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100

This loud sound indicates the beginning and end of each period in a school day

What is the bell?

100

This fictional, strict teacher in Matilda famously throws kids across the playground

Who is Miss Trunchbull?

100

This is the only number that cannot be written using Roman numerals

What is zero?

100

Teachers write on this modern board with colorful markers that are usually dried out

What is a whiteboard?

100

Teachers live at school and sleep in the teacher's lounge

What is False?

200

This is the room where teachers go to eat lunch, where there are vending machines, microwaves, and mini-fridges

What is the teacher's lounge?

200

This is the magical Headmaster who runs Hogwarts in the Harry Potter series?

Who is Albus Dumbledore?

200

This is the name for a word that is spelled the exact same way backward and forward, like "tacocat," "racecar," or "radar"

What is a palindrome?

200

This popular website lets teachers host chaotic, fast-paced trivia games with intense music

What is Kahoot?

200

Most teachers spend their own money to buy decorations for their classrooms

What is True?

300

This is the important test you take near the end of the school year that covers what you learned

What is the NJSLA?

300

She is the wacky, adventurous cartoon teacher who drives "The Magic School Bus" into wild places

Who is Ms. Frizzle?

300

This specific punctuation mark looks like a dot above a comma, and (typically) is not used frequently

What is a semicolon? (;)

300

This digital app is where teachers of all subjects most frequently post assignments online (so you can't claim the dog ate your homework)

What is Google Classroom?

300

Teachers get paid during summer vacation without any extra saving

What is False—they only get paid for days they work, though many spread it out

400

This is the official name for the set of rules that tells you what clothes you can wear to school

What is the dress code?

400

This is the only country in the world that is also classified as its very own entire continent

What is Australia?

400

This is the slip of paper that is given to a student by a teacher as a reward for good behavior.

What is a Bridgemen Buck?

400

Teachers are legally required to give you at least one night of notice before giving a quiz to the class

What is False?

500

This is the official name for the chaotic, 10-minute morning session where teachers take attendance and school announcements are said

What is homeroom?

500

This iconic, green Jedi Master spent centuries teaching young Padawans how to use the Force in Star Wars

Who is Yoda?

500

This is the specific type of rock that forms when molten magma or lava cools down and hardens

What is the igneous rock?

500

This machine displays a screen live onto the whiteboard so the whole class can see it

What is a projector?

500

The average middle school teacher grades over 1,000 pages of homework and tests every single school year

What is True?