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100

UBC's sports teams are known by this name.

What are Thunderbirds?

100

A slang term meaning charisma or romantic charm.

What is "Rizz"?

100

Rotary's official motto.

What is "service above self"?

100

This French military leader crowned himself emperor in 1804.

Who is Napoleon Bonaparte?

100

This planet is known as the Red Planet.

What is Mars?

200

This traditional Japanese garden on campus was named after a scholar and diplomat featured on Canada's five-dollar bill from 1954 to 1978.

What is the Nitobe Memorial Garden?

200

The fictional African nation ruled by T'Challa in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

What is Wakanda?

200

Rotary played a major role in eliminating this disease worldwide.

What is Polio?

200

This explorer reached the Americas in 1492.

Who is Christopher Columbus?

200

This process allows plants to convert sunlight into energy.

What is Photosynthesis?

300

In 1922, thousands of students marched through Vancouver in this famous protest to demand that UBC's campus be completed. (Hint: we have a large banner on campus with this written on it)

What is The Great Trek?

300

This NFL tight end has frequently appeared in headlines due to his relationship with Taylor Swift.

Who is Travis Kelce?

300

Rotaract's official colour is this shade of pink.

What is cranberry?

300

This wall fell in 1989, symbolising the end of the Cold War.

What is the Berlin Wall?

300

This is the most abundant gas in Earth's atmosphere, making up about 78% of it.

What is nitrogen?

400

This year marks the founding of UBC.

When is 1908?

400

Jeremy Allen White won multiple Emmy Awards for portraying Carmen "Carmy" Berzatto in this series.

What is "The Bear"?

400

Rotary International has clubs in this many countries and territories.

What is 220?

400

This document, signed in 1215, limited the power of the English king.

What is the Magna Carta?

400

This scientist developed the theory of relativity.

Who is Albert Einstein?

500

This future prime minister earned degrees from UBC before entering politics.

Who is Kim Campbell?

500

The Shiba Inu named Kabosu inspired this internet meme and later a cryptocurrency.

What is Doge?

500

Rotary was founded in this city in 1905.

What is Chicago?

500

This European country has Indonesia as its most significant/famous colony.

What is the Netherlands?

500

This particle carries a negative electric charge.

What is an electron?