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This major retailer is famous for its annual “Back to School” sales and is known for its blue vest-wearing associates.
What is Walmart?
A popular school supply brand introduced in 1964, I am famous for my removable self-adhesive notes.
What are Post-it® Notes?
From Saved by the Bell, name the name the principal who was constantly dealing with Zack Morris and his friends.
Who was Mr. Belding?
A classic 1980s educational computer game that challenged players to guide a wagon party from Missouri to the western frontier.
What was The Oregon Trail?
This Van Halen hit was likely popular among high school boys.
What is “Hot for Teacher”?
This office supply store’s slogan is “That was easy."
What is Staples
I am a standard sized ruler. I am ___ inches long.
What is 12 inches?
This chemistry teacher became a drug kingpin in the TV series Breaking Bad.
Who is Walter White?
Before Google became the go-to search engine, this internet service famously greeted users with the phrase, “You’ve got mail."
AOL (America Online)
This pop princess sang “…Baby One More Time” while dressed as a schoolgirl in one of MTV’s most iconic music videos.
Who is Britney Spears?
After Amazon, this retailer hits the "Bullseye" when it comes to teacher wishlists.
What is Target?
You don't see much of me anymore, but teachers used me for years to write. Now I mostly hangout on sidewalks.
What is chalk?
Janine Teagues teaches this grade on Abbott Elementary.
What is 2nd grade?
Before cloud storage, this removable device largely replaced floppy disks for transferring files.
What is a USB flash drive (thumb drive)?
This 1985 film’s anthem, performed by Simple Minds, became forever associated with students serving Saturday detention.
What is “Don’t You (Forget About Me)”?
According to the National Retail Federation, this is typically the largest back-to-school shopping expense for families with K–12 students.
What are Electronics?
Before calculators became common in classrooms, I was a handheld tool with sliding scales and was widely used for complex math calculations.
What is a slide rule?
From School of Rock, this substitute teacher was played by Jack Black.
Who is Dewey Finn?
This is the name of the first widely popular handheld personal digital assistant (PDA) made by Palm?
What is a PalmPilot?
This 1979 Pink Floyd hit begins with the lyric, “We don’t need no education.”
What is “Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)”?
This state was the first in the U.S. to hold a statewide tax-free holiday for back-to-school shopping in 1997.
What is New York?
Generally a semicircle (but sometimes a full circle) marked from 0° to 180° (or 360°) students use me to measure and draw angles.
What is a protractor?
In Dead Poets Society, this is the name of Robin Williams’ inspiring English teacher.
What is John Keating (Mr. Keating)
Before PowerPoint and smart boards, teachers often wrote on clear plastic sheets that were displayed for the class. Name the machine that projected those transparencies onto a screen.
What is an overhead projector?
This singer had a hit with “Beauty School Dropout,” a memorable song from the movie Grease.
Who is Frankie Avalon?