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100

Where did our Mascots name come from?

A professor had rescued a baby black bear in which became our mascot and at a football game one year the bear got out of the cage and ran onto the football field and everyone went... Bananas!

100

What Dormitory Hall is known on campus as Haunted?

What is Balentine Hall?

What is Colvin Hall?

What is Somerset Hall?

100

The Maine state flower is what?

What is a Pinecone?

100

What is the name of our island?

What is Marsh Island

100

What is the 1930's inspired tradition held on the last Wednesday of classes that is followed by a massive campus wide clean up and BBQ with mud football?

What is Maine Day?

200

What was our previous Mascot?

what is a purple elephant

200

Who haunts Balentine Hall?

What is Elizabeth "Ma" Balentine?


200

When was UMaine Founded?

What is 1865?

200

What is Maine's highest peak?

What is Mount Katahdin?

200

What is the 1600 acre "outdoor classroom" bordering campus features the "Boardwalk" and is a popular spot for cross-country skiing and research?

What is the University Forest?

What is DeMeritt Forest?

300

Who is under the costume?

What is Sigma Xi chapter of the alpha delta national fraternity 

300

What is the campus legend of the land under Hilltop?

What is the "Indian Burial Ground" Theory?

there is a persistent campus legend that Hilltop was built over an indigenous burial site. Students often say they feel a "heavy" or "sad" energy in the dorms nearby Hilltop Dining

300

How many floors in a building can legally be built on marsh island?

What is 4 stories?

300

What was teh first ever organized sport at UMaine?

What is baseball?

First team named the Diamond Pioneers in 1877

300

In 2019 UMaine set a Guinness world record by 3D printing a 25 foot and 5,000-pound watercraft, what was this called?

What is 3Dirigo?

400

Where is UMaine's old mascot buried?

What is under the parking lot next to the Memorial Field House?

400

Which hall is known for "poltergeist" activity?

What is Estabrooke Hall?

Reports include light bulbs spontaneously exploding and campus police receiving 911 calls from locked, empty rooms. 

400

In 1847 Maine ship captain Hanson Gregory is credited is credited with inventing the "hole" in the middle of his fried confectionary desert, what is this desert?

What is a Doughnut?

400

What dorms were originally built for Olympians?

What is Corbett and Dunn Hall?

400

What is the name of the UMaine school spirited group that is known at hockey games?

What is the Naked 5?

500

What was the name of the Elephant mascot UMaine had prior to Bananas?

What is Bolivard!

500

What is the ghost in Colvin Hall known for?

What is the "Gentleman Ghost"?

Male residents report seeing a woman in 1920's style clothing appearing in hallways said to whisper the men's names while staring them down. This is presumably to make the men "behave better" in what used to be a female-only space

500

This Maine county is the largest east of the Mississippi and is largest than the states of CT and RI combined

What is Aroostook County?

500

Who wrote the Stein Song?

Who is Ruby Vallee?


500

What cold venue is known for its "V-Shaped" roof and for being one of the loudest environments on campus?

What is the Alfond Arena?

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