UConn Trivia
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100

What is the name of the basketball arena on the Storrs campus of UConn

Gampel Pavillion

100

What is the capital of France?

Paris

100

Who was known as "The King of pop music"?

Michael Jackson

100

Who is the actor that plays Iron Man?

Robert Downey Jr.

100

Who was the first president of the United States?

George Washington

200

How many dining halls are on the Storrs campus (Double points if you can name all of them)

8 (Buckley, McMahon, North, Northwest, Putnam, South, Towers, Whitney)

200

What is the largest ocean in the world?

Pacific Ocean

200

Who is the best selling female artist of all time?

Mariah Carey

200

How many Harry Potter movies are there?

8

200

Who painted the Mona Lisa?

Leonardo Da Vinci

300

What is the name of the current UConn president

Radenka Maric

300

What is the largest lake in Africa?

Lake Victoria

300

What female artist was born as Destiny Hope?

Miley Cyrus

300

Who is the author of the Twilight book series?

Stephenie Meyer

300

Who wrote "War and Peace". (Double)

Leo Tolstoy

400

How many national championships have the UConn mens and womens basketball teams won since 2000?

13,

Women (2000, 02, 03, 04, 09, 10, 13, 14, 15, 16)

Men (2004, 11, 14)

400

What is the name of the mountain range that runs through Spain, France, and Italy?

the Pyrenees

400

What band is famous for this album cover?


The Black Eyed Peas

400

What is the name of the actor that played Neo in the Matrix trilogy?

Keanu Reaves

400

Who was the first American to win the Nobel Peace Prize

Theodore Roosevelt

500

Who is the psychology building named after?

Weston A. Bousfield

500

What is the only country in the world located on two continents?

Turkey

500

Who wrote the famous opera "The Barber of Seville"?

Gioachino Rossini

500

How much money was Amber Heard ordered to pay Johnny Depp during their contentious 2022 defamation trial?  (2 decimal places).  (closest team gets 200)

8.35 million

500

Modern-day Istanbul, Turkey, used to be called what when it was the capital of the Byzantine Empire?

Constantinople