Typography
The B1G 10
The Olympics
Let's Play Games!
"P" SU
100
This font, originally designed for dyslexic readers to better see text on a screen, has received much ire for its childish, playful look.
Comic Sans
100
This former OSU head coach proclaimed in 2018 that he would never coach football again. If you want to see what he's up to now, you can head to Florida where he is the head coach of the Jacksonville Jaguars.
Urban Meyer
100
A "kickflip" and "nosegrind" are terms in this sport, first introduced to the Olympics this summer in Tokyo.
Skateboarding
100
Mr Mint, Lord Licorice, and Princess Lolly are all characters in this sweet children's game.
Candy Land
100
The Nittany Lion is the second-most photographed location in Pennsylvania, behind only an instrument in this fraternal city.
Philadelphia (the Liberty Bell)
200
This style of printed text, first utilized by Italian typesetters, was based on calligraphic handwriting and was meant to replace handwritten documents.
Italics
200
Despite being one of the last to join the Big Ten, this university was the first of the Big Ten to be founded—in fact it is the 13th oldest university in America!
Rutgers University
200
This popular running race was created in the first modern Olympics in 1896 to commemorate the approximately 26 miles the Greek soldier Pheidippides ran to report new of a victorious battle.
The Marathon
200
This creative, sandbox game is the best-selling video game of all time, having sold over 200 million copies since its initial release in 2011.
Minecraft
200
This billionaire PSU alumnus is the current owner of the Buffalo Bills. He also happens to be a big hockey fan.
Terry Pegula
300
These small strokes attached to the end of larger lines are widely believed to have originated in ancient Rome, where stone carvers would add these strokes to to emulate brushstroke letterforms.
Serifs
300
This unwieldy trophy is awarded to the winner of the football game between Penn State and Michigan State each year, and it is named after the circumstances that allowed each school to be founded.
The Land Grant Trophy
300
Before the Olympic games begin, the Olympic flame is lit in this Greek city. It then travels all the way to its hosting country to light the fire at the opening ceremony.
Olympia
300
This German board game, originally released in 1995, features settlers building developments and vying for resources.
Settlers of Catan
300
This Penn State marketing slogan, considered unsuccessful or confusing by many, was implemented in 2013 and marked by enormous blue and white banners hanging from the sides of buildings. It has since been mostly phased out of usage and display.
"Penn State Lives Here"
400
Coming from the word "foundry," this term describes a group of similarly-designed characters and glyphs.
Font
400
On October 23, 2004, these two Big Ten football teams took their conference name too literally—they scored exactly 10 points! The final score of 6–4 is the third-least points ever scored in an FBS football game.
Iowa and Penn State
400
When this country hosted the summer olympic games for its first and only time, many in the nation considered the opening ceremony day to be a very lucky date. This is because a number that appeared in the date many times (ba) is pronounced very similarly to their word for prosperity (fa).
China (Opening day: 8/8/2008)
400
Bursting into the online gaming world in 2014, this series is a collection of smaller party games that can be played via phone participation. Popular titles include "Quiplash," "Fibbage," and "You Don't Know Jack!"
The Jackbox Party Pack
400
Sometimes regarded as the "first professor of American literature," this Penn State professor wrote the lyrics for Penn State's alma mater in April 1901.
Fred Lewis Pattee
500
The typeface "Helvetica" was designed in 1957 by Max Miedinger, a typographer from this European country. Here's a hint: Helvetica is derived from the word Helvetia, which is this country's name in Latin.
Switzerland (Helvetia = "Swiss" in Latin)
500
This northwestern university was one of six founding members of the Big Ten. It didn't stick around for too long though, as it permanently left the conference—and division I football—in 1946.
The University of Chicago
500
Michael Phelps won 8 gold medals in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, breaking the previous record of 7 gold medals won in a single olympics by this American swimmer in 1972.
Mark Spitz
500
This 12th century relic is the Iranian game Shatranj, an early version of this still-popular board game.
Chess
500
Beaver Stadium is the 4th-largest stadium in the world with a seating capacity of about 106,000 people. The stadium with the highest seating capacity in the world (about 150,000 people) is the Rungrado 1st of May Stadium, located in this North Korean city.
Pyongyang