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Why David Starr Jordan doesn't exist
Why Lulu Miller doesn't exist
Why PNW doesn't exist
Why Fish Don't Exist
Why Drue Denmon doesn't exist
100

Who's untimely death prompted DSJ to begin illustrating his journals with lots of color?

His brother, Rufus 

100

What is the radio program called that Lulu Miller cohosts with Latif Nasser? 

Radiolab 

100

What was PNW's original name? 

Purdue University Calumet

100

Which species are the oldest inhabitants on earth? 

A) Fish

B) Humans

C) Birds

D) Dinosaurs

A) Fish 

100

Where is Drue Denmon originally from? 

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

200

Where did DSJ receive his bachelor's and master's degrees? 

Cornell 

200

What famous astronomer said the quote, "We are a speck on a speck on a speck" 

Neil de Grasse Tyson

200

What does SULB stand for? 

Student Union Library Building 

200

Do sharks have bones? 

A) 1 

B) 300 

C) 0 

D) 70 

C) 0 

They have cartilage, not bone 

200

Where is Drue Denmon's office? 

CLO 295
300

What was it that Jane Stanford ate too much of that DSJ was convinced led to her death? 

Gingerbread 
300

Where is Lulu Miller's favorite place on Earth? 

Humpback Rocks

300

What is the oldest building on PNW's campus?

Gyte
300

True or False: Is a jellyfish a fish? 

False! A jellyfish is a part of the phylum Cnidaria. 


300

Where did Drue receive her bachelor's degree? 

University of Pittsburgh

400

What is degeneration? 

The concept of a creature "falling from the rungs of life"; that bad habits could somehow cause a species to physically and cognitively decline. 

400

After the publication of the book, which universities renamed their buildings which were previously named after David Starr Jordan?

Stanford University and Indiana University 

400

When did PNW become a residential campus? 

2005

400

Do fish breathe oxygen? 

Yes! They just don't breathe air. Their gills contain a network of fine blood vessels that diffuse the oxygen throughout the fish's membranes. 
400

Does Drue Denmon have a master's degree? And, if she does, where did she receive it from? 

Yes, and it's from the University of Iowa

500

What is the 'scala naturae'? And who originally envisioned it? 

Aristotle 

"Holy ladder" 

500

What is ophidiophobia? 

The fear of snakes! Lulu Miller suffers from this. 

500

When was the bell tower built? 

2022

500

How old is the estimated age of the Greenland shark? 

A) 33 years old 

B) between 250 and 500 years 

C) between 100 and 150 years 

D) between 400 and 500 years 

B) between 250 and 500 years

500

What is something that you think Drue Denmon cannot live without? 

Coffee 

Stationery 

Books

Fountain pens