Wellesley Trivia
The year that Wellesley was founded
What is 1875?
This is a sport that combines cross country skiing and rifle shooting, and was created as a military training exercise in Norway.
What is the biathlon?
She was an influential Civil Rights leader in America for sparking the Montgomery bus boycott.
Who is Rosa Parks?
The largest ocean on planet Earth
What is the Pacific Ocean?
This is how Rotterdam residents are planning to take revenge on Jeff Bezos' yacht dismantling a historic bridge.
What is throwing eggs at it?
This is the date that College Hall burned down
What is March 17th, 1914?
There are many different sports that involve sliding down a track on a type of sled. This type involves sliding head first down the track.
What is skeleton?
This years theme for black history month
What is Black Health and Wellness?
The percentage of plant life found in the ocean.
What is 85%?
This royal was recently diagnosed with COVID-19
Who is Queen Elizabeth?
The country with the most Winter Olympic medals.
What is Norway?
She was the first Black woman to become a doctor of medicine in the United States.
Who is Rebecca Lee Crumpler?
The deadliest weather condition.
What is heat?
This Dance Moms star recently celebrated her anniversary with her skater girlfriend.
Who is Chloe Lukasiak?
This controversial Russian author founded the Russian department at Wellesley.
Who is Vladimir Nabokov?
The most awarded winter Olympian.
Who is Marit Bjorgen?
This was the first HBCU.
Cheyney University of Pennsylvania?
The amount of time it takes for a pineapple to grow?
What is two years?
This beloved children's TV show will air its final episodes this week.
What is Arthur?
This Wellesley Alum was notable for her contribution to US-China relations in the 1940s, as well as allegedly pushing her maid down an elevator shaft
Who is Soon Mei-ling?
The medalists from the Men’s Single Skating Competition.
Who are Nathan Chen, Yuma Kagiyama, and Shoma Uno?
The reason that February was chosen to be Black History Month.
What is that it contains the birthdays of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln?
The number of times that Pluto has orbited the Sun since it has been discovered.
What is zero, it has yet to orbit the Sun?
Name 4 of the 10 Oscar Nominees for Best Picture.
Belfast, CODA, Don’t Look Up, Drive My Car, Dune, King Richard, Nightmare Alley, Licorice Pizza, The Power of the Dog, West Side Story