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"S"aid the Dictionary
100

There are two places with lakes named after them. Michigan, and this Canadian province.

What is Ontario?

100

MSU Basketball star and alumni Earvin Johnson often went by this nickname.

What is Magic?

100

Squirrels have 4 toes on each front foot while having 5 on each back foot, giving them this many total.

What is 18?

100

From acting to set design, this major prepares students for the stage and behind-the-scenes roles in live performances.

What is Theater?

100

Affected by unhappiness or grief

What is sad?

200

This city is the fourth largest in North America by population, and the largest on the Great Lakes.

What is Toronto?

200

Director Sam Raimi left Michigan State to film The Evil Dead, however possibly his most famous directing gig was a trilogy about this friendly neighborhood superhero.

Who is Spider-Man?

200

Squirrels are native to all but two continents: Antarctica, and this land down under.

What is Australia?

200

A unique program at MSU, this major focuses on the science, engineering, and sustainability of materials used to protect and transport products.

What is Packaging?

200

An institution for educating children

What is school?

300

Although classified as two lakes geographically, these two lakes technically are a single lake hydrologically, connected by the Straits of Mackinac.

What are Lake Michigan and Lake Huron?

300

MSU has a number of alumni who own NBA teams, including Dan Gilbert who owns the Cleveland Cavaliers, Tom Gores who owns the Detroit Pistons, and Mat Ishbia who owns this Phoenix based team.

Who are the Suns?

300

Large ground squirrels, known as marmots, include this species, known for (wildly inaccurate) weather predictions on February 2nd every year.

What are groundhogs/woodchucks?

300

This major explores the mysteries of the universe, from black holes to exoplanets, using advanced mathematics and physics.

What is Astrophysics?

300

Vibrations that travel through the air and can be heard when they reach a person's ear.

What is sound?

400

This ship's Lake Superior sinking in 1975 prompted Gordon Lightfoot to write a song. 

What was the Edmund Fitzgerald?

400

With a net worth of nearly $6.7 Billion, it was only natural that this businessman and philanthropist gave back to MSU, so much so that the business college and art museum are now named after him.

Who was Eli Broad?

400

This type of squirrel glides between trees, using their body as a parachute glider.

What is a flying squirrel?

400

Students in this major learn to enhance the functionality and aesthetics of indoor spaces, balancing creativity with practical design principles.

What is interior design?

400

Able to exert great muscular power, physically robust

What is strong?

500

This island in northern Lake Michigan has a strange history, including being the home of the only king ever crowned in the United States, James Strang.

What is Beaver Island?

500

Detroit Tigers baseball legend Kirk "Mr. Clutch" Gibson  graduated from Michigan State, however he started his career as a star in this other MSU sport, not baseball.

What is Football?

*Record setting Wide Reciever*

500

In this type of mythology, Ratatoskr is a mischievous squirrel who carries messages across the world tree Yggdrasil.

What is Norse Mythology?

500

This major allows students to hone their improvisation, composition, and performance skills in a genre pioneered by legends like Miles Davis and Duke Ellington.

What is Jazz Studies?

500

Having or showing a quick-witted intelligence

What is smart?