Labor Day
Summer Songs
Back to School
Teacher's Pet
Head of the Class
Before and After
100
On September 5, 1882, the very first U.S. Labor Day parade took place in this city, organized by the Central Labor Union.
What is New York City?
100
Don Henley hit #5 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1984 with this nostalgic hit about the end of a seasonal romance.
What is "The Boys of Summer"?
100
Developed in 1903 by Binney & Smith, this iconic brand's original box contained just eight colors, starting with red, yellow, and blue.
What is Crayola?
100
Jack Black poses as his roommate Ned Schneebly to take a substitute teaching job and form a kid rock band in this 2003 comedy.
What is School of Rock?
100
Played by Quinta Brunson, optimistic second-grade teacher Janine Teagues navigates the challenges of an underfunded Philadelphia public school in this mockumentary sitcom.
What is Abbott Elementary?
100
The 80s movies about 5 kids in detention and a lunch choice involving three slices of toasted bread layered with like turkey, bacon, lettuce, tomato, and mayonnaise.
What is The Breakfast Club Sandwich?
200
High-society etiquette in the late 19th and early 20th centuries dictated that summer officially ended on Labor Day, making it a fashion faux pas to wear garments of this color after the holiday.
What is white?
200
Green Day famously asked to be woken up when this month ends, signaling the close of summer.
What is September?
200
Invented in 1968 by Arthur Fry and Spencer Silver at 3M, these colorful adhesive squares became a staple for desk reminders and textbook bookmarking.
What are Post-it Notes?
200
Ben Stein played an economics teacher whose monotonous, repetitive calling of this student's surname became an iconic catchphrase.
What is "Bueller...Bueller"?
200
William Daniels played this wise, beloved middle school principal and high school teacher who lived next door to the Matthews family on Boy Meets World.
Who is Mr. Feeny (George Feeny)?
200
The "sequel" after Star Wars, and a Michael J Fox time travel movie.
What is The Empire Strikes Back to the Future?
300
Long considered the traditional "unofficial end of summer," Labor Day weekend often features this annual telethon hosted by Jerry Lewis from 1966 to 2010 to raise funds for this health association.
What is the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA)?
300
Lana Del Rey captured the bittersweet mood of seasonal transition with her 2012 hit titled "Summer Time" this feeling.
What is "Summertime Sadness"?
300
This classic school notebook brand gets its name from the distinctive mottled pattern on its cover, which resembles a metamorphic rock.
What is a Composition notebook?
300
Based on real-life high school math teacher Jaime Escalante, Edward James Olmos earned an Oscar nomination for playing him in this 1988 drama.
What is Stand and Deliver?
300
Before becoming a notorious Albuquerque drug kingpin, Bryan Cranston's Walter White worked in this profession on Breaking Bad.
What is a high school chemistry teacher?
300
The Pixar movie about emotions Joy, Sadness, Fear, Anger, and Disgust that guides a young girl through a move and the classic SE Hinton novel about a group of boys growing up in the 1950s.
What is Inside Outsiders?
400
This 24th US President signed the law making Labor Day a federal holiday on June 28, 1894. Hint: Also the name of a muppet.
Who is Grover Cleveland?
400
In the musical Grease, Danny and Sandy kick off the show detailing their summer romance in this iconic duet.
What is "Summer Nights"?
400
In 1888, John J. Loud patented this writing utensil specifically to write on rough leather surfaces, decades before Marcel Bich popularized its mass production.
What is the ballpoint pen?
400
Played by Robin Williams, unconventional English teacher John Keating inspires his students at Welton Academy to "carpe diem" in this 1989 film.
What is Dead Poets Society?
400
Set at William McKinley High School in Lima, Ohio, Matthew Morrison plays Will Schuester, a Spanish teacher who revives this musical performing group.
What is the Glee Club (or New Directions)?
400
The teen comedy of 2007, starring Jonah Hill and Michael Cera and a George Thorogood song.
What is Superbad to the Bone?
500
In 1887, this Pacific Northwest state became the very first in the nation to officially recognize Labor Day as a legal state holiday.
What is Oregon?
500
The classic Frank Sinatra song that is played at the end of a day at the races at Monmouth Park Racetrack.
What is "Summerwind"?
500
The traditional red gift to teachers on the first day of school originated in 19th-century frontier towns as payment or a token of gratitude for underpaid instructors.
What is an apple?
500
Michelle Pfeiffer stars as LouAnne Johnson, a former Marine who takes a teaching job with at-risk students in East Palo Alto, in this 1995 film featuring Coolio's "Gangsta's Paradise."
What is Dangerous Minds?
500
In the classic 1970s sitcom Welcome Back, Kotter, Gabe Kotter returns to his Brooklyn alma mater, Buchanan High, to teach a remedial class known by this collective nickname.
What are the Sweathogs?
500
The movie Khalid swears is a Christmas film and a Beatles movie.
What is Die Hard Day's Night?