UCSB Fun Facts
In 1954, this residence hall was the first to be built on campus
What is Santa Rosa Residence Hall?
This African-American mathematician calculated key trajectories in the Space Race as well as for the 1969 Apollo 11 flight to the moon
Who is Katherine Johnson?
These powdered-sugar-coated, square-shaped pieces of fried dough are commonly associated with the city of New Orleans
What are beignets?
Science, Technology, Engineering, Math
What is STEM?
Chip, one of the characters in beauty and the beast, is this object before being turned back into a boy
What is a tea cup?
This is the total length of bike paths on UCSB's campus
What is 7 miles?
This computer scientist is known for her trailblazing contributions to computer science and the development of computer languages as well as being a US Navy admiral
Who is Grace Hopper?
The base flavor of a traditional marzipan
What is almond?
The element with atomic number 79, whose atomic symbol comes from its Latin name
What is gold?
These three fairy godmothers take care of Aurora in Sleeping Beauty and are known for their distinct colors of blue, red, and green.
Who are Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather?
In 2010, this 5-time Grammy winner performed at Extravaganza
Who is Drake?
This X-ray crystallographer’s work led Watson and Crick to realize the double helical structure of DNA
Who is Rosalind Franklin?
The popular ice cream brand Ben & Jerry’s was founded in this U.S. state
What is Vermont?
This word means to join together two pieces of metal by melting their edges and fusing them together
What is "weld"?
Hades’s devil sidekicks in Hercules
Our men’s soccer team won the NCAA championship title in this year
What is 2006?
This English countess is credited with being the first person to recognize that computers had a much larger potential than mathematical calculation and wrote the first algorithm for a machine
Who is Ada Lovelace?
Black forest cake is named after a mountain range in this country
What is Germany?
If you’re British, this is what you’d call an “apartment”
What is "flat"?
This Disney princess was the first one ever created with the movie releasing in 1937
Who is Snow White?
This phrase is UCSB’s campus motto (Hint: it’s the same as the other UCs)
What is "Let there be light"? (or the Latin version: "Fiat lux")
This marine biologist and conservationist wrote the book Silent Spring, which brought public attention to the harmful effects of the pesticide DDT
Who is Rachel Carson?
This traditional British treat is the favorite dessert of Harry Potter in the book series
What is treacle tart?
The first four letter noun in the nursery rhyme hey diddle diddle
What is the Moon?
This Disney character is Lilo’s older sister who enjoys surfing
Who is Nani Pelanki?