UMass Amherst
What is the name of the UMass mascot?
Sam the Minuteman
Carrots belong to this plant family
Apiaceae
What is the tallest mountain in the world and where is it located (generally)?
Mount Everest in the Himalayas
Considered a loan word from Greek, what is the difficult-to-spell name of the dip or sauce made of strained yogurt, cucumbers, garlic, and other seasonings? It is most often served cold as part of an appetizer
Tzatziki
What is the capital of Louisiana?
Baton Rouge
What system is primarily used to schedule advising appointments for undegraduates?
Navigate
Name one of the top expenses in farming
Fertilizer, seed, or crop-protecting chemicals
Stonehenge is a circle of stones built by the Druids. This is in which country?
The United Kingdom
What Swiss chocolate bar brand features red text and a yellow mountain, which surreptitiously displays the sketching of a white bear within the yellow mountain?
Toblerone
What is Alaska's nickname?
The Last Frontier
How many on-campus residential halls (excluding the Fieldstone apartments) does UMass have?
Extra 100 points if you can name them all!
7 total:
Central, Commonwealth Honors College Residential Community, Northeast, Orchard Hill, Southwest, Sylvan, and North
What term is used for the reproductive part of a plant that produces pollen?
Stamen
What is the capital of the only country that is also a continent ?
Canberra
What South Asian T-word dish (of marinated and roasted chicken) gets its name from the type of clay oven it is traditionally cooked in?
Tandoori Chicken
John Steinbeck's "East of Eden" plays out its Cain and Abel parable in this California valley.
Salinas Valley
In addition to being #1 for dining, what else is UMass Amherst #1 for?
Hockey
"Linseed" is another name for what flowering plant, which has been cultivated by humans for over 30,000 years, and which is the source of linen fiber?
Flax
What is the name of the building in Agra built by Shah Jahan ?
Taj Mahal
What ice cream brand and amusement park staple was born in the 1980s when Curt Jones used his knowledge of cryogenic technology to create ice cream "beads?"
Dippin' Dots
Kansas City is located in which state?
Missouri
How many schools and colleges does UMass house?
10
The holiday that generates the most revenue spent on food
Superbowl Sunday
Name 5 countries that begin with the letter 'S'
Spain, South Sudan, Somalia, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Senegal, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Singapore, Saudi Arabia
Brazil is the world's largest coffee bean producer and has been for over 150 years. Many other top coffee-producing nations are in South America and Central America, but what Southeast Asia country is actually the second largest producer?
Vietnam
What is the capital and nickname of the largest Pacific State?
Sacremento and The Golden State