stud
bud
Sign up
Log in
Home
Library
Explore
SAT
More
PH History & Trivia Flashcards | StudBud
Explore
/
PH History & Trivia
PH History & Trivia
37 terms
·
StudBud Administration
·
97 plays
Grades 9-12 about PH
Flashcards
37 cards
F
Practice quiz
P
Host live
L
Questions
37
Answers
1
I'm a PH alumna and I became "Miss Virginia" in 1983.
Connie Ratcliffe
T. Lisa Collins
Brittany Spears
Maggie Smith
2
History trivia: in 1850 ____ became a stop on the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad
Boones Mill
Big Lick
Fincastle
Roanoke
3
I'm a PH alumni who became the head basketball coach and the Univ. of Calif. Irvine.
Ted Cruz
Bernie Sanders
Russel Turner
Joe Biden
4
PH alumni _____ held a NCAA record for career three-point field goals
Curtis Staples
Chris McClellan
Nancy Reagan
Brittany Spears
5
The old PH was
campus style
not coeducational
larger than the current school
five stories high
6
One of the principals in Penn Hall is
Mr. Sessor
Mrs. Dooley
Mr. Woods
Ms. Hicks
7
According to school bd. policy, __ or more unexcused absences => court referral.
Ten
Five
Fifteen
Twenty
8
In 2007 the PH 11th grade _____ team won the national championship in Houston TX.
sumo
Bowling
Chess
Dance
9
I'm a PH alumni who played for the Pittsburgh Steelers and Jacksonville Jaguars in the NFL.
Chris Combs
Tony Montana
O.J. Simpson
Tom Brady
10
PH was founded in:
1899
1999
1952
1961
11
The PH football stadium is named after:
John Edwards
Merrill Gainer
Rita Bishop
Joseph Jablonski
12
Who led PH to a AAA state championship in basketball?
C. McClellan
Sally Struthers
D. Shanahan
George Lynch
13
I am a PH alumni and former mayor of Roanoke city.
Pam Jones
David Bowers
Sally Struthers
Marty Lyons
14
I was raised in Roanoke city!
John Wayne (actor)
Lawrence Welk (band leader)
Ronald Reagan (former president)
John McAfee (McAfee founder)
15
What was your favorite class at PH this year?
Charms and Potions
Defense against the Dark Arts
Russian Language
Government
16
What year did PH win the state VHSL championships in tennis?
1975
1962
1992
2004
17
What year did the city school board add 9th grade to PH?
1989
1999
1899
1855
18
What national journal rated PH as "one of America's top high schools" from 2012-2017?
Commonweal
Newsweek
First Things
National Review
19
In which event has PH won four VHSL championships in 2014, 2015, 2016, & 2018?
forensics
football
bowling
soccer
20
The most amazing teacher in PH
Non vitae sed scholae discimus
Mrs. Shanahan's husband
Donald Trump
Joe Biden
21
In 1987 & 1988 the PH _____ department won state VHSL championship!
chorus
theater
language
art
22
In the early 1960's PH
allowed prayer in school
didn't allow student parking
had only three SOL exams
had fewer rules for students
23
In which event has PH won four VHSL championships in a row: 2016, 2017, 2018, & in 2019?
girls swimming
wrestling
girls lacrosse
Bowling
24
In what year did PH win the state VHSL championships in lacrosse?
2017
1969
1973
1990
25
What year did PH win the state VHSL championships in Football?
2018
1973
1984
1966
26
What year did the school add the senior patio outside?
2008
2017
2006
1999
27
In what years did PH win the state VHSL championship in basketball?
2017, 2018
1958, 2000
1982, 1995
1988, 1992
28
Who is the principal in Persinger hall?
Duncan
Lange
Reichart
Willis
29
Who is the principal over Parsons Hall?
McClellan
Hicks
Jenkins
Duncan
30
A PH alumni who became a state senator.
Virgil Goode
Lori Anderson
John Edwards
Mel Ridgeway
31
I'm a PH alumni and I became the well-known CEO of the National Rifle Assoc., the NRA.
William F. Buckley Jr.
Wayne LaPierre
Chris Smith
Bob McDonald
32
Approximately, how many students are there at PH?
700
1900
2, 500
500
33
Who is the principal in McQ. Hall?
Picard
Hicks
Jablonski
Sessor
34
One of the principals in Penn Hall
Leslie
Boan
Hicks
Picard
35
The year the existing PH school building was completed was:
1995
1965
2006
2010
36
PH alumni who became a well known weightlifter & professional wrestler.
Connie Ratcliffe
Matt Woods
Joe Jablonski
Tony Atlas
37
Roanoke's own ___ was the first A-A person to serve on a school board in the south!
Barack Obama
MLK Jr.
Oliver Hill
Dr. Harry Penn
