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100

This year GT was founded.

What is 1885?

100

This Italian word means “to play loudly.”

What is Forte?

100

This is the year the GT Glee Club was formed.

What is 1906?

100

At the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards, this artist took home the most awards—they also had the most nominations at that ceremony.

Who is Lady Gaga?

100

This is GT's official mascot.

Who is Buzz?

200

This was the first degree offered at GT.

What is Mechanical Engineering?

200

In common time, a whole note gets this many beats.

What is 4?

200

This person wrote "Up with the White and Gold".

Who is Frank Roman?

200

This 2025 festival in Barcelona set a record for single-week attendance (almost 300,000 people), sold out unusually early, and was headlined by Charli XCX, Sabrina Carpenter, and Chappell Roan among others.

What is Primavera Sound 2025?

200

The car that leads the football team onto the field is called this.

What is the Ramblin' Wreck?

300

He was GT's first football coach, famous for the 222-0 victory over Cumberland.

Who is John Heisman?

300

The five lines and four spaces that music is written on are called this.

What is the staff?

300
The GT Music Department was founded in this year.

What is 1963?

300

Which song by Katseye, released in April 2025, marked their first entries on both the Billboard Hot 100 and the UK singles chart?

What is "Gnarly"?

300

This unofficial Tech mascot was a dog who attended classes in the 1980s and is buried on campus near the Love Building.

Who is Sideways the dog?

400

In 1996, Georgia Tech hosted events for this international competition, including volleyball and swimming.

What is the Summer Olympics?

400

This symbol at the beginning of the staff tells you the pitch of the notes — in choir, we usually see the treble or bass version.

What is a clef?

400

The minor in music was introduced to GT in this year.

What is 1998?

400

Which breakout artist’s hit “Back to Friends” became popular via TikTok and earned him a first entry in multiple international charts?

Who is Sombr?

400

This Tech tradition is a week of competitions between student organizations, culminating in the Mini 500 tricycle race.

What is Homecoming Week?

500

George P. Burdell first started attending classes in this year/

What is 1927?

500

This symbol looks like a “#” and raises a note by a half step.

What is a sharp?

500

He was GT's first full-time director of bands.

Who is James "Bucky" Johnson?

500

Which song by Addison Rae, released in April 2025, uses trip-hop influences and talks about music being a form of escape?

What is "Headphones On"?

500
The Ramblin' Wreck is this car model.

What is a 1930 Ford Model A Sport coupe?

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