UB Facts
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1

What is the ranking for Univeristy at Buffalo among public universities nationwide?

A) 90th

B) 63rd

C) 36th

D) 152nd

C) 36th

1

What is 35 * (4 + 3)?

A) 245

B) 2450

C) 24500

D) 128

A) 245

1

What is the chemical symbol for water, and how many atoms does a single molecule contain?

A) HO₂, 2 atoms

B) H₂O, 3 atoms

C) O₂H, 2 atoms

D) OH₂, 4 atoms

B) H₂O, 3 atoms




1

Who is the all-time top scorer for the Brazilian national team?

A) Ronaldo

B) Neymar

C) Romário

D) Pelé

B) Neymar

1

Who is the only player to be ranked No. 1 All-Rounder in all 3 formats (Test, ODI, T20I)?

A) Ravindra Jadeja

B) Shakib Al Hasan

C) Ben Stokes

D) Shahid Afridi

B) Shakib Al Hasan

2

What kind of university does UB fall under?

A) Public

B) Technical

C) Liberal Art and Private

D) Research and Public

D) Research and Public

2

Solve for x: 2x + 15= 3(x + 4)?

A) x= 1

B) x= 2

C) x= 3

D) x= 5


A) x= 1

2

Which planet is known as the "Red Planet," and what gives it its color?

a) Venus, Sulfur Dioxide

b) Mars, Iron Oxide

c) Jupiter, Carbon Monoxide

d) Mars, Methane Gas

B) Mars, Iron Oxide

2

In what year was the first FIFA World Cup held?

A) 1920

B) 1928

C) 1930

D) 1934

C) 1930

2

Which national cricket team is nicknamed "The Chevrons"?

A) Papua New Guinea

B) South Africa

C) West Indies

D) Zimbabwe

D) Zimbabwe

3

What is the name of our UB's mascot?

A) Victor

B) Baron

C) Oscar

D) Duke

A) Victor

3

What is the value of 4 * 5 - 6 / 2 + 3^2?

A) 17

B) 18

C) 19

D) 26

D) 26

3

Who developed the theory of general relativity, and in what year was it published?

A) Isaac Newton, 1925

B) Niels Bohr, 1915

C) Albert Einstein, 1915

D) Galileo Galilei, 1905

C) Albert Einstein, 1915

3

Who is the all-time leading scorer in FIFA World Cup history?

A) Miroslav Klose

B) Ronaldo

C) Kylian Mbappé

D) Lionel Messi

A) Miroslav Klose

3

Who holds the record for the highest individual score in Test cricket?

A) Brian Lara

B) Chris Gayle

C) Matthew Hayden

D) Virender Sehwag

A) Brian Lara

4

When was University at Buffalo first founded?

A) 1934

B) 1846

C) 1895

D) 1979

B) 1846

4

What is the area of a triangle with a base of 10 units and a height of 12 units?

A) 50 square units 

B) 60 square units

C) 72 square units

D) 120 square units

B) 60 square units

4

What is the name of the phenomenon where light bends as it passes from one medium to another, and why does this bending occur?

A) Reflection, light changes wavelength

B) Refraction, light changes speed

C) Diffraction, light’s direction changes without speed change

D) Dispersion, light’s frequency changes

B) Refraction, light changes speed

4

Who is the top scorer for the Premier League?

A) Harry Kane

B) Wayne Rooney

C) Thierry Henry

D) Alan Shearer

D) Alan Shearer

4

Who has the most wickets in T20 Internationals?

A) Mustafizur Rahman

B) Rashid Khan

C) Tim Southee

D) Wanindu Hasaranga

C) Tim Southee

5

Name all the Libraries at UB (all the Campus).

1. Silverman

2. Abbot

3. Lockwood

4. Law

5. Special Collections

5

What are the five main branches of Pure Mathematics?

1. Algebra

2. Geometry

3. Calculus

4. Number Theory

5. Topology

5

Name the most common elements that make up the human body?

(Open Ended)


1. Nitrogen

2. Oxygen

3. Calcium

4. Carbon

5. Phosphorus

6. Hydrogen

5

Who are the five soccer players that have won the Ballon d'Or award three times or more?

1. Lionel Messi

2. Cristiano Ronaldo

3. Johan Cruyff

4. Michel Platini

5. Marco van Basten

5

Which 6 countries have won the ICC Cricket World Cup in the ODI format?

1. Australia

2. West Indies

3. India

4. Pakistan

5. Sri Lanka

6. England