Rutgers Facts
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100
Today we are on this campus of Rutgers-New Brunswick.
What is Busch Campus?
100
This sea separates Europe from Africa.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
100
This Greek word is often used in toasts and general merriment, while technically it means 'party'.
What is opa?
100
This bill is the most widely and commonly printed currency in the United States.
What is $1 bill?
100
Andy Warhol was the father of this artistic movement.
What is Pop Art?
200
There are these many campuses on Rutgers University-New Brunswick.
What is five (Busch, College Avenue, Cook, Douglass, Livingston)?
200
This is the deepest part of the world's ocean, located in the western Pacific.
What is the Mariana Trench?
200
This Russian phrase is a formal way of saying goodbye.
What is do svidaniya?
200
Recently, this country is the first to develop a system of bank notes made of plastic, which lasts longer and is more impervious to counterfeiting.
What is Australia?
200
In Paris, these were held as the official art exhibition of the French Academie from 1748-1890.
What are salons?
300
This man is the president of Rutgers University-New Brunswick and has an honors residence hall named after him.
Who is Richard McCormick?
300
Running north to south, this mountain range divides Europe from the Asian continent.
What is the Ural Mountain Range?
300
In Japanese, this word means 'empty orchestra', but today we use it as a form of cheap entertainment.
What is karaoke?
300
This city was the first to mint its own gold coins, called florins, in 1252.
What is Florence, Italy?
300
Since the Islamic religion forbids the depiction of religious scenes and figures from the Qur'an, its followers developed this writing style in the 7th century.
What is calligraphy?
400
The fall 2010 semester begins on this date.
What is Wednesday, September 1, 2010?
400
This pass links Afghanistan and Pakistan.
What is the Khyber Pass?
400
A new movement in design, this Chinese theory promotes aesthetic balance.
What is feng shui?
400
Name two of the three countries in the European Union which do not using the euro.
What are Denmark, Sweden, and the United Kindom?
Countries that joined the EU in 2004 (Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, and Romania) have committed to adopting the euro when ready.
Countries that joined the EU in 2004 (Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, and Romania) have committed to adopting the euro when ready.
400
This famous painting by Spanish artist Dali features melting pocket watches.
What is The Persistence of Memory?
500
The first collegiate football game was played between these two teams on November 6, 1869.
Who are Rutgers and Princeton? (Rutgers won 6-4 :D)
500
This is the world's largest lake, formerly known as a sea.
What is the Caspian Sea?
500
Meaning 'long journey' in its original Swahili, we often associate this word with jeeps and staring at exotic animals through binoculars.
What is safari?
500
The largest bill in the world was created by this country to commemorate the centennial of its independence from Spain in 1998; it is roughly the size of legal paper.
What is the Philippines?
500
Identify this famous High Renaissance painting and its artist.
What is Raphael's School of Athens ?