Music Legends
This Irish alternative rock band, named after a tart red fruit, is famous for hits like “Linger” and “Zombie.”
Who are The Cranberries?
This furry mascot represents Washington University in St. Louis and is a symbol of school spirit.
What is the Bear?
St. Louis’ beloved baseball team plays at Busch Stadium — name the team.
Who are the St. Louis Cardinals?
This dystopian novel by George Orwell features pigs who declare “All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.”
What is Animal Farm?
This country leads all others in Olympic rowing golds, with a total of 34, and has earned 91 medals overall.
What is the United States?
This Canadian rapper was recently in hot water with fellow rap star Kendrick Lamar after Lamar's 2025 Super Bowl performance featured a diss track that led to a defamation lawsuit.
Who is Drake?
This famous coffee company, known worldwide, was founded in Seattle, Washington, in 1971.
What is Starbucks?
This St. Louis-born rapper made the hit song “Hot in Herre”
Who is Nelly?
Known for its "Cool Girl" monologue, this book by Gillian Flynn is set in Missouri, where a woman’s mysterious disappearance unravels into psychological warfare.
What is Gone Girl?
This is the name of the person who steers the boat and coordinates the rowers’ rhythm in a four or eight-person crew.
Who is the coxswain?
This 1977 Bob Marley album was named Album of the Century by Time magazine in 2000.
What is Exodus?
George Washington’s plantation home in Virginia, where he lived and died, is known by this name.
What is Mount Vernon?
In St. Louis, this national chain goes by its original name: St. Louis Bread Co. Outsiders know it by this more familiar name.
What is Panera?
This Nobel Prize–winning author wrote The Bluest Eye and Sula, two powerful novels exploring Black girlhood, identity, and community.
Who is Toni Morrison?
The most important muscle group in rowing.
Legs (quadriceps, hamstrings, and glutes)
This artist's 1998 debut album was recently voted Apple Music’s best album of all time.
Who is Lauryn Hill? (The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill)
This massive volcano, standing at over 14,000 feet, is the tallest peak in Washington State.
What is Mount Rainier?
This legendary poet and author of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings spent part of her childhood in St. Louis.
Who is Maya Angelou?
Written by John Green, this bestselling young adult novel follows Hazel and Augustus, two teens who meet at a cancer support group and fall in love.
What is The Fault in Our Stars?
These are the two main types of rowing: one where each rower uses two oars, and one where each rower uses only one.
What are sculling and sweep rowing?
This 1995 hit by TLC uses a metaphor for risky choices.
What is “Waterfalls”?
George Washington University's official mascot is this famous figure.
What is George the Colonial?
St. Louis-style pizza is known for three things: thin crust, square slices, and this controversial cheese.
What is Provel?
This novel by Margaret Atwood portrays a totalitarian theocracy where strict social roles and surveillance control every aspect of daily life.
What is The Handmaid’s Tale?
In rowing, a situation where a rower loses control of their oar, causing it to get stuck in the water during the stroke.
What is “catching a crab”?