NU
8 March Trivia
Books & Films
SRC
100

Name all schools at NU (including undergraduate and graduate schools)

SEDS, SSH , SMG, NUSOM, CPS, GSB, GSPP, GSE

100

What is the most typical flower gifted on March 8?

Tulips

100

The main characters of this dystopian novel are forced to wear distinctive red cloaks and white bonnets.

The Handmaid's Tale

100

Name any major SRC case (this or any previous year you remember)

Professor Chalaguine, Mage case and some others

200

Name at least 7 coffee shops (or places where coffee is often served) at NU

DailyCup, Drinkit, HP Coffee, Espresso Day, Fermento, Pablo, Nan Lab coffee, Kunde, Central coffee (moodbar now), Coffee nearby 22nd block, yurta

200

Who is known as the "Iron Lady"? She also was the first female Prime-Minister of the UK.

Margaret Thatcher

200

This 2003 Sofia Coppola film depicts an aging movie star developing an unlikely bond with a young woman in Tokyo.

Lost in Translation

200

How many committees are SRC members part of (not counting disciplinary)?

4: SVC, SF, SEF, AHC

300

When was the last time 8th March Марш was held at NU?

2023

300

She was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize and remains the only person to win them in two different sciences (Physics and Chemistry).

Marie Curie

300

A little over 2 years ago, Kazakh Stage produced a theatrical adaptation of this classic Louisa May Alcott novel about four sisters in the 19th-century United States.

Little Women (Кішкентай Ханымдар)

300

Name all three candidates of the 2025 Elections

Balgyn Orazaly

Rauan Ussipbekova

Amir Yermukhan


400

Who is the professor with the highest h-index at NU?
(Hint: he came to NU very recently)

Rehan Sadiq (Provost), 90

400

What is the 2023 movie directed by Greta Gerwig that became the highest-grossing film ever directed by a solo woman?

Barbie

400

This book has recently received a film adaptation with Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi in main roles and acquired quite polarizing review.

Wuthering Heights (Грозовой перевал)

400

Name majors of all current SRC members

Dmitriy - Computer Science, Amira, Adina - Economics, Aknur, Aruzhan, Bolatkhan - PSIR, Aliya - Medical Science, Kazyna - Chemical Engineering

500

Who is the tallest professor at NU?
OR
Name deans of SSH, SEDS, SMG and NUSOM

Ian Peterkin Jr

OR

Gonzalo Hortelano, Arkhangelsky, Randy Hazlett, Massimo Piniatelli (new nusom dean too)

500

In countries like Serbia, Albania, and Uzbekistan, International Women's Day is effectively combined with what other major holiday?

Mother's Day

500

This 19th-century British author wrote two classic novels whose titles each consist of paired nouns starting with the same letter.

Jane Austen: Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility

500

Which important internal document of NU has been in the revision hell for the last 2 years (and not will be out of it soon?)

Student Code of Conduct