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In Frindle, what question did Nick ask on the first day of school?

Nick was famous in his elementary school for distracting his teachers and wasting class time:



Nick was an expert in asking the delaying question--also known as the teacher-stopper, or the guaranteed-time-waster (Frindle, Chapter 3).



Nick decided to try his skills on his new teacher, Mrs. Granger. Nick soon found out that Mrs. Granger was not one to be fooled.


Attempting to distract Mrs. Granger, Nick pointed out that her classroom was filled with dictionaries. He asked his new teacher where all the words in the dictionary came from. Rather than answer Nick's question, she assigned him an oral report on the topic. Nick had intended to ask his question so that he and his fellow students could avoid doing some of their work. Instead, Nick was assigned even more work by his teacher. He was perplexed by this unusual twist. He was not accustomed to a change in his usual plan.

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