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Chichewa 101
100
What five campuses make up the University of Minnesota School System?
What are the Twin Cities, Duluth, Morris, Crookston, and Rochester campuses.
100
This artist's album Future Nostalgia featured the hit song "Don't Start Now".
Who is Dua Lipa?
100
Who is the Rizzler?
100
This 1997 film featured a ship and a love story between Jack and Rose.
What is Titanic?
100
This word means water in Chichewa.
What is Madzi?
200
This bridge connects the East and West Banks at the University of Minnesota.
What is the Washington Avenue Bridge?
200
This band released the 2013 hit "Sweater Weather".
Who is The Neighbourhood?
200
"Naur" is slang for "no," but which accent does it mimic?
What is Australian?
200
This 2019 South Korean film, directed by Bong Joon-ho, became the first non-English language film to win the Oscar for Best Picture.
What is Parasite?
200
This word means thank you in Chichewa.
What is Zikomo?
300
How many undergraduate students are enrolled at the University of Minnesota? (+/- 1,000 students)
What is 31,855 undergraduates?
300
This artist was the most streamed around the globe for a fourth time on Spotify, edging out artists like Taylor Swift and The Weeknd.
Who is Bad Bunny?
300
In children's books, knights do this to dragons, but nowadays, it means to do something well.
What is slay?
300
This 1999 film starred Brad Pitt and Edward Norton, featuring an underground fight club with the rule: “You do not talk about it.”
What is Fight Club?
300
What is the Chichewa word for the organism that is caught in one of Minnesota's favorite pastimes? (Hint: It has to do with our over 10,000 lakes)
What is Nsomba?
400
This former General Mills scientist and UMN professor made many discoveries in agricultural chemistry. So many discoveries, in fact, that he won a Nobel Prize in 1970.
Who is Norman Borlaug?
400
Country singer Luke Combs topped the charts in 2023 with a cover of this song originally by Tracy Chapman.
What is "Fast Car"?
400
A defining nation in history, nowadays this civilization is used to mean something that someone thinks about on a daily basis.
What is the Roman Empire?
400
What flavor of Pop-Tarts does Buddy the Elf use in his spaghetti in Elf?
What is Chocolate?
400
This common phrase is used by EWB members to ask community members how they are.
What is Muli bwanji?
500
This was the year that the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities was founded. This was also the year when the New York Times was officially founded.
What is 1851?
500
This album, released in 1987 by Def Leopard, sold over 20 million copies and contained songs like "Pour Some Sugar On Me".
What is Hysteria?
500
This fast food item went viral on social media due to people making videos of themselves drinking it, and ending up dead or possessed. The possessed person would often have a purple liquid on their mouth.
What is the Grimace Shake?
500
In this 2006 independent film, Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams star in a romance that spans decades, famously including the scene with the rain-soaked kiss. (Hint: A very famous romance whose name you might want to write down in a ____)
What is The Notebook?
500
What is the Chichewa word that someone may use to describe someone who is afraid to due something?
What is Nkhuku (chicken)?