This 60s American pop group was known for hits like "ABC" and "I Want You Back"
What is Jackson 5
100
Name two of the three campuses of GW.
What are Foggy Bottom, Mount Vernon or Virginia Campuses
100
3:06-3:40 (Video)
Name the "shepherd boy" that Gladwell mentions.
Who is David
100
Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Carter, Jimmy Kimmel
Who is Jimmy Carter
100
The didgeridoo is a tube-shaped instrument that originated in this country
What is Australia
200
Adam Levine is the lead singer of this LA-based pop rock band.
What is Maroon 5
200
This GW sporting team took home the NIT Championship last spring.
What is basketball
200
In this TED talk, the poet Rives attempts to explain why the time "four in the morning" is repeated so often in culture as the worst time to be awake at night. In this section of his talk, he examines two excerpts from this president's autobiography.
Stop at 7:23
Who is Bill Clinton
200
The invention of chess, the invention of baseball, the invention of tennis
What is the invention of chess
200
Only 2% of the Earth's population has this naturally occuring eye color
What is green
300
This Irish band are famous for hits like "With or Without You" and "Sunday Bloody Sunday"
What is U2
300
This Meet the Press moderator is an alumnus of GW
Who is Chuck Todd
300
If you see this lowercase letter after the word TED, it means that it is an independently organized TED event.
What is x
300
Ancient Egyptian Empire, Mesopotamian Empire, Byzantine Empire
What is Ancient Egyptian Empire
300
The distance of a marathon is 26.2 miles because that is the distance from Marathon, Greece to this city
What is Athens
400
This pop punk band is known for "Bored to Death" and "All the Small Things"
What is Blink-182
400
The unofficial mascot of GW is this animal; students often rub the nose of a statue of it for good luck on exams
What is a hippo
400
TED talks have been given by many celebrities, including Ken Jennings, the reputed best player ever of this game show.
What is Jeopardy
400
Founding of Google, founding of Twitter, founding of Facebook
What is founding of Google
400
Name one NBA basketball team that does not end with the letter S.
What is Thunder, Heat, Magic, or Jazz
500
This Mississippi-based rock band, formed in 1996, can be heard playing "Kryptonite" and "Here Without You"
What is 3 Doors Down
500
To the nearest thousand, this is the number of undergraduates enrolled at all locations of GW
What is 11,000
500
TED is an acronym for Technology, Entertainment, and this
What is Design
500
First American man on the moon, first color TV sold, first African American Supreme Court Justice
What is first color TV sold
500
This is the only country in Africa that has Spanish as their official language.