Building and History on Campus
The current main school building is named for a former 1940s-era principal of the John De la Howe School who later became superintendent of the school in 1966. What was his name?
What is L.S. Brice.
One of the first crops Doctor De la Howe attempted to grow on this land was a species from the bean family that was used to make blue dye. What is that plant?
What is Indigo.
The John de la Howe property sits alongside a small tributary – one of four bodies of water in South Carolina that share the same name -- that flows out of the much larger Savannah River? Name that tributary
What is Little River.
What national day is on November 28th?
What is Thanksgiving.
What is the distance from earth to the sun?
What is 93 million miles (or 150 million kilometers).
One of our female residence halls is named for the group of French Protestant immigrants that fled religious persecution and settled in the village of New Bourdeaux. What were these immigrants called?
What is Huguenot.
Who makes up the Residential Staff?
Who is Ms. Martin, Mrs. Wise, Mrs. Davis, Mrs. Herring, Mr. Bland, Mr. Tollison, Mr. Murphy, Mr. Heos, Mrs. Sealey, Ms. Gordon, Ms. Espinosa, Mrs. Meehan, Ms. McMahan, and Ms. Cockrell
What are elephant tusks made of?
What is Ivory.
What day is National Nacho Day?
What is November 6.
What is an eight-sided shape called?
What is an Octagon.
In 1764, a group of French immigrants established a nearby settlement named for a region in southern France. What was that village called?
What is New Bourdeaux.
Who has been employed the longest?
Who is Mr. Frank Dorn.
The last will and testament of Dr. John de la Howe, which first established this property as a school, specifically states how many boys and girls were to be cared for at Lethe Agricultural Seminary. How many total boys AND girls together did Doctor de la Howe specify in his will?
What is 24 (12 boys, 12 girls).
What week is Anti-Bullying Week?
What is November 11-15.
What candy was originally known as “chicken feed”?
What is Candy Corn.
The block building that now houses the Residential Life offices is named for a De la Howe School superintendent hired in 1979 who was recently inducted into the school’s Hall of Fame. What is his name?
What is John C. Shiflet.
What organization, dedicated to promoting farming in the Palmetto State’s lowcountry, was named in Doctor de la Howe’s will as the entity to oversee his estate?
What is the Agricultural Society of South Carolina.
What do the letters in PEMDAS stand for?
What is Parenthesis, exponents, multiplication, division, addition, and subtraction.
What National Day is on November 14?
What is National Pickle Day.
In agriculture, "apiculture" is the technical term for raising what type of insects?
What is Bee.
What building at the Governor’s School for Agriculture is depicted on the current official logo for the school?
What is the Dairy Barn.
The John de la Howe Forest, a small piece of protected land on the back part of this property, was named a Registered Natural Landmark by the National Park Service in 1976. The National Park Service is a division of what larger, cabinet-level federal government department?
What is the Department of the Interior.
How many countries are in Africa?
What is 54.
When is Ms. Martins birthday?
What is July 12.
What is the most visited city in South Carolina?
What is Charleston.