MATH HISTORY/FACTS
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
2025/2026
MUSIC
GEOGRAPHY
100

The Devil’s game: What sum do you get if you add up all the numbers on a roulette wheel?

What is 666?

100

What best-selling book and movie franchise was originally created as Twilight fanfiction under the pen name Snowqueen Icedragon?

What is 50 Shades of Grey?

100

UBC's recent unofficial lookalike contest featured characters from which Canadian sports show?

What is Heated Rivalry?

100

Fill in the gap for this 2003 Radiohead Song title: "2+2=_"

What is 5?

100

What country is home to Mount Everest?

What is Nepal?
200

Dedicated to the goddess Athena, which famous Greek temple is believed to feature the Golden Ration in its architectural design?

What is the Parthenon?

200

How many colors will you find in a regular bag of M&Ms?

What is 6?

200

Our Valentines Candy Gram event discouraged you from becoming which deceased mathematican?

Who is Évariste Galois?

200

Which country music singer is known for the song 'The Gambler'?

Who is Kenny Rogers?

200

There's a lot of talk on longest rivers...

What is the shortest river in the world? 

What is The Roe River in Montana?

300

The word "hundred" comes from the Old Norse word "hundrath," meaning what natural number?

What is 120?

300

What’s the most consumed beverage in the world that is not water?

What is tea?

300

In first term, UMS hosted a beer movie night screening which 2010 romcom?

What is Scott Pilgrim vs. the World?

300

What band was known as the “Fab Five” in the 1980s?

Who is Duran Duran?

300

Bolivia, a landlocked country located in central South America, has what capital?

What is Sucre?

400

Which mathematican and computer programmer had a serious propensity for gambling on the horses which led not only to major debt but also (reportedly) resulted in them becoming deathly ill?

Who is Ada Lovelace?

400

What is the fastest flying insect in the world?

What is dragonfly?

400

UMS's "Hotones" hot sauce and wings night had how many different hot sauces options?

What is 4?
400

Who was the first Canadian female solo artist to reach No. 1 on the U.S. charts?

Who is Anne Murray, with “Snowbird”?

400

Which two sovereign states have square national flags?

What is Switzerland and Vatican City?

500

If you take any four-digit number, rearrange its digits to form the largest and smallest numbers possible, subtract them, and repeat, you’ll always reach what constant? (name or integer answer accepted)

What is Kaprekar's constant / 6174?

500

What special talent was Bruno Mars recognized for when he was only four years old?

What is "the world's youngest Elvis impersonator"?

500

UMS's specific game night featured a popular multiplayer strategy board game where players build settlements, created by a man in what profession?

What is dentist?

500

What artist appears most on the playlist played tonight?

What is The Strokes?

500

What is the world’s largest cave?

What is Hang Son Doong, in Vietnam?

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