General Knowledge
What is the world record for the longest hiccupping spree? A. 68 years, B. 50 years or C. 82 years
68 years
What city contains the Great Wall, the Forbidden City, and the Temple of Heaven?
Beijing
What do you have to do to pass your finals if you step on the M in the diag?
Run from the steps of Hatcher to the bell tower and back in one minute, naked, at midnight
Which US president played for the Michigan football team?
Gerald Ford
Where is the optiMize office located?
LSA Building
What is the only planet that rotates on its side?
Uranus
What is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea?
Sicily
What building on campus was created because the Union didn’t allow women to enter?
The League
How many touchdowns did Blake Corum have in his Michigan career?
58
What does SIC stand for?
Social Innovation Challenge
What animal’s milk is pink?
Hippopotamus
What is the capital of Venezuela?
Caracas
Where was the original Umich campus?
Downtown Detroit
What is the second biggest sports stadium in the US by capacity?
Beaver stadium (Penn st.)
How much funding can you get through the SIC?
$10,000
Before becoming President, Barack Obama served as a U.S. Senator from which state?
Illinois
Helena is the capital of what US state?
Montana
When were the secret societies at Michigan disbanded?
2021
Where did Michael Jordan play basketball in college?
UNC
What question does optiMize ask people?
Why not me?
What is the official animal of Scotland?
Unicorn
Which country is known as the Land of the Rising Sun?
Japan
What is the name of a Marxist terrorist group that operated at Michigan in the early 1970s?
The Weather Underground
What country won the very first FIFA World Cup in 1930?
Uruguay
What year was optiMize founded?
2012