Celebrity Adoptees
Adoptee Terminology
Adopted Fictional Characters
WASU History
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The founder of Apple Steve Jobs was adopted as an infant in the US state on the West Coast.

What is California?

100

This form of adoption refers to the legal process when a child is adopted by their grandparents, aunts, uncles, godparents, older siblings, etc. (NCFA.org).

What is Kinship Adoption?

100

This fictional character starred in a live-action film where he navigated his adoption into a family that first rejected him due to his furriness. 

Who is Stuart Little?

100

This is the full name for the club, WASU.

What is Wooster Adoptee Student Union?

100
This is the anime that you can often find Semir, future Vice President of WASU, talking about.

What is One Piece?

200

This Team USA Olympian, considered by many to be the GOAT gymnast, was adopted by her maternal grandmother. 

Who is Simone Biles?

200

This type of adoption often entails a lack of information being available to all parties in the adoption process.

What is closed adoption?

200

Po the Panda from the famous Kung Fu Panda franchise was the adopted son of Mr. Ping, a goose. What type of store did his father own?

What is a popular noodle shop?

200

This is the year that WASU was founded.

What is 2022?

200
This is the medical training that Ellie, our social media chair, recently became licensed to practice that involves needles and veins.

What is a phlebotomy? 

300

This adopted baseball player is primarily known for his time with the Yankees and for dropping a routine fly ball in Game 5 of the 2024 World Series, which catapulted the Dodgers' comeback.

Who is Aaron Judge?

300

This term refers to when an adoption is unsuccessful prior to an adoption being legally finalized.

What is disruption?

300
This is the sweet treat that Paddington the bear, adopted by a British family, greatly enjoys throughout his movies.
What is marmalade?
300

What is the name of the adoption-related month WASU celebrates in November?

What is National Adoptee/Adoption Awareness Month?

300

These are the majors of our future secretary, Claire Davis, both housed in Ruth Williams and involve the study of life and the nervous system respectively. 

What is neuroscience and biology? 
400

This retired NFL player for the San Francisco 49ers discussed his experiences of internalized racism within his adopted family in a 2021 limited series.

Who is Colin Kaepernick?

400

The adoption mosaic symbol broadens or expands upon this older symbol for adoption that some critics claim as exclusionary. 

What is the adoption triad?

400

Splinter is the adoptive father of the Teenage Mutant Ninja turtles Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael, and Michelangelo and trained them in this combat style.

What is ninjutsu?

400
These are the names of a panelists (first names only) who were on our Redefining the Borders of Kinship panel this year.

Who is Scott, Spencer, Michael, and Elizabeth?

400

Scott Crawford has 11,000 trophies on this real-time strategy game that includes collectible card games, tower defense, and multiplayer online battle arena.  

What is Clash Royale?

500

Vietnamese adoptee Lana Condor is possibly best known for her starring role as Lara Jean in this Netflix rom-com movie trilogy.

What is To All the Boys I've Loved Before?

500

This term, that is often shortened to "LDA," refers to those whose adoption status was kept secret from them.

What is Late Discovery Adoptee (LDA)?
500

This was the original reason why Gru, the lead protagonist of the Despicable Me franchise, adopted his daughters Margo, Edith and Agnus. 

What is to steal the moon?

500

These are the full names of our org's two founders.

Who is Maud Bulman and Zoe Seymore?

500

This Japanese baseball player is someone who Michael Needham (ur future president) has a "unhealthy obsession" with.

Who is Shohei Otani?
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