Food & Drink
Name three types of girl scout cookies sold in 2020
What are lemon-ups, lemonades, somoas, caramel delites, peanut butter patties, peanut butter sandwich, trefoils, do-si-dos, tagalongs, thin mints, girl scout smores, toffee tastic, shortbread, caramel chocolate chip, Thanks-a-Lot?
Fun Fact: The Girl Scouts contract with two companies (ABC Bakers or Little Brownie Bakers) and they name their cookies different names!
What is the area of Thomas Hall (known named Old Library) that students sneak into?
The Chamber of Secrets
This letter of the alphabet does not appear in any state name
The letter Q
Name the popular bracelets shaped like little animals
Silly bandz
This animal has the heaviest tongue on planet earth
What is a blue whale?
Its tongue is 8,000 lbs!
Hawaii and California are the only two US states that are able to commercially grow this very frequently consumed product
Coffee beans!
Name of the SEPTA train line where Bryn Mawr stop was located
Paoli/Thondale
Name the largest mall in America?
(+100 if you can name the second largest mall in America)
The Mall of America
King of Prussia Mall
What is the oldest full-length Disney movie produced? (hint: it's a Disney Princess)
What is Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs?
Nile River
What is the most expensive spice in the world by weight?
Saffron
Who was the first president of Bryn Mawr (hint M Carey Thomas was the founder and second president. The first present has a dorm name after him)
James Rhodes
Leonardo di Caprio (finally) won an Academy Award for Best Actor in this movie
Bonus +100 Name one of the four movies that di Caprio was nominated for Best Actor/Best Support Actor but did not win
What is The Revenant?
What is the Aviator, Blood Diamond, The Wolf of Wall Street, or Once Upon a Time in Hollywood?
Number of active monthly Facebook users (Q1 2020)
2.6 billion!
Of the following list, these animals do NOT mate for life:
1. Bald Eagle
2. Beaver
3. Zebra
4. Coyote
5. Swan
6. Pigeon
What is a zebra?
This state is the top producer of maple syrup (most # of gallons)
Vermont! (2.07 million gallons in 2019)
The current Athena in Old Library (formerly Thomas Hall) is NOT the original due to Haverford students kidnapping and breaking the original. The current one:
1) Was donated to Bryn Mawr by Haverford
2) Was bought by Bryn Mawr from the Delphi Archaeological Museum
3) Was discovered in Greece by a BMC alum
4) Was made by a BMC classics major
5) Is actually a statue of Minerva
Was made by a BMC classics major!
(supposedly it contains cat hair?!)
Name the artist that painted "The Girl with the Pearl Earring"
Johannes Vermeer
Name four of the top 10 NSYNC Billboard Hits (+100 for every right answer)
1. ByeByeBye
2. It's Gonna Be Me
3. (God Must Have Spent) A Little More Time On You
4. This I Promise You
5. Tearin' Up My Heart
6. I Want You Back
7. Girlfriend (Feat. Nelly)
8. Gone
9. Pop
10. I Drive Myself Crazy
A shrimp's heart is NOT located in its chest, where is it located instead?
Its head!
Tooth decay in the Central Appalachian region is named after this famous beverage (hint: it's a soda)
Bonus +100: This major soda producer makes a kosher version of their popular drink for Passover
What is Mountain Dew Mouth?
What is Coca Cola (look for the yellow top!)
Name of the landscape architecture firm that designed Taft Gardens (hint: they also designed Central Park and the Emerald Necklace)
Olmstead Firm
This Maine college renamed itself "Arcadia University" in 2001 because internet filters would block its website from being searched. What is its original name?
Hint: It's both a slang term and an animal!
What is Beaver College?
Year that AIM stopped service
2017 (Dec 15)
Name the animal that, when grouped is called a:
Dazzle (+100)
Murder (+100)
Caravan (+100)
Prickle (+100)
Squabble (+100)
Dazzle (+100) - Zebras
Murder (+100) - Crows
Caravan (+100) - Camels
Prickle (+100) - Porcupines
Squabble (+100) - Seagulls