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WorksheetsCollege Spotlight- Unusual Mascots & End-of-Year Challenge
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 14mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the sports mascot for California Maritime Academy?
a)
Fighting Squirrels
b)
Keelhaulers
c)
Banana Slugs
d)
Spiders
2.
What is the sports mascot for the Ohio State University?
a)
Hoosiers
b)
Jayhawks
c)
Boilermakers
d)
Buckeyes
3.
What is the sports mascot for the University of California Irvine
a)
Anteaters
b)
Zips
c)
Fighting Camels
d)
Mighty Oaks
4.
What is the sports mascot for the University of Arkansas?
a)
Cornhuskers
b)
Fighting Artichokes
c)
Boll Weevils
d)
Zips
5.
What is the sports mascot for Mary Baldwin College?
a)
Fighting Camels
b)
Fighting Squirrels
c)
Fighting Artichokes
d)
Banana Slugs
6.
What is a zip?
a)
Going really fast
b)
Something that holds your pants up
c)
A type of old-fashioned rubber boot
d)
What all middle school students fear will appear on their face
7.
Which country grows the most artichokes?
a)
Italy
b)
Egypt
c)
Spain
d)
Peru
8.
What is a buckeye?
a)
A pancake
b)
$1.50
c)
A poisonous nut
d)
Bruising on the face
9.
Since it arrived in the US in 1892, it is estimated that the boll weevil has cost cotton producers _____ in destructive damage.
a)
$13 million
b)
$130 million
c)
$13 billion
d)
$130 billion
10.
The Pacific banana slug is the second-largest species of terrestrial slug in the world, growing up to how long?
a)
7.4 inches
b)
9.8 inches
c)
13.6 inches
d)
15.3 inches
11.
State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry offers all of the following sports except for what?
a)
Basketball
b)
Woodsman
c)
Golf
d)
Volleyball
12.
The T.S. Golden Bear is a training ship for what school?
a)
Universtiy of Akron
b)
California Maritime Academy
c)
Cambell University
d)
The Ohio State
13.
Found on a farm in southern Indiana, the __________ is one of the oldest football trophies in the nation. The winner of the annual Purdue vs.. Indiana University American football game gets to add a bronze "P" or "I" chain link and keep the trophy until the next face-off.
a)
Water Bucket
b)
Old Wooden Bucket
c)
Champions Bucket
d)
The Hoosier Trophy
14.
Campbell University is located in what North Carolina community?
a)
Hickory
b)
Albemarle
c)
New London
d)
Buies Creek
15.
What makes Mary Baldwin College a bit unique?
a)
It only admits female students
b)
It has one of the lowest student to teacher ratios of 5 to 1
c)
It is considered the most expensive college in the country, with a yearly tuition and fees costing about $87,000
d)
Its student body cooked up the world record for the largest omelette in 2011, weighing a staggering 14,225 lbs.
16.
Which PAC 12 school is geographically furthest south?
a)
UCLA
b)
University of Utah
c)
University of Arizona
d)
University of Southern California
17.
George Fox University is located in what town?
a)
Portland
b)
Salem
c)
Newberg
d)
McMinville
18.
What percent of applicants are accepted into Harvard University?
a)
< 7%
b)
10%
c)
15%
d)
35%
19.
How many of Mr. Shrout's extended family members (aunts, uncles, etc.) graduated from Warner Pacific College?
a)
5
b)
7
c)
8
d)
12
20.
Jeff Probst, the long time host of the T.V. show Survivor, graduated from which Great Northwest Conference school?
a)
Central Washington State
b)
Western Oregon University
c)
Montana State
d)
Seattle Pacific
21.
Portland Trailblazer Damian Lillard played four years of basketball at what Big Sky conference school?
a)
Southern Utah University
b)
Weber State University
c)
Portland State University
d)
Northern Arizona University
22.
Mr. Shrout's grandmother started the adult reading program at what community college in the late 1960s?
a)
Portland Community College
b)
Clackamas Community College
c)
Mt. Hood Community College
d)
Chemeketa Community College
23.
Chemeketa has a 35-foot domed planetarium. Which field of study is associated with a planetarium?
a)
Biology
b)
Fire Science
c)
Engineering
d)
Astronomy
24.
Western Oregon University has how many students enrolled?
a)
16,242
b)
10,145
c)
5,653
d)
4,600
25.
Western Washington State University's nickname is the Vikings. What is their mascot's actual name?
a)
Vernon the Viking
b)
Victor E. Viking
c)
Vance the Viking
d)
Vlad the Viking
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