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100

From which country do Kiwi birds come from

Where is New Zealand?

100

What language is the most popularly spoken worldwide?

What is Mandarin Chinese?

100

How many tentacles do Octopuses have?

Trick: NONE. Octopuses don’t actually have tentacles. They have eight limbs, but they're arms (for most species). Technically, when talking about cephalopods (octopuses, squids etc), scientists define tentacles as limbs with suckers at their end. Octopus arms have suckers down most of their length.

100

What federal holidays does Carleton give students time off during the trimester terms?

TRICK: What is none?

100

What animal can jump higher than a house?

What is All Animals?

200

A flamboyance is a group of what animal?

What are Flamingoes?

200

How many calories does your brain consume on average in a day?

What is 400-500 Cal/day? (Although the average for a Carleton Student during finals is significantly higher, further testing needed.)

200

Who's the G.O.A.T (Greatest of All Time) in Basketball?

Who is Lebron Raymore James Sr.?

200

What is Mono's second major after ECON?

What is political science?

200

What has a mouth but cannot chew

What is a River

300

What is a male duck called?

What is a Drake?

300

What do they call the study of Mushrooms?

What is Mycology?

300

Define the 1960's pop culture reference "bread"

What is money?

300

What is the most popular major declared for the class of 2027?

What is Biology?

300

What has branches, but no fruit, trunk, or leaves?

What is a Bank?

400

The process by which plants reproduce

What is Pollination?

400

What does a herpetologist study?

Reptiles and amphibians

400

Which book series landed Echiro Oda as the 8th best-selling novelist of all Time?

What is One Piece?

400

What is the oldest building on campus (Bonus if you get the second one)

What is Willis? (Bonus: Goodsell Observatory)

400

I come out of the earth, I am sold in the market. He who buys me cuts off my tail, takes off my suit of silk, and weeps beside me when I am dead.

What is Onion?

500

What country has the most vending machines per capita?

What is Japan?

500

What is the largest organ in the human body system

What is Skin?

500

Who did Forbes name the youngest "self-made billionaire ever" in 2019?

Kylie Jenner

500

What is the name of the German poet and playwright bust on Campus? His funeral was held on May 30th, 2025 (RIP)

Who is Schiller?

500

Hundreds of us, in a dungeon with no doors or windows, when we leave, each of us builds his own dungeon.

What is Watermelon?

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