Q: He was the first host of Saturday Night Live in 1975
and the voice of Fillmore in the movie CARS, and starred in ‘All That Jazz
George Carlin
100
How many commuter bridges cross the East River? Name them all.
Five: Triborough (RFK Bridge), the Queensboro (Edward I. Koch or 59th Street Bridge), Manhattan Bridge, Williamsburg Bridge, and, The Brooklyn Bridge
100
1. Which of these Disney songs did not win an Academy Award:
A) Beauty and the Beast
B)Part of Your World
C)When You Wish Upon A Star
D) Chim-Chim Cheree
What is Answer: (B)
100
Currently, what is the most consumed condiment in the lunchroom?
A: mayonnaise
100
She was the mother of Christina Cacciotti
She played Rhoda on the Mary Tyler Moore Show
Famous Quote, “I don’t know why I should even bother to eat this. I should just apply it directly to my hips.”
Who is Valerie Harper?
200
Q: What legendary general represented the US in the first modern Olympic pentathlon event in Stockholm
A: George Patton
200
Q: When did the New York Subway system begin operation?
October 27, 1904
200
Sound Cue: Ode to Joy from Beethoven Symphony No. 9
This excerpt comes from which classical work:
A)Mozart Requiem
B) Beethoven Symphony No. 9
C) Mendelssohn Elijah
D) Brahms German Requiem
Answer: (B)
200
In what year did GCS add a toaster? And for extra points, who was the first monitor.
A: 2000-2001 school year. Will Horton was the attendant
200
Father of George, Lily and Claire,
Husband to our director of admissions for the high school,
Nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series Made for Television ‘Huff’, and awarded Best supporting actor in Casanova.
Who is Oliver Platt?
300
Q: What Hollywood leading man had his image immortalized by the Jelly Belly Gourmet Beans Company in 10,000 sweets?
A: George Clooney
300
What NY building had a public heliport through the mid 1970's ?
Pan Am building/now Met Life
300
Raindrops Keep Falling on my Head, the hit song from Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid would have been popular for which GCS graduating Class?
A) 1969-1970
B) 1965-1966
C) 1981-1982
D) None of the above
Answer: (A)
300
In what year did the GCS PA publish the beloved GCS community cookbook Cooking With Grace?
1993.
300
Best known for the character of astronaut David Bowman, whom he portrayed in the 1968 Stanley Kubrick's epic science-fiction film, 2001: A Space Odyssey
Who is Kier Dullea?
400
4) Q: He was incarcerated in an internment camp in Arkansas from the age of 4 until he was 8 years old
A: George Takei
400
At what club in Manhattan did Blondie, Ramones and Talking heads jump start their careers?
A: CBGB's
400
The first video to premiere on MTV was:
"Video Killed the Radio Star" by Buggles on 1 August 1981
400
In what year did beloved neighborhood restaurant Veselka, located on 2nd Avenue and 9th Street, open?
1954
400
This actor was secretly wedded to Tea Leoni in the Rector’s Garden at GCS.
He played the life of a womanizing writer Hank in the series called Californication.
Who is David Duchovny?
500
Q: Towards the end of his life, this American innovator and entrepreneur was in constant pain due to a disorder affecting his spine. As a result, he shot himself in the heart in 1932, leaving a note which read “To my friends: my work is done. Why wait?”
A: George Eastman
500
In the 1996-1997 school year, the Upper School Musical was:
(A) Oliver!
(B) Pippin
(C) Guys & Dolls
(D) Pied Piper
Answer: (B)
500
What was the name of the deli located on the corner of 4th Avenue and 10th Street?
Green East.
500
A Scottish Lutheran schoolteacher, with a famous son, so beloved by all, her legend became immortalized in the walls of Grace Church School by having the 3rd and 4th grade ‘Egg’ named after her.