Bronco Baseball

Bronco History

100

What year was college gameday at WMU?

2016

200

What year was Western Michigan University founded?

1903

300

Which former president played in the first ever college world series in 1947 at Hyames Field

George H.W. Bush

California defeated Yale

400

Name all seven D1 schools in the state of Michigan

WMU

CMU

EMU

MSU

Michigan

Oakland 

Detroit Mercy

500

Who was the first president in WMU's history until 1936

Dwight Bryant Waldo

5th grade math

100

Solve: (no calculator)

6*9+8-6

56

200

What are the first three digits of Pi?

(Bonus points for extra digits)

3.1415926535

300

Solve for X:

200(x-4)=100(x+2)

10

400

Determine the slope of the line using (9,3),(4,7)

-3/5

y=-3/5x+9

500

Solve for X and Y:

3x−y=13

3y−2x=−4

X=5

Y=2

Pop Culture

100

Name an American Idol winner

Kelly Clarkson

Carrie Underwood

Jordin Sparks

200

According to Billboard, who had the highest-grossing rock tour of 2023?

Coldplay

300

In 2003, what Austrian-born actor became California’s governor?

Arnold Schwarzenegger 

400

The longest-running scripted prime time television series in the United States

The Simpsons

US History

100

What is the name of the U.S. national anthem

Star-Spangled Banner

200

This lieutenant general of the Union armies defeated Robert E. Lee in the civil war, before becoming the 18th President of the United States of America

Ulysses S. Grant

300

Name the first three presidents of the United States of America

George Washington

John Adams

Thomas Jefferson

400

This president became the first and only US president to resign from office following likely impeachment for his role in covering up the scandal surrounding the break-in at the Democratic National Committee (DNC) headquarters in the Watergate complex in Washington, D.C., in June 1972 

Richard Nixon

500

In 1915 the sinking of this British Ocean Liner by a German U-boat killed 1,198 passengers consisting of 128 US citizens, propelled the United States to join WWI

RMS Lusitania

Movies

100

2014 movie featuring crop failure, planets, and wormholes

Interstellar

200

1994 movie:

"The lives of two mob hitmen, a boxer, a gangster and his wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption"

Pulp Fiction

300

What is the first rule of Fight Club?

"Don't talk about fight club"

400

First feature-length Disney movie released in 1937

Half credit for name of Second movie in 1940

Snow White and the Seven Dwarves

Pinocchio