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Smarter Than a 5th Grader
100

As of 2025, this is the number of NCAA men’s basketball national championships won by Duke University’s team under Coach Mike Krzyzewski.

What is 5?

100

This legendary swimmer won 23 Olympic gold medals, the most of any athlete in history.

Who is Michael Phelps?

100

This is the total number of operating rooms in the B200 building.

What is 4?

100

Released in 1993, this Steven Spielberg movie featured realistic dinosaurs created through groundbreaking CGI.

What is Jurassic Park?

100

This layer of the Earth lies just beneath the crust and is made of semi-solid rock that slowly moves.

What is the mantle?

200

Part of Duke University Hospital, this nationally recognized center is known for innovative brain tumor treatments and was one of the first to use a genetically modified poliovirus to target cancer cells.

What is The Duke Cancer Center?

200

Known as “The Fastest Man Alive,” he set multiple world records in sprinting, including the 100 meters.

Who is Usain Bolt?

200

What elevation has different aggregate in the precast compared to the rest of the building?

What is the north elevation?

200

This 2009 James Cameron film set on the planet Pandora was the highest-grossing film in history until it was overtaken by Avengers: Endgame.

What is Avatar?

200

This imaginary line divides the Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.

What is the equator?

300

In 1965, Duke University Hospital performed the first successful transplant of this organ in North Carolina, establishing its reputation as a leader in transplant surgery.

What is a kidney?

300

This country has won the most FIFA World Cup titles in men’s soccer, with a total of five championships.

What is Brazil?

300

This elevation is the FFE of the ground floor.

What is 315?

300

This South Korean film made history in 2020 by becoming the first non-English language film to win Best Picture at the Oscars.

What is Parasite?

300

If a triangle has angles measuring 35° and 65°, this is the degree of the third angle.

What is 80 degrees?

400

This famous politician had brain surgery at DUMC in 2008.

Who is Ted Kennedy?

400

This tennis player holds the record for the most Grand Slam singles titles in the Open Era as of 2025.

Who is Novak Djokovic?

400

This is the roof elevation, in feet and inches, of the building specified in the construction documents.

What is 166'-8"?

400

In The Shawshank Redemption, this is the name of the town in Mexico that Andy Dufresne escapes to.

What is Zihuatanejo?

400

This is the term for a word that has the opposite meaning of another word, such as "hot" and "cold."

What is an antonym?

500

This member of the FPDC team has an office that resembles an arctic climate.

Who is Ashley Head?

500

In 1904, this U.S. city hosted the first Olympic Games held outside of Europe, featuring controversial “Anthropology Days” events.

What is St. Louis?

500

The level houses the chemo infusion manager's office on?

What is level 4?

500

This 1992 Western directed by and starring Clint Eastwood won four Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Supporting Actor for Gene Hackman.

What is Unforgiven?

500

This Founding Father is credited with writing most of the first draft of the U.S. Constitution and later became the 4th President of the United States.

Who is James Madison?