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Before winning an Oscar as Tiffany Maxwell in Silver Linings Playbook, this actress became a star as Katniss Everdeen in The Hunger Games.
Who is Jennifer Lawrence
This NBA team blew a 3–1 lead to the Cavaliers in the 2016 Finals after winning a record 73 games in the regular season.
Who are the Golden State Warriors?
This river forms most of the border between Texas and Mexico.
What is the Rio Grande
The UMass Amherst library tower was renamed in 1994 for this Massachusetts-born intellectual and co-founder of the NAACP.
Who is W. E. B. Du Bois
What is my hometown?
What is Acton
This 2023 film, directed by Greta Gerwig, became the highest-grossing movie ever directed solely by a woman.
What is Barbie
This tennis player completed the “____ Slam” by holding all four major titles at once across 2002–03.
Who is Serena Williams
What major river is closest to Amherst?
What is the Connecticut River
These five U.S. presidents lend their names to the Southwest Residential Area towers at UMass Amherst.
Who are George Washington, John Adams, John Quincy Adams, Calvin Coolidge, and John F. Kennedy
What is my middle name?
What is Edwin
This actor’s signature phrase, “alright, alright, alright,” originated in his breakout role as David Wooderson in Dazed and Confused.
Who is Matthew McConaughey
“Belli vs. Yelli” referred to the 2019 National League MVP race between these two players.
Who is Cody Bellinger and Christian Yellich
This mountain range separates the Great Basin from California’s Central Valley.
What is the Sierra Nevada
What is the bus stop outside Isenberg named?
What is Haigis Mall
What is my favorite college sports team?
What is Michigan State
This filmmaker directed Get Out, Us, and Nope.
Who is Jordan Peele
This player held the previous major-college all-time scoring record that Caitlin Clark broke in 2024.
Who is Pete Maravich
The highest mountain in the United States, also known as Denali, is named after this 25th U.S. president.
Who is William McKinley
The Isenberg School of Management at UMass Amherst is named for this 1950 alumnus, longtime CEO of Nabors Industries.
Who is Eugene M. Isenberg
What position did I play in baseball?
Designated Hitter
This actor played Count Orlok in Robert Eggers’s Nosferatu after starring in It as Pennywise.
Who is Bill Skarsgård
This two-time World Cup champion delivered the decisive spot kick for the U.S. in the 1999 final, then celebrated in one of the most iconic moments in sports history.
Who is Brandi Chastain
Named for a naturalist who was friends with Teddy Roosevelt, this national monument north of San Francisco is known for its old-growth coast redwoods.
What is Muir Woods
This UMass alum tied the NFL record with a 99-yard receiving touchdown, the longest in league history.
Who is Victor Cruz
What is my favorite Christmas movie?
What is It's a Wonderful Life