Pop Culture
What type of clothing had people arguing "black and blue" versus "white and gold" in 2015?
dress
What were the NBA's New Orleans Pelicans called before they changed their name in 2013?
Hornets
What film popularized the maxim, Carpe Diem (seize the day)?
Dead Poets Society
What year were the first winter Olympics?
1924
How many people have walked on the moon?
12
What song, featuring Rihanna and Kanye West, ended Paul McCartney's 29-year absence from the Billboard Top 10?
FourFiveSeconds
Which NBA team won six championships in the 1990s?
Chicago Bulls
Netflix released what sequel to Chicken Run in 2023?
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
In what year was the first iPhone released?
2007
How high can a penguin jump?
6 ft
What Catchy children's song about marine life made an appearance on the Billboard Hot 100, in 2019?
Baby Shark
What team did the Chicago Cubs defeat to win the 2016 World Series?
Cleveland Indians (now Guardians)
What martial arts star plays a Japenese race car driver in The Cannonball Run?
Jackie Chan
What year was Coca-Cola first sold
1886
How fast can a moose run (mph)?
37 mph
Who became the most-followed person on Instagram in recent years?
Cristiano Ronaldo
Which boxer was known as “The Greatest” in the 1970s?
Muhammad Ali
In Avengers: Age of Ultron, who creates the villainous Ultron?
Tony Stark and Bruce Banner
What year did Christopher Columbus die?
1506
What is the record for the most golf balls held in one hand?
27
what did Snoop Dogg change his stage name to in 2012, prior to the release of his reggae-inspired album Reincarnated?
Snoop Lion
Serena Williams won her first Grand Slam in which year?
1999
In Pixar's The Incredibles, what does Edna Mode refuse to add to superhero costumes?
Capes
Some people believed the Mayan calendar predicted the apocalypse would take place on December 21 of what year?
2012
How tall was the shortest US president, James Madison?
5'4''
Which Grammy-winning rapper and producer attended UIUC and often references his college days?
Chance the Rapper
What Big Ten rival does the University of Illinois compete against annually for the Land of Lincoln Trophy?
Northwestern
Which 2006 movie starring Will Ferrell was partially filmed on the University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign campus?
Stranger Than Fiction
What year was the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign founded?
1867
What campus feature makes Google Maps give up and say “walk 3 minutes” no matter where you are?
Main Quad