Pioneers Across Disciplines
Queer Film
Public Health
USF History
100

Which physicist and chemist won two Nobel Prizes in different scientific fields?

Marie Curie

100

This rom-com came out in 2018 and follows a high schooler named Simon. The book that the novel is based on is written by a former psychologist, who wanted to create a feel-good story for the LGBT+ community, based on her experiences working with patients. 

Love, Simon

100

This term refers to the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work, and age that shape health outcomes.

Social Determinants of Health

100

First trademarked in 1974, who is USF’s mascot?

Rocky the Bull

200

Who wrote the novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God?

Zora Neale Hurston

200

These two transgender sisters made their 1996 directorial debut with the lesbian erotic thriller Bound. They also directed The Matrix. Who are they?

The Wachowski Sisters (or) Lana and Lilly Wachowski

200

This principle emphasizes that health outcomes should not depend on social position, race, gender, or economic status.

Health Equity

200

In fewer than 100 years, the University of South Florida has become a top Florida university and a world-renowned research institution. What year was it founded?

1956

300

Which African American woman was a pioneer in space science and worked at NASA, featured in Hidden Figures?

Katherine Johnson

300

This actor played the role of Frank-n-Furter in the iconic film, “The Rocky Horror Picture Show.”

Tim Curry

300

This theoretical framework critiques how systems of power, such as patriarchy, racism, capitalism, and the intersect to produce health inequities.

Intersectionality

300

Ernest Boger, the first Black man to graduate from USF (in 1965), majored in which social science?

Psychology

400

What anthropologist is known for her pioneering studies on primates in Tanzania?

Jane Goodall

400

Non-binary actor Jack Haven was one of the two leads in the 2024 horror film I Saw the TV Glow. What character did they play?

Maddy

400

Public health approaches that shift from individual behavior change to addressing structural barriers like housing, wages, and discrimination are rooted in this justice-based perspective.

Structural or systemic justice in public health

400

What was the name of the student newspaper, first published in 1966?

"The Oracle"

500

Who is known as the first computer programmer?

Ada Lovelace

500

Moonlight is a 2016 coming-of-age drama that follows the main character as he contends with his identity as a black gay man. The film was directed by Barry Jenkins and was based on a semi-autobiographical, unpublished play by Tarell Alvin McCraney. The name of this play is also an iconic line from the film. What is the name of the play?

In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue

500

This global framework integrates human rights with public health, arguing that access to healthcare, education, and safe living conditions are fundamental entitlements rather than privileges. 

The right to health

500

Betty Castor became USF’s fifth president and first female president in what year (within 2 years)?

1994

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