IU (Indiana University)
Countries/Cities
General Knowledge
Pop Culture (World)
Science
100
These two colors represent Indiana University’s official school colors.
What are cream and crimson?
100
This is the only country with a flag that is not rectangular.
What is Nepal?
100
This animal is responsible for more human deaths annually than sharks.
What is a mosquito?
100
This Korean artist released Gangnam Style in 2012.
Who is PSY?
100
This is the freezing point of water in Celsius.
What is 0°C
200
This famous limestone landmark is the symbolic entry to IU’s campus.
What is the Sample Gates?
200
This stinky fruit is banned on many public trains in Southeast Asia.
What is durian?
200
You write numbers from 1 to 100 on a board. How many of them contain the digit 7 at least once? (7, 17, 27, ...)
What is 19?
(All numbers with 7 in the ones or tens place: 7, 17, 27, 37, 47, 57, 67, 70-79, 87, 97→ 19 total)
200
This fantasy film trilogy was shot in New Zealand and features hobbits, elves, and Mount Doom.
What is The Lord of the Rings?
200
This structure is known as the “powerhouse of the cell.”
What is the mitochondrion?
300
IU’s student newspaper, started in 1867, is still published daily online and weekly in print.
What is the Indiana Daily Student (IDS)?
300
This country invented croissants.
What is Austria?
300
The unicorn is the national animal of which country?
What is Scotland?
300
This long-running British sci-fi show features a time-traveling alien with multiple regenerations.
What is Doctor Who?
300
This layer of the Earth is made of molten rock and lies just beneath the crust.
What is the mantle?
400
This is the full name of IU's official mascot, reintroduced in 2025.
What is Hoosier the Bison?
400
This city in Zimbabwe shares its name with ancient stone ruins and was once the capital of a powerful medieval kingdom.
What is Great Zimbabwe?
400
This northern phenomenon, caused by solar particles colliding with Earth’s magnetic field, is sacred in many Arctic cultures.
What are the Northern Lights? (or Aurora Borealis)
400
This 2022 Indian film went viral internationally for its epic dance number “Naatu Naatu.”
What is RRR?
400
This part of the brain controls balance and coordination.
What is the cerebellum?
500
This is the year Indiana University was established.
What is 1820?
500
This is the only country whose name starts with an “O.”
What is Oman?
500
This animal’s heart is located in its head.
What is a shrimp?
500
This 2018 Thai film about a group of students cheating on a standardized test was a box office smash and sparked education debates across Asia.
What is Bad Genius?
500
This woman from Poland was the first person to win two Nobel Prizes in two different sciences.
Who is Marie Curie?