does "STEM" stand for?

"What is "Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics"

200

What is the term for a number that is divisible only by 1 and itself?

What is "a prime number"?

200

What is the process called when a caterpillar transforms into a butterfly?

What is "metamorphosis"

200

What is the term for a word that sounds the same as another word but has a different meaning and spelling?

What is "homophone."

200

What are the three branches of the U.S. government?

What are "Executive, Legislative, and Judicial"

200

Who is the founder of Alma del Mar

Who is "Will Gardner"

200

What does "IEP" stand for?

What is "Individualized Education Plan"
300

If f(x) = 3x² - 4x + 7, what is f(2)?

What is "11"?

300

What pigment gives plants their green color?

What is "chlorophyll"

300

"To be or not to be" is the famous line from which Shakespeare play?

What is "Hamlet"

300

Who wrote the Star Spangled Banner?

Who is "Francis Scott Key"

300

What does "Alma del Mar" mean in English?

What is "soul of the sea"

300

What does MCAS stand for?

What is the "Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System"

400

What is the term for a shape with 12 sides?

What is a "dodecagon"

400

What are the names of the four terrestrial planets in our solar system?

What are "Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars?"

400

What novel begins with the line, "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times," and who was the author?

What is "A Tale of Two Cities" by Charles Dickens

400

The "Shot Heard 'Round the World" refers to the start of which war?

What is "The American Revolutionary War"

400

The Frederick Douglass Campus opens to 200 children in K-2 and 6th grade on August 19 of what year?

What is 2019?
400

What are the four main learning styles in the V.A.R.K. model?

What are "Visual, Auditory, Reading/Writing, and Kinesthetic"

500

A train leaves the station at 3:00 PM traveling at 60 mph. A second train leaves at 4:00 PM going 80 mph on the same track. At what time will the second train catch up?

"What is 6:00 pm?"

500

The equation E = mc² is most commonly associated with which scientific theory?

What is "Einsteins Theory of Special Relativity"

I will also accept "Theory of Relativity"

500

What is the difference between first-person and third-person narration?

What is "First-person uses "I" or "we," while third-person uses "he," "she," or "they."

500

Who was the second president of the United States?

Who is "John Adams"

500

Alma del Mar purchased the Ottiwell Campus school site and its 2.3 acres from the City of New Bedford for only $______. 

*To get the points, you must be within 5,000 from the purchase price*

What is "$102,000"

500

What is the difference between a formative and summative assessment?

What is "Formative assessments guide learning during instruction; summative assessments evaluate learning at the end of a unit."