Room 8 Devereux January 10

Math

100

What is 10²?

100

200

What is 3³

27

300

Simplify:

9⁷   X 9⁴

9¹³

400

Simplify:

87¹⁵ X 87 ^-8

87⁷

500

Answer the following:

10 - 2² X 2³ 

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History

100

Mcarthy told everybody that the government was being taken over by people who believed in what kind of idea/ government?

communism

200

What war against communism started during the McCarthy era that helped McCarthy convince everybody they should be scared of communism?

(In other words, what war started during the McCarthy era.)

The Korean War.

300

What were Alger Hiss and The Rosenbergs convicted of?

Espionage or being a spy or selling secrets to the Soviet Union.

400

What Republican became president and incorrectly expected that Mccarthy would slow down because a Republican was in office.

Dwight "Ike" Eisenhower.

500

What was the "purposefill slip?"

Mccarthy mispronounced the name of a presidential candidate as the name of one of the men who was convicted of being a traitor.

ELA

100

What is the name of the narrator and her sibling in 'To Kill a Mockingbird.'

Jen and Scout.

200

What did Boo Radley do that lead to his arrest and his father never allowing him to go outside?

He was in a group of kids that locked the police officer in the outhouse.

300

The new school teacher finds an unwashed boy in her class.  He has body lice.  What do they call the body lice?

Cooties.

400

Mr. Radley's story for why he cemented the tree seems a little fishy.  Why does it seem untrue?

Mr. Radley said he did it because the tree was sick.  But Atticus said the tree looks healthy.

500

What was the name for the racist laws that were in place at the time of 'To Kill a Mockingbird.' 

Jim Crow laws.

Name that Tune: Weird Al Edition

100

This parody is about somebody playing a game show whose title you might have heard once or twice.  What game show does this song talk about?

Jeapordy

200

Many of his parodies from this famous singer revolve around food.  Who is the singer of the original version of this song?

Michael Jackson

300

The title of this song is "Smells like Nirvana."  What was the title of the song that this is a parody of?

"Smells like teen spirit."

400

This is a collection of his version of songs from a recent famous musical.  Who is the musical about?  

Alexander Hamilton

500

This is the name for one of the more common types of accordion music.  The name for this music type is in many of Al's songs, including this one.

Polka

Weird and random

100

Can you do 10 push ups in 30 seconds?  If you try and don't do it points are lost.  But you can pass.

answers will vary

200

Rock/ paper/ scissors vs Jeff.  If you win, you get the points.  No, it is not best out of 3.  Yes, you can pass if you fear matching Jeff's rock/paper/scissors might.

Didja win?  Didja?  

300

You have a magical penny.  It will double it's amount each day.  So on day 2 it is 2 cents; on day 3 it is 4 cents.  On day 4 is 8 cents.   It stops at the end of 31 days.  If you are given the choice between the magic penny or $1 million, which gives you more money?

The magic penny.

400

What are the names of the Guardians of the Galaxy?

Star Lord, Rocket Rackoon, Gamora, Groot, and Drax

500

Tap your head and rub your stomach while hopping on 1 foot for 10 seconds.  If you can do this "simple" thing for all 10 seconds, you get the points.

Of course you didn't get the points.  But nice try.