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Back to school quiz — Autumn

The “Back to school” quiz — Autumn. It has 25 questions in five categories: School Traditions, School Supplies, Schools of the Past, Fictional Schools, School Subjects. Questions get harder as the points go up, from 100 to 500.

  • 25 questions · 5 categories

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Buzzo quiz: Back to school

A peek at the questions

The 100- and 200-point questions are open here. The rest show only their first words, and there are no answers: all of that is in the game itself.

School Traditions

  1. 100

    In many countries, which autumn month marks the traditional start of the school year?

  2. 200Picture for the question

    In which European country do first-graders receive a Schultüte, a large cone filled with sweets?

  3. 300

    Which fresh autumn fruit…

    In the game
  4. 400

    Which international holiday dedicated…

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  5. 500

    What is this pictured…

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School Supplies

  1. 100Picture for the question

    What is this pictured dark mineral that forms the writing core of a standard pencil?

  2. 200

    Which Hungarian journalist invented the modern ballpoint pen, often called by his last name?

  3. 300

    Which dark layered stone…

    In the game
  4. 400

    What is this pictured…

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  5. 500

    Which common food was…

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Schools of the Past

  1. 100Picture for the question

    What was the name of the famous philosophical school near Athens founded by the ancient Greek thinker Plato?

  2. 200

    What pointed metal or bone rod did students in ancient times use to scratch letters onto wax tablets?

  3. 300

    In medieval education, the…

    In the game
  4. 400

    Which 17th-century Czech educator…

    In the game
  5. 500

    What was the Sumerian…

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Fictional Schools

  1. 100Picture for the question

    Which Scottish school of magic was reached by a train departing from the secret Platform Nine and Three-Quarters?

  2. 200

    In Roald Dahl's Matilda, which tyrannical headmistress punishes students in a spiked closet called the Chokey?

  3. 300

    Which Saturday chore did…

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  4. 400

    Over whose head did…

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  5. 500

    In Charlotte Brontë's novel…

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School Subjects

  1. 100

    What spherical model of Earth is commonly used in geography classrooms?

  2. 200Picture for the question

    What is this pictured optical instrument with glass lenses used in biology class to examine cells?

  3. 300

    Which indicator paper in…

    In the game
  4. 400

    What is the length…

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  5. 500

    Which celestial body was…

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  2. Send students or friends the link — they join from a phone or a computer.
  3. Choose questions on the board, buzz in first and collect points.

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