Offices
Northeastern Numbers
Pop Culture
State Specific (REAL)
Boston
100

RSA and SGA worked with this department to implement the trayless initiative across campus.

What is Dining?

100

The number of locations meal swipes are accepted on campus.

 What is 7? (3 dining halls, Rebecca’s, West End, Café Crossing, Outtakes)

100

This animal propelled the social movement to ban non-reusable straws.

What is a (sea) turtle?

100

(Original Category: North Dakota) The official state beverage of North Dakota; got it?

What is Milk?

100

Know that this college in Boston was named for founding president Charles W., not writer Ralph W.

What is Emerson College?

200

This office focuses on programs including study abroad, dialogues, and international co-ops.

What is the Global Experience Office (GEO)?

200

The number of residence hall complexes that include at least one freshmen hall.

What is 8? (M1LK, STEaLTH, Smennedy, Speare, Stetson West, White, International Village, East Village/Hastings/Midtown)

200

This location on campus recently got rid of their Styrofoam insulating cups as well as the latter half of their name.

What is Dunkin (rip Donuts)?

200

(Original Category: Ohio History) In an 1835 "war" Ohio got Toledo & this state got its upper peninsula.

What is Michigan?

200

Matt Damon began writing this award winning film as a final assignment for a play writing class he took while at Harvard University.

What is Good Will Hunting?

300

This department provides RAD and SAFE classes as well as rad company in their get-to-know you programs like "Coffee and Tea with ___".

What is the NUPD? (Where the acronyms stand for Rape, Aggression, and Defense and Self-defense Awareness & Familiarity Exchange)

300

The number of undergraduate colleges/schools Northeastern offers.

What is 8?

300

The name of the movie that Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling first starred in together.

What is Crazy, Stupid, Love?

300

(Original Category: California) Erected in 1923, this L.A. landmark was originally an advertisement for a real estate development.

What is the Hollywood Sign?

300

What "unit" is the Massachusetts Avenue bridge measured in?

What is a Smoot?

400

This office is responsible for overseeing the proctors in residence halls and recently switched the swipe in system to tap readers with ipads.

What is the Residential Safety Office (RSO)?

400

The number of satellite campuses at Northeastern University?

What is 4?

  • San Francisco Bay Area
  • Seattle
  • Toronto
  • Charlotte
400

Hollywood actor Jake has starred in movies such as Brokeback Mountain, Southpaw, and Nightcrawler. Write down his last name. Spelling counts.

What is Gyllenhaal?

400

(Original Category: East Coast) It is the only U.S. island allowed to use a possessive apostrophe by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names.

What is Martha's Vineyard?

400

The four neighborhoods that Northeastern University is located in.

What are Fenway-Kenmore, Roxbury, South End, and Back Bay?

500

Adding more all gender restrooms or ensuring accessible entrances exist would fall under the jurisdiction of this office.

What is the Office of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion?

500

Number of countries where Northeastern placed students in experiential learning opportunities (2016–2017). (within 10)

What is 136?

500

This popular science fiction franchise aired its first episode, "The Man Trap" in 1966.

What is Star Trek?

500

(Original Category: Beastly State Flags) Its state flag features a coat of arms supported by a miner & a sailor & topped by a badger.

What is Wisconsin?

500

The only place in the world where a boat can sail under a train going under a vehicle driving under an airplane. (Name that bridge)

What is the Boston University Bridge?