Campus Geography
The Last Waltz
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Acronyms
100

This building towers over the Berkeley campus at 307 feet tall.

What is The Campanile (Sather Tower)?

100

Known informally as the band before they became The Band, the band spent years backing this legend before they went out on their own.

Who is Bob Dylan?

100

When plants make food, they give off this gas.

What is Oxygen?

100

A Campanile species.

What is a Peregrine Falcon?

100

An ocean away, Cal plays in this athletic conference.

What is the ACC?

200

This geological feature bisects California Memorial Stadium.

What is the Hayward Fault?

200

The Last Waltz, The Band’s legendary concert film (and a great kids movie), was filmed by this legendary director.

Who is Martin Scorsese?

200

Plants need these four things to survive.

What are air, water, soil, sun?

200

Alum Gregory Peck portrayed this legal eagle.

Who is Atticus Finch?

200

Our upcoming donor database.

What is URSA?

300

This body of water and its tributaries combine to run 5 miles through the heart of Berkeley's main campus.

What is Strawberry Creek?

300

The Last Waltz, a great kids movie, was produced by this legend (and colleague of a current UCBF trustee’s husband).

Who is Bill Graham?

300

This botanical includes a cap, gills and stem.

What is a mushroom?

300

Alum Marshawn Lynch won a Superbowl playing for this team owned by a Microsoft founder.

Who are the Seattle Seahawks?

300

Berkeley alumni and Elon Musk are part of this cost cutting organization.

What is DOGE?

400

Name the four US states PD remotely works from.

What are California, Kansas, Oregon, and Utah?

400

The Last Waltz, a great kids movie, took place on this “legendary” American holiday in 1976.

What is Thanksgiving?

400

Grains such as wheat, rye and barley are most common, but this spirit can also be made from potatoes, corn or grapes.

What is vodka?

400

In this tv show, White House Press Secretary C. J. Cregg has a Berkeley degree.

What is The West Wing?

400

Wetsuits, a Berkeley invention, are commonly worn by people doing this type of diving.

What is SCUBA?

500

This peak in the Berkeley Hills has an elevation of 1,758 feet and provides a view of campus and SF Bay. 

What is Grizzly Peak?

500

Noted performer and bigot Eric Clapton called this delta blues legend’s two song set during The Last Waltz one of the best live performances of all time.

Who is Muddy Waters?

500

The UC Botanical Garden has this many kinds of plants.

What is over 10,000?

500

A Pteranodon and T. rex call this campus building home.

What is Valley Life Sciences Building?

500

This two-letter oil company pledged $500M to Berkeley for biofuel research.

What is BP?

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