OSU / Columbus History
American Literature
Physics
Olympics
Animals of the world
100
As of 2014, more of these types of addresses are registered in Columbus than anywhere else in the world
What are Internet Protocol (IP) addresses!
100
What literary "S" term is intended to be both critical and humorous while poking fun at an institution or idea?
What is Satire
100
What is the name of the scientist who first proposed the heliocentric model of the solar system?
Nicolaus Copernicus
100
Including the 2026 Winter Games, how many Olympic Games have been hosted in Italy
What is four
100
What is a group of cats called?
What is a clowder
200
What was The Ohio State University's original name?
What is the Ohio Agricultural and Mechanical College
200
The author of novels like "Snow" and "My Name is Red," Orhan Pamuk was the first Turkish person to win what prestigious literature award given out by the Swedish Academy? They also give out awards for medicine, chemistry, and peace.
The Nobel Prize
200
What does a barometer meassure?
What is air pressure
200
During Olympic opening ceremonies, the processional of athletes marching behind their flags is known as what?
What is The Parade of Nations
200
Which sea creature can change its gender
What is an Oyster
300
This building on Ohio State's campus seats 102,780. What year was it built?
1922
300
While promoting his sprawling novel "Freedom" in 2010, Jonathan Franzen was the first American novelist to appear on the cover of TIME since what legendary horror writer in 2000?
Who is Stephen King
300
His constant is used to explain experimental black-body radiation
Who is Max Planck
300
A hare, polar bear and snow leopard were all mascots at which Winter Olympic Games?
What is the 2014 Sochi games
300
What is baby hedgehog called?
What is a Hoglet
400
Refugee Road in Columbus, Ohio refers to people from which country that assisted in the American colonists during the Revolutionary war.
What is Canada
400
The author of novels like "Snow" and "My Name is Red," Orhan Pamuk was the first Turkish person to win what prestigious literature award given out by the Swedish Academy? They also give out awards for medicine, chemistry, and peace.
The Polar Express
400
What is the name of the process in which two atomic nuclei combine to form a heavier nucleus, releasing energy?
What is Nuclear Fusion
400
Which country has hosted the Summer Olympic Games the most?
What is the United States!
(St. Louis 1904, LA 1932, LA 1984, Atlanta 1996)
400
Which animal baby can gain up to 250 pounds per day?
What is a Blue Whale
500
Columbus has the third highest concentration of this profession in the country - only behind New York and L.A.
What are fashion designers!
500
Agatha Christie's "By the Pricking of My Thumbs" and Ray Bradbury's "Something Wicked This Way Comes" are two novels who take their titles from lines in what Shakespeare play?
What is Macbeth
500
What is the phenomenon where sound frequency changes due to the motion of the source or observer?
Doppler Effect
500
Who is the only person to ever win gold medals in different sports at the Summer and Winter Olympics?
Who is Eddie Eegan (Bobsled and Boxing)
500
What do humpback whales use to attract prey?
What are bubbles!