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100

Bill Gates and Alexander Dreyfoos were major funders for the construction of this iconic MIT building, which opened in 2004

What is the Stata Center?

100

This person served as the first president of MIT from 1862-1870

Who is William Barton Rogers?

100

This restaurant opened at the corner of Broadway and Third Street in August 2019

What is Shy Bird?

100

In 2012, MIT hackers turned the 21-story Green Building into a giant, playable game of this, controlled by a joystick attached to a podium

What is Tetris?

100

MIT's "greatest fictional alumnus," this character was portrayed by Robert Downey Jr in several films

Who is Tony Stark/Iron Man?

200

MIT fraternities, sororities, and independent living groups can be found in these 3 cities/towns

What are Cambridge, Boston, and Brookline?

200

North Court was named after this former MIT President in 2019

Who is Susan Hockfield?

200

MIT established its first research center outside of Massachusetts in this country in 2007

What is Singapore?

200

Google Earth offers this unit of measurement as an option for measuring distance, named after an MIT alum and fraternity member

What is a smoot?

200

Jodie Foster played an astronomer and MIT alum who finds evidence of extraterrestrial life in this 1997 movie

What is Contact?

300

The first three floors of 314 Main Street in Kendall Square (aka "Site 5") will be home to this MIT entity beginning in 2022

What is the MIT Museum?

300

This current director of MIT Emergency Management has been in the spotlight for COVID response during the past year

Who is Suzanne Blake?

300

"Camelot" and "Intervale" are two cabins owned by MIT in this state for use by the MIT Outing Club

What is New Hampshire?

300

The uncle of this former U.S. President was a professor of engineering at MIT from 1936-1973

Who is Donald Trump?

300

Brothers Tom and Ray Magliozzi, both MIT alums, hosted this popular radio show on NPR from 1977-2012

What is Car Talk?

400

The names of 270,000 MIT students, faculty, alumni, and staff from 1861-2018 are etched onto a mosaic of the Great Dome, which can be seen in the lobby of this research facility on campus

What is MIT.nano?

400

This current president of RPI and life member of the MIT Corporation was the first African-American woman to earn a PhD from the Institute (in 1973)

Who is Shirley Jackson?

400

This off-campus research center is engaged in radio science research and the practical application of related technology

What is the Haystack Observatory?

400
Each year, a committee of MIT sophomores designs the class ring, which is known by this nickname

What is the Brass Rat?

400

Matt Damon played the title character in Good Will Hunting (partially set at MIT); Ben Affleck's character was named this

Who is Chuckie?

500

The MIT football field is named after this person, an unpopular name in Boston

Who is Henry Steinbrenner?

(Class of 1927, father of George)

500

This Economics Professor was the second woman and the youngest person ever to receive the Nobel Prize in Economics when she won in 2019

Who is Esther Duflo?

500

President Obama had lunch at this Main Street restaurant near Tech Square during a visit to Boston/Cambridge in 2015

What is Area Four?


500

Residents of Baker House drop this item from the roof of their building to recognize "Drop Day" each year

What is a piano?

500

This book by Ben Mezrich told the story of MIT card counters beating casinos at their own game

What is Bringing Down the House?