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100

"No cuts, no buts, no coconuts" - _______ ______

Person: Sheldon Cooper

100

What is the highest snowfall recorded in the Keweenaw in inches? This occurred in 1930-31

356 inches

(closest answer wins)

100

Failure of safety equipment due to buckling of main drill pipe led to what major chemical spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010

Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

100

What was the name of MTU when it was first founded

Michigan Mining School

100

Name for being afraid of many small or repetative holes in clusters

Trypophobia

200

"I'm not superstitious, but I'm a little-stitious" - _______ _____

Person: Michael Scott

200

What is the highest peak in the UP and Michigan

Mount Arvon

200

Name the location of the industrial incident involving methyl isocyanate which led to Congress establishing the Chemical Safety Board (CSB)

Bhopal, India

200

What percentage of enrollment at MTU does the College of Engineering make up

55.5%

200

In which country is it illegal to own just one guinea pig

Switzerland

300

"When people get too chummy with me, I call them by the wrong name to let them know I don't really care about the" - ___ _______

Person: Ron Swanson

300

What is the name of the longest curveless section of highway in Michigan, also one of the longest straight stretches of curveless highway east of the Mississippi River

Seney Stretch

300

Loss of control during low power testing led to explosion and fire destroying reactor building and releasing harmful energy and isotopes into surrounding area

Chernobyl, Ukraine

300

What year was the Husky Statue unveiled on campus

2014

300

What common spice acts as a hallucinogen if consumed in large enough quantities

Nutmeg

400

"Is mayonnaise an instrument" - _______ ____

Person: Patrick Star

400

What year was the word "Yooper" first published

1979

400

The Great ________ Flood occurred in Boston, Massachusetts in 1919

Molassess

400

What is the oldest standing building on MTU's campus?

ROTC Building

400

What is the only letter to not appear in any state's name in America

U

500

"We were both wrong, not equally wrong. You were at least six more wronger than me" - __ _____

Person: Dr. House

500

How many bridges, other than Mackinaw, are used to cross into the Upper Penninsula

24

500

Ignition of emissions from raffinate liquids overflowing from the top of a blowout stack on an ISOM unit led to this major safety incident.

Texas City refinery explosion

500

What professor holds the record for quickest nomination and receiving the Distinguished Teaching Award in the history of MTU

KYLE GRIFFIN (MVP)

500

Which prominent member of British royalty was a trained mechanic

Queen Elizabeth II 

(RIP Queen Lizzie)