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MIT Trivia
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Exec Trivia
100

During a serve, the ball must land in the opposite back quarter AND hit the front wall above this line.

What is the service/cut line?

100

MIT's color, seen on everything from sports jerseys to the squash courts (must specify the shade)

What is cardinal red?

100

Beyoncé's 2024 country-influenced album.

What is Cowboy Carter?

100

The oldest public park in the US, located in the heart of Boston.

What is Boston Common?

100

This member of exec used to raise silkworms.

Who is Amber?

200

This country has dominated world squash rankings in the 2010s–2020s.

What is Egypt?

200

Before moving to Cambridge in 1916, MIT's original campus was located in this Boston neighborhood.

What is the Back Bay?

200

At the 2022 Oscars, Will Smith walked onstage and slapped this comedian after a joke about his wife's appearance.

Who is Chris Rock?

200

Boston's MBTA, opened in 1897, holds this distinction in American history.

What is the first subway system in the US?

200

This member of exec was proposed to by a stranger.

Who is Mayuri?

300

After being rejected this many times, squash will finally make its Olympic debut at this upcoming Games in LA.

What is 4 times?

300

This group of MIT students and alumni used mathematical card-counting strategies to win millions from Las Vegas casinos in the 1980s and '90s, later inspiring a book and Hollywood film.

What is the MIT Blackjack Team?

300

The phrase "Hot girl summer" was coined by this Houston rapper.

Who is Megan Thee Stallion?

300

In January 1919, a storage tank in Boston's North End burst and sent a wave of this substance through the streets at 35mph, killing 21 people in one of history's strangest disasters.

What is molasses (The Great Molasses Flood)?

300

This member of exec was held by Mike Tyson as a baby.

Who is David?

400

Name the current world #1 men's and women's players.

Who are Mostafa Asal and Hania El Hammamy?

400

This MIT alumnus co-founded the company that became Dropbox, after dropping out to join Y Combinator.

Who is Drew Houston?

400

Caitlin Clark was drafted first overall in the 2024 WNBA draft by this team.

What are the Indiana Fever?

400

The year the Red Sox broke the "Curse of the Bambino" and won the World Series.

What is 2004?

400

This member of exec farmed seaweed in high school.

Who is Zunian?

500

Jahangir Khan of Pakistan held the world #1 ranking for a record-breaking stretch — how many consecutive months?

What is 98 months (1981–1988)?

500

MIT's founder, who also founded the University of Virginia and was a prominent geologist, shares his name with a campus building.

Who is William Barton Rogers?

500

The Bear was created by this writer, who based it loosely on his own experiences working in restaurants.

Who is Christopher Storer?

500

Before it was called Boston, the Puritan settlers named this peninsula this.

What is Shawmut (or Trimountaine)?

500

This member of exec bought their 3rd grade teacher a bong thinking it was a vase.

Who is Christina?