UofT Trivia
This medical breakthrough was discovered in a UofT lab in 1921, changing the lives of millions with diabetes.
What is insulin?
This artist's "Eras Tour" finished in December 2024, becoming the first concert tour to gross over $1 billion.
Who is Taylor Swift?
As of 2024, the TTC subway system has this many operational lines.
What is 3?
This high-energy molecule powers most cellular processes, from muscle contraction to active transport.
What is ATP?
This river is widely considered the longest in the world, flowing over 6,600 km through northeastern Africa.
What is the Nile River?
Despite being a popular prof for BIO130 and BIO230, this professor jokingly reminds students he’s “still not published in Nature.
Who is Dr. Kenneth Yip
In April 2025, this pop star joined an all-female crew aboard Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket.
Who is Katy Perry?
This landmark is a defining feature of Toronto’s skyline.
What is the CN Tower?
Pavlov’s dogs salivating at the sound of a bell is an example of this type of learning.
What is classical conditioning?
Located in the western Pacific Ocean, this deep-sea trench is the deepest known point on Earth.
What is the Mariana Trench?
In 2024, UofT professor Geoffrey Hinton received the Nobel Prize for his groundbreaking contributions to artificial neural networks. This was the category in which he was awarded.
What is Physics?
This rapper famously interrupted Taylor Swift’s acceptance speech at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards.
Who is Kanye West?
This intersection is often called “Toronto’s Times Square,” and was officially renamed in 2023 to reflect local Indigenous heritage.
What is Sankofa Square?
This tumor suppressor gene is famously known as the “guardian of the genome.”
What is p53?
This is the highest layer of Earth’s atmosphere, where the International Space Station orbits and where aurora lights occur.
What is the thermosphere?
This UofT college building famously faces Front Campus and is known for its Gothic Revival architecture.
What is University College?
This sped-up version of a 2000s ballad by Natasha Bedingfield became a massive TikTok trend in 2024.
What is Unwritten?
This Toronto sports team made history by winning back-to-back championship titles in 1992 and 1993.
What are the Toronto Blue Jays?
The name of the model describing enzyme-substrate interaction where both the enzyme and substrate change shape slightly.
What is the induced-fit model?
This horseshoe-shaped area in the Pacific Ocean is famous for its really high volcanic and earthquake activity and contains about 75% of the world’s active volcanoes.
What is the Ring of Fire?
While most students never notice it, this Canadian animal appears at the bottom of UofT’s official coat of arms.
What is a beaver?
This was Disney’s first full-length animated feature film, released in 1937.
What is Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs?
This neighbourhood features cobblestone streets and hosts Toronto’s annual Christmas Market.
What is the Distillery District?
This form of health economics analysis compares the cost per quality-adjusted life year (QALY) gained for different interventions.
What is cost-utility analysis?
The Komodo dragon, the largest living species of this animal group, is native to these Indonesian islands.
What are the Komodo Islands?