SEGC Knowledge
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Cornell Trivia
General Trivia
100

Name an interest from Luke's and Flora's profiles on the website.

Luke: Painting, indie & hip-hop music, card games, Catan, cooking

Flora: Coffee, matcha, biking, exploring restaurants and cafes, city walks

100

How many freshmen and sophomores are in the newbie class? Of the sophomores, who is a transfer, and where did they transfer from?

    

Freshmen: 5

Sophomores: 4

Sand: transfer from UIUC

100

What is SWOT?

Four-letter framework to identify a company's Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats

100

What's the actual elevation gain of Libe Slope, as measured from West Avenue to Central Avenue?

90 Feet

100

This annual NYC event brings together more than 100,000 people for discussions and events on climate action while world leaders are in town for the UN General Assembly.

Climate Week NYC

200

Name the 5 projects from last semester.

JouleBug, Small Farm Cities, MTArt Agency, Renewal Memory Partners, Clean Creatives

200

Including the newbies, what are the three most common majors of SEGC members?

Economics

Industrial Labor Relations

Information Science

200

A client’s market grows from $100M to $121M over two years. This metric, which accounts for compounding, shows that the market grew by 10% annually. What's the name for this metric?

CAGR (Compound Annual Growth Rate)

200

What are the names of the fiberglass cow and calf who serve as mascots for the Dairy Bar?

Cornelia & Cal

200

This Caribbean nation became the first team eliminated from the 2026 FIFA World Cup after losses to Scotland and Brazil.

Haiti

300

Name the hometowns of all of the executive board members.

(US: State, International: City)

Luke: NYC, NY

Flora: Suzhou, China

Jing: Houston, TX

Alex: Hong Kong

Colleen: Bay Area, CA

Shirin: Chevy Chase, Maryland

Chris: NYC, NY

Sydney: Buffalo Grove, Illinois

Ivan: Houston, TX

Mahin: Newtown, PA

Sasha: Saratoga, CA

300

What was the color of Owen's jacket at the newbie dinner @ Plumtree?

Red

300

In the BCG Growth-Share Matrix, a business unit with a high market share but low market growth has this nickname (animal-related).

Cash Cow

300

Roughly how many songs have been arranged for the Cornell Chimes?

3,000

300

This annual competition, happening right now, lets the public vote for which of Katmai National Park’s brown bears is best prepared for winter hibernation.

Fat Bear Week

400

What were all the events we had for club recruitment?

Social Impact Consulting 101

Breaking into Professional Clubs

Diverse Pathways into Business

ClubFest Tabling

Information Session #1 & 2

Mann Library Tabling

Casing 101

Meet The Members

Resume Review

400

Name all the newbies and their majors.

Sand - Material Science Engineering

Sahasra - Econ & Info Sci

Annie - Dyson

Owen - Comp Sci & Cog Sci

Dani - Gov & Info Sci

Ella - Public Policy

Kae - ILR

Matt - Hotel

Emily - E&S and Info Sci

400

A client has a 20% market share in a $500M market. The market grows 10%, but the client's revenue stays constant. Approximately, what is its new market share?

~18.2%

400

In what year was the celebration that would become known as Dragon Day first held?

1901

400

Name 10 countries in Europe.

Albania

Andorra

Austria

Belarus

Belgium

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bulgaria

Croatia

Czechia (Czech Republic)

Denmark

Estonia

Finland

France

Germany

Greece

Hungary

Iceland

Ireland

Italy

Latvia

Liechtenstein

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Malta

Moldova

Monaco

Montenegro

Netherlands

North Macedonia

Norway

Poland

Portugal

Romania

San Marino

Serbia

Slovakia

Slovenia

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

Ukraine

United Kingdom

Vatican City

500

On the Meet Our Team page, how many SEGC members are holding or wearing a prop?

34

500

Three-part question: 1) Who's allergic to all fruits? 2) Who had a home-based Italian food business in middle and high school? 3) Who plays the saxophone?

1) Ella

2) Matt

3) Sand

500

A product has a 40% contribution margin. If fixed costs increase by $2M, the company needs this much additional revenue to maintain the same profit.

$5 million

500

Until World War II, each class of Cornell women traditionally chose its own mascot, song, and class colors. Name at least two animals that served as class mascots.


cow, pig, dog, frog, penguin, elephant, kangaroo

500

This 2026 movie became the second-fastest film in history to gross $1 billion worldwide, reaching the milestone just six days after its release.

Spider-Man: Brand New Day

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