TUGI Facts
Science
Sustainability
Plants
Halloween
100

What the acronym TUGI stands for

What is the Urban Garden Initiative?

100

What most plants needs to grow (4 things)

What are water, soil, air, and sunlight?

100

Name two types of nonrenewable energy

What are fossil fuels, coal, natural gas, oil, or nuclear energy?

100

The process that plants go through to generate oxygen

What is photosynthesis?

100

The iconic monster created by Mary Shelley

What is Frankenstein's Monster?

200

One of the activities that TUGI has participated in this year

What is pot decorating, planting, volunteering, teaching, or Kahoot? (other answers are acceptable as well)

200

The number of bones in a human body

What is 206?

200

Name three types of renewable energy

What are solar, wind, water, geothermal, or biomass?

200

Name two pollinators

What are bees, butterflies, bats, or hummingbirds? (other answers are possible)

200

The author of the classic horror novel It

Who is Stephen King?

300

Name one of the three school partnerships that TUGI has

What is Gardner Pilot/Mission Grammar/Quincy?

300

The number of bones a shark has

What is 0?

300

The gas that contributes most to global warming

What is carbon dioxide?

300

Name two things you can put in a compost

What are food scraps, coffee grounds, grass clippings, eggshells, or leaves? (other answers are possible)

300

The most popular type of Halloween candy (according to CBS News)

What are Reese's Peanut Butter Cups? (Peanut M&Ms and regular M&Ms are also acceptable answers)

400

Name three members of TUGI's e-board

Who are Carolina, Renata, Maya, Melissa, NJ, Aanika, Veronica, or Maddie?

400

The number of hearts an octopus has

What is 3?

400

The country that has the highest electric car use per capita

A. Norway

B. Japan

C. Netherlands

What is Norway?

400

The fastest growing woody plant

What is bamboo? (it can grow up to 1.5 inches PER HOUR)

400

The (projected) most popular Halloween costume for this year (according to CNN)

What is Barbie?

500
The year BU's TUGI was founded

What is 2021?

500

The only letter to not appear on the periodic table

What is J?

500

The percentage of donated clothing that ends up in landfills or incinerators (closest percentage gets the points)

What is over 80%?

500

Name one type of fruit native to Massachusetts

What are cranberries, blueberries, or grapes (Concord)? (other answers are possible)

500

Where the quote “Double, double toil and trouble” originally comes from

What is Shakespeare's "Macbeth"?

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