Back to School Question 1 out of 10Before erasers were invented, what was commonly used to get rid of pencil marks? Cotton swab Dried glue Bread Tablets of wax You must select an answer before proceeding to the next question.Submit AnswerQuestion 2 out of 10When was the first public school founded in the United States? April 23, 1635 December 9, 1952 October 12, 1492 May 14, 1607 You must select an answer before proceeding to the next question.Submit AnswerQuestion 3 out of 10Which state has the largest transit system for school buses? California Texas New York Georgia You must select an answer before proceeding to the next question.Submit AnswerQuestion 4 out of 10The original Crayola Crayons originally came with how many crayons in a box? 12 8 4 24 You must select an answer before proceeding to the next question.Submit AnswerQuestion 5 out of 10How many words can the average pencil write? 55,000 words 70,000 words 45,000 words 90,000 words You must select an answer before proceeding to the next question.Submit AnswerQuestion 6 out of 10What is considered to be the hardest subject in high school? Trigonometry Physics English Global History You must select an answer before proceeding to the next question.Submit AnswerQuestion 7 out of 10Where did the tradition of giving a teacher an apple come from? Denmark Panama China Austria You must select an answer before proceeding to the next question.Submit AnswerQuestion 8 out of 10What percentage of Americans had high school diplomas in 1910? 25% 6% 18% 9% You must select an answer before proceeding to the next question.Submit AnswerQuestion 9 out of 10School buses have been around since 1915 (as long as the automobile), but the official color of bright yellow wasn’t adopted until what year? 1942 1939 1961 1952 You must select an answer before proceeding to the next question.Submit AnswerQuestion 10 out of 10Five of the fifty-six signers of the Declaration of Independence graduated from the oldest public school in the US. Who were they? Benjamin Franklin, John Hancock, Samuel Adams, John Adams, and William Whipple Thomas Jefferson, John Penn, Francis Lewis, Samuel Adams, and William Floyd Thomas Jefferson, John Hancock, Lewis Morris, John Adams, and William Hopper Benjamin Franklin, John Hancock, Robert Treat Paine, Samuel Adams, and William Hopper You must select an answer before proceeding to the next question.Submit Answer Subscribe to AMAC Daily News and Games Email If You Enjoy Games Like This - Subscribe to the AMAC Daily Newsletter! It's easy and FREE Subscribe Today! First Name Last Name Email *By providing your email address and subscribing, you agree to allow AMAC to send you "Join AMAC" emails, if you are not already an AMAC Member. Share Read more articles by The Association of Mature American Citizens Subscribe Login Notify of new follow-up comments new replies to my comments Label Name* Email* Label Name* Email* 55 Comments Most Voted Newest Oldest Inline Feedbacks View all comments Freda. 2 years ago 8/10**few lucky guesses,few I’m going to check out because I have questions of my own. Jan13 2 years ago 3 for 10, guess I need to go back to school. :~) Pamela 2 years ago 2 out of 10, I apparently know nothing about the history of school. 🙂 Patty L 2 years ago 4/10… These were tough….especially the dates!! Jones 2 years ago 5 out of 10 and I was darned well lucky to get the 5. mary moore 2 years ago 4/10 – do i need to go back to school? 🙂 Rich D 2 years ago 4/10 ouch. Sherry Ware 2 years ago 4/10 I taught school but I don’t know much about the history of it, apparently. Beth 2 years ago 3/10 but I would not go back into the schools today. Jim Shedd 2 years ago Pretty much all guesses but scored 7/10. I mistakenly assumed Ben Franklin was too old to have attended high school in the US. My answer was a pure guess. Still interesting to learn so much about public education in America. Barb 2 years ago 2/10. Ugh! Steven 2 years ago 8/10 Not bad for guessing. Lana 2 years ago 2/10 And I loved school in my time. Gary 2 years ago Before erasers were invited? Lyn 2 years ago 2/10. Pitiful! Dianne 2 years ago 5/10 with some good guesses. Gail Berry 2 years ago 2/10 Wow, hanging my head in shame… maureen2455 2 years ago 5 / 10 or 50% – that’s a big fail for me. Margie M 2 years ago 4/10 Judith Dunn 2 years ago o I didn’t know when yellow buses started! Beth 2 years ago 8/10 all lucky guesses except the crayons I knew that from my own experience. Richard A 2 years ago 2/10…am i good or what? My guesser is really off today. Marilyn 2 years ago 5 out of 10. Bread for erasers? And someday when I’m bored, I’ll have to sit down and count how many words my pencil can write. 45,000 is average; who knows – maybe I’ll set a record! Barbara Ann turner 2 years ago 8/10 – I did a whole lot of guessing on this one. Still fun. Kate 2 years ago I got the first 4, then bombed the rest. At least I knew something, but not much! Cynthia 2 years ago 5/10 I really thought I’d be the only one who did so poorly. Connie K 2 years ago What is the point of a quiz where all your answers are guesses? Who cares about most of the questions? I prefer a quiz that actually tests your knowledge. Martha Henriod 2 years ago A lot of really obscure questions. Colin Brown 2 years ago How many words can an average pencil write? What a dumb question! Laurel 2 years ago United States didn’t exist in 1635! T. Anderson 2 years ago Had to guess at all and was not very successful at that….3/10. Ron 2 years ago 4/10 – dismal. But then again, as usual several questions were highly subjective. For instance, the hardest subject. You don’t study physics until after you learn trigonometry, and I guarantee you most people who find physics hard would also find trig to be difficult. Sad Sack at the back of the pack 2 years ago Perfect score! I got every one WRONG. I would not have thought that likely, even when I was purely guessing at every one. Call it talent or a statistical anomaly or what you will. I do have to disagree, though, that physics is the hardest school subject. I am reasonably well versed in physics while even the word “trigonometry” has me quaking in my boots. Sheila 2 years ago 6/10 not too bad. That 60%. Dan 2 years ago Half right or half wrong depending on ones WOKENESS, I guess!!! Who knew how many words a average pencil could write?? More important who cares?? Hehehehehe Tish 2 years ago 2/10 ~ guess I shoulda stayed in skool . . . Robert S. 2 years ago These quizzes are turning into a big guess fest. I prefer quizzes where each answer is related to the original question in some form. Not situations where the answer is 9% and the other answers are just other numbers without any relation to the question asked. If you did these quizzes the way I suggest, we all might learn some other facts about history and current events. With guess fests you learn nothing from your wrong answer and it wastes everyone’s time. S A 2 years ago Enjoy the quizzes, but l have never thought of checking authenticity of answers. Until now… Your back to school quiz. What year was first public school founded in The United States? The answer… 1635. This would not be surprising from NPR and/or the majority of the media. This one takes no research—come on AMAC. 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