SASE + UMN
Panda Facts
General Knowledge
Studio Ghibli
Fun
100

This nickname refers to the interconnected tunnels and skyways beneath and between many Twin Cities campus buildings.

What is the Gopherway?

100

The food that makes up 90% of a panda's diet.

What is bamboo?
100

The three most basic types of clouds are stratus, cumulus, and this high, wispy type with a name meaning "curl."

What is cirrus?

100

In this Oscar-winning 2001 film, a girl named Chihiro enters a mysterious spirit world after her parents are transformed into pigs.

What is Spirited Away?

100

I am the only planet in the solar system not named after a Roman or Greek God.

What is Earth?

200

When SASE UMN was founded.

What is 2007?

200

A surprising that pandas are good at.

What is climbing?

200

Real vanilla flavoring comes from certain climbing species of this tropical plant.

What is an orchid?

200

This 1984 post-apocalyptic epic — technically released before Studio Ghibli was officially founded — is often considered its spiritual beginning.

What is Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind?

200

The more of me you take, the more you leave behind.

What are footsteps?

300

When UMN was founded.

What is 1851?

300

How old is Kiki?

What is 18 years old?

300

This country has the most time zones in the world.

What is France?

300

Frequent Ghibli composer Joe Hisaishi shares his real name, Mamoru Fujisawa, and has scored over ten films for this director.

Who is Hayao Miyazaki?

300

Clingstone and freestone are the two classifications for this fruit, once called a Persian apple.

What is a peach?

400

The University's official motto is "Commune Vinculum Omnibus Artibus," which translates roughly to this idea.

What is "A common bond for all the arts."

400

About how long pandas spend eating in a day.

What is 16 hours?

400

At this specific temperature, C and F are the same.

What is -40 degrees?

400

Before founding Studio Ghibli, Hayao Miyazaki directed this 1979 caper film featuring master thief Arsène Lupin III.

What is The Castle of Cagliostro?

400

I have a heart that doesn't beat, a mouth that doesn't speak, and a soul that doesn't sleep.

What is an artichoke?

500

Names of all 16 board members. (ONLY GA CAN DO THIS)

Who are Pearl, Kita, Shreya, Achyuta, Eunice, Abby, Alyanna, Sam, Theo, Annisa, Daisy, Emily, Shivani, Ethan, Ryan, Lahari?

500

A panda's giant paw has six digits. This is a specialized thumb derived from wrist bone that helps them grip bamboo.

What is the radial sesamoid?

500

The battle, in 1861, was the first major land battle in the Civil War.

First Battle of Bull Run (Manassas)

500

This Studio Ghibli co-founder directed The Tale of the Princess Kaguya, which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature in 2015.

Who is isao Takahata?

500

The first recorded autopsy was performed on this historical figure.

Who is Julius Caesar?

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