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100

He wrote the famous aphorism that begins, “Life is short, and Art long, the crisis fleeting, experience perilous, and decision difficult.” He is known as the father of modern medicine. 

a.) Andrew Vesalius

b.) William Harvey

c.) Hippocrates

d.) Plato

c.) Hippocrates

100

The location of the fastest growing hairs on the human body.

a.) Hair on the head

b.) Beard hair

c.) Eyelashes

d.) Eyebrows

b.) Beard hair

100

This athletic team has won the most national championships (11) at UConn.What is women's basketball?

What is women's basketball?

100

The acronym ‘SMH’ stands for ____.

What is “shaking my head”?

100

The fast food chain with the most locations in the world.

What is Subway?

200

This surgeon performed an auto-experiment by injecting himself with syphilis.

a.) John Hunter

b.) Ignaz Semmelweis

c.) Galen

d.) Pythagoras 

e.) Giovanni Morgagni

a.) John Hunter

200

The number of muscles exercised when smiling.

a.) 100

b.) 79

c.) 36

d.) 21

c.) 36

200

Two brothers with this last name donated the land upon which UConn was built, and is now named for them.

What is Storrs (Charles and Augustus)?

200

Performed at the 2021 Super Bowl halftime show.

Who is The Weeknd?

200

The profession of the inventors of Coca-Cola and Pepsi.

What is a pharmacist?

300

Andreas Vesalius wrote ____, a famous writing with anatomical drawings that changed medicine to focus on anatomy.

a.) Grey’s Anatomy

b.) De Sedibus

c.) Cellular Pathology

d.) De Humani Corporis Fabrica

d.) De Humani Corporis Fabrica

300

Sneezes regularly exceed this speed.

a.) 100 mph

b.) 80 mph

c.) 70 mph

d.) 60 mph

a.) 100 mph

300

UConn was established in this year, shown on the seal.

What is 1881?

300

Married couple that separated in September 2016 after an incident on a plane.

Who are Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie?

300

The state in which chocolate chip cookies were invented.

What is Massachusetts?

400

He developed the anatomical concept of disease and pathological anatomy.

a.) Socrates

b.) Giovanni Morgagni

c.) Rudolf Virchow

d.) Hippocrates

b.) Giovanni Morgagni

400

The surface area of a human ____ is equal to that of a tennis court.

a.) Kidney

b.) Lung

c.) Small intestine

d.) Heart

b.) Lung

400

UConn’s Husky mascot is named after this man, Connecticut’s first governor.Who is Jonathan Trumbull?

Who is Jonathan Trumbull?

400

Most watched Netflix show in 2020.

What is the Queen’s Gambit?

400

The country whose national dish is Chicken Tikka Masala.

What is the United Kingdom/Great Britain?

500

He developed the theory of blood circulation and the heart’s function.

a.) Hippocrates

b.) William Harvey

c.) René Laennec

d.) Joseph Lister

c.) René Laennec

500

This is the fear of being ignored or forgotten.

a.) Agoraphobia

b.) Astraphobia

c.) Aerophobia

d.) Athazagoraphobia

d.) Athazagoraphobia

500

The UConn Alma Mater is also known by this title.

What is “Old Connecticut”?

500

Carole Baskin began her daily video blogs with the phrase ___.

What is “Hey all you coo cats and kittens”?

500

A term describing whisky produced by a single distillery.

What is single malt?

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