Fat Bear Week
Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?
Collins History
College Sports
Indiana University Geography
100
Commonly Shorten to NPS, this government organization is responsible for housing the contestants of "Fat Bear Week"
What is the National Park Service?
100
This cell organelle is known for creating ATP, giving it the nickname, "the powerhouse of the cell"
What is the mitochondria
100
What is the full name of the Collins our building is named after?
Ralph L. Collins
100
This college won the National Chapionship in 2025. (You better get this right >:( or your lame)
Who is Indiana University?
100
IU's campus spans 1,954 acres in this county in southern Indiana.
What is Monroe county?
200
Named 32, this bear was distinctive because of an injury of the jaw in 2025, the same year he won.
Who is Chunk
200
This river is the longest in the river, stretching about 4,130 miles long.
What is the Nile River?
200
These dwarfish characters can be found in the stained glass of the windows if you look up while walking into the ground floor of Collins. These figures are considered our mascot, fitting for our them of sustainability.
What are gnomes?
200
This player is IU's leading rusher in the 2026-27 season
Who is Turbo Richard
200
This building has the periodic table etched into it's outside walls. It is also located in the center of campus by Ballantine.
What is the Chemistry Building?
300
Fat Bear Week is celebrated in Katmai National Park, which is located in this northern state.
What is Alaska?
300
The triangle contains three angle, adding them up equals this number. The same degree as a flat line.
What is 180o
300
This kitchen in the basement has this nickname
What is the "Smitchen"?
300
Indiana University's Football team was ranked in this position by the AP poll at the start of this seasono
What is 6th
300
Located in the fine arts plaza, this fountain has known history of multiple hundred pound fish going missing. An example is after we won the NCAA National Championship in 1987, the fish was never seen again.
What is the Showalter Fountain?
400
Adult brown bears can weigh anywhere from 200 pounds to this many pounds. As much as some grand pianos!
What is 1,000 lbs?
400
The Declaration of Independence was signed in Philadelphia, in this year. (Extra points if you know the day, which is not July 4th, when it was officially adopted)
What is the year 1776? The day it was signed was August 2nd, 1776.
400
There were two additional buildings in the Collins ecosystem nicknamed "the hill" that got demolished in 2015, these buildings' flags are displayed in the Tate Holt lounge.
What is Greene and Brown
400
This player is the starting quarterback for Ole Miss this season
Who is Trinidad Chambliss
400
Spanning over 500,000 sqft, this building is largest of it's category under one roof. It is the only building on our campus with an escalator.
What is the IMU/Indiana Memorial Union?
500
Notable for her first litter of cubs not surviving. This mama bear had two cubs this season, losing one in June 2026. Her surviving cub, Jr, is one of the largest of this season. This pair has gained the nickname Roly-Poly Ovals.
Who is bear 901?
500
This president, elected in 1789, is the only president to never live in Washington D.C. You can also find his face on the one dollar bill.
Who is George Washington?
500
In 1940 when Craven's and Edmondson were created, Collins gained this name, shortened to MRC, which made sense considering the dorm wasn't co-ed until 1970.
What is Men's Residence Center?
500
This player currently has the highest NIL deal in all of college football.
Who is Darian Mensah
500
This material that nearly every building on campus is made of, especially the Sample Gates, is also used for seventy percent of all US state capitals. Also important buildings such as the Pentagon, Empire State Building, and National Cathedral. You can find this rock between Bloomington and Bedford, IN.
What is Indiana Limestone? (or Salem Limestone)