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Welcome Week Cal Trivia Night
Welcome Week Cal Trivia Night
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1
Where did Oski get his name?
His name was part of a cheer that began, “Oski wow wow! Whiskey wee wee!"
Nobody knows
It was the name chosen by a big Berkeley donor
Students at UC Berkeley who loved wintertime sports put a stuffed bear on
2
Why were the university colors of blue and gold chosen?
Blue-the sky, sea, Yale grads; Gold-"Golden State", wildflowers, bridge
the students voted for these colors
A founding member of Berkeley chose these as his fav colors
why not?
3
UC Berkeley’s College Meme Page (UC Berkeley Memes for Edgy Teens), the first of its kind, has how many members?
197k members
137k members
69k members
86k members
4
How tall is the Campanile (also referred to as Sather Tower)
137 ft
307 ft
560 ft
202 ft
5
In 1998, the Cal Fraternity brothers known as the Phoenix Five stole what item in the Cal-Stanford rivalry?
The Stanford Axe
Stanford's metallic cards
The Stanford Tree
The Stanford Train Whistle
6
True or false: Live bears have never served as UC Berkeley mascots.
False
True
7
Cal alumni Samuel Kresge, from where the Kresge Engineering Library gets his name, founded what retail chain?
Krispy Kreme
Kumon
K-Mart
Kohl's
8
Which fictional character did NOT end up attending UC Berkeley?
Dr. Emmett Brown (Back to the Future)
Troy Bolton (High School Musical)
Sheldon Cooper (The Big Bang Theory)
DJ Tanner (Full House)
9
What popular review website was founded by UC Berkeley undergraduates?
Foursquare
Rate My Professor
Yelp
Rotten Tomatoes
10
If you step on Berkeley's seal what will happen?
You wont get a 4.0
You will miss your finals
The world will end
You'll get into Stanford
11
How many medals did current and former UC Berkeley athletes earn at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio?
9
18
21
5
12
Which two answers are actual UC Berkeley traditions meant to enhance students’ grades?
Rolling down the hill on Faculty Glade
Running from Moffitt Library through Main Stacks Library
Not stepping on the World War II Memorial Seals surrounding Memorial Glade
Yelling at Bowles Hall
13
Which architectural style is this Berkeley building influenced by?
Fascism
Bratalism
Brutalism
None
14
Until funding dried up in 2014, UC Berkeley used to have the world’s only captive colony of what animal?
Red Wolf
Pygmy Marmoset
Spotted Hyena
Kangaroo
15
Architect and Cal alumni Julia Morgan designed what National Historic Landmark?
The Presidio
Hearst Castle
Alcatraz Island
Paramount Theater
16
Which campus building houses the Wimmer Golden Nugget: the piece of gold that started the California Gold Rush?
Earth Science and Maps Library
Bancroft Library
Main Stacks Library
The Anthropology Libary
17
Which two UC Berkeley faculty (1 current, 1 emeritus) just won the Nobel Prize?
Robert Reich
Jennifer Doudna
Reinhard Genzel
Alex Filippenko
18
How many officially recognized bear images (statues and murals) are there at UC Berkeley?
27
37
24
21
19
A fault-line runs through campus
False
True
20
Which famous Hollywood "Chris" attended UC Berkeley?
Chris Pratt
Chris Hemsworth
Chris Pine
Chris Evans
21
Everything except which invention was invented at Berkeley?
chicken nuggets
seeing eye chart
wetsuits
fruit cocktail
22
How many different elements are "hidden" in this image?
1
4
2
3
23
What building did John Galen Howard’s (UC Berkeley’s main architect) design first?
Hearst Greek Theater
Doe Library
Sather Toward/ Campanile
Hearst Memorial Mining Building
24
The first Cal football game on campus was played in 1885 against who?
The San Jose Spartans
The Diablo Valley Vikings
The San Francisco Merrions
The Stanford Cardinal
25
During the Vietnam War, how did the Chancellor escape student protestors blocking the exit of California Hall ?
underground tunnels
helicopter
disguise
national guard
26
UC Berkeley's first African American professor in UC history, David Blackwell, taught what subject in 1955?
Statistics
Chemistry
Astrophysics
Economics
27
Which of these is not a DeCal at UC Berkeley?
Pre-Historic Creatures
Pokemon
Cal History Spirit & Traditions
Harry Potter
