UChicago History
Year the university was founded
What is 1890?
The names of all of the programs
What is Supernova, Fission, and Half-Life?
The state nickname
What is the Lone Star State?
Where the Sun first rises in the US every day
What is (the peak of Mt Cadillac in) Acadia National Park, Maine?
1
Name four CTA buses that serve Hyde Park
Old names of all the programs
What are Supersnatch, Junk, and Hedonism Bots?
This soda was invented in Waco, Texas in 1885 by pharmacist Charles Alderton
What is Dr. Pepper?
Japanese name of the Pleiades star cluster
What is a subaru?
2
What is the Cochrane-Woods Arts Center?
Name all of the current Coop members and name 5 people who have lived in the Coop in the past 5 years
Who is Sofia, Laurel, Leon, and Carolyn?
Coop members in the past 5 years: Sarah, Mofei, Claire, Katherine, Jared, Emily, Cassie,
Name 10 of the 13 professional sports teams in Texas (hint: NBA, WNBA, NFL, NHL, MLS, NWSL, MLB)
Potential answers are:
NBA: San Antonio Spurs, Houston Rockets, Dallas Mavericks
WNBA: Dallas Wings
NFL: Houston Texans, Dallas Cowboys
NHL: Dallas Stars
MLS: Austin FC, FC Dallas, Houston Dynamo
NWSL: Houston Dash
MLB: Texas Rangers, Houston Astros
All ____s living in the Southern Hemisphere celebrate their birthday on August 1st (hint: it's an animal)
What is a horse?
bonus additional fun fact (eliot): they do this on jan 1 in the northern hemisphere, and the reason is so that horse ages for racing are all standardized
3
What is the Reg Bookstacks stairwell?
Name four libraries on campus. Cannot include the Reg, and reading rooms don't count.
Potential answers are: John Crear Library, D'Angelo Law Library, Eckhart Library, Joe and Rika Mansueto Library, or Social Work Library.
Name the best finishes in 2 of the 3 programs' histories
What is: Supernova (11th at nationals), Fission (Game to go v. northwestern), Half-Life (dev regionals)?
When did Texas join the United States?
What is 1845?
Male turkeys are called ____ or ____ (hint: the names of three people in the program
What is a tom or a gobbler?
4
Name of the university president who famously said, "When I feel like exercising I just lie down until the feeling goes away" (hint: this was the university president that took UChicago out of the Big Ten and got rid of fraternities and varsity sports on campus).
Options are: William Rainey Harper, Robert Maynard Hutchins, Edward Hirsch Levi
Who is Robert Maynard Hutchins?
The year the program was founded
What is 1991?
Name the six national flags that have flown over Texas
What are Spain, France, Mexico, Republic of Texas, Confederate States, and the United States?
This North American city is larger than the entire island of Puerto Rico
What is Mexico City?
additional fun fact: it's also the most densely populated city in North America w roughly a 9 mil urban and 22 mil metro population
5
What is Gates-Blake Hall?