The University
Popular Music
US Presidents
Haute Cuisine
Colorado
Wild Card
1000
The CSU Pueblo ThunderWolf mascot was supposedly chosen by a naming contest, where "Thunder" and "Wolves" were the top two vote-getters, resulting in our current portmanteau. What was the previous mascot that ThunderWolves replaced?
What is The Indians
1000
The SPHERE venue in Las Vegas opened in 2023 with a residency by this Irish rock band
Who is U2?
1000
Congress ratified the 22nd Amendment limiting a president to two terms, partially as a reaction to the four terms won by this longest-serving US President
Who is Franklin Roosevelt?
1000
Blending dozens of ingredients including spices, seeds, dried chiles, and frequently dark Mexican chocolate, this slow-cooked savory/sweet sauce has many regional varieties and can usually be found served over chicken or enchiladas.
What is Mole?
1000
The city of Pueblo, Colorado was founded in the mid-1800s, and remains located near the confluence of which two major waterways?
What are the Arkansas River and Fountain Creek?
1000
Among the TIME Magazine "100 Most Influential People of 2026" was this figure skater who was a world champion at 13, quit the sport entirely at 16, only to storm back and win a gold medal at the 2026 Winter Olympics.
Who is Alysa Liu?
2000
FERPA is serious business - since we're in the student business, you should know, at what point in a new student's life cycle does FERPA take hold, and we cannot discuss any info with parents/others?
What is the first day of classes - Once classes begin, FERPA is in effect and release-of-informations must be on file to discuss academic, financial, etc.
2000
Interestingly, two different musicians named Travis created babies with Keeping Up with the Kardashians actresses. Name those Travii!
Who are Travis Barker (drummer, Blink-182) & Travis Scott (rapper)?
2000
Actor Paul Giamatti portrayed this early US President in an Emmy-winning HBO miniseries in 2008
Who is John Adams?
2000
Spanokopita is a savory Greek pie in which fillings of spinach, feta, onions and herbs are encased in layers of this flaky type of crust.
What is Phyllo dough?
2000
Colorado is known as the "Centennial State" because it became a state in this year.
What is 1876?
2000
Commonly used for connecting pairs like "Salt & Pepper" or "Lennon & McCartney," you might call it the "and" symbol, but the actual name of the punctuation mark below is this.
What is the Ampersand?
3000
CSU Pueblo colors are Red and Blue - as legend has it, how did the University decide on those as the official colors?
What is they took the colors from the two original Pueblo high schools, Central (Blue) and Centennial (Red)
3000
This "Stressed Out" 2-man rock band set the Guinness world record by livestreaming a fan-created music video for their song "Level of Concern" for over 175 days in 2020
Twenty One Pilots
3000
Not all Presidents are named equal - this 38th president was named at birth as Leslie Lynch King, Jr. When he was President, however, he was known as this.
Who is Gerald R. Ford?
3000
Despite having a name we all know well as something completely different, in Spain a staple of Tapas restaurants is an egg, potato, and onion omelette cut into wedges and known by this name
What is a Tortilla (Española)
3000
Long-time Coloradoans might have had the King Soopers "SooperCard," which featured the image below that showcases what Aspen-area mountain peaks?
What are the Maroon Bells?
3000
Solve for X:
3(x−2)+2x=2(x+4)−2
What is x=4
4000
Not including LARC, OSC, or the res halls or rec center, how many academic buildings are there on the CSU Pueblo campus, where a class might be listed to meet?
What is Ten (10)?
AM, GCB, CHEM, LS, PM, T, BCC, HSB, CIHHI, PE
4000
Artists like Jesus and Mary Chain, Slowdive, and more recently Ringo Deathstarr and TAGABOW play this genre of atmospheric, heavy, introverted music, which is not only about staring down at your own feet, despite the name.
What is Shoegaze?
4000
Kevin Kline starred in this 1993 movie about an impersonator who has to secretly step into the job when the real president suffers a stroke.
What is Dave?
4000
You might find dishes such as Doro Wat, Kitfo, Misir Wat, and Tibs, often spiced with Berbere and served with lots of flat Injera bread at a restaurant that specializes in cuisine from this East African nation
What is Ethiopia?
4000
The Front Range Passenger Rail project, which aims to connect a railroad from Ft. Collins to Pueblo by 2029, went through a naming contest, and in 2026 annnounced this cute, 2-syllable nickname for the new service.
What is Coco (Colorado Connector)
4000
Wakatakakage recently won the Natsu basho and will move up the ranks from Komusubi to Sekiwake for the upcoming Nagoya basho in this sport
What is Sumo Wrestling?
5000
In 2003 the University officially became Colorado State University Pueblo. Upon its founding in 1933, what was its very first name?
What is Southern Colorado Junior College?
5000
This songstress got her start on Disney Channel shows "Bizaardvark" and "High School Musical: The Musical: The Series" before hitting it big and touring arenas.
Who is Olivia Rodrigo?
5000
Famously assassinated were Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy, but there were in all 4 sitting US Presidents who were assassinated - name one of the other two.
Who are William McKinley and James Garfield?
5000
This classic British dish features a beef tenderloin coated in pâté or mushroom duxelles, wrapped in prosciutto or ham, and then encased in puff pastry before being baked until golden brown, and is named after a British Duke.
What is Beef Wellington?
5000
As cryptozoology (the study of mythical animals) goes, Colorado has this famous one, which might actually have roots in real-life cottontail rabbits that have been documented to grow gnarly cranial tumors that resemble horns.
What is a Jackalope?
5000
The International Date Line is an imaginary line at 180 degrees longitude that marks where each calendar day begins. Exactly halfway around the world at 0 degrees lies this line, established at Greenwich, England in 1884, which divides the Earth into eastern and western hemispheres.
What is the Prime Meridian?
