STA Trivia

How well do your remember our days at St. Thomas Aquinas?

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1. Who was the priest who gave our eighth grade retreat?

2. How tall did you have to be for the eighth grade fashion show?

3. Who were our two eighth grade teachers?

4. Who was the favorite first grade teacher?

5. When was the feast day of St. Thomas Aquinas when we were in school? (Note the feast days have been changed.)

6. Who crowned the Virgin Mary at the 1960 May crowning?

7. How much was a carton of milk in 1956?

8. Who wrote the eighth grad class prophesy?

9. Where was our sixth grade picnic?

10. Who was the priest who always knew who was not at 9:00 a.m. Mass?

11. What were the two eighth grad room numbers?

12. Who was our principal in 1960?

13. How many boys were in our graduating class?

14. How many girls were in our graduating class?

15. What was the address of our school?

16. What time did school start each day?

17. What time did school end each day?

18. What was the annual tuition?

19. What was done for April Fool's Day in 1960?

20. Which altar boy lit more than candles on STA's altar?
 

ANSWERS:
1. Father Belenger;   2. Five feet, six inches;   3. Sister Stella and Sister Damian;   4. Sister Immaculata;   5. March 7th;   6. Antoinette Malizia;   7. 2 cents;   8. Elizabeth Giangrego;   9. Sycamore Park, Illinois;   10. Msgr. Long;   11. Rooms 15 and 16;   12. Sr. Mary Honore;   13. 41 boys;   14. 51 girls;   15. 116 N. LeClaire;    16. 8:45 a.m.;   17. 2:45 p.m.;   18. $20.00;   19. The boys and girls switched rooms and the teachers' desks were turned around (weren't we a naughty bunch!);   20. Thomas McGrath.

These trivia questions were developed for the 25th Reunion in 1985.