Scuba, Root Beer Floats, and Finished Degrees

Dive in!

100

This essential piece of scuba gear lets divers breathe underwater.

What is a regulator?

200

The acronym "SCUBA" stands for this.

What is Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus?

300

This pressure-related illness can occur if a diver surfaces too quickly.

What is the bends (or decompression sickness)?

400

The deepest point in Earth's oceans is located in this trench.

What is the Mariana Trench?

500

Divers use this signal — a flat hand slicing across the neck — to communicate this underwater message.

What is “Out of air” or “Cut the dive/End the dive”?

Float On

100

This brand, founded in 1898, is one of the oldest root beer companies in the U.S.

200

In some regions, root beer floats are known by this quirky name.

What is a "black cow"?

300

This major soft drink company launched its own root beer called “Mug Root Beer.”

What is PepsiCo?

400

The root beer flavor originally came from this tree's bark.

What is the sassafras tree?

500

Root beer is typically non-caffeinated, but this popular root beer brand is one of the few that contains caffeine.

What is Barq’s?

SNHU Moments

100

True or False: One SNHU graduate, Annette Roberge, earned her bachelor's degree at 90 years old.

False-Annette Roberge earned her associate's degree in Business Administration at 90.

200

True or False: A grandmother of 33 finished her bachelor’s in Business Administration at SNHU after being challenged by her grandson.

True
Robyn Roberts (age 63) is a grandmother of 33 who completed her degree in 2023 after her grandson said he’d go to college if she did.

300

True or False: Amy Craton completed her SNHU degree at age 94 with a perfect 4.0 GPA.

True
She earned her B.A. in Creative Writing and English in 2017 and is SNHU’s oldest grad to date.

400

True or False: Mary Beth Dayley finished her bachelor’s degree at age 80.

False (She earned her master’s at 80 — her bachelor’s was completed earlier.)

500

True or False: Emily Rowley, who was born without arms, earned her BA in Psychology from SNHU in 2024.

True and she is amazing!

Famously Finished Strong?

100

Shaquille O’Neal returned to college and finished his bachelor’s degree after joining the NBA.

 True – He earned his degree from LSU in 2000.

200

Lady Gaga graduated with honors from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts.

False – She dropped out to pursue music full time. 

300

Natalie Portman graduated from Harvard with a psychology degree.

 True – She’s both a movie star and a Harvard alum.

400

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson left college early to pursue wrestling and never got a degree.

 False – He earned a degree in criminology and physiology from the University of  Miami.

500

Jennifer Aniston has a college degree in acting.

False – She attended a performing arts high school but did not complete college.