Buerkle Virtual Trivia Night

Question 1

The First Thanksgiving was actually created by George Washington to celebrate what hopeful moment in U.S. history?

Accepted Answer

The ratification of the Constitution

Question 2

What is the highest male voice?

Accepted Answer

Tenor

Question 3

How many chromosomes do humans have?

Accepted Answer

46

Question 4

In what year was Oakville, Washington, and Mehlville consolidated into one school district?

Accepted Answer

1951

Question 5

If angle x is five less than half a right angle, what is the measure of x?

Accepted Answer

40

Question 6

What number is an improper fraction always greater than?

Accepted Answer

1

Question 7

What is the freezing point of water in both degrees Celsius and degrees Fahrenheit?

Accepted Answer

0 and 32

Question 8

A solo is one person performing alone, what do we call three?

Accepted Answer

trio

Question 9

Lin-Manuel Miranda is famous for writing and starring in the musical "Hamilton". What was the first musical he wrote?

Accepted Answer

In the Heights

Question 10

Which is NOT a State of Matter?

Accepted Answer

Air

Question 11

How many steps are in a mile?

Accepted Answer

2000

Question 12

What is this machine or tool called?

Accepted Answer

Iron and Ironing Board

Question 13

What technique in art uses lots of small dots?

Accepted Answer

Pointillism

Question 14

What famous cartoon couple nickname did principals Arthur Streb and Ross Bullington fondly earn?

Accepted Answer

Rocky and Bullwinkle

Question 15

After which principal was the Counseling Center named?

Accepted Answer

Jerry Langsdorf

Question 16

Margaret Buerkle Middle School’s Library is named after which former school principal?

Accepted Answer

Clifford Stratton

Question 17

What is this machine or tool called?

Accepted Answer

Standing Mixer

Question 18

What is this machine or tool called?

Accepted Answer

Mitre Saw

Question 19

What modern day condiment was once sold as medicine?

Accepted Answer

Ketchup

Question 20

A Japanese form of verse that uses 5-7-5 syllables is called a ________.

Accepted Answer

haiku

Question 21

A comparison using "like" or "as" is called a _____________.

Accepted Answer

simile

Question 22

"You're pulling my leg" is an example of an _________.

Accepted Answer

idiom

Question 23

A word, phrase, or sequence that reads the same backward as forward

Accepted Answer

Palindrome

Question 24

A sentence that goes on and on with out proper punctuation is called a __________.

Accepted Answer

run-on

Question 25

In what country does its citizens throw a cinnamon birthday party when you turn 25 years old?

Accepted Answer

Denmark

Question 26

Which Mehlville school was originally a Ninth Grade Center in Jefferson Barracks before its current location was built?

Accepted Answer

Oakville Senior High

Question 27

How many years ago did the Big Bang occur?

Accepted Answer

13.7 billion years

Question 28

How old is the Earth and our Solar System?

Accepted Answer

4.6 billion years

Question 29

What animal did the Maya honor that almost became our national symbol?

Accepted Answer

Turkey

Question 30

A football team consists of how many players on the field?

Accepted Answer

11

Question 31

How many students were in the first graduating class of the Mehlville School District?

Accepted Answer

2

Question 32

Words that connect one paragraph to the next and help the text flow are _____ words.

Accepted Answer

transition

Question 33

Where is the Mehlville School District’s Facility department located?

Accepted Answer

In the Old Post Hospital building in Jefferson Barracks

Question 34

What is the name given to the most recent Supercontinent?

Accepted Answer

Pangea

Question 35

According to Forbes, who was the highest paid athlete in 2020?

Accepted Answer

Roger Federer

Question 36

John Legend is the first African American EGOT winner -- where is he from?

Accepted Answer

Ohio

Question 37

During what age of Earth’s Geologic History did the Dinosaurs live

Accepted Answer

Mesozoic

Question 38

What is the correct term for the top number in a fraction?

Accepted Answer

Numerator

Question 39

Which person has held a position at Buerkle the longest?

Accepted Answer

Susan Sutton

Question 40

What is this machine or tool called?

Accepted Answer

Drill Press

Question 41

What is the chemical formula for rock salt?

Accepted Answer

NaCl

Question 42

What instruments are traditionally used in a string quartet?

Accepted Answer

2 violins, a viola, a cello

Question 43

Stealing the words of other authors is called __________.

Accepted Answer

plagiarism

Question 44

A type of writing that tries to convince the reader of something is called _______.

Accepted Answer

persuasive

Question 45

What sporting event is held every year on Memorial Day Weekend?

Accepted Answer

Indianapolis 500

Question 46

Current principal, Jim Kern, began his career in Mehlville doing what?

Accepted Answer

History teacher

Question 47

What is this machine or tool called?

Accepted Answer

Desktop Computer

Question 48

What do you call it when a person makes 3 back to back strikes in Bowling?

Accepted Answer

Turkey

Question 49

What is an equivalent fraction to ⅖?

Accepted Answer

4/10

Question 50

What unit of time means 1/100th of a second?

Accepted Answer

Jiffy

Question 51

Who was the only President never to be elected (to the Presidency nor Vice-Presidency)?

Accepted Answer

Gerald Ford

Question 52

When is the most celebrated Math Holiday?

Accepted Answer

March 14

Question 53

What is a coprolite?

Accepted Answer

Fossilized feces

Question 54

What is an example of a quadrilateral?

Accepted Answer

Rectangle

Question 55

What is the ‘brain’ of a eukaryotic cell?

Accepted Answer

nucleus

Question 56

What utensil was once seen as sacrilegious to Italians?

Accepted Answer

fork

Question 57

What modern day instrument was once called the sackbut?

Accepted Answer

trombone

Question 58

Which abstract expressionist was known for using the “drip technique”?

Accepted Answer

Jackson Pollock

Question 59

Energy from food is called…

Accepted Answer

Calories

Question 60

What is this machine or tool called?

Accepted Answer

Table Saw

Question 61

This St. Louis Blues player is the team's all-time leader in points, assists and games played

Accepted Answer

Bernie Federko

Question 62

In a room you see 2 dogs on a bed, a cat on a table, and 3 birds flying around a chair. How many legs are on the floor?

Accepted Answer

16

Question 63

What is this machine or tool called?

Accepted Answer

Computer mouse

Question 64

Which president owned a parrot that swore too much?

Accepted Answer

Andrew Jackson

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Buerkle Virtual Trivia Night

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