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100

In the late 2000s, this song by the Black Eyed Peas tied the record for most weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with Mariah Carey's "We Belong Together".

What is "I Gotta Feeling"?

100

It is the name of the American University eagle mascot.

Who is Clawed Z. Eagle?

100

This floor is home to the Eagles in CommUnity affinity housing for LGBTQ+ identifying students.

What is McDowell 7?

100

This former Vice President was elected governor of Indiana in 2012 by a margin of 2.9%.

Who is Mike Pence?

100

He is the 16th and current president of the university.

Who is Jon Alger?

200

This rapper had the best-selling album of the 2000s with "The Marshall Mathers LP".

Who is Eminem?

200

This field is home to the university's soccer team.

What is Reeves Field?

200

McDowell Hall is connected by skywalk to this building.

What is Leonard Hall?

200

This Democratic Governor is running for a third term, following his loss in the 2024 election.

Who is Tim Walz?

200

This school separated itself from the College of Arts and Sciences in 2019 to become its own, independent school.

What is the School of Education?

300

This American Idol winner is the most successful to date. She is partly responsible for the revival of pop rock in mainstream music.

Who is Kelly Clarkson?

300
The American Eagles are part of the Patriot League in all sports except this.

What is wrestling?

300

In this year, the hall received rennovations, which included gender-neutral restrooms.

What is 2024?

300

It is the name of the movement responsible for flipping the house from Democratic to Republican control in the 2010 midterm elections.

What is the Tea Party Movement?

300

In 2018, American University became the first university in the U.S. to be this.

What is carbon-neutral?

400

In 2000, she was certified as the best-selling female pop star of all time by Guinness.

Who is Madonna?

400

He is the namesake for the Cassell Fitness Facility.

Who was Stafford H. Cassell?

400

This is the only floor in the building to have an "RA Apartment" intact, although the RA no longer resides there.

What is McDowell 2?

400

Doug Jones won special election to the senate in 2017, making it the first time that a Democrat had won a senate seat in this state since 1990.

What is Alabama?

400

This feminist and author of the Equal Rights Amendment graduated from American University with a doctorate in 1928.

Who was Alice Paul?

500

This band's "Lost Highway Tour" was the highest-grossing tour of 2008.

Who is Bon Jovi?

500

This former, deceased President used to run the Greenberg Track during the 1980s.

Who was George H.W. Bush?

500

McDowell Hall houses approximately how many hundreds of students?

What is 400? (370 is the approximate number.)

500

This senator switched parties from Republican to Democratic in 2009, giving the Democrats a supermajority in the senate.

Who is Arlen Specter?

500
She is an American attorney and former president of the AUSG, elected as the first black woman president in 2017.

Who is Taylor Dumpson?