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100

What year was NYU founded?

1831

100

Which group is considered the top most selling music group of all time? 

The Beatles

100

Which social network is the film The Social Network based on?

Facebook

100

The average person does what thirteen times a day?

laughs 

200

How many undergraduate schools are there at NYU? 

11

200

Long Beach, Compton, The Bronx, and Miami are considered the geographical centres of which musical genre?

Rap

200

What is the current highest-grossing film of all time?

Avengers: Endgame

200

What is the little dot above a lowercase "i" or "j" called?

The tittle was originally a larger mark, first appearing in Latin manuscripts, but was shortened when Roman-style typefaces were introduced.

300

Which world champion NYU team recently made the sweet 16 for their sport?

The Quidditch team

300

What is Jay z's real name?

Shaun Carter 

300

Which Disney movie was the first full-length, animated feature produced in the United States?

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)

300

What is the only king in a deck of cards without a moustache?

King of Hearts

400

What notable NYU alumni won 2 grammys, an oscar, and a golden globe award for their hit song "Shallow"

Lady Gaga

400

What was the most streamed song of 2020?

Blinding Lights by The Weekend

400

There are only six horror movies that have ever competed for an Oscar, name 2 of them. 

Black Swan

The Exorcist 

The Silence of the Lambs 

Get Out 

Jaws 

The Sixth Sense 

400

What was the first song Post Malone released?

White Iverson

500

In the 2007 hit TV show Gossip Girl, what NYU dorm did Blair Waldorf live in?

"Ehrlich Hall" (Rubin Hall)

500

Which famous guitarist is also known as "Slowhand"

Eric Clapton 

500

What was the most watched TV show of 2020?

The Office (57 billion minutes watched)

500

Who is Snoop Dogg’s best celebrity friend?

Martha Stewart 

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