Northwestern Facts
Movie Classics
Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?
Riddle Me This?
Cars
100
Who is the Commuter Life Supervisor?
Tracy Lair
100
Which movie was the first animated film by Walt Disney Animation Studios?
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
100
How many bones are in the human body?
206
100
On which horses can you NOT ride?
Seahorses
100
What is the most popular American car brand?
Ford
200
What is the oldest building on campus?
Nazareth Hall
200
Explain a film plot badly: A group spends nine hours returning some jewelry
Lord of the Rings
200
Costa Rica borders two countries. Nicaragua is one of the countries. What is the other?
Panama
200
When do you stop on green and go on red?
When eating a watermelon
200
What year did the movie Cars come out?
2006
300
Who was the first president of Northwestern?
William B. Riley
300
What is the highest-grossing movie in history?
Avatar (2009)
300
Who painted "The Scream"?
Edward Munch
300
What 4-letter word can be written forward, backward, or upside down, and can still be read from left to right?
Noon
300
When did Tesla sell its first all-electric vehicle?
2009 with the Tesla Roadster
400
What percentage of the Northwestern student body is commuters?
48%
400
What's the name?
Grease
400
What was the name of the first satellite pulled into orbit by the United States?
The Explorer
400
When does Christmas come before Thanksgiving?
In the dictionary
400
When were limos invented?
1902 by the Armbruster company
500
What is the original name of Northwestern?
The Northwestern Bible and Missionary Training School
500
Explain a film plot badly: Everyone tries the ice bucket challenge
Titanic
500
Which Civil War battle took place the farthest North?
St. Alban's Raid in Vermont
500
I am always coming, but never arrive. What am I?
Tomorrow
500
What is the highest price that a car has ever been sold for at an auction? (Range within 10 million)
$142,000,000 with the 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupe
