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100

Who is the fashion designer in The Incredibles?

Edna Mode

100
Name all 5 towns that make up the East Union Community School District.

Afton, Arispe, Lorimor, Shannon City, Thayer

100

The first day of the twentieth century was?

January 1, 1901

100

The odds of filling out the perfect March Madness bracket are greater than the odds of winning the lottery. 


True or False

False. 

The odds of filling out the perfect March Madness bracket are 1 in 9.2 quintillion and the odds of winning the lottery are 1 in 13,983,816.

100

Mr. and Mrs. Mustard have six daughters and each daughter has one brother. How many people are in the Mustard family?

There are nine Mustards in the family. Since each daughter shares the same brother, there are six girls, one boy and Mr. and Mrs. Mustard.

200

What actor played the following movie roles: Forrest Gump, Woody, Dr Robert Langdon, Chunk Nolan, Capt John H Miller? 

Tom Hanks

200

Parts of East Union Community School District are located in what four Iowa counties? 

Clarke, Madison, Ringgold, Union

200

If a train leaves the station and travels at 60 miles per hour, how much time will have passed when it arrives at a station 300 miles away?

5 hours or 300 minutes

200

In 2006, this University of Tennessee women's basketball star had the first dunk in the history of the Women's NCAA Tournament. 

Candace Parker

200

An octopus has how many hearts? 

3

300

A workaholic architect finds a universal remote that allows him to fast-forward and rewind to different parts of his life. Complications arise when the remote starts to overrule his choices. What movie is this? 

Click 

300

What East Union teacher (middle school and high school only) has been employed at East Union the longest? 

Mr. Bryson - he has been an employee at East Union since 1993! 

300

Which tool is used to estimate the likelihood of certain genetic outcomes?

Punnett Square.

300

What men's basketball team holds the most NCAA titles? 

UCLA with 11 total

300

Two fathers and two sons are in a car, yet there are only three people in the car. How?

They are grandfather, father, and son. 

400

What object must be caught in order to end a Quidditch match?

Golden Snitch
400

In what year was East Union Community School District established? 

1959

400

If a football field is 100 yards long, how many feet long is the football field?

300 feet

400

This Baylor Bear's women's basketball star broke the record for most blocks in the NCAA Tournament in 2010. She also currently holds the NCAA record for most career blocks. 

Brittney Griner

400

What is a cow-bison hybrid called? 

A beefalo

500

In the movie Star Wars, what is the red substance found on the planet Crait?

Salt

500

How many students 6-12th grade are currently enrolled at East Union? (Must be within 20).

249 students

500

Often seen at the end of a sentence, the three trailing dots that indicate the omission from speech or writing of a word (or words) that is superfluous or able to be understood from contextual clues are known as…? 

An ellipsis

500

Coach Krzyzewski (Coach K) has over 97 NCAA Tournament wins and over 1,095 career wins for his current school. He is in his final season and on track to take home the Championship one last time for what school? 

(Both of those stats are records for NCAA wins!)

Duke Blue Devils 

500

You can hear a blue whale's heartbeat from how many miles away? (Must be within 1 mile)

2 miles!


Blue whales weigh an average of between 130,000 and 150,000kg, with their hearts weighing roughly 180kg.