HISTORY-SCIENCE
ELA
MATH
HOUSE
GS teachers
100

This is the gas that humans breathe in from the air. 

What is oxygen. 

100

Name the type of figurative language used in the following sentence: The student's water bottle cried as it fell down the entire flight of steps. 

What is personification. 

100

What is 1/2 + 1/4 equal to? 

What is 3/4. 

100

Spell the names of all four houses correctly. 

What is:
Reveur
Amistad
Isibindi
Altrusimo

100

These two 6th or 7th grade teachers have a Z in their last name. 

Who are Miss Zeglin and Mr. Miliczki.  

200

This document begins with the words "We the People"? 

What is The U.S. Constitution. 

200

!! DAILY DOUBLE!! IF THE HOUSE THAT PICKED THIS QUESTION answers the question correctly, that house will win DOUBLE the points. 

What part of the plot diagram is where the character's conflict grows, and the character faces mini obstacles that make the problem worse. 

What is rising action. 

200

Write an expression that shows: 15 more than 6 times a number. 

Answer: 6n + 15

200

Ron Clark started the house system and created his Ron Clark Academy in which state? 

What is Georgia. 

200

How many 6th and 7th grade teachers hold PSU football season tickets? Just the number is fine, not the names. 

Who are: 3 
Mr. Peoples
Mrs. Mihalko
Miss Brown 

300

A change from a liquid to a gas is called this.

What is evaporation. 

300

Name all three ways you can fix a run-on sentence. 

What is with a
1. comma and a conjunction
2. period and capital letter
3. semi-colon 

300

DAILY DOUBLE!!! If the house that picked this question gets it correct, then that house wins DOUBLE the points!

What is 25% of 80? 

What is 20. 

300

You have 2 minutes to prepare: Chant a different house cheer (not your own) as one, in unison, loud enough to be understood. 

Responses will be judged by teachers. 

300

Name all of your 6th and 7th grade teachers who coach a sport for GSMS or GSHS? *Hint: Don't forget the golf coach. 

Who are:8 total 
Brannigan
Mankins
George
Keefer
Baer
Miliczki
Hayden
Doran


400

The largest divergent plate boundary in the world is called this. 

The Mid Atlantic Ridge. 

400

Name 5 types of text structure that could fit a non-fiction type of text. 

What are:
1. Chronological Order/Sequential Order
2. Cause and Effect
3. Compare and Contrast
4. Problem and Solution
5. Description 

400

A triangle has angles measuring 40° and 60°. What is the third angle?

What is 80 degrees. 

400

You see a student that is getting bullied by someone else.  You decide to stand up to that bully and say something.  Which house and trait would fit the most with this scenario and why. 

What is Isibindi because it takes a lot of courage to stand up to a bully even though it is the right thing to do. 

400

How many letters make up the last names of all the 6th and 7th grade math teachers combined? Use Butler in place of Beavers in 6th grade. (Example Butler =6 letters)

What are 38 letters total. 
Wilder- 6
Baer- 4
Brown- 5
Geer- 4
Heverly- 7
Butler- 6
Shirey- 6

500

This is the branch of government that makes laws. 

What is The Legislative Branch. 

500

Correctly spell the word from the National Spelling List for middle schoolers. The word is...

This word means to commit a crime or an offense. 

What is perpetrate. 

500

Write down an equation using only eight 8s so that they add up to equal 1,000? 

What is 888+88+8+8+8 =1,000

500

In larger schools they typically use more than the 4 main houses.  How many houses did Ron Clark create in total? 

What are 8 total houses. 

500

Name all of the 6th or 7th grade teachers born in the 90s. 

Who are:
Cooper
Mihalko
Krause
George
Geer
Hayden
Baer
Miliczki