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100

This is a type of federal aid that does not need to be repaid. It's provided based on need and in the the form of a grant to undergrad students.

What is the Pell Grant?

100

This person is the current FIDE World Champion of Chess.

Who is Gukesh Dommaraju?

100

Chess in the Schools was founded in this year.

When was 1986?

100

This is a chess match between two players that occurs on Saturdays.

What is Smack Talk Saturday?

100

This person is the longest serving Peer Coach.

Who is Marilyn Lucero?

200

This is the meaning of the acronym FAFSA.

What is the Free Application for Federal Student Aid?

200

This is the worst, most braindead opening you could play as a d4 player (your parents don't love you if you play this)

What is the London Opening/System?

200

This person in the CIS Office handles payroll and gives you your paychecks.

Who is Nicole Alston?

200

This flyer is our most recent addition to the announcements in the Discord, and contains all of the events in a given period.

What is the Alumni Quarterly?

200

This person is the highest rated Peer Coach (of all time btw).

Who is Marcus Sutton?

300

After you graduate college, this period of time is how long you have until you must start making loan payments.

What is 6 months? (or How long is 6 months?)

300

This opening was played by both Hikaru Nakamura and Magnus Carlsen at the Magnus Carlsen Invitational, that resulted in a draw in under 5 moves.

What is the Bongcloud?

300

This person is the highest rated staff member in the CIS Office.

Who is Shaun Smith?

300
This person founded the Road to Red in the Discord.

Who is Will Staso?

300

This Peer Coach was onboarded in 2023.

Who is Ifaz Howlader?

400

These are the three types of Aid given by the FAFSA. (Must state all three.)

What are Grants, Work Study and Loans?

400

This is the #1 (Highest Rated) FIDE Women's Chess player in the world.

Who is Hou Yifan?

400

This current member of staff has served CIS the longest.

Who is Carmen Morales?

400

These are the names of the winners of the Halloween Picture Contest.

Who are Sharon, Ellie, and Partho?

400

This person was the oldest Peer Coach.

Who is Miguel (Mino)?

500
These are the 3 types of federal student loans offered to undergrad students.

What are subsidized, unsubsidized and parent plus loans?

500

This is the current FIDE Women's World Champion.

Who is Ju Wenjun?

500

This person is the Chair Emeritus of CIS.

Who is Lewis B. Cullman?

500

This quantity is the number of people in the Discord.

What is/How many is 124?

500

Name the 4 sets of Peer Coaches for the past 4 academic years.

Who are:

Marcus, Marilyn, Ifaz (x2) | Marcus, Marilyn, Gabriel | Marilyn, Miguel (Mino), Oscar

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