Famous Cornellians
Disney Movies
Ithaca Trivia
Game Shows
Musical Instruments
100
This alumni will be sure to tell you that “Science Rules!”
Who is Bill Nye
100
This Reggae Caribbean crab sang “Under the Sea” in the Little Mermaid.
Who is Sebastian?
100
You can use one of these in Ithaca to get a $10 CTP pizza or 1 hour of handyman work.
What is an Ithaca HOUR?
100
This game show’s theme song is called “Think!”
What is Jeopardy?
100
Even though it’s a woodwind instrument, it isn’t a part of a traditional woodwind quintet because it wasn’t invented in time.
What is a saxophone?
200
Arguably the best singer in a capella group, Here Comes Treble.
Who is Andy Bernard?
200
In this Disney film you will hear the song 'Everybody Wants To Be A Cat'
What is The Aristocats?
200
This risque novel was written with the help of overheard conversations between girls on the TCAT (or the 1948 equivalent).
What is Lolita?
200
The wheel on this game show weighs 2,400 pounds.
What is Wheel of Fortune?
200
The brass instrument featured in a woodwind quintet.
What is a horn?
300
This alumna may be 5’1”, but she’s notorious for her B.I.G. ideas about equality, women’s rights, and the future of the law.
Who is Ruth Bader Ginsburg (RBG)?
300
This bear teaches Mowgli the bare necessities of life
Who is Baloo?
300
A Cornell physics major wrote this song, presumably while frolicking in the autumn mist.
What is Puff, the Magic Dragon?
300
Wipeout, an American game show that was on from 2008-2014, featured contestants racing to perform the best on the world’s largest “this”.
What is an obstacle course?
300
Some people argue over whether this is a percussion or string instrument (the strings are hidden).
What is a piano?
400
This revolutionary **food item** was Invented by former student and professor, Robert C. Baker and goes great with dipping sauce.
What are chicken nuggets?
400
These animals portray surfer dudes in Finding Nemo.
What are sea turtles?
400
This world-renowned spiritual leader considers Ithaca his second home.
Who is the 14th Dalai Lama?
400
This new game show featured Anne Hathaway swinging on a wrecking ball last year.
What is Lip Sync Battle?
400
You don’t actually blow into this instrument to play it; you blow across it.
What is a flute?
500
Author of The Good Earth and master’s student at Cornell.
Who is Pearl S. Buck?
500
At first, Scully and Mike collect these to power Monstropolis in Monsters, Inc.
What are children's screams?
500
You can eat this delicious dessert any day of the week, but it was first invented in Ithaca. (And supposedly like 15 other cities)
What is an ice cream sundae?
500
In 1999, John Carpenter, a contestant on this show, used his “phone-a-friend” option on the final question to call his dad and tell him that he was going to win a million dollars.
What is Who Wants to be a Millionaire?
500
The number of keys on a piano.
What is 88?
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