CPO
Cultural Foods
Traditions
Stony Brook
Cultural Games and Sports
100

C.P.O. stands for this. (CPO is the abbreviation for what?)

What is the Center for Prevention and Outreach?

100

A traditional fermented Korean dish made from cabbage and spices.

What is Kimchi?

100

On birthdays, friends and family will wait for the birthday girl/boy to finish blowing out the candles and get ready to take a bite before smashing their face into the cake.

What is a Mexican birthday tradition?

100

This is the Dean of Student Affairs.

Who is Dean Ric McLendon?

100

The current form of this game emerged in Spain and the rest of Southern Europe during the second half of the 15th century after evolving from chaturanga, a similar but much older game of Indian origin.

What is chess?

200

Tea Time with GMA, Living Through, Mindful Moments are all considered to be this.

Reach groups

200

This is a dish that consists of rice wrapped in bamboo leaves and is eaten on the fifth day of the fifth month of the Chinese lunar calendar.

What is zong zi (sticky rice dumpling)?

200

Red envelopes containing money are gifted to children during their New Years or celebrations.

What is a Chinese tradition?

200

This is the President of Stony Brook University.

Who is President Maurie McInnis?

200

This is a tile-based game that was developed in the 19th century in China and has spread throughout the world since the early 20th century. It is commonly played by four players (with some three-player variations found in parts of China, Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asia).

What is mahjong?

300

These are the three Bystander Intervention trainings at CPO.

What are Red Watch Band, Green Dot, and QPR?

300

A popular delicacy across southeast Asia, particularly the Philippines, consisting of a fertilized duck egg.

What is balut?

300

 Newlyweds in the UK will freeze this on their wedding day and revisit it a year later on their anniversary.

What is the (top tier) of the wedding cake?

300

This is the name for the Stony Brook School of Medicine.

What is the Renaissance School of Medicine?

300

This is a strategy board game for two to four players, in which the players race their four tokens from start to finish according to the rolls of a single die; derived from the Indian game Pachisi.

What is Ludo?

400

This is a 24/7 telehealth resource available to all students of SBU as an app where you can speak with a licensed counselor or health coach about your physical or mental health.

What is TimelyCare?

400

This is a thin pancake in South Indian cuisine made from a fermented batter of ground black lentils and rice.

What is a dosa?

400

On New Year’s Eve in Bolivia, this is baked into cakes and pastries and if a coin is found in it then it’s a sign of good luck.

What is money?

400

This is what W.I.S.E. in the WISE program stands for.

What is Women in Science and Engineering?

400

This is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the center of which is a 22-yard pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps.

What is cricket?

500

This is the location for the CPO office.

What is the Stony Brook Union Room 108?

500

This is a very famous Indian street food which is served as a street snack in many states of the Indian subcontinent. In English, this can be understood as ‘Crispy Spicy Watery balls.

What is Golgappa/Pani Puri?

500

This is one of the most famous French traditions celebrated on the 14th of July. This day is celebrated as independence day and celebrated as a national holiday practiced with parades and fireworks in Paris and all over the country.

What is Bastille Day?

500

This is the location for the Stony Brook School of Journalism.

What is the library?

500

This is a two-player turn-based strategy board game played with small stones, beans, or seeds and rows of holes or pits in the earth, a board or other playing surface. The objective is usually to capture all or some set of the opponent's pieces.

What is mancala?