Fall 2023 End of Semester Event

What are the names of the new staff members who joined us this semester?

• Evelyn Park and Marcel Coral

• Ashley Jimenez and Kate Bussel

• Sarah Lee Smith and Carla Diem

• His Royal Highness Tim Santa and Steph Curry!?!?

Which of the below is the correct spelling of the main villain in Phineas and Ferb?

• Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz

• Dr. Heinz Doofensmirtz

• Dr. Hienz Doufensmirtz

• Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirz

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Which of the below languages does NOT have gendered pronouns?

• Brazilian Portuguese

• Russian

• Egyptian Arabic

• Hungarian

In the hit movie "The Lion King" how were the lion roar sounds made?

• Someone destroying his favorite musical instrument

• Someone screaming into a trashcan

• Someone pretending to be a puma in a 1986 movie titled "The Puma"

• By the government

Answer explanation

Source: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110357/trivia/

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CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

Which of the below is a true fact about ABC's "Lost?"

• TV executives hated "Lost" so much they once made a petition to cancel their own show.

• "The Hatch" from Lost was actually created initially as a green room for the actors. It became plot relevant later.

• Filming was once delayed for a week because J.J. Abrams threw half of the cameras into the ocean.

• They used a fake crashed airplane to make some music for the show.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6

Which of these is a true fact about SU?

• We make real lava

• We once technically owned the McKinsey Consulting Firm

• We were the first university to teach linear algebra to undergraduate students

• Three episodes of the hit TV show "Lost" were filmed here.

What courses did we initially pilot test Virtual Reality tutoring in?

• Video Production and Calculus 2

• Physics and Precalculus

• Anatomy and Physiology and Art History

• Programming and Sociology

What item did London Cabbies need to carry with them in their car before 1976? (This question generously written by a friend from Belgium)

• Feathers

• A book containing all laws

• Hay

• Belgian Passports

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CCSS.RI.11-12.3

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.8.3

CCSS.RI.9-10.3

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What does the British saying "swings and roundabouts" mean? (This question generously accidentally written by a British friend who said this saying in a conversation we had)

• Government corruption will always slow things down

• There are as many gains as losses

• Children play in dangerous areas

• It's used to insult baseball players who aren't hitting the ball

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CCSS.L.5.3B

CCSS.L.6.1E

In what year was the Center For Learning And Student Success Founded?

• 1925

• 2005

• 2017

• 2021