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Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader
100

What year was the lacrosse program created?

When is 2017

100

Who was traded to the Broncos?

Who is Russell Wilson 

100

The Tewaaraton Award is given annually to the top male and female college lacrosse players in the country, who is the only athlete to win this award three times in their career?

Who is Taylor Cummings

100

For some reason, a picture of this athlete crying after his NBA Hall of Fame induction in 2009 became meme-worthy in ‘16.

Who is Michael Jordan 

100

Pluto was once a planet, it is now what?

What is a dwarf planet
200

Who is the UCCS Athletic Director?

Who is Nathan Gibson

200

What is the reason why gas is currently so high?

What is U.S. House Russia oil ban

200

Called "the mother of the civil rights movement," this famous women invigorated the struggle for racial equality when she refused to give up her bus seat to a white man in Montgomery, Alabama.

Who is Rosa Parks

200

In January 2021, a photograph of U.S. Senator from Vermont and former presidential candidate, seated during the inauguration of Joe Biden wearing a face mask and distinctive mittens, went viral.

Who is Bernie Sanders

200

What unit of measurement is abbreviated "oz"?

What is ounces

300

When was UCCS founded? 

What is 1965

300

The U.S. Women’s Soccer team reached an agreement on Feb. 22, 2022 ending a major discrimination battle.

What is equal pay to the U.S. Men's soccer team.

300

'Still I Rise' is this famous poets declaration that she, for one, would not allow the hatefulness of society to determine her own success.


Who is Maya Angelou

300

This comedian’s 2016 stand-up special, What Now?, sparked a meme when he leaned away from his microphone and stared bug-eyed into the camera.

Who is Kevin Hart

300

How many nouns are in the following sentence: "The rabbit ran to the cafeteria and ate a big salad."

What is three

400

Clyde is the UCCS mascot, what was our first mascot?

What is a Giraffe; Stretch the Fighting Longneck

400

This American basketball star was was arrested in Russia on allegations of drug smuggling.

Who is Brittney Griner 

400

Outraged at the disparity between men's and women's prizes at major tournaments, this famous tennis player spearheaded the drive for equal prize money and equal treatment of women.

Who is Billie Jean King

400

The cookbook author joked that she didn’t “practice my cry face” before Legend won his Golden Globe in 2015.

Who is Chrissy Teigen

400

Since the late 1930s, what calendar date has been designated for the inauguration of a United State president? 

What is January 20th

500

During its early years Colorado Springs Center operated as a division of the CU Boulder campus, in what year was UCCS recognized as a distinct campus?

What is 1972

500

According to USA Lacrosse Magazine, this university is the currently ranked first for Division II in women's lacrosse

Who is University of Indianapolis  

500

This Supreme Court justice successfully fought against gender discrimination and unified the liberal block of the court.

Who is Ruth Bader Ginsburg

500

The Flavor of Love alum is still a fan favorite on the internet thanks to 2006 freeze-frame of her sitting on a bed with her hands clasped, sunglasses on and looking, well, not happy.

Who is Tiffany “New York” Pollard

500

In the initials of the deeral agency known as NASA, what does the first "A" stand for?

What is Aeronautics