Don Bosco High School
Class of 1980

Class Motto:
Be yourself, but be your best self.
Dare to be different and follow your own star.

 

Class Song:  Poems, Prayers, and Promises
by John Denver  

  Class Flower:  White Rose

 


Class Colors:  Baby Blue and Ivory



Don Bosco Class of 1980 Trivia Quiz
(Note:  The answers are listed at the end of the questions.)
 
1    Who was Courtwarming King and Queen in 1980?
 
2    What band played at our senior prom?
 
3    Whose class prophecy was: 'Won a Pulitzer prize for her best selling novel "Black Like Me"'?
 
4    What musical play did we do in 1980?
 
5    Whose class prophecy was:  'Is married and has fourteen kids'?
 
6    What was the theme of the float that took first place honors for homecoming 1978?
 
7    Whose class prohecy was: 'Has been elected President of the Pork Producers of America'?
 
8    Whose class prophecy was: 'Has nominated himself to take over Bruce Jenner's spot on the Wheaties box'?
 
9    In their class will, who willed to John McMahon his ability to get three tickets and keep his license and stay between the ditches?
 
10    Who set the unofficial Don Bosco school record for most days in white pants over a four year span?
 
11    Who set the unofficial Don Bosco school record for whitest tennies over a four year span?
 
12    Who won the (male and female) "Sportsmanship Awards" in 1980?
 
13    How many beers did it take the average Class of '80 sophmore to catch a buzz?
 
14    What was the name of the Don Bosco Maintenance Man in 1980?
 
15    Who was the high school secretary in 1980?
 
16    How many pennies did it take to annoy Sister Clarice?
 
17    Which (if any) members of the Class of '80 married each other?
 
18    Which Religion teacher use to refer to his students as "You birds"?
 
19    Name the priest who served his first term at Don Bosco/I.C. during our Sophmore year.
 
20    Why did we pick such a sappy class motto?
 
21    Which pair of fine-looking Class of '80 seniors were featured as models for Lattin Photography in the 1980 DBHS yearbook?
 
22    What Class of '80 thrill seeker endangered the lives of scores of his classmates between 1978 and 1980 in his parents Malibu (with the air cleaner cover flipped over, of course)?
 
23    The muffler fell off of this person's classic green Mustang just as the odometer flipped to 100,000 miles (with several witnesses on board).
 
24    What was the most common last name in the Class of '80?
 
25    Who was the Class of '80 valedictorian and salutatorian?
 
26    Who was chosen as Best Actor and Best Actress in 1980?
 
27    Which pair of Class of '80 seniors received the coveted Academic Progress award?
 
28    Why was Bobby Schmitt not allowed to attend Don Bosco's 24th Annual Commencement Excerises in 1980?
 
 
Answers
 
1    Tim Weber and Veronica (Schmitz) McGee
2    Blue Satin
3    Jill (Baumgartner) Rogers
4    No No Nanette
5    Vickie (Phillips) Damro
6    We're Banking on a Victory (the flying pink pig)
7    Gary Schmit
8    Brian Bedard   
9    Glenn Delagardelle
10    Greg Becker
11    Greg Becker
12    Mark Even and Lisa (Schmitz) Kayser
13    1 1/2 - Alternatively, 1 bottle of Boone's Farm and TJ Schwans per carload
14    Al Romer
15    Mrs. Armstrong
16    Not very many
17    Mike and Diana (Even) Hogan and Kevin and Tracy (Harn) Knebel
18    Father Roskopf
19    Msg. Father Petty
20    Because we were seniors in high school, that's why
21    Greg Becker (with white hair and white pants) and Lori (Mangrich) Sage
22    B.S.
23    Shari Gleason
24    Schmitz - 6 (Chris, Dan, Linda, Lisa, Pam and Veronica) 
25    Kay (Rottinghaus) Riney and Gary Schmit, respectively
26    Jeff Conrad and Mary Beth Youngblut, respectively
27    Nancy Jo (Becker) Thome and Anthony Francis Vieth
28    Who the heck knows....we'll have to ask him at the reunion
 
Special thanks to Mike and Diana (Even) Hogan for the Trivia questions.


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Last Updated:  February 25, 2005