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100

This teacher is the longest serving teacher at MUS. 

Who is Dr. Compton

100

What jobless, single mother would wheel her daughter into a cafe and write on a napkin what would later become a huge hit.

Who is J.K. Rolling.

100

In what book does the main character and her family travel to MN to help in their family's restaurant ?

What is Maisy Chen's Last Chance

100

What is another name for the windpipe in our bodies? -

What is the trachea.

100

Who was the 16th President of the USA?

 Who is Abraham Lincoln

200

What famous folk/pop song artist wrote our school song?

Who is Kenny Loggins

200

What graphic novelist was a featured author/illustrator during last year’s Booklab as well as a guest during Graphic Novel club sharing his approach to writing and drawing? 

Who is James Burks

200

In what book does the main character call her father by the name "preacher?"

Because of Winn Dixie

200

What is the rock that goes around the sun called? 

What is an asteroid
200

Who built the pyramids?

Who are the Egyptians

300

In what year was MUS founded?

What is 1922

300

Dusti Bowling is the author of the Insignificant Life of a Cactus. What new book of her won the CYRM award this year?

What is Across the Desert
300

In what book does is the main character called a coconut?

The First Rule of Punk

300

What is the name of the object that crosses paths with Earth and enters the Earth's atmosphere?

What is a meteor.

300

Who got credit for inventing the light bulb?

Who was Thomas Edison

400

What does Montecito mean in Spanish?

What is "Little Mountain."
400

What series is author/illustrator best know for?

Will accept either:What is Elephant & Piggy or Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus/ Pigeon series

400

In what book does a photograph of a baby's dark curls convince soldiers that the girl is the main character's sister?

Number the Stars

400

What was at the Nature Lab before it became The Nature Lab?

What is a house.

400

Someone who felt the colonies should separate from Britain was called a _________. Someone who felt the colonies should remain loyal to Britain and King George was called a ________.

Who was a Patriot and who was a Loyalist

500

What is the full address of Montecito Union School?

What is: 385 San Ysidro Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93108

500

What book won the John Newberry Award this year?

What is They Eyes & The Impossible by Dave Eggers
500

In what book does a family escape from two evil uncles hidden in a guava wagon?

Esperanza Rising

500

What are the two names of Mrs. Eckhart's children?

Who are Otis and Rosemary.

500

At the end of the revolution the colonists declared independence by creating the Declaration of Independence. What is the date Congress approved the document? Include the month, day, and year.

What is July 4, 1776