Mesopotamia
The modern-day country in which the land formerly known as Mesopotamia primarily lies.
What is Iraq?
The first and last name of our head of school.
Who is Brian Easler?
The leader whose famous "I Have a Dream" speech was given in Washington D.C. in 1963.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Monkeypox
Two rivers that created the "Fertile Crescent."
What are the Tigris and Euphrates rivers?
The year the first school that eventually made up WMA, Monson Academy, was founded.
What is 1804?
In the year 1920, this Constitutional Amendment gave women a voice in U.S. political elections.
What is the 19th Amendment?
This Supreme Court case was overturned on June 24, 2022.
Roe v. Wade
The "first emperor."
Who is Sargon of Akkad?
The names of the three streets that make up "the triangle."
What are Faculty Street, Main Street, and Springfield Street?
The Constitutional Convention to write the U.S. Constitution was held in this U.S. city in 1787.
What is Philadelphia?
The month (and year) in which Russia first invaded Ukraine, beginning the current war.
February 2022
The number of laws that make up Hammurabi's Code.
What is 282?
The spelling of the building that houses our book/library collection.
What is "ATHENAEUM"?
The year the first African slaves were brought to North America.
What is 1619?
This WNBA all-star has been detained in Russia since March.
The name of the artifact depicting a war scene on one side and life in Mesopotamia on the other.
What is the Standard of Ur?
The number of countries represented by students at WMA (+/- 2)
36 (34-38)
The 3 native groups whose land we are on in Wilbraham, MA.
Who are the Nipmuc, Agawam, and Pocumtuc?
Who became the new Prime Minister of Britain this week?
Liz Truss