This Brainbuster originally ran in the August 13, 2010 issue of The Daily Record.
School is up and running – again! The summer goes by fast and you barely get your child/children settled down, before it all starts up again. This is a trivia puzzle on school. See how much you know!
1. In 1993, students from Purdue University created crayons that were NOT made out of petroleum-based paraffin wax (the commonly used substance). What did they make their crayons from? Soybean Oil; Fungi; Rhubarb Stalks; Pumpkin Seeds.
2. What is the lead in a pencil made out of? Lead; Coal; Carbon; Silver.
3. Which of the following people was NOT a high school drop-out? Jimmy Stewart; Peter Jennings; Julie Andrews; Johnny Depp.
4. This is a game that is often played during indoor recess when the teacher wants to keep the class quiet but still entertained. Red Rover, Red Rover; Dodge Ball; 7-Up; Kickball
5. The phrase, “Please excuse my dear, Aunt Sally” is often used to help students remember what? The Great Lakes; The order of operations in long division; The planets; The order of math operations
6. How much did it cost to buy the FIRST box of Crayola crayons when they were first sold in 1903? Five Cents; Ten Cents; Fifteen Cents; A Quarter
7. Of these four people, which one, or who, were school teachers? Roberta Flack; Lyndon B. Johnson (1908-1973), U.S. president; Pat Nixon (1912- ), U.S. first lady; Art Garfunkel (1941- ), singer.
8. What year was Wash-ington State University founded? 1881; 1885; 1890; 1891.
9. What is Baylor’s motto?
10. In the movie, “Stand and Deliver” (based on a true story), Mr. Escalente (the teacher) helps his students achieve amazing success in which subject?
ANSWERS
1. A. Soybean Oil
2. C. Carbon So, you can’t really get lead poisoning from a pencil lead in your hand because it’s not made of lead.
3. A. Jimmy Stewart. Stewart went to College to become an architect but while there switched to acting
4. C. 7-Up.
5. D. The order of math operations (parentheses, exponents, multi-plication, division, addition, and subtraction).
6. A. Five Cents. This first box contained eight colors: black, brown,
blue, red, purple, orange, yellow, and green.
7. All of them were teachers.
8. WSU was founded in 1890 and opened in 1892. It is Washington States biggest land-grant university.
9. Pro Ecclesia Pro Texana: For Church, for Texas.
10. Math.