UC Davis
Yolo-Sac Facts
Hail to California
2020
Art & Nature
100

Like the first Unitrans buses, this UC Davis personality hails from England and is greatly beloved. Birthday: February 19th.

Who is Gunrock? 

100

These three major rivers run through the Sacramento area.

What are the American, the Sacramento, and the San Joaquin?

100

California has this many counties.

What is 58? 

100

This Netflix true-crime documentary had us growling and hissing.

What is "Tiger King"?

100

The official colors of the University of California.

What are blue and gold?

200

Once an alfalfa field, this spacious grassy expanse attracts sunbathers, Frisbee-catching dogs, and squirrel squads.

What is the UC Davis Quad?

200

Sacramento-born UC Davis alumnus Charles Rice won the Nobel Prize in Medicine for this achievement.

What is the discovery of the Hepatitis C virus? 

200

California's state rock, which can contain asbestos fibers.

What is serpentine?

200

The common term for the United Kingdom leaving the European Union this year.

What is Brexit? 

200

This beloved UC Davis art professor - known for high calorie paintings- just had a 100th birthday.

Who is Wayne Thiebault? ("tee' bo")

300

UC Davis veterinarian and researcher Jamie Peyton innovated the humble bandage, using this biological material to bring quick relief to bears and other wildlife with burned paws

What is fish skin? 

300

Several foods have their own festivals in the Yolo-Sacramento region. (Name three)

What are almonds; bananas; chocolate; grilled cheese sandwiches; honey; lavender; or tomatoes? 

300

Blue jeans were invented in this city.

What is San Francisco?

300

Bon Joon Ho took home multiple Oscars for this film, the first non-English movie to win Best Picture. 

What is "Parasite?"

300

You can tune in to watch these raptors via live web cam at the UC Davis Medical Center.

Who are peregrine falcons?

400

A marker along Old Davis Road on the south side of campus commemorates this old-school mail service. 

What is the Pony Express stop?

400

This beloved Sacramento-born actor with the deep  voice had his film debut in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. 

Who is Sam Elliot?

400

The title of the head of the California State University System.

Who is the Chancellor?

400
Fear of this insect had Washingtonians whirling and swatting.

What is the Asian Giant Hornet? 

400

This November, a helicopter crew discovered this unexpected object in the Utah desert.

What is the metal monolith?

500

UC Davis has two renown research stations based on water. One is the Bodega Bay Marine Lab and Reserve. This is the other.

What is the Tahoe Environmental Research Station?

500

The town of Zamora, Yolo County, hosts a nationally- certified qualifying trial for these animals. 

What are border collies? or What are sheepdogs? 

500

The most northern campus of the California Community Colleges.

What is College of the Siskiyous?

500

The Roman numeral for 2020.

What is MMXX?

500

Spiders use the Earth's electric field to fly hundreds of miles by air. Napa wine country visitors enjoy a recreation of the same name.

What is ballooning?

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