Burlingame Trivia
The number of ice cream shops located on Burlingame Avenue.
What is 4?
The band room's room number.
What is C101?
The concert key that "Cheer" is in.
What is concert Ab?
The section, in addition to drum line, that also wears berets as apart of their marching uniform.
What is the sousaphone section?
The term used to describe the sliding between two pitches.
What is glissando?
The year BHS was founded.
What is 1923?
The year that construction of the band room took place.
What is 2024?
The name of the time out that isn't officially printed on the Time Outs sheet but instead written in. Performed in tandem with Cheerleaders.
What is Canada?
The direction you turn when performing a "to the rear march".
What is left?
The term used to describe slight wavering of pitch often used for musical expression.
What is vibrato.
The mayor of Burlingame as of 2026.
Who is Michael Brownrigg?
The brand of Ms. Yamamoto's car.
What is Mazda?
What is the BPM (in 4/4) of the original Land of 1000 Dances song, written by Wilson Pickett? (+-8 BPM)
What is 176 BPM? (168-184)
The nickname of the podium the drum major stands on during field shows. (Drum Majors can't answer).
What is jarvis?
The term used to describe the "color" of an instrument; the unique sound of a particular instrument.
What is timbre?
Burlingame is also referred as "The City of ____".
What is "The City of Trees"?
A famous musician that Ms. Yamamoto has a framed picture of with her in her office.
A famous musician that Ms. Yamamoto has a framed picture of with her in her office.
The year that the Star Spangled Banner was written. (+-10 years)
OR
The composer of the Star Spangled Banner.
What is 1814? (1804 - 1824)
Who is Francis Scott Key?
Name 3 songs conducted in cut time.
Possible Answers: Bye Bye Bye, I Want You Back, Canada, etc.
The term used to describe the 5-note scale consisting of solely black keys on the piano.
What is pentatonic?
The name of the red arch in Washington Park.
What is "Anson Burlingame and the Principles of Eternal Justice"
The cost of the timpanis (+- $1000).
What is $20,000? (19,000 - 21,000)
Who was the student composer of the new time out we added during the 2025-2026 school year?
Who is Jaslene Lai?
What happens to someone's shoes when they show up to the LBG without entirely black shoes?
What is taping the non-black parts with black duck tape?
Name of experimental piece by John Cage comprising of pure silence. (Ms. Yamamoto can't answer).
What is 4′33″?