Do math students read?
Do math students save turtles?
Do math students touch grass?
Do math students listen to music?
Do math students take humanities courses?
100

Which prolific author based his most well-known character off of his son, who was diagnosed with ADHD and dyslexia?

Rick Riordan

100

I will switch my tab to a picture of an extremely common bird in Toronto. State the common name of this bird.

Common grackle (50 pts for grackle)

100

The newly opened, mind-numbingly slow TTC line 6 terminates at which postsecondary institution?

Humber College

100

This guy is known for, among other things, composing "the horns of doom" in Interstellar

Hans Zimmer

100

Anthropology is the study of?

human society (similar answers accepted)

200

Name the author based on the books: The Goldfinch, The Secret History, The Little Friend

Donna Tartt

200
State the genus of the blue whale.

Balaenoptera

200

This popular Toronto jazz bar is located nearest to Osgoode station

The Rex

200

The lead singer of a band signed by Fueled by Ramen that won a Grammy for Best Rock Album in 2023

Hayley Williams

200

There is a concept in sociology in which schools not only teach math, but they also implicitly teach students unspoken rules in society, such as obeying authority, appealing to the hegemonic group through cultural capital, etc. This concept is called?

hidden curriculum

300
Which book won the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction?

James by Percival Everett

300

Magpies, crows, ravens, and jays are part of a group called?

Corvids

300

This small non native flower is commonly found in Toronto, and when eaten, tastes a bit like banana (don't ask how I know that)

White clover

300

Band known for albums referred to as "the (colour name) album"

Weezer

300

The International Criminal Court is located in which city? (150 pts for country)

The Hague, Netherlands

400

Alice Walker became the first Black woman to win a literature Pulitzer for a novel that inspired an award-winning Broadway musical, with its revival starring Elphaba from a recent movie. What is the name of the novel?

The Color Purple

400

Name any species of shark you can find at Ripley's Aquarium in Toronto.

Nurse shark, sandtiger shark, sandbar shark, blacktip reef shark, whitetip reef shark, whitespotted bamboo shark, epaulette shark, zebra shark, ornate wobbegong

400

What is the 3rd most populated city in Ontario?

Brampton

400

Which song off of Evermore by Taylor Swift is in 5/4?

tolerate it

400

The phenomenon of believing a general description to be specific to you (such as with zodiacs, MBTI types, etc) is known as?

Barnum effect
500

This pre-modernist author notoriously hated the cigar-smoking, Dr.-befriending character he is most well-known for so much he killed him off after 56 short stories and 4 novels.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (author of Sherlock Holmes)

500

Name any native species of turtle found in Canada

painted turtle, common snapping turtle, green sea turtle, loggerhead sea turtle, leatherhead sea turtle, etc

500

**Low-level** clouds that appear in **patches** are very common in Canada. They are called?

stratocumulus clouds

500

Which common single-reed instrument is NOT commonly found in symphony orchestras?

saxophone

500

The author of To the Lighthouse and Mrs. Dalloway was part of an influential modernist group called?

The Bloomsbury Group