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The Gate
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100

Number of dorms at UChicago

What is 7?

100

Paper of record in the United States

What is The New York Times?

100

Number of Representatives in the House

What is 435?

100

The names of the Editors-in-Chief

Who are Ava and Gabriel?

100

Top artist on Spotify right now

Who is The Weeknd?

200

UChicago's undergraduate Dean of Students

Who is Melina Hale?

200

The type of comma that isn't allowed in AP Style

What is the Oxford comma?

200

America's third president

Who is Thomas Jefferson?

200

The number of sections in The Gate

What is 7?

200

The first song on Taylor Swift's new album

What is The Fate of Ophelia?

300

The year UChicago was founded

What is 1890? 

300

The IOP staff member that is married to a NYT journalist

Who is Jennifer Steinhauer?

300

Number of electoral votes needed to win the presidential election

What is 270?

300

The name of The Gate's faculty advisor

Who is Matilda?

300

The first U.S. military operation in Afghanistan

What is Operation Enduring Freedom?

400

UChicago's first president

Who is William Rainey Harper?

400

The journalists who broke the Watergate scandal

Who are Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein?

400

Governor of New Jersey who ran for president in 2016

Who is Chris Christie?

400

The first article that comes up right now on The Gate's website

What is "UChicago Releases First Racial and Ethnic Demographic Dataset Post-Affirmative Action" ? 


400
Highest grossing Martin Scorsese movie

What is The Wolf of Wall Street?

500

Number of majors offered in The College

What is 68?

500

The journalist once considered "the most trusted man in America" 

Who is Walter Cronkite?

500

The office fifth in line to the U.S. presidency

What is the Secretary of the Treasury?

500

Number of years The Gate has existed

What is 12?

500

The number of countries in Africa

What is 54?

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