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Birds of America
Strange Things
The Dust Bowl
Prexy Pride
100
Doug's Hero, a popular New York Yankee outfielder and first baseman from the 1960s.
Who is Joe Pepitone?
100
This bird, a patriotic symbol, has the largest nest of all American flying birds.
What is the Bald Eagle?
100
Contrary to popular belief, dropping this from the top of the Empire State building will not actually kill someone walking along the sidewalk (though it might hurt a little).
What is a penny?
100
The term "Dust Bowl" was coined by Robert E. Geiger, one of these people who report and write about the news.
What is a journalist?
100
The Principal.
Who is Mr. Saiben?
200
Lil's dad owns this market and delicatessen, probably where one would buy milk.
What is Spicer's Deli?
200
This bird gets its color from the brine, shrimp, and algae that it consumes, giving it its pink shade.
What is the Flamingo?
200
This slimy aquatic creature has nine brains, one for each appendage and a central brain (and, stranger still, a beak).
What is an octopus?
200
The Dust Bowl took place in this period of American History in the 1930s, called such because of the Wall Street Crash of 1929 and because of the sad times that followed.
What is the Great Depression?
200
It isn't called a library, but this.
What is the Media Center?
300
Washington Irving Junior High School's newest Assistant Gym Coach.
Who is Lucas Swieteck?
300
Though mostly abundant in Audubon's time, this West Coast carrion bird has nearly been brought to extinction. Only a few remain in captivity.
What is the California Condor?
300
A stewardess on a plane survived a horrific crash by making sure she was strapped to her forward-positioned chair with this life-saving device.
What is a seatbelt?
300
"Okies" refer to people who migrated to California from this state, hit hard by the Dust Bowl, the Sooner State.
What is Oklahoma?
300
Just beyond the new lunch room, one can practice playing this sport on the courts surrounded by tall chain link fence and nets separating the two sides of the courts.
What is tennis?
400
Thanks to Doug's quick thinking and desperate actions, Dr. Bottom was able to save the life of Ben, one of the children of this Marysville police officer.
Who is Mr. Daugherty?
400
Also called the Grosbeak, it is the team mascot of Major League Baseball's St. Louis franchise.
What is the Cardinal?
400
Pencil "lead" is not actually elemental lead, but made of this material, a naturally occurring, crystalline allotrope of carbon.
What is graphite?
400
The worst day of the Dust Bowl was on April 14th, 1935, now popularly called this, taking place on the day most people go to church.
What is Black Sunday?
400
This room, strangely enough, has a stage built inside, but the room's occupant does not teach that subject (though she is licensed to teach drama).
What is Mrs. Humphrey's room?
500
The science teacher, who rocks Clarence when he is excited about what he is teaching.
Who is Mr. Ferris?
500
Despite the urban legend, this bird can actually fly, though it migrates mostly by ground. A popular 101-proof whiskey is also named after it.
What is the Wild Turkey?
500
Serial killer Ted Bundy was actually convicted using evidence from these, marks that matched to his dental history and confirmed using expert analysis.
What are teeth?
500
Also called "Black Blizzards," these rolling weather events were caused by kicked up loose soil thrown up by the wind, the biggest one being nearly 1,000 feet long.
What is a Dust Storm?
500
Built originally in 1935, this is the name of the field at the heart of the Grant Athletic Complex.
What is Harding Field?