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100

This was the name of Harvard before John Harvard’s bequest in 1638

What is New College?

100

This 2023 film became the highest-grossing movie directed by a woman.

What is Barbie?

100

This phrase is an inspiration for the LIFE 2025 aesthetic: When life gives you _______ , you make ______

What is lemons and lemonade?

100

This is the term for a word or phrase that reads the same backward and forward.

What is a palindrome?

100

This U.S. state is known as the “Land of 10,000 Lakes.

What is Minnesota?

200

These are the three lies on the John Harvard Statue

1. What is Harvard was not founded in 1638?

2. What is the statue is not John Harvard?

3. What is John Harvard is not the founder?

200

Natalie Portman skipped the premier of this film to study for her Harvard finals.

What is Star Wars Episode I?

200

The exact number of LIFEEs participating in LIFE 2025

What is 55?

200

This element is the most abundant in Earth’s atmosphere.

What is nitrogen?

200

Mount Everest sits on the border of Nepal and this country.

What is China?

300

The Harvard house furthest from Harvard Yard.

What is Currier House?

300

This “Office” star graduated from Harvard and wrote for The Lampoon.

Who is BJ Novak?

300

This was the graduation year of the inaugural LIFE class.

What is 2024?

300

The Nobel Prize was named after the inventor of this substance.

What is dynamite?
300

This U.S. state has the longest coastline.

What is Alaska?

400

Widener Library was built in memory of a Harvard alum who died in this disaster.

What is the Titanic?

400

This musician broke the record for most Grammy wins in history in 2023.

Who is Beyoncé?

400

These students ('25) served as co-chairs of LIFE in 2024.

Who are Ethan Kelly and Ife Adedokun?

400

This U.S. president served the shortest time in office.

Who is William Henry Harrison?

400

This country is the most populous on the continent of Africa.

What is Nigeria?

500

This Harvard building hosted George Washington when he took command of the Continental Army.

What is Wadsworth House?

500

This Oscar-winning movie features Matt Damon as an MIT janitor with a gift for math.

What is Good Will Hunting?

500

This iconic ABBA hit was adopted as the unofficial anthem of LIFE.

What is Dancing Queen? (Lifer Queen)

500

This Shakespeare play features the characters Rosencrantz and Guildenstern.

What is Hamlet?

500

This is the only sea with no coastline.

What is the Sargasso Sea?

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