UChicago Eats
This is the day of the week that Hutchinson Commons offers $1 milkshakes.
What is Wednesday?
This number can be represented in binary as 1101.
What is 13?
On the floor of this building is a golden Uchicago seal, upon which you must not step! -- if you want to graduate in 4 years...
What is the Reynolds Club?
This I-House based band, established in the basement dance room in 2023, has more than doubled in size since its conception.
What is the Phoenix Phunk?
This newly opened South Side landmark and museum can be found just a 10 minute walk southeast of I-House.
What is the Obama Presidential Center?
This local Chicago restaurant chain manages the Tiffin Cafe within I-House.
What is Cheesie's?
This is the only number who's English name has the same number of letters as its own value.
What is four?
This is the team that won UChicago's annual Scav Hunt last year, marking their first victory in the 39 years of the competition's history.
What is the IHouse team!?!?!
This Tony award-winning Broadway musical that premiered in movie form over the summer features the songs "Wait for Me", "If It's True", and "Road to Hell".
What is Hadestown?
This architect designed the Frederick C. Robie House, built in 1910 on the corner of 58th and Woodlawn.
Who is Frank Lloyd Wright?
This dining hall is the only one on campus to offer personalized pasta dishes.
What is Baker Dining Commons?
This mathematical theorem, first proven in 1885 by Henri Poincaré, states (colloquially) that you can't comb the hair on a coconut flat.
What is the Hairy Ball Theorem?
(Accept: Hedgehog Theorem 🦔)
This week-long winter tradition, named after the Inuit word for "pursuit of happiness", invites you to join your fellow students for early-morning physical activity.
What is Kuvia?
This rock band, founded in Michigan in 2012, with popular songs "Highway Tune", "Black Smoke Rising", and "Heat Above" is often called the 'modern Led Zeppelin'.
What is Greta Van Fleet?
This lesser-known campus library houses Peach's Cafe and the MADD Center.
What is John Crerar Library?
This is the number of swipes provided daily by the Unlimited Meal Plan.
What is 100?
86 x 24
What is 2064?
DAILY DOUBLE
This is a quarterly tradition where students gather around the Nuclear Energy sculpture behind Mansueto and yell in unison at 9:59pm on the last night of reading period.
This instrument is played without any physical contact; the musician instead moves their hands near the instrument's two metal antennae, controlling the pitch and volume of the sound emitted.
What is the theremin?
Starting May 23rd, 2026, this newly-extended express bus line will take you downtown from its stop just two blocks east of I-House!
What is the 10?
DAILY DOUBLE
This is the base price for an All You Can Eat lunch at Shinju Sushi on 53rd Street.
This number is the base 5 representation of the base 5 product 125 x 35.
What is 41?
(125 = 710; 710 x 310 = 2110; 2110 = 415)
'Cool Mode' on the UChicago Scav website is inspired by this animal.
What is the horse?
Born in 1984, this transgender MIDI artist has written songs for video games including Celeste, Deltarune, and Minecraft ("Pigstep").
Who is Lena Raine?
This brutalist-esque building across the street from Cathey Dining Commons houses the Office of the Bursar.
What is the Edelstone Center?