Piner High School
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100

What are the official school colors of PHS?

Maroon and Gold

100

What famous artist cut off his own ear?

Vincent Van Gogh

100

You’re escaping a maze, and there are three doors in front of you. The door on the left leads to a pit of lava. The door in the center leads to a room filled with deadly gas. The door on the right leads to a lion that hasn’t eaten in three months. Which door do you choose?

The door on the right. A lion that hasn’t eaten in three months would be dead.

100

Where is a shrimp's heart located?

In its head

100

What Finding Nemo character suffered from amnesia?

Dory

200

Who is the mascot for PHS?

Prospector Pete

200

Who became the ruler of Ancient Egypt at age 9?

King Tutankhamun (King Tut)

200

A man is looking at a photograph of someone. His friend asks who it is. The man replies, “Brothers and sisters, I have none. But that man’s father is my father’s son.”

His son

200

How many ways can you make change for a dollar?

293


200

Beyonce began her career as a part of what musical group?

Destiny's Child

300

What road is Piner located on?

Fulton Road (1700)
300

What part of speech is the word "lovely"?

Adjective

300

What has cities, but no houses; forests, but no trees; and water, but no fish?

A map

300

How many Valentine's cards are exchanged each year?

145 million

300

What is the top selling album of all time?

Michael Jackson's Thriller

400

Piner High School was opened in what year? 

1966 (September 12th)

400

What are the 3 branches of government called?

Executive, Legislative, and Judicial

400

Forrest left home running. He ran a ways and then turned left, ran the same distance and turned left again, ran the same distance and turned left again. When he got home, there were two masked men.  What is Forrest doing?

Playing baseball

400

How many dots are there on a standard set of dice?

42

400

What are the 2 main groups of Transformers called?

Autobots and Decepticons

500

How many students are enrolled at Piner this year?

1,382

500

3 + 3 x 3 - (3/3) = ?

Remember the order of operations!!

11

500

The water level in a reservoir is low, but doubles every day. It takes 60 days to fill the reservoir. How long does it take for the reservoir to become half full?

59 days. If the water level doubles every day, the reservoir on any given day was half the size the day prior. If the reservoir is full on day 60, that means it was half full on day 59, not on day 30.

500

What is the deadliest creature on Earth?

Mosquitos

500

What is Tom Riddle's other name?

Voldemort