MSU Before And After
Where Have "Ya" Been?
Biotechnology in Pop Culture
Sports
Quick Maths
100

The "picturesque" river that runs through campus followed by a popular dwelling on the east side of campus

What is Red Cedar Village

100

Snowcapped and towering, this range has been the source of many Guiness World Book of Records feats.

What are the Himalayas?

100

This movie depicted the de-extinction of a terrifying set of species from the genetic content trapped within an amber resin.

 What is Jurassic Park?

100

Americans and Europeans bicker over whether they own the name to this sport. Let's be real, you can't play this sport with your hands if you see the name.

What is football?

100

Even though they primarily design semiconductors, we know this company for the very nice algebraic and graphic calculators that they make.

What is Texas Instruments?

200

A popular destination for foodies with combo exchanges near Wells Hall followed by a national organization that manages public health concerns, including pandemics.

What is International Center for Disease Control?

200

It will take you a while to kayak down this "cradle of life" in China, which happens to be the third longest river in the world.

What is the Yangtze River?

200

This character found out why biotech safety and regulation is so important when he was poisoned by a palladium arc reactor.

Who is Iron Man?

200

Second most popular sport anyone? Maybe because there are nearly two billion South Asians following it.

What is cricket?

200

Quick maths can be accomplished by this device, which uses superposition and entanglement rather than the press of a button on your TI-84 to solve your difficult problems.

What is a quantum computer?

300

A jam-packed week of service (and gardening) that incoming freshman participate in followed by a high-torque power tool meant for putting screws in dense materials like hardwood or metal.

What is HC IMPACT driver?

300

Dry and arid from the Sahara desert, you probably went to this country to check out the largest proven oil reserves in Africa.

What is Libya?

300

A cyborg containing pieces of human flesh and metal goes around reducing the human population in this film

What is the Terminator

300

This sport will return to the 2028 Olympics. But really, who wants to watch people swing and miss at a ball just to see a team score two points after three hours?

What is baseball?

300

Microsoft Excel isn't quick enough for you? Maybe you should use this script-based tool to automate your spreadsheet tasks?

What is a VBA Macro?

400

A scenic, floral spot near the library followed by a very common leafy starter.

What is the Beal Botanical Garden Salad?

400

You might have gone to this Thai city for its vibrant nightlife and fun water sports.

What is Pattaya?

400

GATTACA is a movie about an aspiring astronaut who cannot go to space because this large biomolecule is analyzed to reveal a congenital defect.

What is DNA?

400

If chess is a sport for the mind, surely so is this sport, which has an interesting connection to a Nobel prize in machine learning and solving structures of proteins.

What is Go?

400

This ancient counting device uses sliding beads to perform arithmetic.

What is an abacus?

500

A key link between North and South sides of campus that was (infuriatingly) under construction followed by a Simon and Garfunkel metaphor for unconditional support, comfort, and sacrifice.

What is Farm Lane Bridge over Troubled Water?

500

You might think this iconic Turkish destination belongs in this category - but you would be mistaken. Originally built as a Byzantine church, it is now a large, active Mosque in the center of Istanbul.

What is the Hagia Sophia?

500

This primitive piece of technology made of cloth was used in Pirates of the Caribbean to assist pirates when moving from a dark environment to a light environment.

What is an eye patch?

500

We need some paramedics on site for this sport that originated in Canada. Too many people wearing shoes and slipping and sliding on the ice.

What is Broom Ball?

500

Do we really know what goes on in this alliterative virtual structure that has contributed to solving the Putnam exam without human assistance?

What is a neural network?