Pop Culture
Which actor has famously played roles as the Joker and Luke Skywalker?
Mark Hamill
What famous author graduated from UMaine with a BA in English in 1970?
Stephen King
Who is the founding father of psychoanalysis?
Sigmund Freud
Which craft uses a hook and yarn?
Crochet
What country was Tik Tok developed in?
China
What game did Ben Wyatt create in Parks and Rec?
(The) Cones of Dunshire
What is the name of the University of Maine, Orono's mascot?
Bananas T. Bear
Who is the author of Das Kapital?
Karl Marx
Which artist painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?
Michelangelo
What is the highest mountain peak in the New England?
Mount Washington
John Hughes’ movies are famously set near which major American city?
Chicago
The University of Maine System consists of 8 universities. Which of these is the northernmost?
University of Maine, Fort Kent
Someone with acrophobia is afraid of what?
Heights
What is the purpose of a thimble?
To protect the finger when sewing.
Kakashi Hatake is a major supporting character in which anime?
Naruto
What is the longest running TV show in the United States?
Meet the Press, November 6, 1947
What is the name of land that UMaine, Orono is situation on (not the name of the city)?
Marsh Island
Pavlov demonstrate what theory using salivating dogs?
Classical conditioning
Which clay was created in China and has been used to create vases and dolls?
Porcelain
What is the Maine state flower?
White Pine cone
Which American singer and songwriter made a guest appearance as herself in season 3 of American Horror Story?
Stevie Nicks
What year did the Men's Ice Hockey team win the NCAA championship for the first time?
1993
What was the first upright humanoid?
Australopithecus
OR
Sahelanthropus
(Some debate on this topic with these 2 being the favorites)
Which 19th century art movement was characterized by relatively small, thin, yet visible brush strokes and featured artists like Claude Monet?
Impressionism
What animal has the longest genomic DNA?
The marbled lungfish