UW
The year UW was founded
1861
Seattle is the birthplace of this rock musician, hailed as the “greatest guitar player of all time.”
Jimi Hendrix
The number of teams participating in this year's competition
24
The smallest country in the world
Vatican City
The capital of New Zealand
Wellington
The number of libraries on the UW campus
16 (across 3 campuses)
Only this European city has more glassblowing studios than Seattle
Murano, Italy
The date of the GBCC kick-off
April 15th!
The percent of the world's population that lives in the Northern hemisphere
90%
The largest landlocked country in the world
Kazakhstan
The height of the Suzzallo reading room
65 feet
The average amount of rain Seattle gets in a year
The most recent school to win GBCC
Copenhagen Business School (Denmark)
54
Easter Island is a part of which country?
Chile
The name of the new building replacing Mackenzie Hall
Founders Hall
The Seattle Space Needle was built in this year, for this purpose
1962, for the World's Fair
The number of years GBCC has run
22
This country is the world's largest producer of mangoes
India
You can find Lake Bled in this country
Slovenia
UW's mascot before it was the husky
Sundodger
This is the largest man-made island in the U.S.
Harbor Island
The 4 sponsors of this year's GBCC
Wells Fargo, Boeing, Costco, and F5
The currency of Mongolia
Mongolian tögrög
YYZ is the airport code for this city
Toronto