This happened at
UBC in 2024
Pop Culture
What do you know about Christmas?
Are you smarter than an HR Professional
Streaming is the new TV
100

Team 1 vs Team 2! UBC Rec champions this annual 9-week steps (and physical activity count) challenge from February in which we participated as a team

Walk for Joy

100

Her fans are called this as she concluded her Eras Tour in Vancouver this month

Swifties

100

This actor played the Grinch in the 2000 live-action movie Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas?

Jim Carrey

100

What type of interview question is this? "This job involves dealing with difficult customers.  Think of a time when you had to deal with a difficult customer and tell me what you did?" 

Behavioural

100

You can watch this Christopher Nolan's award-winning film on Amazon Prime

Oppenheimer

200

How many JR's did the HR Team process this year?

184

200

Thousands gathered in Manhattan for this celebrity's look-a-like contest where unfortunately, he/she doesn't win despite showing up to this very event

Timothée Chalamet

200

In Mariah Carey’s classic “All I Want for Christmas,” song, what does she say she won’t even wish for?

Snow

200

Earlier this year, we worked on our VPFO HR values. Provide 3 of the 6 values we've identified.

Courage, Trust, Accountability, Collaboration, Compassion, Growth Mindset

200

It's not a hill to climb because as of December 1, 2024, this show is the most watched series on Netflix with over 1.7 billion views

Wednesday

300

Our EFAP provider moved from TELUS Health to this effective November 2024

Greenshield Health

300

HINT: You can't sleep? Then yes it's because of this song that's defined 2024 (according to the Internet)

Espresso

300

Enjoy a Bratwurst and mulled wine in one of their Christmas markers! This country is credited to have started the Christmas tree tradition in the 16th century

Germany

300

The four pillars of an investigation are these

Fairness, Thoroughness, Timeliness & Confidentiality

300

This Disney+ show won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series, as well as setting a new record as most awarded single season of television in Emmy History

Shogun

400
Two UBC Thunderbirds Piper Logan and Florence Symonds help Canada secure a silver in this sport during the 2024 Paris Olympics

Rugby

400

If Oxford chose "brain rot" as the 2024 Word of the Year, Cambridge went with this word that originally meant "to show something clearly" (looking at you, Gen Z's)

Manifest

400

This well-known Christmas carol became the first song ever broadcast from space in 1965

Jingle Bells

400

According to UBC HR website, how many employee groups does UBC have?

13

400

In HBO's House of the Dragon, this House ruled the Seven Kingdoms during the show's run, and were also known to be dragonriders

House Targaryen

500

This 98-year-old artifice tied to UBC's history was moved from its original location to a temporary home as part of the Lower Mall Student Housing Redevelopment Project

Old Fire Hall

500

This sport made its first and last appearance at the Olympics this 2024 Paris Olympics.

Breakdancing

500

In The Nutcracker, the Prima Ballerina dances this during Act 2 which is called Dance of the what?

Sugar Plum Fairy

500

What hustle? We're coasting here! This newly coined term from 2022 means doing the bare minimum to get the job done

Quiet quitting

500

What Netflix show in 2024 triggered resentencing hearing for the individuals the show was based on?

The Menendez Brothers

M
e
n
u