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100

This author is our secretary Patricia’s favorite - he wrote 23 books that reinterpret four different mythologies into a modern setting with teenage demigods.

Who is Rick Riordan?

100

This 2021 horror film series takes place in three different decades in one cursed town, where protagonist Deena Johnson tries desperately to win back and save the life of her ex ex-girlfriend.

What is Fear Street?

100

NC State was founded in this year (any answer over or below 5 years is acceptable)

When is 1887? (any answer within 5 years is acceptable)

100

We get the word "sapphic" from this Greek poet, who was from the island of Lesbos. (It's also where we get the word 'lesbian' from!)

Who is Sappho?

100

In 2023, this actor starred in the Five Nights at Freddy’s movie. He also made the rounds on social media in the infamous ‘Whistle edit.’

Who is Josh Hutcherson?

200

Louise, the Ultraviolet treasurer, spent her winter break playing the newest Pokémon game. In any Pokémon game, you have the option to choose between three starter Pokémon: a fire-type, a water-type, and this type.

What is grass/a grass type?

200

This 2023 comedy film is about sapphic best friends and high school seniors who form a fight club so they can sleep with cheerleaders.

What is Bottoms?

200

Chancellor Randy Woodson makes this amount of money each year (any answer within 0.5 million is acceptable).

What is $2.3 million? (any answer within 0.5 million is acceptable)

200

The “L” in LGTBQ+ comes first in order to honor the lesbians and sapphics who showed support, service, and solidarity to gay men during this epidemic in the 1980s.

What is the HIV/AIDS epidemic? 

200

During the summer of 2023, Oppenheimer and this unrelated movie were to be released simultaneously, causing a cultural phenomenon where many joked about seeing both movies in a day. 

What is Barbie?

300

Anna-Lukas and Louise (Ultraviolet’s VP and treasurer, respectively) are big fans of this crime drama that follows a high school chemistry teacher who turns to making meth when he gets diagnosed with lung cancer.

What is Breaking Bad?

300

In August of 2023, this show was canceled by Netflix. It ended on a cliffhanger where the main character, Sydney Novak, uses her supernatural powers to blow up the brain of her crush’s boyfriend.  

What is I Am Not Okay With This

300

At the end of the PopTart Bowl football game NC State played against Kansas State, the winning team did this to the PopTart mascot.

What is eat?

300

This purple flower has been a symbol for sapphic love for over 2,000 years.

What is a violet? 

300

This former U.S. Representative was found to have fabricated many parts of his background, including claiming that his mother had survived the 9/11 terrorist attacks. (She was alive and in Brazil).

Who is George Santos?

400

Ultraviolet’s vice president Anna-Lukas looks up to this athlete, who is the first transmasc and non-binary USA Track and Field champion.

Who is Nikki Hiltz?

400

This 2022 Netflix show about two high schoolers - a vampire and a vampire hunter - was canceled after one season.

What is First Kill?

400

This building, scheduled to be complete in 2026, is being built in the brickyard.

What is the Integrative Sciences Building?

400

This painter is famous for her vibrant self portraits which highlighted her Mexican heritage and experiences as a woman. She was openly bisexual and often defied gender norms.

Who is Frida Kahlo? 

400

In 2023, singer-songwriter Taylor Swift produced approximately this many tons of CO2 emissions (any answer within 15 tons is acceptable). 

What is 138? (any answer within 15 tons is acceptable)

500

Sarah, the Ultraviolet president, is obsessed with this book about a butch lesbian who swordfights in space for her necromancer.

What is Gideon the Ninth?

500

This 2022 TV show based on the Disney movie of the same name starring Ruby Cruz takes place in a fantasy realm where characters journey to retrieve the kidnapped prince.

What is Willow?

500

At the 2023 Pride Fest, Chancellor Randy Woodson confused this NC State community center with the Pride Center. 

What is the Women's Center?

500

Audre Lorde was a writer who described herself as a "black, lesbian, feminist, socialist, mother, warrior, poet." Her writing was influential in this kind of feminism, which focuses on how different systems of discrimination can overlap in unique ways.

What is intersectional feminism? (Other acceptable answers include "what is intersectionality"). 

500

The Grimace Shake was released in celebration of Grimace’s birthday, where the McDonald's mascot turned this many years old (answers within 3 years are acceptable).

What is 52? (answers within 3 years are acceptable)