The Pendennis Boffin League

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The Pendennis Boffin League
Each week, Pendennis Tutor Groups are set a quiz
to test their general knowledge, current affairs
and lateral thinking skills. The Boffins League
table is updated each week with a prize going to
the winner at the end of each term.
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Pendennis Quiz

• Did you know?
• About 1 billion people lack access to clean
  drinking water.
• The body of a 70 kg person contains about 2 mg of
  silver?
• Coca-Cola was originally marketed for medical
  use?
• Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite?

• What is the name of the baboon in The Lion King?

• The first two of the one hundred and one
  Dalmatians are called Pongo and

• What is the surname of Wendy, John and Michael in
  Peter Pan?

• What animal does Pinocchio get turned into in the
  story?

• In Toy Story, what is the name of the child who
  owns Woody?

• What type of animal in Finding Nemo says only the
  word Mine!

• What colour are the elephants a drunken Dumbo
  sees?

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Pendennis Quiz
15th January 2009
1. Who is this?
2. In which year was the film Shrek released in
the cinema?
3. How many lines does a Shakespearean sonnet
have?
4. Which area have the Israeli army invaded in a
war which began on 28th December 2008, and which
has seen over a thousand people die (over a
third of them children)?
5. Who came up with this theory?
The square of the hypotenuse of a right-angled
triangle is equal to the sum of the squares on
the other two sides.
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Pendennis Quiz

• Did you know that
• all continent names end with the same letter with
  which they start?
• James Bond code number 007 temporarily become
  7777 in You Only Live Twice?
• A cat has four rows of whiskers?
• There are 31,536,000 seconds in a year?

1. Complete this well-known advertising
slogan And all because the lady loves
___________
2. Who were the winners of Strictly Teachers
event held at the school in aid of Children In
Need?
3. This is the logo for which firm?
4. Which song-writing duo wrote these lyrics
Picture yourself in a boat on a river
With tangerine trees and marmalade skies ?
5. How many degrees are there in total in the
angles of a triangle?
6. How many squares are there on a noughts and
crosses grid?
7. Which verb can be formed from the adjective
large?
8. Do like poles of a magnet repel or attract
each other?
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Pendennis Quiz

• Did you know that
• Sound travels five times faster under water than
  it does through the air?
• Fossils of sea creatures have been found at Mount
  Everest?
• Baby mice and rats are called pinkies?
• Steel melts at 2800 degrees Fahrenheit?
• Camels have three eyelids to protect against
  blowing sand?

1. Are polar bears left handed or right handed?
(obviously they dont have hands as such, but it
sounds better than left or right pawed)
2. On Roy Keanes testimonial match between
Manchester Utd and Celtic at Old Trafford, which
charity did he donate all of the proceeds to?
3. Which famous long-running TV quiz shows theme
tune is titled Approaching Menace?
4. In the State Opening of Parliament the Queen
makes a speech in the House of Lords saying what
laws her government will be passing in the
year. What is the name of the ceremonial role
held by the individual who knocks on the door to
the Houses of Parliament with a long stick to
signal the arrival of the Queen?
5. A salsa dance comes from Cuba (it is thought),
but what does the word actually mean?
6. What was the name of the drummer in the Muppet
orchestra?
7. Which is furthest south Exeter, Plymouth or
Bodmin?
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Pendennis Quiz
Tedious fact 1 Elvis is the most impersonated
music artist in Britain, closely followed by the
band Queen. Tedious fact 2 The British national
anthem shares its tune with the national anthem
of Liechtenstein. Tedious fact 3 The average
life expectancy of an ant is 45-60 days.
1. Which day is named after the Norse god of
thunder?
2. What is 6 cubed?
3. What is the capital city of Canada?
4. How could I place a bag on the floor where no
one could jump over it?
5. Who painted this picture?
6. Who wrote the Winnie the Pooh stories?
7. For which Formula 1 racing team does Lewis
Hamilton drive?
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Pendennis Quiz

• Tedious facts!
• The pupil of the eye expands as much as 45
  percent when a person looks at something
  pleasing.
• Laughing lowers levels of stress hormones and
  strengthens the immune system. Six-year-olds
  laugh an average of 300 times a day. Adults only
  laugh 15 to 100 times a day.
• Bats always turn left when exiting a cave.

1. Where would you find a toreador?
2. Who painted this?
3. Using six contiguous straight lines connect
all of the sixteen circles shown.
4. From the Cbeebies programme In the Night
Garden, who is this?
5. After which of his novels is Ian Fleming's
Jamaican home named?
6. Which bands latest album is called Only by
the Light?
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Pendennis Senior Prefects 2008/09
House Captains Hannah McAvoy (11PSC) Max Stephens
(11PCG) Sports Captains Ellie Brewer
(11PCG) James Matthew (11PJKP)
These students wrote letters of application to Mr
Herring, Head of Pendennis, to become Prefects.
These letters were then read by the existing
Senior Prefect Team and Mr Mather, and House
Captains were chosen from the list. Prefects,
and the Prefect status, is an incredibly
important part of how our House system works.
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PENDENNIS Football Friday Fixtures 2008/09 Venue
MUGA pitch (weather permitting)
Results table, as from 9th January 2009
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Pendennis House hereby Throws down the gauntlet
to Gluvias, Arwenack and Killigrew, challenging
them to our Annual 5-a-side Football match.
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Pendennis Dingbats Quiz
BAN ANA
1 3 5 7 9 Favourite
HOROBOD
ENTURY
EI eig GH ht T EI GHT
KNEE strobe flood spot head
LEAST
MINUGONETE
SUCCESS GALAHAD
How many can you solve?
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Pendennis House
Tutor Period Weekly Routine
School Organisers should be brought into every
Tutor Period in case Tutors need to write notes
home to parents.
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Expectations for
Tutor Periods
1. Arrive on time, every time.
2. Sit in your seat, not on a desk. Do not wander
around the room.
3. Remove jackets and other outdoor clothing.
Keep them in your lockers once in school.
4. Do not eat in the tutor room. Wait until break
time.
5. Do not check or apply make-up.
6. MP3 players and mobile phones should not be
seen or heard.
7. Stay in your tutor room during tutor periods.
If you have to leave for any reason, you must
have a note signed by a teacher.
8. Remain quiet whilst daily notices are read to
the group.
9. Bring your I.D. card every day and swipe in at
the start of Tutor Period.
Have RESPECT for others in your group. Treat them
as you would like to be treated yourself.
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'Dave'
The Attendance Bear
Tutor groups with the best attendance in the
House (and those who bring in their ID cards
regularly) are awarded Dave in Assemblies on
Tuesdays. Groups honour the agreement to take
care of Dave for at least one week.
This weeks lucky winners are Mrs Deekss group!
We are aiming for at least 97 attendance.
Remember attendance matters. Employers and
colleges want to know how often you attended
school on time. Make your record perfect!
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Ms Hunter with Dave
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Hazza Mel with Dave
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This is no way to treat a bear!
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Pendennis Year 11 Face-to-Face Mentoring
Appointments 08-09 With G. Herring during Tutor
Periods in HoH Office
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Pendennis Reading Mentors
All of these students have volunteered to become
Reading Mentors to students in Year 7. They will
meet with their assigned Year 7 buddy each week
and listen to them read and give them help and
advice
Chris Lea
Tom Rawet
Charlie Williams
Sam Spencer
Sophie Collins
Sarah Bowers
Tommy Lumley
Hollie Seviour
Ben Taylor
Matt Mostert
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Pendennis Hall of Fame
Robin OHanlon
For helping to design a touch phone For visually
impaired people.
For his technical expertise helping to produce
the Dance Production and the Christmas Concert.
Emmet Moosa
Ethan Brokenshire
For standing, and being elected to, The School
Student Council
For standing for, and being elected to, The
School Student Council
Tarleka Peacock
For standing for, and being elected to, The
School Student Council
Jessica Griffin
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Pendennis Hall of Fame
Chloe Hannah
For securing a job at Stithians Primary School
Will Richards
For working with The Hitchcock Rules promoting
their gig
Matt Friday
For being a County table Tennis Champ
Sam Spencer
For being a finalist in the County badminton
competition