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This 175-foot bell tower, home to 61 bells, is one of UCSB's most iconic landmarks.
What is Storke Tower?
This ritual object, containing verses from the Torah, is affixed to the doorposts of Jewish homes.
What is a mezuzah?
These are the five oceans of the world.
This is the term for a score of zero in tennis.
What is "love"?
(Baby, don't hurt me)
This is the Director of The Odyssey, which was released in theaters this past July.
Who is Christopher Nolan?
UCSB's mascot, the Gaucho, is traditionally associated with this South American country's plains and cattle culture.
What is Argentina?
"Tanakh" — the Hebrew Bible — is an acronym for these three sections of the canon.
What are Torah, Nevi'im, and Ketuvim (the Law, the Prophets, and the Writings)?
This canal connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans through Central America.
What is the Panama Canal?
This NBA great holds the record for the most championship rings at 11.
Who is Bill Russell?
This movie won the oscar for best picture in 2025.
What is Anora?
UCSB's undergraduate programs are organized into these three colleges.
What are Letters and Science, Engineering, and the Creative Studies?
These ancient manuscripts, discovered in caves near Qumran starting in 1947, include some of the oldest known copies of Hebrew Bible texts.
What are the Dead Sea Scrolls?
These are the 6 nations with cardinal directions in their name (only 4 required).
What are North Korea, South Korea, North Macedonia, South Sudan, South Africa, and East Timor?
This player's €222 million transfer from Barcelona to PSG in 2017 remains the most expensive transfer in soccer history.
Who is Neymar Jr.?
This is the highest-grossing film actor/actress of all time.
Who is Zoe Saldaña?
UCSB's campus spans this many acres along the Santa Barbara coastline (answers within 100 acres are accepted).
What is 1,022 acres?
These are the first 3 kings of ancient Israel.
Who are Saul, David, and Solomon?
These are the top 10 most populous countries in the world (you only need to name 6).
What are...
1. India
2. China
3. United States
4. Indonesia
5. Pakistan
6. Nigeria
7. Brazil
8. Bangladesh
9. Russia
10. Ethiopia
This is the first and only sport to be played on the moon.
What is golf?
This actor/actress has received the most Academy Award nominations for acting of any performer in history.
Who is Meryl Streep?
UCSB's campus was built on the former site of this type of WWII-era military installation.
What is a Marine Corps air station?
This sage founded a rabbinic academy at Yavneh, helping Judaism transition from Temple-based worship to rabbinic tradition after the destruction of the 2nd Temple.
Who is Yohanan ben Zakkai?
Name all 3 countries in the world that are completely surrounded by a single other country (brownie points if you can name the countries that surround them).
What are Lesotho (South Africa), San Marino (Italy), and Vatican City (Italy)?
This is the pick at which football GOAT Tom Brady was selected in the 2000 NFL draft (answers within 25 accepted).
What is pick 199?
This 1927 Warner Bros. film is widely credited as the first commercially successful "talkie," bringing synchronized sound to Hollywood.
What is The Jazz Singer?