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100

The year SBC was founded


2007

100

What does NATO stand for, name 3 members

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

100

Highest waterfall in Ithaca

Taughannock Falls

100

An investing strategy that seeks measurable social or environmental outcomes

Impact investing


100
Number of people who left during retreat

5

Mo, Shrayes, Abhinav, Tish, Reya

200

Founder of SBC

Jessice Prue

200

Name of the recent winter storm that hit the East Coast

Winter Storm Hernando

200

First building built on campus

Morrill Hall

200

What does TBL stand for

Triple Bottom Line

200

How many animals does the Cornell Universiry Hospital for Animals treat per year (within 1,000 from the answer is correct)

21,000

300

Name all the alumni who graduated last year (+100 if you joined SBC this year)

Grace, Johanna, Sami, Riley, Yubing, Arya, Taja, Tess, Kat, Jessie, Hawi, Dev, Adya, Chloe, Faith

300

What class was marijuana rescheduled to

Class III

300

Serial killer whose brain is preserved at Cornell

Edward Rulloff

300

Define biomagnification

The process by which the concentration of a toxic substance increases at each successive trophic level in a food chain.


300

Estimate was total cost of NYC trip (be within 100 bucks of the right answer)

1,948

400

Spell first and last name of the alumni we consulted for

Shaibyaa Rahbhandari

400

Which European Commission leader pushed through provisional implementation of the controversial EU-Mercosur free trade deal

Ursula von der Leyen

400

Name 2 fast food restaurants started by Cornellians

Burger King, Shake Shack, Arbys

400

Whats the difference between Scope 1 and Scope 3 emissions

Scope 1: Direct emissions by a company

Scope 3: Emissions from a company's value chain (not energy)

400

A man leaves home, makes three left turns, and returns home to find two masked men waiting for him. Who are they?

The umpire and catcher in a baseball game

500

Name all the transfers in SBC and where they transferred from

Sophia Oh: Georgetown

Abhinav: UT Dallas
Alex: Ithaca College
Ella: GW
Jordan: Bing


500

Crude Oil Futures (within five cents)

71.26

500

Market size how many buildings Cornell owns (correct if within 50)

628

500

Year the American Investment Council Guidelines for Responsible Investing was created

2009

500

A clock shows the time as 3:15. What is the angle between the hour and the minute hand?

The hour hand moves 30 degrees per hour.

At 3:15, the hour hand has moved a quarter of the way between 3 and 4, meaning it has moved 7.5 degrees.

The minute hand is at 90 degrees.

The angle between them is 82.5 degrees.