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100

UConn’s women’s basketball program holds the record for most NCAA championships, winning this many.

What is 12?

100

This Netflix series set in the 1980s features a group of kids battling supernatural forces in Hawkins, Indiana.

What is Stranger Things?

100

Habitat operates these nonprofit retail outlets that sell donated furniture, appliances, and building materials to fund its mission.

What is ReStore?

100

This takes up MOST of Daniyal's time as Habitat President:

A) What is actually building houses?

B) What is sending emails and coordinating logistics?

C) What is recruiting new members?

D) What is planning social events only?

B) What is sending emails and coordinating logistics?

100

This material is typically made from gypsum plaster wrapped in cardboard and often considered a fundamental material for framing a building.

What is drywall?

200

Before Dan Hurley, this coach led UConn men’s basketball to its first national championship in 1999, later becoming a Hall of Famer.

Who is Jim Calhoun?

200

Launched as a rival to Twitter, this Meta app debuted in 2023 and quickly gained millions of users.

What is Threads?

200

Habitat for Humanity was founded in 1976 in this U.S. state.

What is Georgia?

200

It was at this location and year that Dan attended alt break.

A. What is New Bern, NC in 2024?

B. What is Tacoma, WA in 2026?

C. What is Wilmington, NC in 2025?

D. What is Penascola, FL in 2023?

A. What is New Bern, NC in 2024?

200

Reinforcements in an x-shape that help a structure be more durable can be referred to as this kind of bracing.

What is cross bracing?

300

UConn women’s basketball holds the NCAA record for the most points scored in a single game, scoring this number of points (within 10 pts)

What is 114 points?

300

This Taylor Swift album includes the hit songs “Blank Space” and “Style.”

What is 1989?

300

Although it serves people of all backgrounds, Habitat for Humanity has roots in this religious tradition.

What is Christianity?

300

Daniyal first held this position before becoming Habitat's President.

A. What is alt break director?

B. What is alt break trip leader?

C. What is secretary?

D. What is volunteer coordinator?

B. What is alt break trip leader?

300

To make mortar, make a mix of water, cement/lime, and this grainy substance.

What is sand?

400

This UConn building, named after a former governor, houses the university’s law school.

What is Thomas J. Meskill Hall? 

400

Originally rejected by multiple networks, this Emmy-winning series about media dynasties aired its finale in 2023 on HBO.

What is Succession?

400

This former U.S. president and his wife were famous Habitat for Humanity volunteers, helping build homes into their 90s.

Who are Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter?

400

Daniyal was born in this state.

A. What is California?

B. What is Connecticut?

C. What is New Jersey?

D. What is Virginia?

C. What is New Jersey?

400

Wood shrinkage is concealed in flooring by using T&G, a strong joint that stands for this thing that sound like a Gene Simmons funk album.

What is Tongue and Groove?

500

The University of Connecticut was originally founded in 1881 under this name.

What is Storrs Agricultural School?

500

Cillian Murphy’s title role in this film required him to learn Dutch for a brief but pivotal scene involving this physicist.

What is Oppenheimer?

500

Habitat’s homeownership model requires participants to contribute this type of labor toward building their own homes.

What is "sweat equity?"

500

Daniyal has been to all of the listed countries except this one.

A. What is Egypt?

B. What is Morocco?

C. What is Canada?

D. What is England?

D. What is England?

500

This is another name for civil engineering that is especially fitting, since it often involves the construction of "weighty" infrastructure like airports and bridges.

What is heavy?

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