SCHOOLS OUT |
1. | Which Prime Minster used the phrase ‘Education, Education, Education’ to put classrooms at the top of the political agenda whilst in office? |
| Tony Blair |
2. | What term is given to a first year university student or undergraduate? |
| Freshman |
3. | Name the 1983 comedy/drama film about a hairdresser who wants to better herself by studying literature? |
| Educating Rita |
4. | What two word Latin term meaning ‘nourishing mother’ is used to refer to a school which an individual has attended? |
| Alma Mater |
5. | In what year was corporal punishment banned from UK State run schools? |
| 1986 |
6. | Since 1962, how many different presenters have hosted University Challenge? |
| 2 |
7. | Which two teams contest the only annual school cricket match played at Lord’s Cricket Ground |
| Eton and Harrow |
8. | What was the last UK No 1 single of the 1970s, it included this line: “We Don’t Need No Education”? |
| Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2) |
9. | Who was education secretary under Edward Heath who stopped free milk for children over 7 years of age? |
| Margaret Thatcher |
10. | What does the examination grading term GCSE stand for? |
| General Certificate of Secondary Education |