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400

"...If nautical non-sense be something you wish..."

What is Spongebob Squarepants

400

The successful utilization of this fuel source was a catalyst for the Industrial Revolution in the 18th-19th century

What is Coal

400
Three former Paypal employees debuted this video sharing website to the world in 2005. A year later, it was bought by Google.

What is Youtube

400

This company's CEO declared in a tweet on May 1st 2020 that in his opinion, the company's stock was too high. Within an hour, the stock price had dropped 10%

What is Tesla

400

This grassy field sits in front of University College and every September, is home to the U of T Clubs Carnival.

What is King's College Circle

800

"In West Philadelphia born and raised..."

What is Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

800

This rodent named peripheral device is needed if you want to click and move your cursor around the computer screen.

What is a mouse

800

Twitter increased its character limit for tweets in 2018 from 140 to this

What is 280

800

Leonardo DiCaprio plays Jordan Belfort, a high-rolling, drug-abusing, money-hungry Wall Street investor in this 2013 Martin Scorsese film, a role that would win him an Oscar Nomination.

What is the Wolf of Wall Street

800

It's a Peacock! It's a Turkey! It's Triceratops?! This U of T library stands out for its brutalist architecture and in recent times, has been a topic of heated discussion over its true animalistic resemblance.

What is Robarts Library

1200

"I know you see, somehow the world will change for me and be so wonderful..."

What is iCarly

1200

Apple removed this from its iPhone 7 models in 2016, paving the way for wireless earbuds.

What is the headphone jack?

1200

Celebrities, politicians and internet personalities gasped and shivered their way through dumping buckets of ice water on their heads for the "Ice Bucket Challenge", a viral sensation raising awareness for this motor-neuron disease

What is ALS

1200

A colloquial term for investors or analysts who foresee positive growth for a company.

What is a bull

1200

This ex-hotel turned student residence has the humourous nickname of "Best Nut"

What is Chestnut Residence

1600

"So no-one told you life was gonna be this way..."

What is Friends

1600

This invention in 1852 allowed for buildings so be built with many more storeys than previously before. Beforehand, building height was limited to how much people could climb up stairs.

What is the elevator

1600

In June 2019, Facebook user Smyleekun created a satirical Facebook event in which he urged participants to invade this American military base with the caption "If we Naruto run, we can move faster than their bullets."

What is Area 51

1600

This city is home to the world's first stock exchange

What is Amsterdam

1600

A bronze statue of this famous U of T English professor can be found sitting on a wooden bench at Victoria College

Who is Northrop Frye

2000

"Timmy's just an average kid, that no-one understands..."

What is Fairly Odd Parents

2000

Benedict Cumberbatch plays the role of Alan Turing in 2014's Imitation Game as he and his fellow British codebreakers attempt to decrypt this German cipher machine to help turn the tide of World War II.

What is Enigma

2000

Mark Zuckerburg created the social media site Facebook in 2004 as a sophomore at this university

What is Harvard

2000

The number of companies in the Dow Jones Industrial Average

What is 30
2000

U of T's very own campus radio station CIUT-FM is housed in this building

What is Hart House