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Sports Trivia
100

What is the world record for the longest hiccupping spree? A. 68 years, B. 50 years, C. 82 years

A. 68 years

100

What city contains the Great Wall, the Forbidden City, and the Temple of Heaven?

Beijing

100

What do you have to do to pass your finals if you step on the M in the diag?

Run from the steps of Hatcher to the bell tower and back in one minute, naked, at midnight

100

What year was optiMize founded?

2012

100

Which US president played for the Michigan football team?

Gerald Ford

200

What is the only planet that rotates on its side?

Uranus

200

What is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea?

Sicily

200

What building on campus was created because the Union didn’t allow women to enter?

The League

200

Where is the optiMize office located?

LSA Building

200

How many touchdowns did Blake Corum have in his Michigan career

58

300

What animal’s milk is pink?

Hippopotamus

300

Helena is the capital of what US state?

Montana

300

When were the secret societies at Michigan disbanded?

2021

300

What does SIC stand for?

Social Innovation Challenge

300

Where did Michael Jordan play basketball in college?

UNC

400

Before becoming President, Barack Obama served as a U.S. Senator from which state?

Illinois

400

What is the capital of Venezuela?

Caracas

400

What is the name of a Marxist terrorist group that operated at Michigan in the early 1970s?

The Weather Underground

400

What is optiMizes question we ask people like you?

Why not me?

400

What is the second biggest sports stadium in the US by capacity?

Beaver stadium (Penn st.)

500

In what year did the Berlin Wall fall?

1989

500

Which Asian river is considered the longest?

Yangtze River

500

Where was the original Umich campus?

Downtown Detroit

500

How much funding can you get through the SIC?

Up to $10,000

500

What or who is the Ford Mustang named after?

A fighter plane from WWII

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