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100

The original name of WCC

What is the New York Institute of Applied Arts and Sciences?

100

Harlem Renaissance author of Notes of a Native Son

Who is James Baldwin?

100

This university was the first to charge $100,000 tuition  a year (2024)

What is Vanderbilt University?

100

This show about the advertising industry ran from 2007-2015

What is Mad Men.

100

This day, along with Christmas and Thanksgiving, is one of the top three food consumption days in the U.S.

What is Super Bowl Sunday?

200
Eastern Collegiate Champions in 1971, 1975, 1976

What is the WCC Football Team?

200

Jazz-era author of The Great Gatsby

Who is F. Scott Fitzgerald?

200

U.S. college enrollment declined by this percentage from 2019 to 2021

What is 4.9%.  (This was the largest % decline since 1951)

200

The longest-running scripted primetime series ever

The Simpsons (1989-present).

200

Of all the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Michaelangelo loves this food the best

What is pizza?

300

The first location of WCC

What is Battle Hill in White Plains?
300

This is most popular English-language children's book of all time.

What is Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak?  (Per BBC poll, Goodreads)

300

The average age of the college student in 2022

What is 25?

300

This show won 19 Emmy Awards and 9 Golden Globe Awards for portraying the family of a media mogul

What is Succession?

300

This American hot dog-eating champion at 76 franks in 10 minutes

Who is Joey Chestnut?

400

The WCC Foundation was founded in this year

What is 1969?

400

This Shakespeare play is required reading in most high schools

What is Romeo and Juliet?

400

The average student debt for bachelor's degree recipients

What is $28,000-$30,000?

400

This PBS TV news show was produced by WCCF board member Les Crystal

What is the MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour 

400

This fast-food restaurant chain first introduced the drive-through window.

What is Wendy's?

500

The first president of WCC

Who is Dr. Philip Martin?

500

This book about book-banning (and book-burning) was written by Ray Bradbury

What is Fahrenheit 451?

500

The average tuition of community colleges in the US vs. private colleges

What is $4,110 in-state community college tuition vs. $41,540 in private colleges?

500

What show does Variety consider the greatest game show of all time?

What is Jeopardy?

500

This is the most widely eaten food worldwide.

What is rice?