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October's Topic: UBC

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UBC was founded in 1908 and is ranked in the top 40 public universities in the world. It provides the most student beds in Canada, on campus, at 16,000.

Q1) When UBC first opened, it was a free university with no tuition. What year was tuition introduced at $40?

A) 1920
 

Q2) What was the Great Trek?

A) It was a massive student protest that was a march from downtown Vancouver to the campus in 1922. It was to force the government to finish building the campus which was paused after WWI.
 

Q3) Which Canadian Prime Ministers graduated from UBC?

A) John Turner – 17th PM, BA, 1949
B) Kim Campbell – 19th PM, BA 1969, LLB 1973
C) Justin Trudeau – 23rd PM, BEd 1998
 

Q4) Which famous UBC professor, advocated for a student bar to open on campus?

A) David Suzuki. Thanks to his efforts, the Pit Pub was opened on November 28th, 1968, moving to its permanent basement location in 1973.
 

Q5) The UBC Campus is the _____ most popular filming location on Earth.

A) 9th
 

Q6) The Beaty Biodiversity Museum holds the largest skeleton in Canada of this mammal.

A) Blue Whale
 

Q7) The Emperor of Japan toured this site when he said, “I am in Japan”.

A) UBC’s Nitobe Memorial Garden
 

Q8) What is the TRIUMF Physics Lab’s primary research tool?

A) The largest normal conducting cyclotron that accelerates hydrogen ions up to 75% of the speed of light.
 

Q9) UBC offers this service to gardeners and farmers.

A) Seed Lending Library. Gardeners can check out rare seeds, grow them and then return seeds from their harvest.