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What College Did They Go To? Trivia Quiz

Actually, pick the person that did NOT go to the College mentioned.

A multiple-choice quiz by Sarah606. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
Sarah606

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
124,488

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Very Difficult

Avg Score
4 / 10

Plays
620

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Question 1 of 10

1. Which of these four persons did NOT go to Yale? Hint

Vincent Price

George W. Bush

Jodie Foster

Sandra Day O'Connor

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Question 2 of 10

2. Al Gore and Tommy Lee Jones were roommates at Princeton?

True

False

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which of these four did NOT go to Princeton? Hint

Jimmy Stewart

Dean Cain

David Duchovny

Olympia Dukakis

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which of these four did NOT go to Vassar College? Hint

Rick Lazio

Brooke Shields

Meryl Streep

Lisa Kudrow

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Question 5 of 10

5. Which of these four did NOT attend The Johns Hopkins University? Hint

Woodrow Wilson

Wes Craven

Dr. C. Everett Coop

Alger Hiss

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which of these four did NOT go to Duke? Hint

Carroll O'Connor

Dave Thomas

Richard Nixon

Elizabeth Dole

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which of these four did NOT go to Boston University? Hint

Geena Davis

Jim Nance

Julienne Moore

Jason Alexander

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Question 8 of 10

8. Who never studied at The University of Chicago? Hint

Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

Ed Harris

Carl Sagan

Philip Glass

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Question 9 of 10

9. Which of these four did NOT attend Stanford University? Hint

Tiger Woods

Michael Keaton

Ted Danson

Sigourney Weaver

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Question 10 of 10

10. Which of these four persons did NOT attend Florida State University? Hint

Derrick Brooks

Burt Reynolds

Tony LaRussa

Robert Urich

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which of these four persons did NOT go to Yale?

Answer: Sandra Day O'Connor

Sandra Day O'Connor went to Stanford. On Yale's website http://www.yalealumnimagazine.com/issues/03_02/fictional.html, they list famous fictional people that went to Yale, such as C. Montgomery Burns from "The Simpsons", Tom Buchanan from "The Great Gatsby", Sherman McCoy from "Bonfire of the Vanities", Michael J. Doonesbury form "Doonesbury", Dr. Niles Crane from "Frasier", Jamie Stemple Buchman from "Mad About You", just to name some.

2. Al Gore and Tommy Lee Jones were roommates at Princeton?

Answer: False

They were roommates at Harvard. "According to author Erich Segal, Jones and his then Harvard roommate Al Gore, were the models for the character of Oliver in LOVE STORY (1970)." http://www.allmovieportal.com/c/tommyleejones.html

3. Which of these four did NOT go to Princeton?

Answer: Olympia Dukakis

Olympia Dukakis went to Boston University. According to Princeton's website it was chartered in 1746. Princeton was known as the College of New Jersey until 1896. It is Mercer County's largest private employer.

4. Which of these four did NOT go to Vassar College?

Answer: Brooke Shields

Brooke Shields went to Princeton. Vassar was founded in 1861, it is located about 70 miles north of New York City, in Poughkeepsie.

5. Which of these four did NOT attend The Johns Hopkins University?

Answer: Dr. C. Everett Coop

Coop went to Dartmouth. The Johns Hopkins University is located in Baltimore, Maryland. Founded in 1876, it was the first research university in the United States.

6. Which of these four did NOT go to Duke?

Answer: Carroll O'Connor

Carroll O'Connor (Archie Bunker) went to The University of Montana. Duke University is comprised of nine different schools. The Blue Devils compete in the nine-member Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) and field teams in 26 varsity sports

7. Which of these four did NOT go to Boston University?

Answer: Jim Nance

Jim Nance went to Syracuse. Boston University is on the Charles River. The official web site can be found at http://www.bu.edu/visit/about/history/index.html, Boston University started out as an institute training Methodist ministers.

8. Who never studied at The University of Chicago?

Answer: Ed Harris

Ed Harris attended Columbia University. The University of Chicago has graduate Schools of Business in Singapore and Barcelona.

9. Which of these four did NOT attend Stanford University?

Answer: Michael Keaton

Michael Keaton attended Kent State. Stanford University opened on October 1, 1891. From 1980 - 2003 Stanford won 39 NCAA championships.

10. Which of these four persons did NOT attend Florida State University?

Answer: Tony LaRussa

Tony LaRussa went to The University of South Florida. USF is located in Tampa, Florida and FSU is located in Tallahassee, Florida. Florida State University is a public University.

Source: Author Sarah606

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