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100

What is the name of the UMass mascot?

Sam the Minuteman 

100

Carrots belong to this plant family

Apiaceae

100

What is the tallest mountain in the world and where is it located (generally)? 

Mount Everest in the Himalayas


100

Considered a loan word from Greek, what is the difficult-to-spell name of the dip or sauce made of strained yogurt, cucumbers, garlic, and other seasonings? It is most often served cold as part of an appetizer

Tzatziki

100

What is the capital of Louisiana? 

Baton Rouge

200

What system is primarily used to schedule advising appointments for undegraduates? 

Navigate 

200

Name one of the top expenses in farming

Fertilizer, seed, or crop-protecting chemicals

200

Stonehenge is a circle of stones built by the Druids. This is in which country?


The United Kingdom

200

What Swiss chocolate bar brand features red text and a yellow mountain, which surreptitiously displays the sketching of a white bear within the yellow mountain?

Toblerone

200

What is Alaska's nickname?

The Last Frontier 

300

How many on-campus residential halls (excluding the Fieldstone apartments) does UMass have? 


Extra 100 points if you can name them all!

7 total: 

Central, Commonwealth Honors College Residential Community, Northeast, Orchard Hill, Southwest, Sylvan, and North

300

What term is used for the reproductive part of a plant that produces pollen?

Stamen

300

What is the capital of the only country that is also a continent ?

Canberra


300

What South Asian T-word dish (of marinated and roasted chicken) gets its name from the type of clay oven it is traditionally cooked in?

Tandoori Chicken

300

 John Steinbeck's "East of Eden" plays out its Cain and Abel parable in this California valley.

 Salinas Valley

400

In addition to being #1 for dining, what else is UMass Amherst #1 for?

Hockey

400

"Linseed" is another name for what flowering plant, which has been cultivated by humans for over 30,000 years, and which is the source of linen fiber?

Flax

400

What is the name of the building in Agra built by Shah Jahan ?

Taj Mahal

400

What ice cream brand and amusement park staple was born in the 1980s when Curt Jones used his knowledge of cryogenic technology to create ice cream "beads?"

Dippin' Dots

400

Kansas City is located in which state? 

Missouri 

500

How many schools and colleges does UMass house?

10 

500

The holiday that generates the most revenue spent on food

Superbowl Sunday

500

Name 5 countries that begin with the letter 'S'

Spain, South Sudan, Somalia, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Senegal, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Singapore, Saudi Arabia 

500

Brazil is the world's largest coffee bean producer and has been for over 150 years. Many other top coffee-producing nations are in South America and Central America, but what Southeast Asia country is actually the second largest producer?

Vietnam 

500

What is the capital and nickname of the largest Pacific State?

Sacremento and The Golden State