Wellesley History
Who is Wellesley High Schools rival?
Needham
Oldest public school rivalry in the nation!
What month of the year has 28 days?
ALL
GET or TAKE?
Your group GETS 100pts
OR
Your group TAKES 100pts from another group, but are not rewarded those pts though
In one of the most popular Dr. Seuss books, what food does Sam-I-Am try to get someone to eat?
Green eggs and ham
Which astronomer is called out in “Bohemian Rhapsody”?
Galileo
What town did Wellesley seperate from
(bonus pts for year)
Needham
1881
Give it food and it will live; give it water and it will die.
Fire
WIN 200pts!!
Actually lets double that!
WIN 400pts!!!!
What fish is capable of generating an electrical charge up to 600 volts?
The electric eel
Does Mr. DiCicco like avocados?
NO
Land from "West Needham" - Wellesley- was taken to fill in a bay in what city?
Boston - Back Bay
I can travel the world but will always stay in one corner?
a stamp
Funny or Quiet
Funny - Pick a group and try to make them laugh, you have 25sec.
Rewarded 300pts if completed
Quiet - Your entire group must stay quiet for a full round to be rewarded pts.
Rewarded 300pts if completed
Australia is wider than ....
A. the Pacific Ocean
B. the moon
C. Africa
B. the moon
What mineral can you add to water to make things float easier?
Salt
In 1834 what was built that forever changed the sleepy farming village by turning it into a home for Boston businessmen who could commute in just 45 minutes.e
Railroad
The more you take the more you leave behind.
Footsteps
NICE or MEAN
NICE - Give the 400 pts away to one group or multiple groups (not yourself)
MEAN - Haha I'm taking 400 pts from you cause I can
The unicorn is the national animal of which country?
Scotland
What produces the majority of the breathable air on earth?
The oceans
Biz Stone (Wellesley High ‘92) co-founded what popular website in 2006?
Remove the outside, cook the inside, eat the outside, throw away the inside.
Corn
WIN or LOSE
LOSE - Pick a group to lose 500pts
In the 80s,90s, 2000s, people knew called it the pound symbol, now it's called hashtag, but what is the true name for the symbol?
an octothorpe
Who was the first American woman in space?
Double points, if you can name the Needham born woman, who is currently in space right now.
Sally Ride
Sunita Williams