Famous Alumni
UofM Wildlife
TED's Wonderful Speakers
Pop(ish) Culture
Rooted in Tradition
100

This alumni was drafted in the 7th round of the NFL draft by the New England Patriots and won 7 Super Bowl rings.

Who is Tom Brady?

100

This species of live animal used to be brought our during michigan footbal games.

What is a wolverine?

100

This Heisman Trophy winner and Super Bowl MVP gave a talk at TEDxUofM called "Be Coachable in Life".

Who is Desmond Howard?

100
This popular AA Pizza restaurant has its "roots" in NYC.

What is Joe's Pizza

100

This location on campus has a large golden 'M' where you will fail your upcoming exam if you step on it.

What is the Diag?

200

This billionaire majored in computer engineering before creating Google as a startup.

Who is Larry Page?

200

These obese creatures live on the diag with an entire club dedicated to them.

What are squirrels?

200

This tech billionaire has given many TED talks, mainly about education and global disease, including malaria and Covid-19.

Who is Bill Gates?

200

She directed the 2023 blockbuster movie “Barbie”.

Who is Greta Gerwig?

200

As described in "Hail to the Victors", students of the university are called the what and what?

What are the leaders and best?

300

The "Queen of Pop", a Michigan alumna, is known for hits like "Crazy for You" and "Vogue".

Who is Madonna?

300

If you step on the M, you must run naked across campus to kiss these animals.

What are the puma statues?

300

The director of Avatar, Titanic, and The Terminator, this man gave a 2010 TED Talk about curiosity.

Who is James Cameron?

300

Michigan's most recent national champion quarterback now plays for this NFL team.

What is the Minnesota Vikings?

300

A tradition at U-M football games is listening to an iconic video recorded by this famous alumni before the team storms the field.

Who is James Earl Jones?

400

This actor is known for his role on Glee and has also received Emmy and Golden Globe awards for various movies.

Who is Darren Criss?

400

This animal infamously and illegally entered the Law Library last semester.

What is a deer?

400

This magician and illusionist, known for regurgitating live frogs and being buried alive gave a talk titled "How I held My Breath for 17 Minutes".

Who is David Blaine?

400

This man, an alumni as well, is famous for reviewing pizza.

Who is Dave Portnoy

400

Kiss your love here at midnight and you're destined to get married.

What is the West Hall/Engineering Arch?

500

This famous playwrite and Michigan alumn is known for writing The Crucible and The Death of a Salesman.

Who is Arthur Miller?


500

This Black Lab is well known for catching hail mary frisbee throws at the Big House.

Who is Victor?

500

This former President won the TED Prize in 2007 and gave a talk titled "My Wish: Rebuilding Rwanda".

Who is Bill Clinton?

500

This movie is the highest grossing movie so far in 2024.

What is Inside Out 2?

500

In part of this recent tradition, Mr. Brightside, originally performed by this rock band, is played at the end of the third quarter of Michigan games.

Who are the killers?