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100

Who runs track and cross country for WashU?

Who is Mackenzie?

100

Washington University’s athletic teams compete in this NCAA Division, which includes other academically prestigious institutions like the University of Chicago and Emory.

What is Division III?

100
This famous EA organization rigorously analyzes charities to find the best organizations to donate to
What is GiveWell?
100

Name three risks that could cause 10% or more of the population to die

What is global pandemics, meteor strike, nuclear war, artificial intelligence, extreme climate change?

100
True or false: for every one dog or cat euthanized in a shelter, there exists roughly 3,400 factory farmed animals, according to Animal Charity Evaluators
What is true?
200

Who loves dancing?

Who is Lauren?

200

This WashU location, named after a former chancellor, served as a venue for the 1904 Olympic Games and the 1904 World's Fair.

What is Francis Field?

200
GiveWell roughly estimates that on average, a life can be saved with around $3,000 to this organization?
What is the Against Malaria Foundation?
200
This term refers to the act of researching where help is most needed in the world, to ensure that one is maximizing their impact. Otherwise known as avoiding "picking a cause before picking a cause" using feelings alone.
What is cause neutrality?
200
According to Wikipedia, this country has the highest proportion of people eating a vegetarian or vegan diet, with 28.8%
What is India?
300

Who used to own hermit crabs?

Who is Eric?
300

WashU has hosted more of these high-profile national political events than any other university in the U.S. since 1992.

What are U.S. presidential debates?

300
This infectious disease was responsible for 300-500 million deaths in the 20th century. It was finally eradicated in 1979.
What is smallpox?
300

Name this famous historical incident that is the closest humanity has come to deliberate nuclear war.

What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?

300
Paul was a German animal who shot to worldwide fame by correctly predicting all of Germany's results at the 2010 soccer world cup. What type of animal was he?
What is an Octopus?
400

Who was born on Christmas? 

Who is Maddie?

400

The university’s endowment, which surpasses $13 billion, is largely managed with guidance from this billionaire investor, a major donor and alumnus.

Who is John McDonnell?

400
According to the World Bank’s most recent estimates, in 2013, “___ % of the world’s population lived on less than US$1.90 a day, compared to 12.4 percent in 2012. That’s down from 35 percent in 1990.”
What is 10.7 percent?
400
These are the three main ways used to prioritize causes.
What is scale, neglectedness, and tractability?
400

What is the name of WashU Impact Society's Advisor's (Jon Bogard) cat?

What is Callie?

500

Who is "on a journey to improve their spice tolerance lol"?

Who is Grace?

500

Founded in 1853, Washington University’s original name was this, reflecting its focus on serving the local region before expanding nationally.

What is Eliot Seminary?

500
The median personal income in the US falls under the richest ___ %
What is 3.7%
500

Two diseases have wiped out 5% or more of the world’s population in the past. One of them is the infamous black plague. Name the other one.

What is the Spanish Flu?

500
If humans grew at the same rate as this kind of factory-farmed animal, a baby would weigh 500 lbs by age 10 according to countinganimals.com (a ten-year old will weighs around 80 lb)
What is a chicken?
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