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100

This yellow rodent is the shocking mascot for a popular creature collecting series.

Who is Pikachu?

100

This yellow-clad Tabner moved back to Portland after graduation and currently works at Starbucks.

Who is Teagan Hunt?

100

Marine mammals are defined as air-breathing, warm-blooded mammals that rely on the ocean for all or most of their existence, such as for food and habitat. They also have hair and mothers produce milk. There are four major taxonomic groups that are considered marine mammals -  pinnipeds (seals, sea lions, and walruses), sirenians (manatees and dugongs), and marine fissipeds (polar bears and sea otters) - and this fourth group.  

What are cetaceans? (whales, dolphins, and porpoise)

100

This 2011 YA dystopian novel centers a new-Chicago city where the residents are split into five factions based on core values.

What is Divergent?

100

There are this many national parks in the United States.

What is 63?

200

Badass video game heroine Samus Aran is the protagonist of this Alien-inspired sci-fi video game series by Nintendo.

What is Metroid?

200

This question-happy former classmate got engaged in 2025 and laid off in 2026.

Who is Taylor Hendrix?

200

Seals and sea lions belong to the same group - pinnipeds. They have many similarities but there are two main differences between them. One is that sea lions stand upright and can walk on land while seals can only wriggle or bounce on their belly on land. The other difference is this.

What are ear flaps? (Sea Lions have external ear flaps, while seals do not)

200

The Giver by Lois Lowry features a dystopian world that prides itself on the absence of pain, war, famine, and fear, but comes with the additional absence of this important feature of life. (multiple answers possible)

What are color, emotions, memories, individuality, personal choice?

200

Double Jeopardy: This state has the most national parks, at this number.

What is California, with 9 national parks.

300

What was the name of the last console produced by developer SEGA?

What is Dreamcast?

300

This directional former classmate teaches in Bethel and will be graduating from UOTeach this spring.

Who is West Kaufman?

300

One example of a marine mammal is the manatee. This mammal is the manatee's closely related cousin that lives in the Indian and Pacific Oceans.

What is the dugong?

300

Peta Mellark, a character in The Hunger Games, has this special skill that comes from helping out at his family's bakery.

What is camouflage/painting?

300
This national park is the newest.

What is New River Gorge in West Virginia?

400

Since Fallout 3, all major Fallout games have been developed by studio Bethesda, except which title?

What is Fallout New Vegas?

400

This former classmate currently teaches high school in Sweet Home and competes in puzzle championships.

Who is Kayla Lopez?

400

This species of whale gets its name from the waxy, oil-like substance stored in its head, which is thought to aid in buoyancy and echolocation?

What is the sperm whale?

400

This YA dystopian series features characters who go by nicknames inspired by famous inventors, authors, public figures, etc.

What is The Maze Runner?

400

This national park is the biggest.

What is Wrangell St Elias in Alaska?

500

This legendary Japanese composer scored the soundtrack for much of Square Enix’s 90s JRPG hits, including Final Fantasy 7, 8, and 9.

Who is Nobuo Uesmatsu?

500

This former classmate moved back to Washington after graduation with her now 2 and a half year old daughter, Rory.

Who is Madeline Finley?

500

Orcas live in distinct communities with their own diets, social rules, and even dialects. In the PNW, this Southern Resident Orca made headlines after carrying her dead calf around for 17 days, in what some scientists consider an act of grief. 

Who is Tahlequah?

500

This series by Neal Shusterman presents a dystopian world where humanity has conquered death, managed by a benevolent AI called the Thunderhead.

What is Arc of the Scythe?

500
This national park is the only one explicitly named after a person.

What is Theodore Roosevelt National Park.