Wellness
It is recommended that college students get this much sleep every night.
What is 7-9 hours? ("8" also accepted)
The main unit of energy measurement used in nutrition and biology.
What are kilocalories/kcals? ("Calories" also accepted)
Dating back to 1875, this is considered the college's oldest tradition.
What is Flower Sunday?
The sun is located approximately this many miles from the Earth.
The youngest US president.
Who was Theodore Roosevelt?
Using your phone before bed suppresses production of this hormone.
What is melatonin?
Categorized into proteins, fats, and carbohydrates, these are essential for energy and maintenance of structures and systems.
What are macronutrients?
Wellesley College was chartered on March 17 of this year.
What is 1870?
The first iPhone was released in this year.
When is 2007?
This is the number of elements currently on the periodic table.
What is 118?
You are recommended to drink no more than this amount of caffeine per day.
What is 400 milligrams? ("4 cups of coffee" also acceptable)
There are this number of essential vitamins and minerals.
What is 13?
Wellesley College's founding family.
Who are the Durants?
This was the first video ever played on MTV.
What is "Video Killed the Radio Star"?
Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 originated from his 1951 novella with this name.
What is "The Fireman"?
The word bacteria comes from a Greek word meaning this.
What is "small rod"? ("small staff" also accepted)
Carrots were originally this color instead of orange.
What is purple?
This building, once a center of campus life, burned down on March 17, 1914.
What is College Hall?
The Nile River Basin (the longest river in the world) spans this many countries.
What is 11?
The first woman ever inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Who is Aretha Franklin?
A human heart, on average, pumps over this many gallons of blood per day.
What is 2,000?
What are mushrooms?
At least this many Wellesley alumnae later would later become US ambassadors.
What is five?
JFK was assassinated on this day in 1963.
When is November 22?
This is the name of the largest volcano on Earth.
What is Mauna Loa?