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100

This medical breakthrough was discovered in a UofT lab in 1921, changing the lives of millions with diabetes.

What is insulin?

100

This U of T service helps students improve their writing through one-on-one feedback sessions.

What is the Writing Centre?

100

As of 2024, the TTC subway system has this many operational lines.

What is 3?

100

This building is home to most CSB courses and labs.

What is Ramsey Wright?

100

This artist's "Eras Tour" finished in December 2024, becoming the first concert tour to gross over $1 billion.

Who is Taylor Swift?

200

Despite being a popular prof for BIO130 and BIO230, this professor jokingly reminds students he’s “still not published in Nature.”

Who is Kenneth Yip?

200

This course-based program lets Life Sci students combine study with workplace experience.

What is the Arts & Science Internship Program (ASIP)?

200

This landmark is a defining feature of Toronto’s skyline.

What is the CN Tower?

200

This small organism is a common model for studying genetics and development in CSB labs.

What is Drosophila melanogaster (fruit fly)?

200

In April 2025, this pop star joined an all-female crew aboard Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket.

Who is Katy Perry?

300

In 2024, UofT professor Geoffrey Hinton received the Nobel Prize for his groundbreaking contributions to artificial neural networks. This was the category in which he was awarded.

What is Physics?

300

U of T’s entrepreneurship hub for students interested in startups and innovation.

What is U of T Entrepreneurship/the Hatchery?

300

This intersection is often called “Toronto’s Times Square,” and was officially renamed in 2023 to reflect local Indigenous heritage.

What is Sankofa Square?

300

This imaging technique allows visualization of fluorescently tagged proteins in living cells.

What is confocal microscopy?

300

This rapper famously interrupted Taylor Swift’s acceptance speech at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards.

Who is Kanye West?

400

This UofT college building famously faces Front Campus and is known for its Gothic Revival architecture.

What is University College?

400

This summer program allows undergraduates to gain paid lab experience.

What is the Undergraduate Summer Research Program (USRP)?

400

This Toronto sports team made history by winning back-to-back championship titles in 1992 and 1993.

What are the Toronto Blue Jays?

400

Transcription factors bind to these DNA regions to increase transcription of nearby genes.

What are enhancers?

400

This sped-up version of a 2000s ballad by Natasha Bedingfield became a massive TikTok trend in 2024.

What is Unwritten?

500

While most students never notice it, this Canadian animal appears at the bottom of UofT’s official coat of arms.

What is a beaver?

500

Students can find part-time campus jobs and research positions through this online portal.

What is CLNx?

500

This neighbourhood features cobblestone streets and hosts Toronto’s annual Christmas Market.

What is the Distillery District?

500

This plant structure contains meristematic cells responsible for primary growth.

What is the apical meristem?

500

This was Disney’s first full-length animated feature film, released in 1937.

What is Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs?

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