Animals
Geography
Dearborn
Fruits & Veggies
Music
100
This docile filter-feeder is the largest fish in the world, growing up to 60 feet long and weighing up to 40 tons.
What is the whale shark?
100
Italy's borders completely surround this many tiny independent countries.
What is two countries?
100
The middle school's assistant teacher's name uses this spelling, originating in medieval French.
What is I-S-A-B-E-L?
100
In the early 2010s, frozen-pizza company Schwan successfully convinced the USDA to classify this tasty ingredient as a vegetable.
What is tomato sauce?
100
After flopping on its release in the UK in 1992, this hit Radiohead song gained popularity on radio stations in Israel before making the jump to the US market.
What is Creep?
200
World-famous dog celebrity Pibble is a puppy of this adorable breed.
What is French bulldog?
200
This river, once supporting an ancient agricultural civilization, is the longest in the world.
What is the Nile?
200
This graduating eighth grader has the most pets of any student in the middle school.
Who is Eleanor?
200
This fruit, native to Mexico, is a key component in agua fresca and in Mexican punch.
What is guava?
200
British pop star PinkPantheress chose her stage name when creating a username on this online platform.
What is TikTok?
300
This small animal was domesticated around 7000 years ago in South America's Andes mountain range, and now is a common pet in American homes.
What is the Guinea pig?
300
This cold-watered ocean was not universally adopted into school geography curriculums until 2021, when it was officially recognized by the National Geographic Society.
What is the Southern Ocean?
300
September birthdays in the Dearborn middle school homerooms include these three students and staff.
Who are Stephanie, Maria, and Ava?
300
This West African fruit, scientific name synsepalum dulcificum, contains a molecule that temporarily alters a person's taste buds when eaten, turning sour tastes into sweet.
What is miracle berry?
300
Country star Morgan Wallen rose to fame while competing on this TV singing competition in 2014.
What is The Voice?
400
The elephant seal can hold it's breath underwater for this extraordinary length of time, making it the longest diver among seal species.
What is 2 hours?
400
These two countries each share borders with 14 others, leaving them tied as the two countries with the most direct neighbors.
What are China and Russia?
400
Dearborn Academy leases its building from this local Catholic church.
What is Our Lady Help of Christians?
400
This fruit, technically a single-seeded berry, is a common ingredient in sushi and in guacamole.
What is avocado?
400
This grungy rock band, popular in the early 90s, was kicked out of their own album release party for starting a guacamole & tamale food fight.
What is Nirvana?
500
All modern housecats are descended from a single species that still roams wild in this region of the world.
What is Africa and the Middle East?
500
This U.S. state was considered part of Massachusetts until 1820.
What is Maine?
500
Dearborn Academy founder Walter Dearborn bears this unusual middle name.
What is Fenno?
500
Aboard a NASA spaceshuttle in 1995, this starchy tuber became the first vegetable grown in space.
What is a potato?
500
This artist's 1993 performance at Super Bowl XXVII drew an audience of more than 133 million TV viewers, holding the halftime-show viewing record until Kendrick Lamar's performance in 2025.
Who is Michael Jackson?