Rutgers Trivia
Rutgers' primary color, worn proudly at games, displayed in its logo, and used for merchandise is this specific bold shade.
(Hint: Only 'red' is not the correct answer)
What is scarlet red?
This popular vegetable is famous for helping your vision, and is typically enjoyed with ranch dip, in stews, or used as a topping for salads.
What is a carrot?
This country gifted the United States the Statue of Liberty as a tribute to celebrate their alliance during the American Revolution and as a symbol of freedom and democracy.
What is France?
This landmark is known as the tallest mountain in the world and is a popular climbing destination for many professional climbers every year.
What is Mount Everest?
This famous Taco Bell drink is known for its vibrant blue-teal color, popularity, and its recent introduction as a pie flavor.
What is Baja Blast?
This landmark is located Douglass Campus, where rumor says if two people around it 3 times hand-in-hand, they are destined to marry.
What is Passion Puddle?
These hearty vegetables were the first to be grown in space as a part of a NASA experiment.
(Hint: The answer is scientifically considered a vegetable, but isn't one of your usual leafy greens.)
What is a potato?
This striking term is used to describe a group of crows, due to a combination of folklore and superstition. It was also influenced by crows' appearances at battlefields and cemeteries.
What is a murder (of crows)?
This is the name of the supercontinent that existed millions of years ago. It eventually split, creating the 7 continents we know and inhabit today.
What is Pangea?
This is the most commonly used meat in in Taco Bell's menu. It's found in tacos, burritos, burgers, and more.
What is beef?
This individual is one of Rutgers' most famous alumni: Their achievements include being a two time All-American football star, valedictorian, a stage and film actor, a singer, a lawyer, and a civil rights activist.
Who is Paul Robeson?
This particular active compound found in chili peppers is what gives the peppers their "spiciness". It works by binding to and activating pain receptors in the body, which sends signals that mimic a burning sensation.
What is capsaicin?
This planet is the only planet in our solar system to rotate clockwise on its axis, contrasting the counter-clockwise rotation of all the other planets.
What is Venus?
These are the names of the five oceans of the world, which span across the globe.
What is the Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic, and Antarctic?
In 1996, Taco Bell ran a full-page advertisement on April Fool's day, announcing it had purchased this historic landmark with a similar name in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They also appended "Taco" before the landmark's name, which led to public backlash.
What is the (Taco) Liberty Bell?
Rutgers University was renamed as Rutgers University from Queen's College to honor this particular individual, who was a Revolutionary War veteran and an early benefactor.
Who is Colonel Henry Rutgers?
This food product, with its high value, ease to resell, and constant demand is one of the most common targets for theft.
What is cheese?
This is the only letter of the English alphabet that does not appear anywhere on the periodic table, either in an element's name or its official symbol.
What is the letter J?
This country boasts the only non-quadrilateral national flag in the world. This country's flag has colors that represent bravery, peace, landmarks, and two of its major religions.
What is Nepal?
While Taco Bell has been successfully established in 30 countries, Taco Bell has tried and failed twice to entice this country's citizens to eat their food. In 1992, customers in this country found their tacos too expensive. In 2010 their expansion closed because customers did not recognize the menu items.
What is Mexico?
In 1943, Rutgers was the site of discovery for this first effective treatment for tuberculosis. This was discovered in what is now known as the Waksman Microbiology Museum on the Cook campus of Rutgers.
What is streptomycin?
In the 1830s, an Ohio doctor named John Cook Bennett sold this recipe as medicine, claiming that it cured indigestion and diarrhea. He sold it in a pill form. These claims however, were not scientifically based.
What is ketchup?
From the recent Louvre jewel heist, multiple precious pieces of jewelry were stolen from their displays. However, in their exit, they dropped this particular piece, reducing their haul to eight pieces.
What is the Crown of Empress Eugénie?
This is the number of timezones that the largest country in the world has. The reason for this number is mainly due to the country's size, as this country spans nearly half of Earth's daily rotation.
What is 11?
The residents of a small remote town in this state were disappointed when fliers promoting an opening of a Taco Bell were shown to be a hoax. In response, Taco Bell airlifted, by helicopter, a generous gift of hundreds of pounds of ingredients for approximately 10,000 tacos.
What is Alaska?