DAVIS
NATURE
MUSIC
TECH
FOOD
100

UC Davis became an official University of California campus this year, transitioning from its origins as a farm school.

What is 1959?

100

This gas is released by plants during photosynthesis.

What is Oxygen?

100

This instrument has 88 keys.

What is a piano?

100

This company created the iPhone.

What is Apple.

100

This creamy green fruit is one of California’s most famous agricultural exports.

What is an avocado?

200

UC Davis is home to this number of water towers.

What is 2?

200

This strength of this natural phenomenon is measured using the Richter scale.

What is an earthquake?

200

This classical composer became completely deaf later in life.

Who is Beethoven?

200

This peripheral device translates digital signals into audio signals.

What is a speaker?

200

Cooking food slowly in liquid just below boiling is known as this.

What is simmering?

300

This is the oldest building on the UC Davis campus.

What is the Wyatt Pavillion?

300

This animal sleeps up to 20 hours a day.

What is a Koala?

300

This person is the best-selling female artist of all time.

Who is Madonna?

300

This programming language, developed by Sun Microsystems in 1995, is widely used for cross-platform applications.

What is Java?

300

Egg whites are beaten to make this light, fluffy dessert or cake topping.

What is meringue?

400

There are this number of boba spots in downtown. (Fact-checked by Mario and Emery)

What is 10?

400

This mesmerizing sky display is created when electrons and protons from the Sun interact with oxygen and nitrogen in Earth’s upper atmosphere.

What is the Aurora Borealis?

400

This is the scientific name for how loudness is measured.

What is a Decibel (dB)?

400

This method of disguising information in order to prevent unauthorized access is widely used online.

What is encryption?

400

Pasteurization is the process of using heat to kill this in food and beverages.

What is harmful bacteria?

500

This event happens every first friday of the month at UC Davis bookstore often offering sales on merchandise.

What are Blue and Gold Fridays?

500

This type of wetland ecosystem is dominated by salt-tolerant plants and often forms at the interface between rivers and the ocean.

What is a mangrove swamp?

500

This is the rarest voice type in singing for men.

What is a Countertenor?

500

This is the smallest unit of digital data, representing a 0 or 1.

What is a bit?

500

Kombucha is a fermented drink made using sweetened tea and this type of culture.

What is SCOBY (symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeast)?