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Upward Bound Trivia
Rochester Trivia
100

This "Riverdale" character wears a beanie.

Who is Jughead?

100

This is the most widely spoken language in South America.

What is Spanish?

100

This Upward Bound employee has 7 siblings. She's also a nanny. 

Who is Raegan?

100

This is Rochester's signature dish.

What is the Garbage Plate?

200
This singer-songwriter-producer-actress has won 21 Grammys, and played Queen Tara in the 2013 movie "Epic."

Who is Beyoncé?

200

This is the plural of the word "moose."

What is/are "moose?"

200

This Upward Bound program assistant can break two pencils with their pinky finger. They also participated in an Upward Bound program in school.

Who is Aye Wathy?

200

Rochester was the hometown of Joe Simon, who created this superhero.

Who is Captain America?

300

Michael B. Jordan played Killmonger in "Black Panther." Before that, he played this superhero in a 2015 Marvel film.

Who is the Human Torch?

300
Other than water, this is the most consumed beverage in the world.

What is tea?

300

This Upward Bound program assistant was born in an ambulance, and participated in an Upward Bound program in school.

Who is Abigael?

300

This doctor is the Public Health Commissioner of Monroe County.

Who is Michael Mendoza?

400

Taylor Swift wrote "I Knew You Were Trouble" about this famous ex.

Who is Harry Styles?

400

The Earth is at least this many years old.

What is 4 Billion?

400

This Upward Bound academic advisor studied abroad, visiting Poland, Germany, and the Czech Republic.

Who is Felicia?

400

The grandson of this famous nonviolent anti-colonial activist lives in Rochester. (Bonus points if you can name the organization the grandson founded with his wife!)

Who is Mohandas Gandhi? 

(Arun Gandhi and his wife Sunanda created the M.K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence.)

500

In the television series "Avatar: The Last Airbender," this secret society fights to liberate Ba Sing Se during the passing of Sozin's Comet. 

What is the Order of the White Lotus?

(Or just What is the White Lotus?)

500
Hong Kong reverted from British rule in this decade.
What are the 1990s?
500

This Upward Bound academic advisor once gave up all forms of dessert for 7 months.

Who is Katherine?

500
Rochester became a city in 1834. Before that, this was what the place was called.

What was Rochesterville?