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What is 1892?
Walla Walla College / University was founded in this year.
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What is five (5)?
The brotherhood is founded on this number of pillars
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What is Japan?
Walla Walla has a sister city in this country.
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What is Asia?
This is the largest continent on Earth.
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What is Jupiter?
This planet has the most moons of any in our solar system.
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What is Western Washington University?
The acronym "WWU" is more well known and associated with this other west coast school.
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What is ancient?
The word "Zaqen" has this meaning
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What is Fort Walla Walla?
The origins of Walla Walla at its present site began with the establishment of this place in 1856.
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What is Canada?
With the most lakes of any country, this place has more than half the natural lakes in the world.
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What is 8 minutes and 20 seconds?
It takes this amount of time for light to travel from the Sun's surface to the Earth.
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Who is Donald Blake?
This individual was the first black faculty member at Walla Walla College, and will be speaking at a webinar this Thursday.
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What is ENTJ?
In our meeting last week, it was discovered that this personality type was most common in our group
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What is hanging?
With the WA State Penitentiary located in Walla Walla, executions took place there until 2010. Washington was the last state to have facilities for this type of execution.
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What is McMurdo, Antarctica?
Having received no rain in recorded history, this location is the driest place on Earth.
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What is chromosomes?
DNA is organized into these structures that carry genetic information.
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What is a brass ensemble?
Walla Walla College became the first Adventist institution to allow this music ensemble to play during services in 1895.
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Who is Plutarch?
As discussed in an infopiece, this philosopher once said "the mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled"
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What is the Touchet River?
There are 4 primary rivers in Walla Walla County: the Columbia River, the Snake River, the Walla Walla River, and this river that originates above Dayton, WA.
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What is the Amazon River?
As the fastest flowing river in the world, this river can flow up to 4.5 mph at peak conditions.
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What is blue?
Oxygen gas is colorless, odorless, and tasteless, but the liquid and solid forms are this color.
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Who is W.W. Prescott?
As the first president of Walla Walla College, this individual was also president of two other institutions at the time
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What is time, money, and good will?
As presented to each of us on initiation night, one of the goals of the brotherhood is to support Walla Walla University with these three things
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What is loess?
The soils of the Walla Walla Valley consist of this type of sediment, which provides good drainage for vines.
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What is Tunisia?
This African country served as the setting for Tatooine in Star Wars.
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What is the Carolina Reaper?
This chili pepper has been certified as the world's hottest chili pepper by Guinness World Records since August 7, 2013.
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