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University of Michigan
100

This is also known as the sunshine vitamin

What is vitamin D?

100

This country is known as the Land of the Rising Sun

Japan

100

How many letters are in the English alphabet?

26

100

This Founding Father served as the second President of the United States

John Adams
100

Touching this campus statue is said to bring bad luck

The Block M (center of diag)

200

A lack of calcium may cause this disease to occur

What is osteoporosis?

200

Machu Picchu is located in this South American country

Peru

200

How many days are in a leap year?

366

200

This Mongol leader founded the largest contiguous empire in history

Genghis Khan

200

This river runs through Ann Arbor

Huron River

300

The stored form of carbohydrates in the body

What is glycogen?
300

This country is home to both Mount Everest and the capital city Kathmandu.

Nepal

300

How many bones are in the adult human body?

206

300

This woman became the first female U.S. Supreme Court justice in 1981

Sandra Day O'Connor
300

In what year was U-M founded?

1817

400

This term refers to a patient having difficulty swallowing

What is dysphagia?

400

This capital city sits at the highest elevation in the world.

La Paz, Bolivia

400

How many Amendments are in the U.S. Constitution?

27

400

This South African leader became president after the end of apartheid.

Nelson Mandela

400

This U-M alum founded Google

Larry Page

500

Abnormal growth of small bones is known as this

What is acromegaly?
500

This country has the most time zones in the world.

France, 14 time zones including overseas territories 

500

How many teeth does an adult human have?

32

500

This woman’s 1848 convention helped launch the American women’s rights movement

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

500

This was U-M’s original name.

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