MSU History & Traditions
Michigan State University was founded in 1855 under this original name.
What is Agricultural College of the State of Michigan?
The Spartan Marching Band performs this iconic drill formation at every home football game.
What is the block S?
The law of supply and demand says when demand goes up, prices tend to do this.
What is increase?
This singer’s Eras Tour has been credited with boosting the U.S. economy.
Who is Taylor Swift?
A group of flamingos is called this.
What is a flamboyance?
The MSU fight song begins with this famous line.
What is “On the banks of the Red Cedar”?
This MSU basketball coach is in the Hall of Fame and has led the Spartans to multiple Final Four appearances.
Who is Tom Izzo?
Inflation means the purchasing power of your money is doing this.
What is decreasing?
In The Wolf of Wall Street, Leonardo DiCaprio plays this real-life stockbroker.
Who is Jordan Belfort?
Monopoly was originally designed to teach this economic concept.
What is the dangers of monopolies / wealth inequality?
In 1995, MSU officially changed its mascot to Sparty. Before that, the mascot costume was often called this.
What is “The Spartan Warrior”?
The Spartan statue on campus is also affectionately known as this.
What is Sparty?
Starbucks introduces pumpkin spice lattes every fall because of this type of consumer demand.
What is seasonal demand?
The “Barbenheimer” summer of 2023 referred to the release of these two blockbuster films.
What are Barbie and Oppenheimer?
This U.S. coin has an animal on the back.
What is the buffalo nickel?
MSU won the first ever NCAA men’s basketball championship game played on national television in this year.
What is 1979?
MSU’s mascot Sparty has been voted one of the top mascots in the NCAA multiple times. He first appeared in costume form in this decade.
What is the 1950s?
This famous phrase describes when people receive a benefit without paying for it, like downloading free Spotify music.
What is the free rider problem?
This Marvel superhero is also a billionaire industrialist.
Who is Tony Stark / Iron Man?
MSU Dairy Store ice cream is famous. This is the most popular flavor.
What is Spartan Swirl
This MSU alum co-founded a company that became Google’s parent company Alphabet.
Who is Larry Page?
This MSU football player became a two-time Super Bowl champion and MVP quarterback.
Who is Brad Van Pelt?
MSU is a land-grant university, created through this 1862 act that funded colleges by giving land.
What is the Morrill Act?
Beyoncé’s Renaissance tour added an estimated $4.5 billion to this economy.
What is the U.S. economy?
The longest word in the English dictionary has how many letters?
What is 45 (pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis)?