are you smarter than a fifth grader?
What do you call a baby goat?
a kid
The Tenth Muse.
In Greek myth, who is stuck forever holding up the weight of the Earth?
Atlas
True or False: Bing Crosby graduated from Gonzaga
False.
What gives plants their color?
Chlorophyll
How many lives are cats said to have?
Nine.
Paper was invented in ancient China with wood pulp. Name one of two paper-like materials Greeks and Romans used for writing.
Papyrus, parchment/vellum/leather/animal hides
This famous Greek myth depicts someone who loves their reflection very much, and has a flower named after them. Name that character...
Narcissus
While many people will tell you that COG stands for "Center of Gonzaga", it's not true. What Latin phrase does COG really stand for?
Circulus Omnium Gonzaga-orum
What is a human's largest organ?
Skin.
What year was the moon landing?
1969
Put the three famous Athenian philosophers who form a three-generation sequence of teachers and students in chronological order of who taught whom, earliest first.
(Socrates, Plato, Aristotle.)
You won't find any records of this in D.C., but according to the Percy Jackson books, George Washington was not only the Father of our Country but the son of which Greek divinity, making his intelligence quite appropriate...
Athena/Minerva
Who is Gonzaga named after?
Saint Aloysius Gonzaga
What is the term "bae" said to be an acronym for?
Before anyone else.
What is the largest desert in the world?
Antarctica
The third emperor of Rome was actually named Gaius; 'Caligula' was just a nickname he received as a little boy, which he grew to dislike as an adult. The name 'Caligula' references which element of his childhood soldier uniform, and means 'Little____'
Little Boots/Booties/Bootikins
The giant, one-eyed monsters known as Cyclopes were said by the ancients to inhabit a particular, real island. Name that island...
Sicily
All around the Gonzaga campus you will see the Jesuit motto "Ad Maiorem Dei Gloriam," which is also the university's motto, or its abbreviation AMDG. What does this phrase mean?
For/Towards the Greater Glory of God/God's Greater Glory
Machu Picchu belonged to which South American civilization?
The Incas.
There are four original colors of Starburst candy: red, orange, yellow, and...?
Pink
The Roman writer Pliny the Elder died leading a rescue operation to save survivors of what ancient natural disaster in current-Italy?
The eruption of Mount Vesuvius
In Greek mythology, there are three generations of divine beings who have father-son complexes in which the father does something terrible, and the son dispatches him. Name these three people...
Ouranous, Kronos, and Zeus.
How many credits are required to graduate from Gonzaga?
128 semester credits.
Which famous wall was built in the north of England by the Romans?
Hadrian's Wall.