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This iconic candy bar, featuring nougat topped with caramel and covered in chocolate, is known for its catchy slogan, "You're not you when you're hungry."  

What is a Snickers bar?

100
VU-WiSE stands for

What is Vanderbilt Women in Science and Engineering?

100

This classic monster, often depicted as a lumbering giant with bolts in his neck, is a reanimated corpse brought to life by a mad scientist.

What is Frankenstein's monster?

100

The final score in the Alabama vs. Vanderbilt game

What is 40-35?

100

This Chemist and Physicist discovered Polonium and Radium, winning two Nobel Prizes.

Who is Marie Curie?

200

In this classic 1978 horror film directed by John Carpenter, a masked killer escapes from a mental institution to terrorize a group of teenagers on Halloween night.  

What is Halloween?

200

The fall of this year, the enrollment of the School of Engineering reached a majority percentage of female students.

What is 2022?

200

This legendary sea monster, often associated with Norse mythology, is said to dwell off the coasts of Norway and Greenland and has inspired tales of ships being dragged underwater.

What is the Kraken?

200

The ratio of squirrels to students

What is 3:1?

200

Her X-ray work helped Watson and Crick discover the double helix structure of DNA.

Who is Rosalind Franklin?

300

This traditional Halloween game involves blindfolding participants and having them try to grab apples floating in water, a practice rooted in ancient Celtic customs.  

What is apple bobbing?

300

Name 2 of our 10 executive board members

Who are: Melanie Padalino (President), Heather Hartmann (VP), Rachel Koh (Secretary), Destiny Harrison (Treasurer), Catherine Mao (Treasurer), Kayley Knollman (Social Chair), Ella Weaverling (Social Chair), Rachel Moen (Mentorship), Carissa Kim (Mentorship), and Grace Decker (Outreach).

300

In Japanese folklore, this giant creature is known for its immense size and power, and has been portrayed in numerous films.

What is Godzilla?

300

Name 5 of the 6 Res Colleges at Vanderbilt

What are Carmichael, Moore, Zeppos, EBI, Rothschild, and Warren?

300

Pioneer in computer programming, inventing the COBOL and "debugging".

Who is Grace Hopper?

400

This iconic 1993 Halloween movie features three witches resurrected in modern-day Salem and stars Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kathy Najimy.  

What is Hocus Pocus?

400

VU WISE's President?

Who is Melanie Padalino?

400

This mythical creature from the Scottish Highlands is often described as a large, aquatic beast resembling a dragon or serpent.

What is the Loch Ness Monster?

400

How many buildings compose Stevenson Center?

What is 8?

400

This mathematician was pivotal in developing the algorithms used in early NASA missions and featured in "Hidden Figures"

Who is Katherine Johnson?

500

In Mexican culture, this holiday, celebrated on November 2nd, honors deceased loved ones and often features altars adorned with sugar skulls and marigolds, emphasizing the connection to the afterlife and Halloween's roots.  

What is Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead)?

500

This VU WISE Event is currently going and you should try to participate in

What is Virtual Food Drive?

500

In the film Monsters, Inc., this lovable blue monster has a best friend named Mike Wazowski.

Who is Sulley (James P. Sullivan)?

500
As of fall 2024, what ranking did Vanderbilt tie for in the US News and World Report Best National University Rankings?

What is 18?

500

*** This groundbreaking biochemist, who conducted pivotal research on mRNA and paved the way for the COVID-19 vaccines and was awarded the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.***


Who is Katalin Karikó?