Campus Trivia Night

Question: What was the population growth of the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater metropolitan area between 2005 and 2025?

  • 2005: 2,647,658
  • 2010: 2,783,243 (+5.12%)
  • 2015: 2,975,225 (+6.90%)
  • 2020: 3,175,282 (+6.72%)
  • 2025: 3,418,895 (+7.67%)

Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

Bonus question: Which university in the Tampa–St. Petersburg–Clearwater metropolitan area has the largest undergraduate population?

Answer: The University of South Florida – with an undergraduate population of 37,000 undergraduate students.

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Campus Trivia Night
Which 5 countries were the largest economies in the world by nominal GDP in the year 2025

Via the IMF by way of Wikipedia

  1. United States
  2. China
  3. Germany
  4. India
  5. Japan

In the half decade between 2020 and 2025, the both Germany and India surpassed Japan to become the world’s third and forth largest economies in the world respectively as measured by nominal GDP in $US as estimated by the International Monetary Fund. India’s entry into list of world’s five largest economies pushed the United Kingdom off the list.

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Campus Trivia Night

Question: What was the population growth of the Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls metropolitan area between 2005 and 2025?

  • 2005: 1,143,842
  • 2010: 1,135,509 (-0.73%)
  • 2015: 1,136,055 (+0.05%)
  • 2020: 1,166,902 (+2.72%)
  • 2025: 1,155,000 (-1.02%)

Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

Bonus question: Which university in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls metropolitan area has the largest undergraduate population?

Answer: The University at Buffalo – with an undergraduate population of 21,000 undergraduate students.

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