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100

This artist's 2024 album Short n' Sweet included the hit songs “Espresso” and “Please Please Please.”

Who is Sabrina Carpenter?

100

Before becoming a four-year university, UCR began as a citrus experiment station in this year.

What is 1907?

100

"Oh, I leave quite an impression. Five feet, to be exact."

What is "Espresso?"

100

What is the only planet in our solar system that rotates clockwise when viewed from above its north pole?

What is Venus?

100

UCR is one of how many campuses in the University of California system?

What is 10?

200

This actor played both Ken in Barbie and Jacob in The Fall Guy.

Who is Ryan Gosling?

200

UCR became the seventh general campus of the University of California in this year.

What is 1954?

200

"Strength and guidance. All that I'm wishin' for my friends. Nobody makes it from my ends."

What is "One Dance?"

200

Which country has won the most FIFA World Cups?

What is Brazil?

200

Which UCR school houses programs such as Neuroscience, Biology, Biochemistry, and Microbiology?

What is the College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences?

300

Who won best player in FIFA World Cup?

Who is Rodri?

300

This UCR alumnus became the first UC Riverside graduate to serve as a U.S. ambassador.

Who is Raymond L. Burghardt?

300

"I've seen the world, lit it up as my stage now. Channeling angels in the new age now."

What is "Young and Beautiful?"

300

What element has the chemical symbol W?

What is tungsten?

300

UCR's famous citrus collection contains roughly how many varieties of citrus and related species?

What is more than 1,000?

400

What music award is considered the most prestigious and is typically handed out in February?

What are the Grammys?
400

UCR's original campus was built around this historic agricultural research mission, which helped shape its early identity.

What is citrus research?

400

"Look, I love her curves but what's more preferred. Is the way she articulates words."

What is "Love is Only a Feeling?"

400

In Greek mythology, who was condemned to push a boulder up a hill for eternity?

Who is Sisyphus?

400

UCR was originally established as an experiment station because Riverside was an important center for research into this Southern California industry.

What is the citrus industry?

500

This actress played Chani in Dune: Part Two and also appeared as MJ in the Spider-Man films.

Who is Zendaya?

500

This Nobel Prize winning UCR professor was recognized for pioneering work on the molecular basis of the circadian clock.

Who is Michael Rosbash?

500

"Often a heart tends to change its mind. A new day decides on a new design."

What is "This Old Dog?"

500

What is the speed of light?

3.0 * 10^8 m/s

500

Which UCR professor won the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries related to hepatitis C?

Who is Michael Houghton?