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100

This iconic UNC landmark was built in 1931 and stands at the center of McCorkle Place.

What is the Old Well?

100

This sorority, whose national organization was founded at Syracuse University in 1872, established its Beta Lambda chapter at UNC and uses the crescent moon as one of its best-known symbols.

What is Alpha Phi?

100

This massive reptile has the strongest measured bite force of any living animal, exceeding 3,000 pounds of force. It inhabits rivers, wetlands, and coastal areas across parts of Africa.

What is the Nile crocodile

100

This everyday food technically qualifies as a berry, while strawberries and raspberries technically do not. It grows from one of the world's largest herbaceous flowering plants. It is also known for its popping color and interesting shape. 

What is a Banana.

100

Before becoming one of the world's biggest singers, this artist briefly used the stage name “Lizzy Grant” and released an album under that name. Her later music became closely associated with melancholic Americana.

Who is Lana Del Rey

200

This legendary UNC basketball coach won two national championships and retired with 879 career victories. UNC's basketball arena now bears his name.

Who is Dean Smith?

200

This fraternity was founded at Yale in 1844 and established its UNC chapter in 1851, making it one of the university's oldest fraternities. Its Greek letters were reportedly chosen to represent a motto meaning “Justice, Our Foundation.”

What is Delta Kappa Epsilon (DKE)?

200

This marine mammal can remain underwater for well over an hour and dive more than 7,000 feet in search of prey. Males are named for their unusually large, trunk-like noses.

What is an elephant seal?

200

This famous landmark can become roughly six inches taller during the summer because the iron in its structure expands as temperatures rise.

What is the Eiffel Tower?

200

This television series used the working title “Montauk” and was originally envisioned as taking place on Long Island before its creators moved the story to fictional Hawkins, Indiana.

What is Stranger Things.

300

This historic building, completed in 1795, is considered the oldest state-university building in the United States and still stands on UNC's campus today.

What is Old East?

300

This fraternity's official colors are blue and old gold, while its best-known symbols include the White Cross and the White Rose.

What is Sigma Chi


300

This animal has the largest brain of any animal on Earth, weighing roughly 17 pounds. It can dive more than 3,000 feet and uses powerful clicking sounds to locate prey in complete darkness.

What is a sperm whale?

300

This U.S. state is simultaneously the westernmost and easternmost state when measured by longitude, because its Aleutian Islands cross the 180th meridian.

What is Alaska

300

This superstar's first name was inspired by her mother's maiden name, while her famous alter ego was created as a way to become more aggressive and confident onstage.

Who is Beyoncé

400

This UNC landmark was originally constructed in the 1850s, later became one of the university's most recognizable symbols, and contains a bell dedicated to alumni who died in World War I.

What is the Morehead-Patterson Bell Tower?

400

Founded in 1895, this sorority uses the white carnation as its official flower and the skull and crossbones as one of its most recognizable symbols. Its official colors are cardinal and straw

What is Chi Omega


400

This animal is one of the few species capable of recognizing itself in a mirror. Its heart can weigh more than 40 pounds, and individuals communicate using low-frequency sounds that can travel several miles.

What is an elephant?

400

This common household appliance was inspired by an accident in 1945, when an engineer working with radar equipment noticed that a candy bar in his pocket had melted.


What is the Microwave

400

Before becoming one of the most recognizable rappers in the world, this artist briefly worked at Gap, dropped out of college, and produced several tracks for Jay-Z's The Blueprint before releasing his own debut album.

Who is Kanye West.

500

This UNC landmark opened in 1949 and became the first planetarium in the Western Hemisphere located on a university campus. During the Space Race, 62 astronauts trained here in celestial navigation, including 11 of the 12 people who would eventually walk on the Moon.

What is the Morehead Planetarium?

500

This fraternity's symbols include the White Star and the White Carnation, while its official colors are azure and argent. Its members are sometimes referred to by a shortened name derived from the fraternity's Greek letters.

Phi Delta Theta

500

This animal has three hearts, blue blood, and neurons distributed throughout its arms. It can also change both the color and texture of its skin in a fraction of a second.

What is an octopus?

500

This animal's fingerprints are so similar to those of humans that under a microscope they can be extremely difficult to distinguish. It is also a marsupial.

What is a Koala


500

This movie was filmed partly in an unfinished hotel in Las Vegas, and its main characters use aliases based on famous members of the Rat Pack while executing an elaborate casino robbery.

What is Ocean’s Eleven?