Question 1

What term describes the fear of going to school?

Accepted Answer

Didaskaleniophobia

Question 2

Each graphite pencil has enough graphite to draw a line how many miles long?

Accepted Answer

35

Question 3

How many teachers are there teaching in the US?

Accepted Answer

8 million

Question 4

What is the most popular color of Crayola crayon?

Accepted Answer

Blue

Question 5

In what country are all students age six and up taught Chess as a part of their curriculum?

Accepted Answer

Armenia

Question 6

How much money does the average family spend on school supplies over a year?

Accepted Answer

$700

Question 7

In what year did yellow become the official color of American school buses?

Accepted Answer

1939

Question 8

How much back-to-school shopping is done online?

Accepted Answer

50%

Question 9

What country has the shortest average school day?

Accepted Answer

Finland

Question 10

Where is the United States’ oldest public school located?

Accepted Answer

Massachusetts

Question 11

When were erasers added to pencils?

Accepted Answer

1858

Question 12

What percent of a student’s body does the average backpack weigh?

Accepted Answer

20%

Question 13

How many pounds does the largest crayon in the world weigh?

Accepted Answer

1500 - The largest crayon measures 5.21 m (17 ft 1.1 in) long and 0.45 m (1 ft 5.7 in) in diameter and was achieved by Ashrita Furman (USA) in Jamaica, New York, USA verified on 10 October 2017.

Question 14

In what decade did High School start being attended by the majority of teenagers in the United States?

Accepted Answer

1930s

Question 15

What was the average SAT score in 2019?

Accepted Answer

1050

Question 16

What is the most selective college in the US to get into?

Accepted Answer

Harvard

Question 17

What is the most popular major studied in US colleges?

Accepted Answer

Business and Management

Question 18

Worldwide, what is the most liked subject in elementary school?

Accepted Answer

Mathematics

Question 19

What is considered the most difficult year of high school?

Accepted Answer

Junior Year

Question 20

What age do most children start school?

Accepted Answer

5

Question 21

In what month do students in Japan go back to school?

Accepted Answer

April

Question 22

What percentage of students in the US wear school uniforms?

Accepted Answer

20%

Question 23

What is the largest college in the US?

Accepted Answer

University of Central Florda

Question 24

What state has the highest number of college students?

Accepted Answer

California

Question 25

What is the average number of students in a classroom in the United States?

Accepted Answer

21

Question 26

According to surveys, what are elementary school students most worried about regarding starting school?

Accepted Answer

Homework

Question 27

What percent of published schools in the US have internet access?

Accepted Answer

100%

Question 28

In what country did the tradition of giving apples to teachers originate?

Accepted Answer

Denmark

Question 29

What country has school six days a week?

Accepted Answer

Israel

Question 30

What percentage of school-age children report that they enjoy school?

Accepted Answer

66%

Question 31

In what country is the largest school in the world located?

Accepted Answer

India

Question 32

When do students in the Netherlands start school?

Accepted Answer

4 yrs old

Question 33

What country has the shortest school year, at 36 weeks?

Accepted Answer

France

Back To School Trivia

2) Each graphite pencil has enough graphite to draw a line how many miles long?

3) How many teachers are there teaching in the US?

4) What is the most popular color of Crayola crayon?

5) In what country are all students age six and up taught Chess as a part of their curriculum?

6) How much money does the average family spend on school supplies over a year?

7) In what year did yellow become the official color of American school buses?

8) How much back-to-school shopping is done online?

9) What country has the shortest average school day?

10) Where is the United States’ oldest public school located?

11) When were erasers added to pencils?

12) What percent of a student’s body does the average backpack weigh?

13) How many pounds does the largest crayon in the world weigh?

14) In what decade did High School start being attended by the majority of teenagers in the United States?

15) What was the average SAT score in 2019?

16) What is the most selective college in the US to get into?

17) What is the most popular major studied in US colleges?

18) Worldwide, what is the most liked subject in elementary school?

19) What is considered the most difficult year of high school?

20) What age do most children start school?

21) In what month do students in Japan go back to school?

22) What percentage of students in the US wear school uniforms?

23) What is the largest college in the US?

24) What state has the highest number of college students?

25) What is the average number of students in a classroom in the United States?

26) According to surveys, what are elementary school students most worried about regarding starting school?

27) What percent of published schools in the US have internet access?

28) In what country did the tradition of giving apples to teachers originate?

29) What country has school six days a week?

30) What percentage of school-age children report that they enjoy school?

31) In what country is the largest school in the world located?

32) When do students in the Netherlands start school?

33) What country has the shortest school year, at 36 weeks?