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What animal is the UofT mascot?
Beaver
Before Sunrise (1994), directed by Richard Linklater, is set almost entirely in which European city?
Vienna, Austria
Who was Tsar during the Bolshevik revolution?
Tsar Nicholas II
Which mathematician was given his equations through dreams by the Indian goddess Namagiri Devi?
Srinivasa Ramanujan
Ari: Which figure skater, known for her routine using Laufey’s song ‘promise’ and for pushing the boundaries of traditional figure skating, recently won a gold medal at the Milan-Cortina Olympics?
Alysa Liu
Which medical breakthrough occurred in 1921 at UofT, changing diabetic treatment until today?
Insulin
What movie is this quote from: "I'm also just a girl, standing in front of a boy, asking him to love her"
Notting Hill (1999)
Which 1971 musical adaptation by Norman Jewison focuses on the life of a Jewish dairyman in Russia navigating tradition, faith, and family?
Fiddler on the Roof
What do the letters in Einstein's famous equation E = mc^2 stand for?
E = Energy
m = Mass
c = Speed of light
Esme: a metaphor is formally made of two components. The first is the tenor: the subject being described. The second is the ____: the tenor’s comparator—the image, thing, or concept being used to describe the tenor. What is the technical name for this comparator?
The vehicle
What fast food restaurant lies in the basement of Northrop Frye
McDonalds
Which Beethoven symphony is played through Kubrick’s 1971 film “A Clockwork Orange”?
Symphony No. 9 (in D Minor, Op. 125)
Which Victoria College alumni is known for her feminist retelling of the Odyssey from the perspective of Odysseus’s wife Pelenope?
Margaret Atwood
What did Arthur Leonard Schawlow win the Nobel Prize for?
Using lasers to determine atomic energy levels
Sophia: Symphonie fantastique by Hector Berlioz features a recurring musical melody that represents the protagonist's obsessive love for an actress. What is the French term Berlioz used for this recurring theme?
The idée fixe
Which of the following movies were not filmed at UofT? Choices: Good Will Hunting, Mean Girls, Clueless, Resident Evil: Afterlife
Clueless
Which Toronto-raised actor stars as the titular retired hitman in the John Wick movies?
Keanu Reeves
In 1867, the British North America Act united three distinct colonies into the single Dominion of Canada. Name the three original colonies.
The Province of Canada (which was split into Ontario and Quebec), Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick
Which insect caused the first computer bug?
A moth
Emma: Which 1965 album by The Beatles features songs such as "Drive My Car", "Michelle", and "In My Life"?
Rubber Soul
What was the name of the infamous perpetrator who poured buckets of human excrement on people in Robarts 2019?
Peepeepoopoo man
Name one of three women who have won the Academy Award for Best Director
either Kathryn Bigalow, Chloe Zhao, or Jane Campion
Which American artist is best known for his bright and colorful pop style paintings of Marylin Monroe and Capbell’s soup?
Andy Warhol
In his 1962 book The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, philosopher Thomas Kuhn popularized what two-word phrase to describe a fundamental, revolutionary change in the basic concepts and experimental practices of a scientific discipline?
Paradigm Shift
Micah: Which Toronto celebrity is known for spinning a speaker on his head around Dundas Square?
Longtendo