Geography
What is the tallest mountain in the world?
Mount Everest
This traditional food from England is made from fish and potatoes.
Fish and chips.
What is the tallest building on campus?
The Cathedral of Learning.
This fruit is traditionally carved into jack-o'-lanterns during Halloween.
Pumpkin.
This city hosted the first modern Olympic Games in 1896.
Athens.
Name all five oceans.
Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Arctic, and Southern/Antarctic Ocean.
What is the food made from grains from Italy?
Pasta.
When was Pitt founded?
1787.
This friendly ghost has been a Halloween favorite since the 1940s, known for trying to make friends rather than scare people.
Casper.
This event involves athletes competing in activities, such as running, jumping, and throwing.
Track and field.
Name all five Great Lakes of the United States.
Erie, Michigan, Ontario, Superior, and Huron.
This Spanish dish is a savory dish traditionally made with saffron, seafood, and chicken, and cooked in a wide, shallow pan.
Paella.
How many windows are in Cathy?
2,529.
This classic Halloween monster transforms during a full moon and is vulnerable to silver?
Werewolf.
This Olympic sport features athletes competing in artistic routines on the floor, pommel horse, and other apparatus.
The two longest rivers in the world are the Nile River and the Amazon River. What is the third longest river?
Yangtze River.
What city did the Big Mac originate in?
Pittsburgh, PA.
What species of bird lives at the top of Cathy?
The peregrine falcon.
This candy, known for its tribute-colored layers of yellow, orange, and white, is a Halloween staple.
Candy corn.
This winter Olympic sport involves teams of four sliding stones on a sheet of ice toward a target area.
Curling.
What country is known as the "land of white elephant"?
Thailand.
What percent caffeine must be extracted from coffee for it to be considered decaffeinated?
97%
What was Pitt's name before the University of Pittsburgh?
Western University of Pennsylvania.
According to folklore, seeing this animal on Halloween night is considered a bad omen, often associated with witches.
Black cat.
This equestrian discipline, known for its precision and harmony between horse and rider, is often referred to as "horse ballet".
Dressage.