Yearbook Roles
Design & Layout
Yearbook Roles
Photography
Captions & Copy
100

This person oversees the entire yearbook publication and makes final editorial decisions.

Who is the editor in chief

100

The empty space intentionally left around elements on a yearbook spread is called this.

What is called white space


100

The modern school yearbook evolved from college publications in this century.

MULTIPLE GUESS: 

17th century

18th century

19th century

20th century

100

Candid yearbook photos are valued because they capture students in this kind of moment

what are natural unscripted moments


100

A good yearbook caption should be written in this verb tense to create immediacy

What is present tense

200

A yearbook adviser is typically a staff member in this profession.

What is a teacher

200

The area at the very center of an open yearbook spread, where pages meet the binding, is called this.

What is the gutter

200

The earliest college 'class books' were often called this before 'yearbook' became standard

What were called 

Memory albums / 

Senior annuals / 

Class registers / 

Hall records


200

The 'rule of thirds' in photography means placing your subject at the intersection of this grid

What is 3x3

200

A caption that simply restates what is visually obvious in the photo is called this.

What is a label caption

300

The person responsible for selling ads and managing the yearbook budget holds this title.

Who is a business manager

300

A 'dominant photo' on a spread should ideally take up at least this fraction of the page.

What is one-third to one-half

300

Jostens, one of the largest yearbook companies, was founded in this decade.

What was the

1890s / 1900s / 1920s / 1950s

300

A photo in which the subject's head is cut off by the frame edge is called this kind of error

What is a cropping mistake

300

In yearbook copy, 'copy' refers to this. A duplicate yearbook

What is All written text content
400

A 'ladder' in yearbook refers to this planning tool.

What is A page-by-page content plan

400

This design principle means repeating colors, fonts, or shapes throughout the book for visual unity.

What is consistency

400

The term 'yearbook' came into wide use in American high schools around this decade.

1900s / 1920s / 1940s / 1960s

400

This camera setting controls how much light enters the sensor by changing the lens opening size.

What is aperture

400

A yearbook headline's primary job is to do this.

What is draw the reader into the story

500

This staff member is responsible for writing and editing all text content in the book.

What is a Copy editor

500

A 'folio' on a yearbook page refers to this element.

What is the section label and page number

500

Digital yearbook software began widely replacing paste-up layouts in schools during this decade

What were 


1980s / 1990s / 2000s / 2010s

500

A 'mug shot' in yearbook terminology refers to this type of photo

What is a close-up portrait, usually head and shoulders

500

An 'Oxford comma' debate in yearbook copy refers to a comma placed in this location.

What is before the conjunction in a series of three or more items