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Ripon
B.O.A.T.S
1983-2013
Noelle's Emails
Actual Trivia
200
Chris Ogle has worked under this many full time presidents during his tenure here at Ripon College.

What is 6?

200
The name of the front of a boat

What is the bow?

200
When this company was founded in 1997, it operated strictly as a mail-order service, delivering DVDs it's subscribers.

What is Netflix?

200
A study in 2018 showed that wearing this article of clothing can reduce the blood flow to your brain by up to 7.5%.

What is a tie?

200

Visible from space, this world wonder is over 13,171 miles long.

What is the Great Wall of China?

400

This music performer and rap artist performed at Spring Fest in 2022.

Who is Yung Gravy?

400

Almost everything aboard a ship has a different name from its shore equivalent. No windows, only potholes. Hatches, not doors. ________, not ceiling. 

What is the overhead?

400
The Music.ally app preceded the TikTok app, but this app preceded Music.ally.

What is Vine?

400

One of the main visual differences between Ravens and Crows is this distinguishing body part. 

What is the tail (or tail feathers)?

400
This person is responsible for many major scientific contributions, such as discovering the laws of motion, but also inventing the first color wheel.

Who is Sir Isaac Newton?

600

According to Ben Grady the oldest tree on campus, a bur oak, is located by this building.

What is Scott Hall?

600

If you hear “anchors ______!” you know that the anchors are up and your ship is ready to head to sea. (Hint: It’s also the title of the U.S. Naval Academy’s fight song).

What is "Anchors Aweigh"?

600

In 2007, this nearly identical Apple product was released just months after the original iPhone.

What is the iPod Touch?

600

This planet was named after the Roman God of the Underworld suggested by an 11-year-old girl in 1930. 

What is Pluto?

600

The largest desert in the world.

What is Antarctica?
800

The distance between Ripon, WI and Ripon, CA (Rounded to the nearest mile).

What is approximately 2,140 miles?
800
The oldest known shipwreck dates back to around 1200 BC and was discovered off the coast of this country.

What is Turkey?

800

This popular meme arose from this PBS character putting his hand in a fist.

Who is Arthur?

800

DAILY DOUBLE: Published in 1964 this book, by Robert Ettinger, created a big buzz about cryonic preservation (and possibly inspired Walt Disney).

What is The Prospect of Immortality? 

800
On April 30, 1952, this toy became the first toy advertised on television and first advertisement aimed toward children.

What is Mr. Potato Head?

1000

This city in Michigan also claims to be the true birthplace of the Republican Party.

What is Jackson, MI?

1000

The original acronym for "scuba".

What is self-contained underwater breathing apparatus?

1000

In Gen Z slang, 😭 and 💀 emoji's actually mean this. 

What is laughing or finding something funny?

1000

This weather phenomenon occurs over the mouth of the Catatumbo River at the mouth of Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela in which 140-160 nights a year, nine hours per day, lightning flashes from 16 to 40 times per minute. 

What is Catatumbo lightning?

1000
Globe and Jerusalem are types of this food.

What are artichokes?