Answers to the Peabody High School Trivia Class of 1965
These Trivia questions were provided by Richard Bassett. If you have your own trivia regarding Peabody, please forward them to the webmaster.
1. What time did the late bell ring for homeroom in the morning?
a. 8:30
b. 8:40
c. 8:45 Warning Bell 8:40
d. 9:00
2. How long were our lunch periods?
a. 20 minutes
b. 30 minutes
c. 40 minutes
3. Miss Wilson (closest person we had to a nurse) had the same remedy for all illnesses. What was it?
a. Peppermint juice.
b. Two Aspirin
c. Alka Seltzer
d. Listerine
4. How long was our school day? Including Lunch.
a. 5 hours 45 minutes
b. 6 hours 20 minutes 8:45 to 3:05
c. 6 hours 40 minutes
d. 6 hours 55 minutes
5. We had a different counselor for each grade. Can you name all 3 and the grade?
9th Grade Mr. Griffin
10th Grade Mrs. Beckemen
11th and 12th Grade Mr. Henderson
6. What did we call the method of payment for our lunch?
Lunch checks. They cost 10 cents each. Every item was a dime.
7. Where did we buy streetcar passes?
We bought our streetcar passes from Mrs. Youngblood in the bookroom.
8. How many times a year did we get report cards?
a. 4 times
b. 6 times
c. 8 times
9. Where did we settle our disputes?
Meet me at the flagpole.
10. What constituted opening exercises in homeroom each morning? (3 items)
Flag salute, 10 verses from the bible were read, and we recited
the Lord's prayer.
