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 ones 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 Washington 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. Soybean Oil 2. Carbon, so, you can’t really get lead poisoning from a pencil lead in your hand because it’s not made of lead. 3. Jimmy Stewart. Stewart went to College to become an architect, but while there switched to acting. 4. 7-Up. 5. The Order of Math Operations (Parentheses, Exponents, Multi-plication, Division, Addition, and Subtraction). 6. 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 State’s biggest land-grant university. 9. “Pro Ecclesia Pro Texana For Church, for Texas”. 10. Math.