School Smarts!
The process by which plants convert sunlight into energy.
What is photosynthesis?
When emailing a teacher or boss, you should always include this at the beginning.
What is a greeting?
The organization made up of countries that works to maintain international peace.
What is the United Nations (UN)?
This aquatic creature has three hearts.
What is an octopus?
The name of the Wizard in Lord of the Rings?
What is Gandalf?
The teacher who can tap dance.
Who is Mrs. Thompson?
The formula for area of a triangle.
1/2 x base x height?
When filling out a job or school form, this number is often required for identification and should be kept private.
What is a social security number?
The country currently involved in an ongoing war with Russia.
What is Ukraine?
DAILY DOUBLE!!
Holds its breath the longest - human, whale, or sloth.
What is sloth?
The famous painting with a mysterious smile.
What is the Mona Lisa?
Ms. Herlihy plays this physically intense, high contact, sport.
What is rugby?
The three branches of U.S. government.
What is executive, legislative, and judicial?
The first thing you should do if someone gets a minor burn on their hand.
What is - run cool (not cold) water over the burn for several minutes to reduce the heat and swelling?
This continent is home to the Amazon Rainforest.
What is South America?
This fruit is actually a collection of many tiny fruits clustered together.
What is a raspberry (or blackberry)?
DAILY DOUBLE!!
This Tony Award-winning actor played both King George in Hamilton and voiced Kristoff in the Frozen movies.
Who is Jonathan Groff?
The teacher currently perfecting their omelette recipe.
Who is Mr. Gill?
The government document that came before the Constitution and was considered too weak.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
When paying at a restaurant, it is standard to leave about this percentage as a tip in the U.S. for good service.
What is 15-20%?
Daily Double!
The company that owns Chat GPT.
What is OpenAI?
What octophobia is the fear of.
What is the number 8?
This lives in your kitchen and is perforated with holes in order to strain foods such as pasta or to rinse vegetables.
What is a colander?
The pistachio latte is this teacher's go-to coffee order.
Who is Ms. Leonard?
DAILY DOUBLE!
Solve: 2(x + 3) = 3(x − 1)
What is x = 9?
The meaning of a laundry tag symbol with a triangle and a big "X" through it.
What is do not bleach?
Internal documents revealed this company knew its platforms could negatively impact teen mental health.
What is Meta (owner of Facebook/Instagram)?
This planet is known for having the strongest winds in our solar system.
What is Neptune?
This Japanese concept finds beauty in imperfection, impermanence, and simplicity.
What is wabi-sabi?
A phrase that Mrs. Thompson will most likely say every class.
What is "Does that make sense?" or "Attention in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1" or any other phrase you can make an argument for?
A narrator who knows the thoughts and feelings of all characters is described as this.
What is omniscient (third-person omniscient)?
If this light turns on in your car and you ignore it, you risk permanently damaging your engine.
What is the oil (low oil / oil pressure) light?
This justice serves as the head of the Supreme Court.
Who is John Roberts?
A group of these animals is called a "prickle".
What are porcupines?
The person at whom anything is flung.
What is a flingee?
Ms. Volpe's middle name.
What is Elizabeth?
This figure of speech pairs words with opposite meanings, such as “deafening silence.”
What is an oxymoron?
The meaning of "APR" on a credit card.
What is Annual Percentage Rate?
This international alliance includes the United States and is focused on collective defense.
What is NATO?
You are physically slightly more this in the morning than at night.
What is taller?
The sound your stomach makes when you’re hungry has this scientific name.
What is borborygmus?
This teacher would most likely survive the longest in a zombie apocalypse.
What is any teacher you can make a solid argument for?