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This is the name of USF’s student-run newspaper, which has been keeping students informed since 1961.

What is The Oracle?

100

The author of a book that exposed the dangers of "DDT" known as Silent Spring. 

Who is Rachel Carson?

100

These teams will be playing at this year's Super Bowl

Who are the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles

100

The nickname given to Florida.

What is the Sunshine State?

100

The first president of the United States. 

Who is George Washington?

200

This is the name of the stadium where the USF Bulls football team plays its home games.

What is Raymond James Stadium?

200

The term used to describe the variety of life forms within a given ecosystem on Earth or as a whole.

What is biodiversity?

200

This director, known for Inception and Dunkirk, received critical acclaim for the 2023 film Oppenheimer.

Who is Christopher Nolan

200

A city-wide party where pirates invade the city of Tampa. 

What is Gasparilla?
200

A commonly used system used to create maps.

What is ArcGIS?

300

USF is a member of this athletic conference, competing in sports like football and basketball.

What is the American Athletic Conference (AAC)?

300

The name of the unique root structure that mangroves have.

What are pneumatophores (roots above the water and soil to access oxygen)?

300

This 2021 Netflix show about a deadly competition involving children's games became a global phenomenon.

What is Squid Games?

300

What rare and critically endangered species of panther is native to Florida and found mainly in the southwestern part of the state?

The Florida Panther

300

How many bones are there in the human body?

206

400

This obscure piece of USF history involves a time capsule buried in 1980 and scheduled to be opened in this year.

What is 2080?

400

The Ice-Albedo Effect is an example of this type of climate feedback, where warming leads to more warming.

What is a positive feedback loop?

400

This Japanese video game franchise, first released in 1986, features the silent hero Link and his quest to rescue Princess Zelda.

What is The Legend of Zelda?

400

Which Florida city is known for being the location of the first U.S. settlement established by the Spanish in 1565?

St. Augustine

400

Known as the capital city of Australia. 

What is Canberra?

500

Before adopting "Rocky the Bull," USF's first unofficial mascot was this creature, reflecting the university's ties to the local environment.

What is the Golden Brahman?

500

The U.S. law that requires deferal agencies to assess the environmental impact of their proposed actions before making decisions.

What is National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)?

500

This artist made a guest apperence on stage with Taylor Swift during her 'Album of the Year' acceptence speech. 

Who is Lana Del Rey/Jack Antanoff

500

What year did Florida join the U.S.?

1845

500

This type of rock is formed through the cooling and solidification of magma or lava.

What is igneous rock?

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