Yellow Class Trivia Quiz

Here's your chance to earn 3 bonus points for all of your classmates. If you correctly answer (as a class) 20 of these trivia questions, you will all earn 3 extra credit points.

Feel free to use the Internet to search for many of these answers.

Copy and paste these questions into your "comment" box and then provide the answer after each question.


1. What bishop first developed the plan to build a Wilmington diocesan high school ?

2. Why did Bishop Thomas Mardaga choose St. Mark as our school's patron saint?

3. Name at least six current teachers whom Mr. Fiorelli taught at St. Mark's.

4. Name the only two faculty and staff members who have been here since the school first opened.

5. What St. Mark club has won the Columbia University Award for prose and poetry?

6. Name at least five married couples who teach/work at St. Mark's.

7. What are the first four lines of the alma mater?

8. Johnny Neel helped to co-write the alma mater. What famous rock band did he later play with?

9. Who was the first principal of St. Mark's?

10. Who is the library named after?

11. Since St. Mark's was not completed when classes began, at what school did students first attend classes?

12. What alumni teacher scored the first goal in the history of St. Mark's soccer?

13. What Class of '73 grad is now the admissions director at St. Mark's?

14. What famous St. Mark's grad is a famous chef who owns a string of restaurants in Seattle?

15. Name at least one St. Mark grad who played pro football.

16. Name at least one St. Mark grad who appeared on a Broadway stage.

17. Name at least one St. Mark grad who played pro baseball.

18. Originally, what were the three final choices for the St. Mark's mascot?

19. What Class of '73 grad is now our director of advancement (fund raising)?

20. What Class of '06 grad competed in the 2008 Shanghai Olympics?

21. The date December 18 marks the anniversary of what important St. Mark's event?

22. What St. Mark's grad is the Lieutenant Governor of the state of Delaware?

23. What St. Mark's teacher was State Basketball Player of the Year twice?

24. Name at least three St. Mark's teachers who are graduates of Salesianum.

25. What club at St. Mark's works with the Delaware Foundation Reaching Citizens with Cognitive Disabilities?