CALLING OUT COLONIZERS
HISTORY OF NEW YORK
INDIAN COUNTRY TODAY
I SAW IT ON THE NEWS
ALL THINGS CORNELL
100

During most of the colonial period, which European nation controlled parts of Mexico, Central America, and even Florida?

Spain

100

On whose ancestral homelands do we currently stand on?

The Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫʼ (Cayuga) Nation

100

What month is known as Native American Heritage Month?

November

100

Which actor is said to break up with his girlfriends when they reach the age 23?

Leonardo DiCaprio

100

What famous scientist/TV star attended Cornell?

Bill Nye

200

Which crop caused an economic boom in the colony of Jamestown?

Tobacco 

200

Which Indigenous confederacy, originally composed of five nations, played a significant role in the history of New York and the northeastern United States?

The Haudenosaunee Confederacy 

200

Who is the current Secretary of the Interior for the United States?

Deb Halaand

200

Finish the phrase: "Very demure, very ___"

Mindful

200

In the late 19th century, Cornell’s red-and-white football uniforms reportedly inspired the logo of what company?

Campbell's Soup

300

What was the first colony settled in what is now the United States?

Roanoke

300

Which site is one of the seven wonders of the world?

Niagara Falls

300

Which TV show has widely been given credit for changing the way that Indigenous people are portrayed on television?

Reservation Dogs

300

Which famous movie from the 1980's is premiering with its sequel tomorrow?

Beetlejuice

300

In 1915, live bear mascot “Touchdown I” was abducted by students at what Ivy rival (and its football team then lost to Cornell, ending a 30-game winning streak)?

Harvard

400

Which famous purchase double the size of the United States?

The Louisiana Purchase

400

What was the original name of New York City, given by the Dutch?

New Amsterdam

400

Which Alaskan Native model and activist lobbied to preserve Alaska's National Wildlife Refuge?

Quannah Chasinghorse

400

What British rapper cheated on his TikTok famous girlfriend with a female rapper in the US?

Central Cee

400

Counting all the land that it oversees—cultivated gardens, natural areas, and an arboretum—the Cornell Botanic Gardens comprises what fraction of the Ithaca campus?

A third

500

What system did the Spaniards use in the Americas that was similar to slavery?

The Encomienda System

500

What famous music festival was held in Bethel, New York?

Woodstock

500

Which AIISP employee at Cornell has multiple articles published in Indian Country Today?

Leslie Logan

500

What is the name of the Olympic Wrestler who traveled to the 2024 Paris Olympics from Lansing, NY (neighboring Ithaca)?

Kyle Dake 

500

A.D. White suggested a different Upstate NY city for the University’s location—but Ezra refused, having been robbed of wages while working there. What was it?

Syracuse