1. Everyone’s Favorite TRIO SSS Game Show
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Everyone’s Favorite TRIO SSS Game Show

2. The Rules All questions will be multiple choice.
Once your team has heard the question, you will select the amount you wish to wager, Place this in the folder (NOTE: Each amount can only be wagered once, so only wager a high amount if you are confident you will answer correctly)
Then, the choices will be revealed, and your team will have to decide which choice to put into your folder.
We will then reveal both teams wagers. We will check who is HIGH or low
We will then reveal your answers
A right answer will earn a team positive the points they wagered, a wrong answer will earn them negative points in the amount they wagered
After 10 questions the team with the most points will win!

3. SCORE BOARD
TEAM 1
TEAM 2
TEAM 3
TEAM 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

4. TRIO Programs began under what President?
QUESTION 1
The next question is:
TRIO Programs began under what President?
Kennedy
B) Johnson
C) Nixon
D) Obama
TRIO Programs started in 1964 as part of the Civil Right’s movement, President Lyndon Johnson’s War on Poverty and the Higher Education Act of 1965
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5. QUESTION 2 The next question is:
Which of the following is NOT an original TRIO Program?
Talent Search
Upward Bound
C) Student Support Services
D) McNair Scholars
The 8 Trio programs are, Talent Search & Upward Bound, which focus on getting middle school (TS) and high school (TS & UB) students into college, EOC’c, which help adult members of the community get into college, Veteran’s Upward Bound, which helps veterans’ get into college, Student Support Services, helping students graduate from college, and Ronald E. McNair Scholars, helping students get into graduate school.
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6. QUESTION 3
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Bringing more than 7 million Department of Education dollars back to Colorado to serve our students SSS is the largest piece of CCA. How many SSS programs are in Colorado?
A)28
B)27
C)25
D)20
FRCC || RRCC || CCA || CCA ESL || PPCC || PPCC D || UNC || OJC || AimsCC || Aims CC STEM || NEJC || TSJC || TSJC VC || CMesaU || CSUP || PuebCC || FLC || FLC STEM || CMC || CMC GlenwoodC || CMC SteamB || CMC D || ASU || CU B || CSU || MSU || CCD || CUD ||

7. QUESTION 4 The next question is:
At MSU Denver, our retention rate is 20% higher than the institutions. Using this as a guide, how many students are currently in a TRIO program that is the difference between them earning a degree and not earning a degree (nationwide)?
50,000 Students!
100,000 Students!
160,000 Students!
800,000 Students!
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8. QUESTION 5 The next question is:
TRIO Alumni include some very famous and successful people. For example, Viola Davis (triple crown winner) and her sister (High School English Teacher) are alums. All of the following are also alums, except whom?
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9. A) Help filling out a FAFSA D) Providing Text Books
QUESTION 6
The next question is:
All of the following are examples of the incredible services that TRIO programs can offer
A) Help filling out a FAFSA
B) School visits
C) Fun trips and events
D) Providing Text Books
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10. QUESTION 7 The next question is:
TRIO Programs exists in every district throughout Colorado bringing in for that $16 million. Approximately how many Colorado students are currently served by TRIO?
17000
15000
10000
20000
16784 according to the fact book, I rounded up.
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11. Upward Bound Math/Science Educational Opportunity Centers
QUESTION 8
The next question is:
As we learned, SSS makes up the majority of TRIO programs in Colorado. Which program makes up the smallest portion of TRIO programs in Colorado?
Upward Bound Math/Science
Veterans Upward Bound?
McNair Scholars
Educational Opportunity Centers
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12. A) Dr. Martin Luther King Jr
QUESTION 9
The next question is:
When discussing why TRIO programs were created, which man said “Because it is right, because it is wise, and because, for the first time in our history, it is possible to conquer poverty”
A) Dr. Martin Luther King Jr
Dr. Arnold Mitchem
Robert Kenndey
Lyndon B Johnson
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13. FINAL QUESTION The next question is:
Of the 535 Members of Congress, how many are currently members of the TRIO caucus, a bipartisan group aimed at generating support for TRIO programs
A) 115
B) 119
C) 209
D) 224
91 Democrats, 25 Republicans, and 3 Independents
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14. CONGRATULATIONS
TEAM 1

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TEAM 2

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TEAM 3

17. CONGRATULATIONS
TEAM 4

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