Madeira 101
These are the Madeira School colors.
What are red and white?
Fettuccine, rigatoni, and angel hair are all types of this.
What is pasta?
This is the personalized feed with videos tailored to your interests on TikTok. Ms. Dowd's is probably full of cat videos.
What is the For You page?
Your gen Z relatives might complement you by saying you have "rizz", short for this.
What is charisma?
This is how you say "good day" to a friend in Berlin.
What is Guten Tag?
We know her as "Ms. Madeira", but this was her first name.
What is Lucy?
The name of this fruit is also a nickname for the people of New Zealand.
What is a kiwi?
What is a beeper?
This is the explosive way your Gen X neighbor might tell you something is really great.
What is "it's the bomb"? (we also accept "da bomb")
"Annyeonghaseyo!" is how you'd greet a friend in Seoul, while speaking this language.
What is Korean?
If you are eating baba ganouj and pita with baklava for dessert, you can thank this region of the world for your tasty lunch.
What is the Middle East?
The word "algorithm" comes from this language.
What is arabic?
"Hey Boomer" doesn't just refer to any person older than you. It's a reference to this generation, born after the end of WWII.
Who are the Baby Boomers?
"Hello", "namaste" and "namaskar" are just a few ways you can say hi to a friend in this country with over 120 major languages.
What is India?
The thirteen red roses graduates carry symbolizes them.
Who are the original 13 students?
If you're feeling cheesy, you can visit the Musée Vivant du Fromage in this world capital.
What is Paris, France?
This is the colorful name of the computer that made history by defeating world chess champion Garry Kasparov in 1997.
What is Deep Blue?
What is Moxie?
Say "ni hao" to your friend from Beijing who speaks standard Chinese, also called this. No, it's not an orange!
What is Mandarin?
The original location of the Madeira School was in this DC neighborhood.
What is DuPont Circle?
This region is home to jollof rice - a spicy, aromatic rice stew - and several countries who claim theirs is best. (They're all correct!)
What is West Africa?
RIP Cleopatra, you would've loved the iPhone XVIII. Or as we call it, this number.
What is 18?
Oh no! You've fallen out of your bestie's "top 8" and your day is ruined! This social media platform is the source of your Millennial crash out.
What is MySpace?
This is the standard response when your Arabic speaking friend greets you with "as-salamu alaykum" ("peace be upon you").
What is "wa alaykum as-salam" ("and upon you be peace")?