VT Lore
How old is VT?
151 years
Which scientist famously discovered Penicillin
Alexander Fleming
What was the first book Stephen King ever wrote/published? Extra 50 points if the year is correct too.
Carrie (1974)
Who was famously Cleopatra's husband?
Julius Caesar or Marc Antony (both are correct)
What is the name of the blackest-black paint?
Vantablack
Which building on campus has a daycare in it?
Wallace
How many elements in the periodic table are named after planets?
Four (neptune, pluto, mercury, uranus)
Who wrote Frankenstein?
Mary Shelley
Which English king created a new religion so he could get a divorce.
King Henry VIII
How many movies are in the Saw franchise?
10
How many seasons was Frank Beamer the head football coach at VT?
29 seasons
What is the heaviest organ in the human body?
The liver
Which famous author create political cartoons during WWII?
Dr. Seuss
Which president was influenced to grow a beard by a child?
Abraham Lincoln (the girl said his face was too thin).
Who is the main antagonist of the Final Destination movies
Death (Grim Reaper)
What was the founding name of VT?
Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College
Which oath of ethics taken by doctors is named after an Ancient Greek physician?
Hippocratic Oath
What Disney movie(s) are modeled after Shakespearean plays? Extra 50 pts if both movies are listed and extra 50 pts per correct play name too.
-YOU COULD GET UP TO 550 PTS!
Lion King 1 (HAMLET) or Lion King 2 (Romeo and Juliet) (both are correct).
What is the term used to identify a facial feature that an England royal family had due to inbreeding?
Habsburg Jaw
CONSPIRACY THEORY TIME: Which billionaire is famously alleged to be a lizard person?
Mark Zuckerberg
Who was president of the US when VT was founded?
Ulysses S. Grant
What theory did Galileo's support of put him on house arrest for life?
heliocentrism (planets revolve around the sun/ sun doesn't revolve around the earth)
Which Jazz Age author used passages from a family member's diaries in his books?
F. Scott Fitzgerald
What product was used in Agent Orange? Extra points 50 if you can also say the company name that manufactured it.
Herbicide (company is Dow Chemical or Monsanto)
What event made over-the-counter medications have tamper-proof seals?
Chicago Tylenol murders (bc there wasn't tamper-proof seals, 7 people died from taking plain Tylenol bc someone laced them with potassium cyanide)