Tamalpais High School

Trivia Quiz

 

Attention TAM GRADS, here are the trivia questions that are in the Tam100 Centennial Calendar. No cheating, take the quiz before you peek at the answers. For a printer-friendly trivia quiz on one page to hand around, click here.

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  1   The figure on top of the fountain in Orange Court is named ____________________.
  2  Founding Principal E. E. Wood served from 1908 to ______.
  3   Tam won the state boys' basketball title in ________.
  4   Gus Gym was used for the high school hop scene in the movie ____________________________.  Bonus: What current Tam staff member appears in that dance scene?_______________________.
  5  The Wood Hall tower was converted to a clock tower to honor the a)28 b)15 c)71 d)55 Tam students
 who died serving in WWII.
  6  The oldest known living Tam grad graduated in a)1923 b) 1930 c) 1917 d)1928
  7  Sam Chapman (class of 1934), All American football player at Cal and major league baseball player,
 was nicknamed the ___________________________.
  8  Eunice Quedens (class of 1925) was a well known actress (Our Miss Brooks, Grease). Her stage
 name was__________________________.
  9  A comedian who was a perennial candidate for president and featured on the "The Smothers
 Brothers Comedy Hour" TV show was a Tam grad named_______________________.
10  The original acronym for Tam's drama program, CTE (Conservatory Theatre Ensemble), was  __________________________________.
11  Tam won what national title in 2005?_______________________________.
12  Tam is the oldest public high school in Marin County. True or False.
13  Mead Theatre was built in conjunction with what depression era jobs program? __________
14  "Tamalpais High (At about 3)" was written and recorded by this former member of "The Byrds".
 __________________________________.
15  Tam's first African-American graduate, civil rights attorney William Patterson, graduated in:
 a)1941 b)1911 c)1930 d)1948
16  The train which transported early Tam students to and from Sausalito was called the _______________________.
17  Started in 1928, one of the more popular clubs at Tam involving both boys and girls was the
 a) sewing b) radio c) rifle d) aviation club.
18  In the lobby of the main office, there are pictures of a) 13 b) 18 c) 10 d) 8 prior principals at Tam,
including _____ women.
19  Tam's first pool was constructed from a) concrete b) a barge c) wood d) reinforced bay mud.

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