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Waterlust Trivia

Every spring and fall semester, we host a marine science trivia challenge for marine science institutions like universities, ocean institutes, and ocean education organizations.

How it works

Our salty team of marine science nerds will provide you 3 sets of questions & answers (25 questions each) to host 3 gatherings over three months. The subject matter will span all aspects of marine science, such as marine biology, physical oceanography, marine chemistry, marine geology, atmospheric science etc… We aim to make questions that will challenge players with a graduate-student level of education, so creating diverse teams with members with a wide variety of knowledge is encouraged. Teams may have between 1-6 participants. 

The specific time and location of your trivia gatherings is up to you, we just ask that the 3 fall contests are held in September, October and November, and the 3 spring contests are held in March, April and May. 

We will provide you answer sheets and score-reporting instructions. Hosts are responsible for reporting their scores to us so we can rank your group’s overall trivia performance, which is required to be crowned the season champion. 

Prizes

Each member of the winning team from each gathering will get a $50 digital gift card to Waterlust.com. We may also offer additional prizes throughout the year. 

Every contest we will calculate the average score (% of questions answered correctly) of your participants and rank your overall performance against other groups. At the end of each season, the organization with the highest overall performance will be crowned the season champion and the name of the organization will be engraved onto the Waterlust Marine Science Trivia Trophy, which stays on display under 24-hour armed protection at Waterlust headquarters. 

The Waterlust Marine Science Trivia Trophy

Interested in being a host for an upcoming season of trivia? Please fill out the form and we'll get in touch soon!

Note: You must be hosting on behalf of some sort of marine science institution like a university, ocean institute, or an ocean education organization.

2025 Spring Waterlust Trivia Rankings

Rank & Institution Mar % Apr % May % Total %

1. University of Delaware

72

76

64

70.7

2. Naval Postgraduate School

76

72

56

68

3. University of Texas at Austin - Marine Science Institute

72

68

62.7

67.6

4. Florida Institute of Technology

60

76

58.4

64.8

5. University of Maine

65.3

66

57.3

62.9

6. Florida Gulf Coast University

61.3

72

54

62.4

7. Florida International University

69.7

60

56.7

62.1

8. URI Grad School of Physical Oceanography

64

60

58

60.7

9. iCare

57

67

56

60

10. CIMI - Fox Landing

60

65.3

54

59.8

11. CIMI - Toyon Bay

60

62.7

54.7

59.1

12. Virginia Institute of Marine Science

61.3

59

56

58.8

13. University of Florida

54

58

56

56

14. Coral World AQ

66

54

46

55.3

15. Dauphin Island Sea Lab Marine Consortium (South Alabama)

64

54.7

42

53.6

16. Memorial University of Newfoundland

41.3

42.7

30

37.9

Note: Scores represent the average percentage of correct answers by all teams competing.

Hall of Fame

Fall 2022 - Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute

Spring 2023 - Naval Postgraduate School

Fall 2023 - University of Delaware

Spring 2024 - Naval Postgraduate School

Fall 2024 - University of Texas Marine Science Institute

Spring 2025 - University of Delaware

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