Pop Culture
Mean Girls
Where is the Dyson Wellness Center located?
2nd floor of the Stadium
A parent approaches you and asks where the bathroom is. How do you explain it to them.
Explain how to get there and offer to physically take them there
Name all of the colors in the rainbow
red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet
Name 3 Illinois Sports Teams
Bears, Bulls, Blackhawks, Cubs, Sox, Chicago Fire, Chicago Stars, Chicago Sky, Etc.
name 3 fruits
banana, strawberry, lemon, cherry, etc
Rap Artist Who Started Their Career On Degrassi
Drake
sample answer: Journalism, Psychology, Criminology, Finance, Art History, German, Ethical Leadership, Etc.
A student asks you if we have greek life. What do you tell them?
what is a group of crows called?
a murder
what popular video game recently featured Avatar characters and mythic items such as waterbending and earthbending?
Fortnite
name all of the planets in order from closest to the sun to farthest from the sun
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, (pluto?)
what year was twitter launched?
2006
Name 5 of the Student Success Coaches
Dan, Katelin, Linh, Andrae, Sam, Shannon, Jodi, Savannah, Arwen, Angela, Mindy
A student says they heard Kaufman has awful food, what would you say to them?
Talk about the positives and the range of food offered!
how many hearts does an octopus have?
three
What was the Bears first pick in the 2024 NFL draft
Caleb Williams
how long is a marathon?
26.2
Country Artist with hit songs "t-shirt", "Make me wanna" & "marry me"
Thomas Rhett
What country does the coffee lab get their coffee from?
Guatemala
What do you do if it starts raining while bringing students to the library during an orientation?
Wait out the rain. Duck in and out of buildings.
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What are the names of the 3 starter Pokémon?
Bulbasaur, Charmander, Squirtle
What was the first animal to ever be cloned?
A sheep
Name 3 of Taylor Swifts Ex-Boyfriends
What 3 names has NCC been called?
A student asks you what FERPA is, what do you do?
Get Dan or Mindy. Do not explain on your own!
What are the names of Dan's kids?
Duncan and Lennon
Connor Bedard
what is the little plastic tip on the edge of a shoelace called?
the aglet
Who was the voice of Groot in Guardians of the Galaxy?
Vin Diesel
What building has a 'nap room' here on campus? Describe the name of the building, its location, as well as what resources are housed here.
Shimer House, Located just south of WAC and north of Wentz Science Center, home to the shimer professors offices as well as the 'home base' for the shimer great books school
Students start yelling at a presenter on stage and saying the presentation is pointless. How do you proceed?
1. determine if campus safety needs to be called
2. call them out and either remove them from the room or ask them to be quiet
3. ask the presenter if they are ok
What is the fear of the number 13 called?
Triskaidekaphobia
what was the score to the super bowl this year & who won?
25-22 (chiefs won)
Roughly how many residents live in Naperville
149,936
(answers accepted 140,000-160,000)