SPOL Jeopardy

Pointless Particulars

100

Chemical symbol for water

H₂O

200

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are named after what?

Famous painters: Michelangelo, Donatello, Raphael, and Leonardo

300

Smallest country in the world

Vatican City

400

Exact quote said by Darth Vader to Luke Skywalker

"No, I am your father"

500

The last name of the father in the TV show 'The Nanny' 1993?

Mr Sheffield or Maxwell Sheffield

Canada, eh?

100

Longest street in the world (previously)

Yonge Street

200

You are legally allowed to challenge and/or accept an invitation to duel

False! it's illegal to challenge and accept

300

Province/territory that produces the most amount of maple syrup

Quebec

400

What is the legal limit of a snowman-building in inches?

30

500

Number of US states that shares a border with us

13

Planes, Trains, & Automobiles

100

Is jaywalking illegal?

No, unless they interfere with traffic

200

The Norwegian word for plane is: plane, fly, avyon, flyja

Fly [flee]

300

Which country has the longest train route?

Russia: Trans-Siberian route (9,289 km)

400

Approximately how much does 1 bus cost?

$860,000 (according to TTC)

500

This country has almost no roads or rail systems. Traveling usually requires a dogsled, boat, or airplane?

Greenland

Name that Newbie

100

The only student who speaks 1 language

Shannon

200

I don't like sweets

Edison

300

I have been with my current partner for 8+ years

Shannon

400

I wear my planning/engineering ring only to work and class

Kamryn

500

Edison's favourite desk number

86

Quills & Cubicles

100

O nimble sprite that dances on the desk,
Thy tail doth bind thee, yet thou roam’st so free.
With but a touch, thou leap’st from east to west,
And bring’st the world to rest beneath mine eye.

Computer Mouse

200

Thy teeth, though still, do sing when pressed in line,
A clatter sweet, like rain on rooftop's brow.
Each stroke a spell, each tap a mark divine,
That builds the thoughts I dare not voice till now

Keyboard

300

No blade nor bolt dost thou employ to part
The guarded gate that bars the common way.
Yet with a kiss, thou stirr’st the door to start,
And silent pass I through where none may stay.

Keycard/ID badge

400

Here lies a hall where time itself doth pause,
Where weary souls their daily wars forget.
The hum of tales, the clink of cups—because
In bread and brew, brief peace and joy are met.

Lunch Room

500

Thou art a stage where all my labors play,
A throne of thought, a battlefield of ink.
Thy scars are maps of many a yesterdays,
Where dreams were drawn, and lost, and drawn again in sync.

Desk