Waterloo
Geography
The Matilda Effect
100

WHICH FAMOUS CELLPHONE WAS INVENTED IN WATERLOO?

Blackberry

100

ON WHICH CONTINENT IS THE THE AMAZON RIVER LOCATED?

South America

100

BY BLENDING GOSPEL, JAZZ, AND BLUES ON ELECTRIC GUITAR, SISTER ROSETTA THARPE IS CREDITED AS "THE GODMOTHER OF" WHICH GENRE OF MUSIC?

Rock and Roll

200

WHAT ASPECT OF UWATERLOO IS HIGHLY RANKED?

CO-OP

200

WHAT IS THE CAPITAL CITY OF GRENADA?

St. George's

200

WHICH DISCOVERY BY ROSALIND FRANKLIN WITHIN THE FIELD OF GENETICS WAS ORIGINALLY ACREDITED TO HER COLLEAGUES WATSON AND CRICK?

DNA Structure/Double Helix

300

WHAT IS THE NAME OF UW'S OFFICIAL MASCOT?

King Warrior

300

WHERE IS THE SMALLEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD LOCATED? (Hint, it's landlocked by this country)

Italy

300

LIZZIE MAGIE CREATED THE LANDLORD'S GAME, WHICH WAS CONCEPTUALLY STOLEN BY CHARLES DARROW AND NAMED WHICH POPULAR BOARDGAME?

Monopoly

400

WHAT WAS THE ORIGINAL NAME OF THE CITY OF KITCHENER BEFORE IT WAS CHANGED IN 1916?

Berlin

400

WHICH COUNTRY'S FLAG IS GREEN, BLACK, AND YELLOW, WITH A RED TRIANGE THAT CONTAINS A YELLOW STAR, AK-47, A GARDENING HOE, AND A BOOK?

Mozambique

400

RECOGNIZED IN THE BIOPIC HIDDEN FIGURES, WHO IS THE MATHEMATICIAN WHO CALCULATED THE TRAJECTORY OF NASA'S FREEDOM 7 AND LATER APOLLO 11'S MOON LANDING?

Katherine Johnson

500

WHAT ICONIC FOOD ITEM WASINVENTED IN WATERLOO REGIONIN THE 1920s BY LOCAL BUTCHER E.W. RYAN? (HINT: IT'S A BLEND OF PORK AND SPICES)

Peameal Bacon

500

WHICH MICROSTATE BORDERS FRANCE AND THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA AND HAS A NON-EXISTENT HOMELESS POPULATION?

Monaco

500

STOLEN BY THE PRESIDENT OF HER UNIVERSITY, CHEMIST ALICE AUGUSTA BALL DISCOVERED THE CURE FOR WHICH MYCOBACTERIAL SKIN INFECTION USING CHAULMOOGRA OIL?

Leprosy

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