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100
This park is a stone's throw from Stern and is famous for its arch that honors the nation's first president.
What is Washington Square Park?
100
This institution, founded in 1885 by a former governor of and U.S. senator from California and leading railroad tycoon, was also the academic home to Dean Henry prior to Stern.
What is (Leland) Stanford (Jr.) University?
100
This TV show is a spinoff of the hit show “Breaking Bad”
What is Better Call Saul?
100
The name of Lenore's husband and business partner.
What is Paul?
100
First woman and Latina to win Icon Award.
Who is Jennifer Lopez?
200
This area in upper Manhattan is bordered by Inwood to the North and Harlem to the South.
What is Washington Heights?
200
The name of the building where NYU Stern is housed.
What is the Henry Kaufman Center?
200
This musician’s song “All of Me” reached the #1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 in May.
Who is John Legend?
200
This city is the hometown of a Stern Storyteller, the only city in the world with a natural saltwater lake, and is a part of the area that produces music that makes you “go dumb.”
What is Oakland?
200
Former national security advisor to George W. Bush, making her the first woman to hold this position.
Who is Condoleezza Rice?
300
This neighborhood in Brooklyn is the only one to share its name with a Disney character.
What is Dumbo?
300
This popular Stern finance professor is often highlighted in the media for his insights on company valuations.
Who is (Aswath) Damodaran?
300
This team played the eventual champions of the 2014 NBA Playoffs in the 1st round
What/Who are the Dallas Mavericks?
300
This popular restaurant group is famous for delicious burgers with some of the longest lines in the city. It is also famous for hosting one Sternie over the summer as an intern.
What is Union Square Hospitality Group?
300
Won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993 and was South Africa’s first democratically elected President in May 1994.
Who is Nelson Mandela?
400
What very popular stage musical is set in New York City, but based on a Shakespeare play?
What is West Side Story?
400
The number of Nobel Prize winners who are active on the faculty at NYU Stern, and the school's rank in the world for its research productivity.
What is three?
400
Earlier this year, the regions of Donetsk and Luhansk held referendums on the topic of self-rule from this country.
What is Ukraine?
400
This Colombian lady hails from Miami, sits on the board of 2 clubs at Stern, and worked in luxury retail this past summer.
Who is Dulce?
400
In addition to people of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Dominican, and Salvadoran origin, these two Hispanic origin groups have more than 1 million people in the US.
Who are Guatemalans and Colombians?
500
This is the largest park in New York City.
What is Pelham Bay Park?
500
Stern's promise to "deliver a unique education that combines rigor in the classroom with engagement beyond the classroom to broaden perspectives and change mindsets" can be best summed up with what core phrase?
What is an Education in Possible?
500
This African-American actress knows everything there is to know about TLC and recently became the first black Cinderella on Broadway.
Who is Keke Palmer?
500
One of our Stern Storytellers helped this big box retailer expand into Canada in 2013.
What is Target?
500
He is the first African American winner of the Academy Award for Best Actor.
Who is Sidney Poitier?