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This mascot, known for his hard hat and hammer, represents a university with a strong engineering program and is often seen cheering on the Boilermakers
Who is Purdue Pete?
Purdue's football team competes in this major college athletic conference, known for its strong programs across multiple sports
What is the Big Ten Conference?
This award was established after its founder read a premature obituary that labeled him the "merchant of death" due to his invention of dynamite. It is awarded annually in multiple categories to those who contribute positively to humanity.
What is the Nobel Prize?
This popular music streaming service allows users to listen to millions of songs, create playlists, and discover new music, revolutionizing the way people access and enjoy audio content
What is Spotify?
This blood-sucking insect, characterized by its slender body and long legs are notorious for its annoying buzzing and itchy bites.
What is a mosquito?
This Marvel character, whose uncle's tragic death motivates him, juggles his responsibilities as a student and a photographer while navigating life in Queens, New York
Who is Peter Parker?
This date, associated with autumnal celebrations featuring costumes and festivities that evoke a sense of mystery, also the birthday of a key figure in the founding of Purdue University.
Extra point for telling me the key figure
This award is presented annually to recognize excellence in cinematic achievements, honoring outstanding films and performances in categories such as Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor
What is the Academy Award or Oscar?
This luxury brand, named after the Greek god known as the messenger of the gods, is renowned for its high-quality leather goods, fashion accessories, and scarves.
What is Hermes?
This household pest, known for its flat body and long antennae, is often found in dark, damp places and can survive extreme conditions. Frequently scurrying across kitchens, it has become a symbol of resilience in pop culture, often eliciting both fear and humor
What is a cockroach?
This former NBA player, known as 'The Truth,' was a 10-time All-Star and spent the majority of his career with the Boston Celtics, leading them to an NBA Championship in 2008.
Who is Paul Pierce?
This iconic structure on Purdue's campus is often avoided by incoming freshmen, as a common superstition suggests that walking underneath it will result in not graduating within four years.
What is the bell tower?
This award is presented annually to recognize excellence in the recording industry, honoring outstanding achievements in various genres of music, including performances, productions, and compositions.
What is the Grammy Award?
This automobile manufacturer is humorously associated with a stereotype that its drivers are notorious for not using their turn signals, often leading to playful banter about their driving habits
What is BMW?
This industrious insect, characterized by its segmented body, six legs, and antennae, is often used as a metaphor for teamwork and perseverance. It is known for its ability to work together in large colonies, and exemplify the power of collaboration.
What is an ant?
This fictional character created by J.M. Barrie symbolizes eternal youth and the desire to remain a carefree child forever, known for his ability to fly and his refusal to grow up.
Who is Peter Pan?
These two fountains mark the start and finish of one of Purdue’s most famous traditions, where students run through various campus fountains, including stops at Sinninger Fountain and the Memorial Fountain.
Hint:E and L
What are the Engineering Fountain and Loeb Fountain?
This award is given annually for achievements in newspaper, magazine, and online journalism, literature, and musical composition within the United States, recognizing outstanding contributions to the field
What is the Pulitzer Prize?
This jewelry brand is humorously featured in The Office, where Dwight Schrute, in a comedic plotline, begins his scheme with the line 'What's my perfect crime? I break into ___ at midnight"
What is Tiffany?
This common insect, characterized by its two wings and quick movements, is frequently depicted buzzing around food and waste. It is often shown as harbinger of death in pop culture and represent impurity, decay and corruption.
What is a fly?
This prolific Spanish painter and sculptor is known for co-founding the Cubist movement and works like 'Guernica' and 'Les Demoiselles d'Avignon
Who is Pablo Picasso?
Purdue’s recreation center was named after what past Purdue President?
Who is France A. Cordova?
This award, established in 1936 by Canadian mathematician John Charles Fields, is considered one of the most prestigious math awards and is given every four years to mathematicians under the age of 40 in recognition of their exceptional contributions and breakthroughs in the field
What is the Fields Medal?
This Italian car manufacturer is renowned for producing high-performance hypercars, such as the Zonda HP Barchetta and Huayra Roadster BC.
What is Pagani
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What is a rat?