UofA Acronyms
Finance 101
Emojis
Finance Pop Culture
Tie Breaker Topics (if necessary)
100

An apple a day keeps an auditor away.

UAPPOL

University of Alberta Policies and Procedures Online (UAPPOL)


100

When does the FY2025 close (Day, Month, Date)?

Saturday, April 5th

100

Guess the Nursery Rhyme based on the emojis:
 πŸ‘ΆπŸ½ 🦈

Baby Shark

100

Ben Affleck played a forensic accountant for criminal organizations in this 2016 action film

The Accountant

100

Text message you say?
IDK

I don't know (IDK)

200

South of the Butterdome, 6 storeys high, and 2 football fields long

ECHA

Edmonton Clinic Health Academy (ECHA)

200

When can FY2026 GLJE Requests to Financial Reporting or Research Administrative Services be submitted?

After Monday, April 14, 2025

200

Guess the restaurant name based on the emojis:
 πŸ‘ 🐸

IHOP (International House of Pancakes)

200

Since 1935, a team of accountants has spent approximately 1,700 hours every year hand counting ballots for this awards event for the film industry

The Academy Awards (or Oscars)

200

If you flip a coin, what is the probability it lands on tails the first flip and heads after the second flip?

50%

300

A cheerful presence at some University events, especially involving sports

GUBA

Great University Bear of Alberta (GUBA)

300

What chapter in the Guide to Financial Management refers to the Chart of Accounts (COA)?

Chapter 4

300

Guess the online/video game based on the emojis:
 πŸŸ©πŸŸ«βš’πŸ§ŸπŸ•·οΈ

Minecraft

300

In the TV series Breaking Bad (2008-2013), accountant Skyler White (Anna Gunn) helped her husband, Walter White (Bryan Cranston), launder money with what type of business

Car wash

300

How many strings does a standard acoustic guitar have?

6

400

Alfresco and not related to a drink.

EDRMS

Electronic Document and Records Managment System (EDRMS)

400

Type of account used to record an expenditure reimbursement to an operating department.

Revenue account

400

Guess the Nursery Rhyme based on the emojis:
πŸ›ž 🚌 πŸ”

The wheels on the bus go round and round

400

This chewing candy was accidentally invented by Walter Diemer, an accountant, while testing recipes in 1928

Bubble Gum

400

This musician studied finance and accounting at the London School of Economics before founding the Rolling Stones

Sir Mick Jagger

500

Located at 112 Street from 89 Ave and approaches the River Valley

HUB

Housing Union Building (HUB)

500

The GST rate charged on the majority of purchases made by operating departments?

1.65% or (5% x 33%).

500

Where and when was the first emoji created β˜‚οΈ?

Japan 1999

500

In NBC's sitcom, The Office, these three fictional characters make up the dysfunctional accounting team of Dunder Mifflin Paper Company

Angela, Oscar, and Kevin

500

As of January 2024, what is one of the newest emojis? (6 options)

Lime, Pheonix, Mushroom, Chains breaking, head nodding, head shaking

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