Mizzou Mammals
Sitcoms
Kangaroo Words
The 80's
Filipino Past Times
100

In 1981, Mizzou’s two mascots, Lil’ Tiger and Big Tiger, were replaced by this current Mizzou mascot that was officially named in 1984.

Who is Truman the Tiger?

100

John Krasinski pulls all sorts of hijinks in the workplace throught the nine-season run of this documentary style sitcom.

What is The Office?

100

MASCULINE

What is MALE?

100

This American actor, whose real last name is Mapother, cemented his celebrity by starring in many popular films of the 80’s, including The Outsiders, Risky Business, and Top Gun.

Who is Tom Cruise?
100

In 1975, Filipino entrepreneur Roberto L. del Rosario invented the “Sing Along System” for this popular activity in the Philippines.

What is karaoke?

200

A College Magazine article from 2016 lists being scared to death by these “vicious” rodents, present everywhere on campus, as a sign that one went to Mizzou.

What are squirrels?

200

From 2004 to 2006, Matt Leblanc starred in Joey, a short-lived spinoff of this wildly successful show.

What is Friends?

200

DESTRUCTION

What is RUIN?

200

This man’s debut album, Whenever You Need Somebody, was an instant hit with songs such as Together Forever and Never Gonna Give You Up. The latter became the basis for the practice of “Rickrolling."

Who is Rick Astley?

200

This sport, in which one can be penalized for traveling, is wildly popular in the Philippines.

What is basketball?

300

This Great Pyrenees, and unofficial Mizzou mascot, just celebrated his tenth birthday on January 29th.

Who is Harlan?

300

Frasier and Wings were both successful spinoffs of this sitcom whose opening theme states “sometimes you want to go where everybody knows your name.”

What is Cheers?

300

PLAGIARIST

What is LIAR?

300

Despite beginning in 1985, the majority of this film takes place in 1955 after the main character, played by Michael J. Fox, accidentally travels in time using a modified DMC Delorean.

What is Back to the Future?
300

This four-player game, similar to the card game rummy, involves four suits: dots, bamboo, characters, and flowers.

What is Mahjong?

400

Dave Matter, Mizzou athletics writer for St. Louis Post-Dispatch, once tweeted that this animal, symbolic of the state of Missouri, is hidden in the Mizzou logo.

What is a mule?

400

Hillary Duff stars as Sophie, the main character of this standalone sequel that takes place in 2022—almost nine years after Ted Mosby meets his future wife.

What is How I Met Your Father?

400

OBSERVE

What is SEE?

400

This song, written by Billy Joel, quickly references events from 1948 to 1989. It includes mentions of Mickey Mantle, Lawrence of Arabia, the Bay of Pigs Invasion, Watergate, and Wheel of Fortune.

What is We Didn't Start the Fire?

400

The object of the game Patintero, a popular children’s game in the Philippines, is to run back and forth over this shape without getting tagged.

What is a rectangle?

500

The origins of Mizzou’s mascot go back to a militia unit nicknamed the "Tigers" made up of locals who came together to defend Columbia from guerrilla bands during this nineteenth century war.

What is the American Civil War?
500

The final episode of this “show about nothing” ends with all four main characters, including the title character, in jail for violating a “good samaritan law."

What is Seinfeld?

500

SUPERVISOR

What is SUPERIOR?

500

A bobsled team from this Carribean island nation received major media attention by competing in the 1988 Winter Olympics, subsequently serving as an inspiration for the 1993 Disney film, Cool Runnings.

What is Jamaica?

500

Luksong baka is a children’s game in which one person crouches over while another runs and jumps over them by pushing off their back. Its name translates to “Jump over the ____” in English.

What is a cow?