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100

What lake does Cornell overlook?

Cayuga Lake

100

A Cornell alumni that is a science education advocate

Bill Nye

100

Triskaidekaphobia is the fear of this number.

13

100

What is the name of Cornell Architecture school's annual parade?

Dragon day

200

What event celebrates the ending of the the school year in Spring?

Slope Day

200
A Cornell alumni that served on the Supreme Court

Ruth Bader Ginsberg

200
This number has no corresponding roman numeral

Zero (0)

200

What is thrown on the ice during a Harvard vs Cornell ice hockey game?

Fish

300

Who founded Cornell?

AD White and Ezra Cornell

300

A Cornell alumni who won the 1983 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

Barbara McClintock

300

At what temperature do Celsius and Fahrenheit scales show the same measurement

-40C = -40F

300

What is the name of the gorge that runs through campus, collegetown, and the commons?

Cascadilla gorge

400

When was Cornell founded?

1865

400

A Cornell alumni that has two buildings (non-library) named after them

Toni Morrison

400

How many numbers have the letter "a" when counting from 0 all the way to 1000

1 (it's 1000)

400
What human organ is on display in Uris Hall?

Brains

500

What food item did Cornell invent?

The chicken nugget or ice cream sundae

500

A Cornell alumni that the first new facility to be built on the Pew Engineering Quad in two decades is named after

Martin. Y. Tang

500

What shape has largest area of any shape with the same perimeter?

Circle

500
How many bells does McGraw Tower have in its chimes?

21

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