WashU Celebrity Connections
WashU student Kate Kunitz has a character based on her in a Nintendo Wii Game based on this TV show that her father was the program creator for. This show lasted from 2008 to 2014 and is known for its big red balls.
Wipeout
x^5
5x^4
In 1984, this 17th c. Quaker who governed a colony was made an honorary U.S. citizen.
William Penn
This anonymous date spent the first 15 minutes talking about rock climbing and ultimately did not pay for her Vegas Wok. However, he did reveal half-way through that his mom authored a series of books adapted for this Netflix show that started in 2020 and Clarissa themed their graduation party after.
Bridgerton (if you want pictures, hmu)
Name the sitcom set in fictional Orson, Indiana that ran from 2009-2018.
The Middle
WashU’s own Caleb Cohen’s father was an executive producer on this TV show. Caleb was able to meet Will Arnett, Aaron Paul, Amy Sedaris, and more. I’m glad that Caleb could get his Escape from L.A.
Bojack Horseman
Communism, capitalism, baptism, feminism, autism, classism. Lots of -ism’s. What does the suffix -ism meaning? Lots of answers will be accepted since this is only 400 points.
the practice, process, or act of doing something; theory, doctrine, belief
Clingstone & freestone are the two main classifications for this fruit, once called a Persian apple.
Peach
This powerlifter is a computer science major with a minor in sociology. He deadlifted 308.6 on February 3rd, 2024 at the Midwest Collegiate Regionals.
Tarek
Walter Camp is credited with inventing what popular American sport?
Football
Last semester, Ellie Ertl attended one of her classes, when this current boyfriend of Olivia Rodrigo popped up. His sister was in Ellie’s screenwriting class. He spoke about his experience in Enola Holmes, Paddington 2, and The Lost Girls, but did not speak about inspiring Olivia’s So American.
Louis Partridge
1/(4x^2 + 4) (simplified)
-x/(2(x^2+1)^2)
American literature follows 4 Chinese women who meet regularly to play Mah-jongg & to talk about life & their children in this 1989 Amy Tan novel.
The Joy Luck Club
This man is the second ever acapella beatboxer Marley has been with which has to be a bad trend, but he may be more known for his beautiful salsa dance performances. This man should not be confused with the former president of the College Republicans.
Nick Rodriguez
Which body of water borders Wisconsin to the North?
Lake Superior
This man served as the attorney for former President Donald Trump from 2006 to 2018. In 2018, he was sentenced to three years in federal prison and disbarred by the NY Supreme Court. He also is an uncle of a current Sig Ep junior.
Michael Cohen
What are the four morphemes that make up the word computational?
compute, ate, ion, al
This 1971 George Harrison project has raised over $10 million for UNICEF prorams.
The Concert for Bangladesh
This man lists one of his activities as Izagani Omegi Pi Fratority, but I believe his most powerful work was his work with the Cistercian Informer, including articles on the future of the democratic party and the rise of the BJP. If only he had won president, but womp, womp.
Saish
What Taylor Swift album was her first to win the Album of the Year Grammy?
Fearless
This book recounts this orphan as he endures a lonely life, sleeping in a room in a Paris train station and tending to the train’s 27 clocks. He is continuing his departed uncle’s legacy, just like Sam Fox Jordan Spector is continuing his uncle’s legacy of writing this book that received the 2008 Caldecott Award.
The Invention of Hugo Cabret
cos(sin(2x^2))
-4x(cos(2x^2)sin(sin(2x^2))
One of the first recorded autopsies was performed on this man & revealed 23 puncture marks.
Julius Caesar
Marley’s high school boyfriend might have taken her on a date (edit: they did! she drove every time) I would not know but honestly, if she told me they never went on a date I wouldn’t be surprised. He currently goes to University of Cincinnati and is obsessed with Marley’s Ohio best friend, Alexx.
Andy
What is the text of an opera or oratorio called?
Libretto