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UChicago
2026 Pop Culture
APIDA History
MISC.
100

Who are our first-year board members?

Who is Anujin, Iris, and Sophia?

100

Which building is about to get remodeled and renamed after Rubenstein?

What is Ida Noyes?

100

Which major KPOP group just released an album in mid-March after years of hiatus? 

Who is BTS?

100

In which country did boba originate?

What is Taiwan?

100

What is the capital of Canada?

What is Ottawa?

200
What is Tanvi's major and minor?

What is physics and molecular engineering?

200

Name the three neighborhoods that directly border Hyde Park.

What is Kenwood, Woodlawn, and Washington Park?

200

Which celebrity famously lost all his nominations in the most recent Oscars (along with his film) after joking about ballet and opera?

Who is Timothee Chalamet?

200

When is AAPI Heritage Month?

What is May?

200

What was the Wordle today (sorry to those who haven't done it yet)?

What is brood?


300

Who are our two direct community leaders that we communicate with in CASL?

Who is Emmeline and Melissa?

300

This UChicago physicist led the first controlled nuclear chain reaction under the stands of Stagg Field. (hint: _lab)

Who is Enrico Fermi?

300

Who is headlining on Thursday of Lollapalooza 2026?

Who is Lorde and/or John Summit?

300

Which river is the longest in Asia?

What is the Yangtze river?  Also accepted: Chang Jiang

300

What is the longest REAL word in the English language?

(a) Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia

(b) Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

(c) Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis

(d) Floccinaucinihilipilification

(e) Ultramicroscopiospectrophotomethermodynamics

What is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis?

400

Who is the oldest member of MAMA? 

Crystal 


400

This economist, a UChicago professor, won the Nobel Prize for his work on monetarism and free-market theory.

Who is Milton Friedman?

400

Who just painted a wall in LA the color pink, and what does it say on the wall?

Who is Olivia Rodrigo, and what is love?

400

In 1942, Japanese Americans were wrongfully incarcerated under Executive Order 9066 and forcibly sent to internment camps. They were wrongfully labeled as security risks, although __ were US citizens:

(a) 1/3

(b) 1/2

(c) 3/4

(d) 2/3

What is 2/3?

400

This country has the most time zones of any nation in the world.

What is France?

500

When did MAMA begin its regular activities in Chicago (post-planning)?

What is January 2025?  June 2024 accepted for half pts

500

Which UChicago scientist was the first to identify a chromosomal translocation as a cause of cancer (hint: was a girlboss, one of our buildings are named after her!)? 

Who is Janet Rowley?


500
Which med student Tiktoker just got expelled on Match Day for making misogynistic jokes?

Who is Nick Baumel?

500

As of early 2025, approximately how many members of the U.S. Congress identify as Asian American or Pacific Islander?

What is 24? (21 in House, 3 in Senate)

500

This U.S. state is closest to Africa.

(a) Maine

(b) Oregon

(c) Florida

(d) North Carolina

(e) California

What is Maine?

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