SCHOOL UNIFORMS
MUSICALS
SCHOOL RHYME TIME
COMPOUND ADJECTIVES
THE SILENT & NOT-SILENT LETTER
(You'll have to name the letter used in the same word both silently and pronounced; it appears twice.)
100
In some schools in Australia, both boys and girls wear this hot type of jacket
a blazer
100
This 1966 musical collaboration between composer John Kander & lyricist Fred Ebb is set in a German nightclub
Cabaret
100
A more awesome 12-inch measuring stick
a cooler ruler
100
Fred MacMurray's "Professor" in a Disney film or Robin Williams in "Flubber"
absent-minded
100
In a word for places like the Galapagos or the Ryukyus
an S
islands
200
Also known as tartan, this checked pattern seen on Scottish kilts is popular for uniform skirts
plaid
200
This popular musical is set in 19th-century France and follows the journey of Jean Valjean, an ex-convict seeking redemption
Les Misérables
200
A guess about what they're serving in the cafeteria
a lunch hunch
200
It describes adobe bricks or the tomatoes seen here
sun-dried
200
In a word meaning to lightly rap on something or disparage someone
K
knock
300
Boys at England's Eton College are shown here in this type of hat they had to wear until the mid-1900s
a top hat
300
This daughter of Judy Garland made her Broadway debut in 1965 in Kander & Ebb's 1st Broadway musical, "Flora, the Red Menace"
Liza Minnelli
300
A mistake made by the person filling in for your regular teacher
a sub flub
300
In other words, myopic, medically speaking
nearsighted
300
In a day of the week
D
Wednesday
400
You can shop for unis by school with this catalog & online retailer that sounds like you've arrived at the sea
Lands' End
400
In 2023, at age 96, John Kander put the finishing touches on this musical whose title is the duo's famous ode to the Big Apple
New York, New York
400
A fantastically ugly thing to sit at during class
a grotesque desk
400
Ibsen spent 27 years away from Norway in this type of exile
self-imposed
400
In one of the academic STEM subjects
a C
science
500
In 1987 schools in D.C. & this "Old Line State" began to implement the first use of uniforms in U.S. public schools
Maryland
500
This musical features a young French girl who dreams of becoming a ballerina and falls in love with a poor artist
Gigi
500
A comparative chart of all the school's employees
a staff graph
500
Mean & unfeeling, like "Hannah, the vamp of Savannah"
hard-hearted
500
In a memory-helping word that describes a phrase like "every good boy does fine", relating to music
M
mnemonic