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Pesky Exams
The Dropout
100

This 1970s-80s vocal frontman/artist is perhaps most popular for his title track known as "School's Out For ________". The artist's name is ________________.

What is Summer and who is Alice Cooper?

100

If you went to school in this U.S. state, you would be taking the Regent Exams.

What is New York?

100

The Hulu Original, "The Dropout", is a biographical film based on this individual who committed massive fraud in the medical testing field. She was convicted in 2022 and is currently incarcerated.

Who is Elizabeth Holmes?

200

Several countries do not have a typical "Summer Break", and in fact, if you lived in one of these countries, you would likely be attending school in July and August.

What is Japan, South Korea, or Taiwan?
200

Many of you college-bound students may have to take this placement exam before the start of your freshman year.

What is the Accuplacer?

200

This entrepreneur and innovator dropped out of Harvard after 3 semesters to team up with Paul Allen. The duo would revolutionize the tech field in the 1980's throughout today.

Who is Bill Gates?

300

This Uralic nation, considered to have one of the best public education systems in the world, is often mistakenly grouped with its Scandinavian neighbors. 

What is Finland?

300

A type of cumulative exam, be fortunate that you never had to take them here at Emerson HS, because you WILL have to take them at any accredited college.

What are midterms and finals?

300

Although commonly used to describe student collegiate athletes, the practice of __________ is used to describe delaying your child's entrance to kindergarten for the purpose of maturing.

What is redshirting?

400

This fictional cartoon character, after 26 years of futile attempts, eventually got his boating license!

Who is SpongeBob SquarePants?

400

This will likely be your entrance exam if you want to attend Graduate level Business school.

What is the GMAT?

400

This famous late tech innovator dropped out of Reed College before making his mark on the computing world.

Who was Steve Jobs?

500

This term refers the time period in which a graduating senior delays attending college for one year.

What is a "gap year"?

500

This brutal academic exam consists for four parts, each of which is four hours. It has a pass rate of below 50%.

What is the CPA exam?

500

This highly successful actress dropped out of high school at the age of 16. She is perhaps most famous for her lead role in the 2004 film, "Million Dollar Baby".

Who is Hilary Swank?