San Diego trivia
BEI trivia
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UCSD College trivia
Questions from Hard Packets
100

Fill in the blank: A science center and planetarium in Balboa Park, San Diego with its own IMAX theater is the ______ Science Center

What is Fleet Science Center

100

In what year was UCSD's chapter of BEI started? 

When is 2019

100

Who invented the light bulb?

Who is Thomas Edison

100

Name the eight colleges in alphabetical order

What is Eighth, ERC, Marshall, Muir, Revelle, Seventh, Sixth, Warren

100

There are 235 books in a library. On Monday, 123 books are taken out. On Tuesday, 56 books are brought back. How many books are there now?

What is 168 books

200

This park in San Diego is named after the Spanish born explorer who was the first to see the Pacific Ocean, while exploring Panama.

Double points for giving this explorer's full name!

What is Balboa Park. (Who is Vasco Nunez de Balboa)

200

how many letters are in the full name of bei?

What is 23 letters

brain (5) exercise (8) initiative (10)

200

What is the hardest mineral?

What is Diamond

200

Which dining hall is located in Marshall college?

What is Oceanview Terrace (OVT)

200

Spell this word:

What is Worcestershire 

300

The San Diego Padres last appeared in the World Series in 1998, losing to what team, whose twenty-fourth world championship it was?

Who are the New York Yankees

300

What are the names of our in person volunteering homes? 

Torrey Pines, Avantgarde, and Atria 

300

How many feet are there in 75 yards?

What is 225 feet (3 feet in 1 yard)

300

What are the 3 reasons that Revelle college's 64º dining hall is named "64º"?

What are 1. Roger Revelle was 6'4, 2. Revelle was founded in 1964, and 3. The average temperature in La Jolla is 64º
300

What is the only mammal capable of true flight? 

What are Bats

400

about how many eucalyptus trees are there on UCSD's campus? (looking for a broad number in the thousands, ex. 50,000)

What is 200,000 eucalyptus trees

400

how many board members does BEI have? 

What is 7

400

On the periodic table, which element is represented by the letter B?

What is Boron

400

What year was ERC founded in and which # college is it numerically? 

When is 1988, the fifth college 

400

Lake Como and Lake Garda are both located in which Southern European country?

Where is Italy

500

Which store’s famous $1 hot dogs got their start as a vendor cart out front of the San Diego warehouse?

What is Costco

500

What does BEI stand for?

Brain Exercise Initiative

500

In classical music, what instruments usually comprise a string quartet?

What are Two violins, viola and a cello

500

Which new lecture hall is located in Eighth college?

What is PODEM lecture hall 

500

What is the value of the square?

O + O + O = 90

O + △ + △ = 40 

△ + ▢ + ▢ = 75


What is 35