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The August 2019 School Daze Quiz

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It’s back to school time. Before you head out with the big list of needed supplies, take a few moments to take our school quiz – Song, Book or Movie. We searched the internet for songs, books, movies and TV series about going to school – preschool, elementary, middle high school or college. For each title, tell us who performed the song; wrote the book or starred in the movie. Some titles may be a song and/or a book and/or a movie. We provide you with list of songs, artists, books, movies, TV series and actors - you just have to put them together.

For example:

“To Sir with Love” is a song by Lulu and a movie starring Sidney Poitier  based on the book of the same name by E.R. Braithwaite.

Match the correct recording artist to the song they performed that is related to school in some way:

Songs:                                                                           Performer:

"Art School Girl"                                                         John Mayer

"Another Brick in the Wall"                                       The Kinks

“Be True to Your School”                                            Carrie Underwood

“Don’t Forget to Remember Me”                            Alice Cooper

“Don’t Stand so Close to Me”                                    Chuck Berry

“Fifteen”                                                                            Fountains of Wayne

“Hot for Teacher”                                                           Nirvana

“No Such Thing”                                                             Ramones

“Rock N’ Roll High School                                        The White Stripes

“School”                                                                       The Police

“School Days”                                                                 Van Halen

“School’s Out”                                                                 The Beach Boys

“The HardWay”                                                              Pink Floyd

“Too Cool for School”                                                    Taylor Swift

“We’re going to be Friends”                                      Stone Temple Pilots

Match the book to the author. If applicable, match the star of the movie or Television series made from the book. Lists of Authors and Actors have been provided:

Authors:                                       Actors:

Pat Conroy                                  David Keith Billy Bob Thornton

H.G. Bissinger                             Kadeem Hardison Alexis Bledel

Jesse Lewis                                 Parker Stevenson Michelle Pfeiffer

J.K. Rowling                                Chad Michael Murray Sean Penn

Agatha Christie                          Carey Mulligan Lucy Hale

Jeffrey Eugenides                      Edward James Olmos Kristen Bell

John Knowles                             Sarah Michelle Gellar K.J. Apa

Ed McBain                                  Robin Williams Emma Watson

S.E. Hinton                                   Jason Priestley Sissy Spacek

Sherman Alexie                         Mark-Paul Gosselaar Zac Efron

Charlotte Brontë                       James Van der Beek Jack Black

Kazuo Ishiguro                          Freddie Prinze Jr. Fred Savage

Stephen Chbosky                      Molly Ringwald David Suchet

Stephen King                              Matthew Broderick Glenn Ford

Robert Cormier                           Daniel Radcliffe Matt Dillon

                                                       John Belushi Olivia Cooke

                                                       Gabriel Kaplan Tom Holland

                                                       Ben Savage Kirsten Dunst

                                                       Emma Stone Jon Heder

                                                       Kyle Chandler                Julia Stiles

                                                       Lindsay Lohan Lea Michelle

                                   John Glover Ben McKenzie

Books:

A Separate Peace by _______________ also a movie starring _____________

Carrie by _______________ also a movie starring ______________

Cat Among the Pigeons by _______________ also a movie starring ______________

Me, Earl and the Dying Girl by ______________ also a movie starring _________________

Never Let Me Go by _________________ also a movie starring __________________

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by _______________

The Blackboard Jungle by ______________ also a movie (Blackboard Jungle) starring _____________ The Chocolate War by _______________ also a movie starring ___________________

The Harry Potter Series by _________________ also a movie series starring ________________

The Lords of Discipline by ________________ also a movie starring ______________

The Outsiders by _________________ also a movie starring _________________

The Perks of being a Wallflower by _________________ also a movie starring ________________

The Virgin Suicides by _______________ also a movie starring _________________

Friday Night Lights by _______________ is also a movie starring __________________ and a TV series starring __________________

Villette by _______________________

Movies:

Animal House is a movie starring __________________

Dangerous Minds is a movie starring _____________________

Dead Poets Society is a movie starring ____________________

Easy A is a movie starring __________________

Fast Times at Ridgemont High is a movie starring __________________

Ferris Bueller’s Day Off is a movie starring __________________

High School Musical is a movie starring ________________

Mean Girls is a movie starring ________________________

Napoleon Dynamite is a movie starring________________

School of Rock is a movie starring _____________

She’s All That is a movie starring ___________________

Stand and Deliver is a movie starring __________________

Ten Things I Hate About You is a movie starring ______________________

The Breakfast Club is a movie starring __________________

Spider-Man Homecoming is a movie starring ___________________

 TV Series:

A Different World is a TV series starring _____________

Beverly Hills, 90210 is a TV series starring __________________

Boy Meets World is a TV series starring ________________________

Buffy the Vampire Slayer is a TV series starring ____________________

Dawson’s Creek is a TV series starring ____________________

Gilmore Girls is a TV series starring

Glee is a TV series starring _____________________

One Tree Hill is a TV series starring __________________

Pretty Little Liars is a TV series starring _______________________

Riverdale is a TV series starring ____________

Saved by the Bell is a TV series starring ________________

The O.C. is a TV series starring ______________

Veronica Mars is a TV series starring ______________

Welcome Back Mr. Kotter is a TV series starring _________________

Wonder Years is a TV series starring _______________

Answers to this month’s quiz can be found at: https://www.thisawfulawesomelife.com/home/2019/8/4/next-month-in-this-awful-awesome-life-september-2019

                                           

                                                               

                                                               

                                                               

                                                               

                                                               

 

                                                               

                                                               

                                                               

                                                               

                                                               

                                                               

 

 

 

 

 

 

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