Science Teachers SSSSHHH!
What % of DNA do humans share with chimpanzees?
a) 33% b) 59% c) 72% d) 98%
What is 98%
100
Most of us probably know POS to mean "point of sale", but what does it likely mean when the kids are texting?
What is parent over shoulder
100
Art Teachers SSSSHHHH: This is an actual question from the Jeopardy Contestant Search website: HE DIED IN 1890 HAVING SOLD 1 PAINTING; IN 1990 HIS PORTRAIT OF DR. GACHET SOLD FOR $82.5 MILLION
Who is Van Gogh
100
Jimmy Piersall celebrated his 100th home run by doing this:
What is running the bases backwards
100
The single, "School's Out" (1972) reached this position on the Billboard Top 100:
(team that is closest gets the points)
What is 7
200
English Teachers SHHHHH!
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the earliest recorded use of "wicked" to mean "cool" or "neat", was in this author's first novel - This Side of Paradise. How Great it that!
What is F. Scott Fitzgerald
200
Yolo: basically means "carpe diem". What does yolo stand for?
What is you only live once
200
Unless there is a Laker's game on, Alex Trebek prefers to watch this show every evening.
What is Jeopardy
200
Math Teachers SSSHHHHH!
This number is the smallest square that can be written as the sum of two positive squares.
What is 25
200
According to The Home Economist, in 2013 there were 47 million students enrolled in public schools. How many were enrolled in independent schools?
a) 14 million b) 3 million c) less than one million
d) 8 million
What is 3 million
300
Theatre Teachers and Playrights SSSHHHH: The Czechs have given much to the world including contact lenses and semtex (ok, we could have done without that). Which common word comes from Czech writer and playwright Karel Capek's 1921 work R.U.R.? a) relay b) relax
c) reboot d) robot
What is robot
300
What does it mean if a student says, "I am really on the struggle bus"?
What is struggling with schoolwork
300
Trebek once opened a Tournament of Champions round wearing no _________.
What is pants
300
According to the Rule of 72, an investment paying 3% would double in value in about how many years?
What is 24
300
Alice Cooper's real name:
a) Vincent Damon Furnier
b) Jason Alexander Cooper
c) Cooper Warren Westliner
d) Robert Manson Fuller
What is Vincent Damon Furnier
400
History Teachers SSSH!
Name three of the original six members of the EEC (European Economic Community - 1957)
What is Belgium, France, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and West Germany.
400
This term means trimming your friends list on social media - it doesn't mean cutting your Bro's hair.
What is friendscaping
400
This former TV talk show host (60's - 80's) wrote a song called "Think" as a lullaby for his son - and it became Jeopardy's famous theme.
Who is Merv Griffin
400
Actual question from the Finance Club's end of year Jeopardy game: The Mississippi Bubble incident of 1720 caused an economic crash in what country?
What is France
400
In 2012 Joshua Goodman released a study for the State of Massachusetts which concluded that, statistically speaking, these events had no negative impact on learning. (Mr. Goodman might not be a school teacher.)
What are snow days
500
F.L. Teachers SSSSHH!
After the Bible, this book is available in the most languages - no lie!
What is Pinocchio
500
When texting, NALOPKT means this? When Johnny Carson found out, he said, "I did not know that".
What is Not A Lot Of People Know That
500
Which is NOT an actual category from Jeopardy?
a) Hey, I Just Met You
b) All's Wells That Ends Wells
c) Yeah, We Went There
d) A Binder Full Of Women
What is All's Wells That Ends Wells - We will miss you, Kathy!
500
Name one of the three: Elmo's mother, father, or sister
What is Mae, Louie, Daisy
500
Name the movie that gave us the quote, "“You asked me once how I was gonna save your life. This is it. This moment.”
a) School Daze b) Dead Poet's Society
c) Dangerous Minds d) Old School