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100

What was the very first Disney movie?

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

100

Which teacher taught fifth grade before moving to fourth?

Mrs. Batschelett

100

What temperature does water boil at?

212F

100

This 1999 novel later adapted into a film, was banned in the state of Indiana, depicts a group of students from Woodrow Wilson High School in Long Beach, California, and their teacher Erin Gruwell. 

The Freedom Writers Diary

100

This 1984 horror film includes mysterious little creatures who are harmless and fuzzy unless they eat after midnight or are splashed with water.

Gremlins

200

What are the names of the three main characters from Harry Potter? 

Harry, Ron, and Hermione

200

What two teachers taught in Special Education before becoming a teacher/administrator?  

Mrs. Bauer (Mrs. Munsterman) and Mrs. Hendrickson

200

What 731 + 212?

943

200

This popular Christmas novel recounts the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, an elderly miser who is visited by the ghost of his former business partner Jacob Marley and the spirits of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come. After their visits, Scrooge is transformed into a kinder, gentler man.

A Christmas Carol

200

This 2007 movie consists of five interwoven stories on Halloween where this supernatural trick-or-treater pays you a visit if you don't follow the rules.

Trick 'r Treat

300

Who plays Loki in Marvel?

Tom Hiddleston

300

What grades does Mrs. Hacker teach?

7-9

300
What does FANBOY stand for?

 for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so

300

This story features a prince who is a small boy from a tiny planet (an asteroid to be precise), who travels the universe, planet-to-planet, seeking wisdom. On his journey, he discovers the unpredictable nature of adults.

The Little Prince

300

In this 1996 movie, a year after the murder of her mother, a teenage girl is terrorized by a new killer, who targets the girl and her friends by using horror films as part of a deadly game.

Scream

400

Which actor from Star Wars got into a car accident while filming one of the movies?

Mark Hamill

400

What sport is Mr. Fairchild currently coaching?

Basketball

400

What year did the Revolutionary War end?

(September 3) 1783

400

This author of a novel featuring a plane crash on a remote island and left a small group of schoolboys as sole survivors. From the prophetic Simon and virtuous Ralph to the lovable Piggy and brutish Jack, each of the boys attempts to establish control as the reality- and brutal savagery- of their situation sets in. For 400 points, which author wrote The Lord of the Flies?

William Golding

400

Originally made in 1976, with a more popular reboot in 2002, and yet another in 2013, this movie is based on a lonely and painfully shy teenage girl with telekinetic powers who is slowly pushed to the edge of insanity by frequent bullying from both her classmates and her domineering, religious mother.

Carrie

500

Which Marvel Movie is the highest grossing box office movie?

Avengers: Endgame with $2,797,800,564

500

How long has Mr. Malecki been teaching?

23 years

500

Who was the least known president?

Herbert Hoover

500

This novel was published in 1960, and has been banned multiple times. The enormously popular novel was translated into some 40 languages, sold more than 40 million copies worldwide, and is one of the most-assigned novels in American schools. In 1961 it won a Pulitzer Prize. The novel was praised for its sensitive treatment of a child’s awakening to racism and prejudice in the American South. What is the name of this novel by Harper Lee?

To Kill a Mockingbird

500

In this 2014 American horror film, three kids skip school in order to explore an abandoned film studio lot where they catch site of a woman being dragged across the lot by a masked man.

Among the Living

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