Rhode Island
This large bay nearly splits Rhode Island in two and shares its name with a Native American tribe.
What is Narraganset Bay?
This fictional Brown professor of "Psychoceramics" (the study of cracked pots) is humorously honored each Friday the 13th.
Who is Josiah S. Carberry?
From this hilltop park on Congdon Street, a 15-foot statue of Roger Williams gazes out over downtown Providence.
What is Prospect Terrace (Park)?
In November 1973, 5 Band members were arrested after a stunt during which they posed as ABC television workers and Crimson reporters in order to steal this item.
What is the Harvard Bass Drum?
This is the equation used to calculate the hypotenuse of a right triangle given the lengths of the two other sides.
What is the Pythagorean Theorem?
This sweet, syrupy beverage has been the official state drink since 1993.
What is coffee milk?
A 2001 appointment, this Brown president became the first Black president of any Ivy League institution.
Who is Ruth Simmons?
Roger Williams founded Providence in 1636 as a haven for this fundamental right.
What is religious freedom?
On October 8th, 1977, in a football game against Penn, the Brown Band performed a halftime show to a script they wrote entirely in this language (in which they introduced themselves as the Brown University Semi-Lingual Band!).
What is Italian?
This was the fan name given to the 2024 dual release of The Barbie Movie and Oppenheimer in theaters.
What is Barbenheimer?
This single-word state motto appears on Rhode Island's flag, beneath a golden anchor.
What is “Hope”?
The John Hay Library famously holds three books made of this gruesome material — including a 19th-century anatomy text from a Brown alumnus.
What is human skin?
Dubbed the "Mile of History," this College Hill street boasts the densest concentration of original colonial homes in America.
What is Benefit Street?
In 1988, as part of a Band campaign, Elrod Snidley won the UCS President student election as a write-in candidate, with this number of votes won out of the total 868.
What is 441? (50.8%)
“Hemingway cat” is a colloquial term for this condition.
What is polydactylism?
Bristol, RI proudly hosts the nation's oldest continuous celebration of this holiday, dating to 1785.
What is the Fourth of July (Independence Day)?
Rumor has it that tunnels connecting several South Campus buildings also provide access to which university landmark?
What is Carrie Tower?
This 1828 building downtown is the oldest enclosed shopping mall in the United States.
What is The Arcade?
In response to Elrod Snidley’s controversial victory in the 1988 undergraduate election for UCS President, deemed invalid, a letter endorsed by this person was sent to UCS, certifying Snidley’s existence as a student in good academic standing for that year.
Who is Josiah S. Carberry?
This U.S. state is closest to the continent of Africa.
What is Maine?
Family Guy is set in this fictional Rhode Island town named after a local hard-shell clam.
What is Quahog?
These 12 SAO groups make up the current “Music Rhythm and Song” clubs at Brown
What is AVGE, Beatboxing club, Bhairavi, Chamber Orchestra, College Hill Irish Music Ensemble, Fermata, Gendo Taiko, Hansori, Harmonizing Grace Gospel Choir, Mariachi, Music Co-op, and Sounds @ Brown?
In 1872, Providence's Walter Scott began selling sandwiches, pie, and coffee from a horse-drawn wagon parked outside the Providence Journal offices — an enterprise widely credited as the birth of this distinctly American eatery.
What is the diner?
Irv Lustig, founder of the Brown Band, famously used what item as a makeshift conductors baton when he started our beloved organization.
What is a broken mop handle?
This dessert is your VP’s favorite BrownU dining hall sweet treat😋.
What is ratty jello?