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100
This figure of speech means comparing two things using like or as.
What is a simile?
100
The fourth planet from the sun.
What is Mars?
100
This historic writer is responsible for creating famous works including, the Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Tender is the Night, and The Great Gatsby.
Who is F. Scott Fitzgerald?
100
What is my email?
What is gmundo@uwm.edu
100
A statue of UWM's black panther mascot stands before Enderis Hall. This is the name of that panther.
Who is Pounce the Panther?
100
This red-feathered bird was the original mascot of UWM before the Panther.
What is a cardinal?
200
BOOM, POW, and ZAP are examples of this figure of speech.
What is onomatopoeia?
200
This organelle is commonly referred to as the "powerhouse" of the cell.
What is the mitochondria?
200
What is the building and room number of my office?
What is Curtin Hall 578?
200
This chain of coffee shops find home in the UWM Library and Union.
What is The Grind?
200
In 2018, the Hollywood Reporter ranked this UWM program the 24th best in the nation.
What is Film?
300
This poetic form is commonly used for love poems and was favorited by William Shakespeare.
What is a sonnet?
300
This is the year that the colossal ship named The Titanic sank in the Atlantic Ocean.
What is 1912?
300
The names of the two opposing sides of The United States Civil War.
What is the Union and the Confederacy?
300
I received my Master's in Poetry from this SEC school.
What is the University of Mississippi?
300
This red-feathered bird was the original mascot of UWM before the panther.
What is a cardinal?
300
In 1965, this famous civil rights leader spoke in the Union Ballroom after the March on Milwaukee.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
400
This poetic term describes the continuation of a sentence without pause beyond the end of a line.
What is enjambment?
400
This pivotal character in the American Revolution went on to become the United States' 3rd President.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
400
There exactly this many continents on the planet Earth.
What is seven?
400
This North London football club is my favorite club and currently third in the Premier League.
What is the Arsenal Football Club?
400
The year UWM was founded?
1880 (Normal School) or or 1956 (Modern UWM)*
400
The Emile H. Mathis Gallery in Mitchell Hall houses works by this cubist founder.
Who is Pablo Picasso?
500
Henry the Eight spent a lot of effort trying to produce an heir for his throne. He had this many wives.
What is six?
500
This famous math principle is employed when trying to find the hypotenuse of a right triangle.
What is the Pythagorean theorem?
500
One month ago I got a new kitten. He is named after the fans of my favorite football team.
Who is Gooner? 
500
What is the tallest building on the UWM campus?
What is Sandburg North Tower?
242 ft and 481 ft with the antenna.
500
UWM alumni (class of 90') Satya Nadella is the CEO of this global tech company.
What is Microsoft?