August Joy Committee

Summer Blockbusters

100

Top-grossing animated feature of all time. Came out in the summer of 2004.

What is Shrek 2? $441 million

200

In Dirty Dancing, Baby and Johnny dance to this song by Mickey and Silvia.

What is Love is strange

300

The term "summer blockbuster" was invented more than 40 years ago with the nationwide release of this movie.

What is Jaws?

400

This is the place the Wildcats worked during the summer in High School Musical 2

What is the Lava Springs Country Club?

500

This was Hollywood's biggest summer ever-selling $4.9billion worth of tickets

What is 2013

Iron Man 3

Despicable Me 2

Man of Steel 

Monsters University

Fast & Furious 6

Olympics

100

This is the country where the Olympics originated.

What is Greece. 

200

This was a new sport at the Olympics for 2024. 

What is Breakdancing.

300

40 

What is the number of Gold medals taken home by US athletes this year. 

400

This sport started the ancient Olympic Games.

What is chariot races

500

This was the winner's prize in the ancient Olympic Games.

What is an olive wreath?

MN State Fair

100

This is the year that the first MN State Fair was held.

What is 1859

200

This is how long it would take an average cow to produce all the milk served during the fair's 12-day run at the All You Can Drink Milk Booth. 

What is 8-9 years? About 26,000 gallons of milk are served each year at that booth. 

300

This is the number of ears of corn the Corn Roast food vendor goes through each day. 

What is 25,000 ears of corn. 

400

This is the number of times the State Fair has been cancelled since it opened in 1859.

• 6 times:
  • 1861 & 1862: Due to the Civil War and the U.S. – Dakota War
  • 1893: Because of the Chicago’s World’s Fair, which was occurring at the same time.
  • 1945: Due to World War II travel restrictions
  • 1946: Due to the polio epidemic
  • 2020: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic

500

This president gave his famous speech at the MN State Fair grandstand in 1901.

Teddy Rosevelt (Speak softly, and carry a big stick)

Research

100

Ultimately responsible for the conduct of a trial at the site level. 

Who is the Principal Investigator.

200

An IRB approved legal document to ensure that a subject knows all of the rights, risks and benefits of a research study.

What is an Informed Consent Form?

300

This is an acronym used in clinical research to describe six fundamental elements of quality for source data, whether it's recorded electronically or on paper.

What is ALCOA-C?

• Attributable: It should be clear who wrote or did what. 
• Legible: It should be readable, and dark-colored ink should be used instead of pencils. Abbreviations should also be avoided. 
• Contemporaneous: The information should be current and documented in the correct time frame. 
• Original: It should be original, or a certified copy, or a printout from an electronic data source. 
• Accurate: The content should accurately reflect the event being recorded, and conflicting data should be recorded elsewhere. 
• Complete: Source documents should be complete and not missing any information

400

These studies involve randomized and blind testing in several hundred to several thousand study participants. This large-scale testing, which can last several years, seeks to provide the manufacturer of a proposed treatment with a thorough understanding of the effectiveness of the drug or device, as well as the benefits and the possible adverse reactions or side effects.

What is a phase 3 clinical trial. 

500

These are the 3 basic ethical principles outlined in the Belmont Report. 

What is respect for persons, beneficence and justice.