PGN
Riddles
Purdue
World Cup
General Knowledge/Random
100

The PGN colors

What are red, gold and black?

100

The more you use it, the sharper it gets, but it isn’t a blade.

What is your brain?

100

Number of dining halls on campus

What is 5?

100

Countries hosting the next World Cup?

What are The US, Canada, and Mexico?

100

US state that has the lowest population

What is Wyoming?

200

Official flower of PGN

What is a rose?

200

Has a key that unlocks nothing, and is played not tuned

What is a piano/keyboard?

200

This spot near the Engineering Fountain is said to echo perfectly when you clap while standing in its center.

What is the Clapping Circle?

200

This U.S. state will host the World Cup Final in 2026

What is New Jersey?

200

This thought experiment explores whether redirecting a threat to minimize casualties is justifiable.

What is The Trolley Problem?

300

Year PGN was formed

What is 1924?

300

Has a current but no plug, and flows without wires

What is a river?

300

Year that was Purdue University founded

What is 1869?

300

This Shakira song became the anthem of the 2010 World Cup

What is “Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)”?

300

This U.S. state has the most active volcanoes

What is Alaska?

400

Phi Gamma Nu was originally an all male fraternity, True or False?

What is false?

400

Goes up but never comes down

What is your age?

400

The name of traveling trophy between IU and Purdue Football

What is The Old Oaken Bucket

400

This country qualified for the 2022 World Cup for the first time in its history.

What is Qatar?

400

The first 5 digits of PI

What is 3.1415?

500

The three pillars of PGN

What are Professionalism, Philanthropy, and Brotherhood?

500

The person who makes it doesn’t need it. The person who buys it doesn’t use it. The person who uses it doesn’t know it.

What is a coffin?

500

This person donated $150,000 to start Purdue University

Who is John Purdue?

500

He scored the “Hand of God” goal in the 1986 World Cup.

Who is Diego Maradona?

500

This country invented paper, printing, gunpowder, and the compass.

What is China?