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100

What are our 2 programs and describe them.

Venture Team: 9-week mentorship program aiming to equip students with skills for succeeding in VC and tech.

Venturist: mentorship program where students write articles for our in-house publication.

100

What is SaaS?

SaaS stands for Software as a Service.

100

What are the people who invest money into the fund, but don't have say in management, called?

Limited Partners (LPs).

100

What does Tribeca stand for?

Triangle Below Canal St.

100

What artist has the most monthly listeners on Spotify?

The Weeknd.

200

What large-scale event do we host every fall semester?

Night Market.

200

What programming language is most commonly used for AI development?

Python.

200

Name 5 VCs.

a16z, Sequoia, Khosla Ventures, NEA, Kleiner Perkins, Bessemer Venture Partners, General Catalyst, etc.

200

Name all NYC professional sports teams (baseball, football basketball).

Mets, Yankees, Giants, Nets, Knicks, Jets, Liberty.

200

What is the name of the biggest mall in the U.S.?

American Dream Meadowlands (East Rutherford, NJ). 

300

Name 6 EBoard members.

Stanley, Catalina, Emily, Julia, Jason, Nisha, Cathy, Katherine, ZK, Sid, Samarth, Prerit, Vaish, Daniel, Arjun.

300

What is the name of the chip in the newest iPhone?

A18.

300

What is the world's highest valued unicorn?

ByteDance ($225B).

300

What is the name of the castle in Central Park?

Belvedere.

300

Name 3 London airports.

Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted, Luton, City, Southend.

400

Who was on our panel at last week's meeting?

Aryaa, Nisha, Pov, Prerit.

400

What is the post-money valuation of Anthropic?

$18.4B.

400

What are pro-rata rights?

Legal right, but not obligation, that can be given to an investor to maintain their % ownership of the company in subsequent funding rounds. Essentially allows them to participate in future rounds and invest however much is necessary to avoid dilution.

400

How many seats does Radio City Music Hall have?

~6,000.

400

What were the names of Christopher Columbus' 3 ships?

NiƱa, Pinta, and Santa Maria.

500

What are the four stages in the typical life of a VC fund?

Sourcing, Investing, Managing, Exiting

500

What quantum computing company built the first commercially available quantum computer?

D-Wave Systems (2015).

500

What is the committed but unallocated capital (unspent cash reserve) that a VC firm has on hand commonly referred to as?

Dry powder.

500

Name every single subway line (not the colors!).

NQRW, 123, 456, 7, SL, ACE, BDFM, JZ, G

500

Name all of Quentin Tarantino's films.

Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Jackie Brown, Kill Bill: Vol 1, Kill Bill: Vol 2, Death Proof, Inglourious Basterds, Django Unchained, The Hateful Eight, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

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