My Weird School
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50 free My Weird School trivia questions with answers — literature quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
Dan Gutman's My Weird School books have kept reluctant readers laughing since 2004. A.J. can't stand going to class, his archenemy Andrea can't get enough of it, and every grown-up who walks through the door turns out to be stranger than the last. With more than 100 titles across My Weird School, My Weird School Daze, My Weirder School and My Weirdest School, there is a lot to remember. This quiz covers the books readers ask about most: Miss Daisy Is Crazy, Mrs. Cooney Is Loony, Mr. Granite Is from Another Planet, Miss Laney Is Zany, Miss Mary Is Scary, Mr. Harrison Is Embarrassin', Ms. Beard Is Weird and Miss Daisy Is Still Crazy. Plenty of other staff turn up too, from the custodian to the crossing guard, along with questions about how the books came to be and the movie they inspired. Use it as a comprehension check after finishing a chapter book, a classroom warm-up or a family challenge. Every answer comes with a short explanation, so even a wrong guess teaches you something weird.
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Q 01Where do A.J. and his archenemy Andrea go to class in Dan Gutman's books about wacky teachers?
Ella Mentry School
Ella Mentry School is named after a woman called Ella Mentry, who shows up in the stories and puts chocolate pudding on Principal Klutz's bald head.
Q 02Science teacher Mr. Docker invents a car that runs on which food in My Weird School?
Potatoes
Potatoes power Mr. Docker's Spudmobile, and his cackling mad-scientist laugh makes A.J. wonder whether he is trying to take over the world.
Q 03Which animal does Principal Klutz kiss on the lips in the My Weird School book Mr. Klutz Is Nuts?
A pig
A pig gets the kiss, one of the wild stunts the skateboarding principal offers as rewards; he also hangs upside down from the school flagpole.
Q 04Dan Gutman created My Weird School after watching his daughter read which series, hoping to write a boy's version?
Junie B. Jones
Junie B. Jones, Barbara Park's hit series, made Gutman want to write something similar from a boy's point of view, so he invented wisecracking A.J.
Q 05Which sweet treat does teacher Miss Daisy love to eat in My Weird School's Miss Daisy Is Crazy?
Bonbons
Bonbons are Miss Daisy's favorite food. She also tells her class she cannot read, write, add or subtract, so the kids end up teaching her.
Q 06A.J. and his friends suspect that British student teacher Miss Mary is what in My Weird School Daze?
A vampire
A vampire is their guess, because Miss Mary wears all black, lives in a cave and sleeps hanging upside down from the ceiling.
Q 07Reading specialist Mr. Macky dresses up as which U.S. president in My Weird School?
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln is Mr. Macky's obsession: he lives in a log cabin and wears the costume to get the kids excited about their Presidents' Day reports.
Q 08Custodian Miss Lazar saves Principal Klutz from a rooftop fall with which tool in My Weird School?
A toilet plunger
A toilet plunger is Miss Lazar's trusty sidekick: the scooter-riding custodian behaves more like a superhero than a cleaner.
Q 09In My Weirder School, Mr. Macky hires Miss Klute to help raise reading scores; what is Miss Klute?
A therapy dog
A therapy dog, Miss Klute is a Labradoodle the kids read stories to every day, and soon everyone wants a turn.
Q 10According to A.J. in My Weird School, grown-ups invented school so they would not have to pay whom?
Babysitters
Babysitters, says A.J., who also insists that kids can learn everything important from watching TV.
Q 11Which kind of wordplay runs through the titles of Dan Gutman's My Weird School chapter books?
A rhyme
A rhyme drives the title of each story, and most put one weird grown-up in the spotlight. Mr. Docker Is off His Rocker and Ms. Krup Cracks Me Up are typical.
Q 12How far along in school is A.J. when My Weird School begins in Miss Daisy's class?
Second grade
Second grade is where A.J. begins, and he and his friends graduate to third grade in the follow-up series My Weird School Daze.
Q 13A.J. gets his first crush on beautiful Mrs. Cooney, who does which job in Dan Gutman's books?
School nurse
School nurse Mrs. Cooney is so beautiful that A.J. decides he wants to marry her when he grows up, despite some dark suspicions about her.
Q 21In My Weird School's Mrs. Cooney Is Loony, A.J. fears that his crush Mrs. Cooney is secretly what?
A spy
A spy is what A.J. suspects, and an international one at that, so he has to choose between his love for her and his love for his country.
Q 22Miss Laney forces A.J. to play the lead in which Shakespeare play in My Weird School Daze?
Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet is the third-grade play, and A.J. dreads finding out who will star opposite him and whether there will be kissing.
Q 23Which emergency sends A.J.'s school into a panic in Dan Gutman's Mr. Harrison Is Embarrassin'?
A blackout
A blackout leaves everyone yelling and screaming in the dark when the power goes out, and only Mr. Harrison can save the day.
Q 14Which job does Miss Laney do in My Weird School Daze, making A.J. recite tongue twisters?
Speech teacher
Speech teacher Miss Laney baffles A.J., who points out that he already knows how to talk, and she soon pushes him onto the stage as well.
Q 15Mr. Harrison, who saves the day in a My Weirder School crisis, holds which job at A.J.'s school?
Tech guy
Tech guy Mr. Harrison can fix anything, from computers and phones to pencil sharpeners, and he builds odd inventions of his own too.
Q 16Which kind of TV program does Ms. Beard direct at A.J.'s school in Dan Gutman's Ms. Beard Is Weird?
A reality show
A reality show about the school's teachers is being filmed, and everybody is desperate to win its grand prize.
Q 17In Dan Gutman's Miss Daisy Is Still Crazy, Miss Daisy returns to A.J.'s class in which role?
Substitute teacher
Substitute teacher is her new role: she steps in when A.J.'s regular teacher is out sick, and she turns out to be weirder than ever.
Q 18Which My Weirdest School teacher poses as made-up superheroes after replacing the retiring Mr. Granite?
Mr. Cooper
Mr. Cooper turns up as a different hero each day, teaching about rodents as Rat Man and about volcanoes as Lava Man.
Q 19In Miss Daisy Is Crazy, which surprising opinion about school does Miss Daisy share with A.J.?
She hates it
She hates it, just as A.J. does, and she would rather watch TV all day, which leaves the kids wondering whether she is a real teacher at all.
Q 20A.J. braves school secretary Mrs. Patty's house in the My Weird School book set around which holiday?
Halloween
Halloween sends A.J. to Mrs. Patty's door for the best candy ever, even though people say her house is haunted and her husband is a ghost.
Q 24TV director Ms. Beard tells everybody at A.J.'s school to do what in Dan Gutman's Ms. Beard Is Weird?
Act normal
Act normal is her instruction to the teachers and students alike, which is a lot to ask of the weirdest staff in the history of the world.
Q 25In Dan Gutman's Miss Daisy Is Still Crazy, what does Miss Daisy believe is out to get her?
Germs
Germs are her big fear, and instead of teaching anything she wants the kids to spend the whole day eating sweets.
Q 26New teacher Mr. Granite has strange ideas for doing what to A.J.'s school in My Weird School Daze?
Making it eco-friendly
Making it eco-friendly is Mr. Granite's mission, and his ideas are so odd that the kids decide he must come from another planet.
Q 27Miss Mary's zombie-like boyfriend Zack plays in which kind of band in My Weird School Daze?
Heavy metal
Heavy metal is Zack's music, and Mr. Granite just hopes the boyfriend will stay away long enough for him to teach a math lesson.
Q 28Which football star visits A.J.'s class in the My Weird School book Miss Daisy Is Crazy?
Boomer Wiggins
Boomer Wiggins drops in on the class, and Miss Daisy asks him to his face whether football players are dumb, as A.J. assumes.
Q 29In Miss Daisy Is Crazy, Principal Klutz challenges A.J. and his schoolmates to pull off which feat?
Read a million pages
Read a million pages is the goal, and Miss Daisy tracks how far the kids have got on a giant temperature mural.
Q 30Which artist draws the cartoon pictures of A.J. and his teachers in the My Weird School books?
Jim Paillot
Jim Paillot draws the series, and his pictures even explain math ideas such as circumference along the way.