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100

This is the biggest planet in our solar system.

What is Jupiter?

100

For many reasons, this state is known as The Golden State.

What is California?
100

This is the year the ITRC has its official grand opening.

What is 2016?

100

This is the largest body of water on eartch.

What is the Pacific Ocean?

100

The May birthstone, an emerald, is this color.

What is green?

200

This is the star closest to Earth.

The sun.

200

Known as the gateway to the west, this state is also known at The Show Me State.

What is Missouri?


200

This is the number of Kumeyaay bands in San Diego County.

What is 12?

200

Based on surface area, this is the largest country on Earth.

What is Russia?

200

In the Dr. Seuss classic story, he stole Christmas.

Who is The Grinch?

300

He was the first person to walk on the moon.

Who is Neil Armstrong?

300

This coastal state is also known as the Sunshine State.

What is Florida?

300

This is the number of Native American student organizations at UC San Diego.

What is 4?

300

In San Diego County, this is the place to go for the best and freshest apple pie.

What is Julian?

300

This boy wonder is Batman's sidekick.

Who is Robin?

400

This is the force that makes things fall to the ground.

What is gravity?

400

Once the capital of the world, this state is known at The Empire State.

What is New York?


400

This is the neighbor school that we partnered with this year to host our first collaborative and virtual powwow.

What is San Diego State University?

400

The land on earth is grouped into this many continents.

What is 7?

400

If you suffer from arachnophobia, you are afraid of this animal.

What are spiders?

500

This lucky number is the number of colors in the rainbow.

What is 7?

500

Part of the traditional territory of the Navajo, this state is known The Land of Enchantment.

What is New Mexico?

500

UC San Diego is built on the ancestral lands of this California tribe.

What is the Kumeyaay?

500

When measured by sea level, this is the tallest mountain on earth.

What is Mt. Everest?

500

This infamous ocean liner sank on its maiden voyage in 1912.

What is The Titanic?

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