Reves Center
17th Century William & Mary
World Geography
World Animals
World History - 1989
100
The Reves Center was endowed by a gift in the name of Emery and _______ Reves.
Who is Wendy Reves?
100
William & Mary was chartered in what year?
What is 1693?
100
This is the longest railway line in the world, spanning 8 time zones at 9,288 kilometers in length.
What is the Trans-Siberian Railway?
100
This animal's tongue is black to help it avoid getting sunburned on it's tongue.
What is the giraffe?
100
This exiled Tibetan won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1989.
Who is the Dalai Lama?
200

Following the Second World War, Emery Reves bought the publishing rights to which politician's "History of the English-Speaking Peoples"?

Who is Winston Churchill?
200
The British College of Heralds bestowed this upon William & Mary in 1694, making it the only American university to possess one?
What is a royal coat of arms?
200
These very cool geographic features store around 75% of the Earth's freshwater.
What are glaciers?
200
Lobster's blood is blue because it uses this element to carry oxygen, instead of iron.
What is copper?
200
The Berlin Wall fell in 1989, and the city was reunited. Post-WWII, it had been divided into 4 sectors: Soviet, British, American, and this 4th country...
What is France?
300
The Reves bought a French Villa, La Pausa, from which famous French fashion designer and businesswoman?
Who is Coco Chanel?
300
TOSS UP! The team that DIDN'T pick should get the amount, then the team that DID pick should guess. The closest team gets the points.


President-Elect Katherine Rowe will be the first female president of William & Mary. 

How many presidents have there been total (excluding President-Elect Rowe)?

What is 27.
300
This is the only continent that spans all 4 hemispheres.
What is Africa?
300
This undersea cephalopod has 3 hearts.
What is an octopus?
300

This ship became grounded in Alaska's Prince William Sound on March 24th, 1989. The tanker's hull ruptures and around eleven million gallons of crude oil begins spilling into the ocean.

What is the Exxon Valdez.

400
Emery Reves was a native of this central European country, which is also the home of the Rubik's cube, 13 Nobel Prize laureates, and Harry Houdini.
What is Hungary?
400
William & Mary came to power in the ___________ Revolution of 1688, invading from the Netherlands deposing King James II.
What is the "Glorious" Revolution?
400

This city currently has the most skyscrapers (150 meters/490 ft tall or higher) in the world.

What is Hong Kong?
400
This is the loudest animal alive.

What is the blue whale.


[The call of the blue whale reaches levels up to 188 decibels. This extraordinarily loud whistle can be heard for hundreds of miles underwater.]

400
This rival to the Super Nintendo Entertainment system was released in 1989, eventually selling nearly 31 million units.
What is the Sega Genesis?
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