US Colleges Trivia

1. It's well-known that Harvard is the oldest university in the United States, but the second-oldest university can boast of having the oldest building of any campus in the country. Where is it?

From Quiz US Colleges with Unique Distinctions

Answer: College of William & Mary

William & Mary was founded in 1693, and the Sir Christopher Wren Building, built between 1695 and 1700, is the oldest college building still standing in the United States. In fact, it's the oldest restored building in Colonial Williamsburg.

From Quiz Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

Answer: Daytona Beach, Florida

The Daytona Beach campus of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University opened in 1965 and is the larger of the two residential campuses. The campus is located adjacent to the Daytona Beach International Airport, ideal for the flight training conducted there. The public airport terminal and Daytona International Speedway are both within walking distance of the campus.

From Quiz Forever a Blue Jay

Answer: 1876

Both Johns Hopkins University and Johns Hopkins hospital were founded in 1876. In his will, the founder of the University left about $7 million and his original estate as funding and a site for the university.

From Quiz Indiana School for the Deaf

Answer: Indianapolis, IN

Indiana School for the Deaf can be found in Indiana's largest city and capital, Indianapolis.

From Quiz Waking Up the Echoes of Notre Dame University

Answer: University of Our Lady of the Lake

In French it is called "l'universite de Notre Dame du lac" and was chartered on January 15, 1944. Although South Bend is often associated with Notre Dame, the University is a town by itself with its own fire department and police.

From Quiz Columbia University

Answer: King's College

In the wake of the American Revolution, the name "King's College" was replaced by the more patriotic "Columbia". Emigrating British Loyalist alumni founded "The University of King's College" in Nova Scotia in 1789. They protested Columbia's claim to lineage from the old Royal Charter of 1754. The dispute was resolved by Columbia's full official name, "Columbia University in the City of New York".

From Quiz In the top 25 of Catholic Universities

Answer: Boston College

It is reputed that a Catholic/Jesuit institution of learning was not popular with the Massachusetts Assembly in the mid 1800s; therefore, the founding of Boston College on its first application to the state of Massachusetts was not accepted. On its second try, the start of the Civil War interfered, but at its third attempt Boston College was finally established in 1863. In the twentieth century, Dr. Norman Vincent Peale (who was a graduate of Boston College) began his ministry in the Methodist Episcopal Church. Boston College has appeared on five different lists of the Top 10-25 Catholic universities.

From Quiz Locate That State U. #2

Answer: Minnesota

Wazoo is the mascot of the Winona State Warriors on their campus overlooking the Mississippi River, which also flows by St. Cloud State, home of the Huskies. Bemidji State is located in their state's vast northern woods on the shores of one of Minnesota's ten thousand lakes. Naturally, their sports teams are the Beavers. Although all three schools compete in NCAA Division II for most sports, the Huskies and Beavers both compete in Division I in men's and women's ice hockey. Each of these schools bear the name of the towns in which their campuses are situated.

From Quiz Go, State! But Where?

Answer: Iowa State

ISU was founded in 1858 and was America's first land-grant institution. As of 2013, it was Iowa's largest university. Since 1959, ISU's full name is Iowa State University of Science and Technology, a change from the Iowa State College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts. It is especially known for Engineering and the School of Veterinary Medicine.

From Quiz Tennessee Technological University

Answer: Cookeville, TN

Cookeville is located on I-40, 100 miles from Knoxville and 80 miles from Nashville. It is also about 100 miles from Chattanooga. The region is called the Upper Cumberland.

From Quiz Gonzaga University

Answer: Jesuit

Ignatius of Loyola founded the Jesuits. There is a statue of him on top of a fountain on campus.

From Quiz Wreck 'em Tech!

Answer: 1923

The chosen city for the new college in West Texas was Lubbock, Texas.

From Quiz US Cities and their Colleges

Answer: Boca Raton, FL

Lynn University is located in southern Palm Beach County, Florida. Lynn University will host the final Presidential Debate of the 2012 campaign. Lynn University founded in 1962 has won 19 national championships in sports.

From Quiz US Student Dream Colleges

Answer: Harvard College

Harvard was the first university founded in the "New World", in 1636. Given the illustrious list of alumni, it's not surprising that Harvard tops students' "Dream School" list.

From Quiz In Which City Is This University?

Answer: Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Marquette University's campus resides in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It is a private Roman Catholic University. Marquette's famous alumni include Kevin Farley, Don Manzullo, George Allen, Steve Novak, and Dwyane Wade.

From Quiz Wake Forest University

Answer: Old Gold and Black

In the state of North Carolina, there is a battle on which school is closer to God. UNC says God is a tar heel due to the sky being Carolina blue. Wake Forest says God is a Deacon, because the Bible is black and gold. Wake Forest's mascot was originated soon after the 1923 game against Trinity College (now Duke University) when a local reporter said the team fought like demon deacons (Deacons are lay leaders in the Baptist Church).

From Quiz Colleges/Teams of the South Eastern Conference

Answer: University of Alabama

University of Alabama or Crimson Tide is most famous for its football team. Their logo is "Roll Tide Roll", and they play at Bryant-Denny Stadium.

From Quiz History of Stanford University

Answer: Leland Stanford Jr.

Leland Stanford Junior was a teenager when his family traveled to Italy and he died of typhoid fever in Florence on March 13, 1884. The University was founded in his memory in 1891.

From Quiz It Was a Very Good Year

Answer: Monopoly

Interestingly enough, all of the choices have been planned as feature films. Your Rich Uncle Pennybags has just died, and he has decided to leave his fortune to the nephew of his who owns the most hotels. Your cousin, Alvin, already owns seven, and you have to make sure you are able to successfully build eight of your own. The MIT Mystery Hunt is a puzzle hunt that takes place over Martin Luther King, Jr. Day weekend. It consists of solving puzzles that are very rarely provided with instructions that involve knowledge in just about every region of trivia you can think of. There have been puzzles based on Barbie, quantum mechanics, Bach cantatas, Garfield Minus Garfield, My Little Pony, African coins, Klingon, and many more! In each round, the puzzles all tie together in one larger metapuzzle, which you must solve in order to gain access to the next round. In the 2002 hunt, for instance, each of the round puzzles was a "house", and the metapuzzles, of which there were eight, one for each color, were "hotels". My favorite puzzles from the 2002 hunt: Variations on a Theme, I Want My Mystery Hunt Puzzle!, The Commons, D2: The Mighty Duck Konundrum, and Land Grab.

From Quiz Colleges of the Midwest

Answer: Indiana

DePauw is a coed school established in 1870 in Greencastle, Indiana. Wabash is a Men's college in Crawfordsville, Indiana, built in 1832. Both are known for their academics and liberal arts education. The Monon Bell is an actual locomotive bell from the Monon Railroad. It has been awarded to the winner of the annual football game since 1932. (Duchess76)

From Quiz Dear Old Wabash!

Answer: College for men only

Wabash, along with Hampden-Sydney in Virginia and Moorhouse in Georgia, were the last remaining four-year colleges for men in the United Sates.

From Quiz Campus Greeks

Answer: Bid

Women and men can join a particular sorority or fraternity only if s/he has received a bid from that organization at the end of a period now commonly known as "Recruitment" (formerly "Rush"). Men and women can typically only receive a bid from a fraternity or sorority in which s/he has already expressed an interest by attending a Rush/Recruitment party or event.

From Quiz Schools Founded by Faiths in America

Answer: Congregationalist

The Congregational Church was formed from the Puritans. In the 1940s it merged with the Christian Church. In the 1950s, the Christian Congregational Church merged with the Reformed Evangelical Church to form the United Church of Christ.

From Quiz Preparing to Take the Almighty ACT

Answer: 7

The ACT is given in September, October, December, February, April, June, and July in most states. According to the ACT company, the assessment measures "high school students' general educational development and their capacity to complete college-level work..." In some states, scores on the ACT are even tied into assessment of school performance.

From Quiz Famous U.S. Alumni

Answer: University of Virginia

All attended the University of Virginia. Although Ted Kennedy is most associated with Harvard University he attended Virginia's Law School, after graduating from Harvard. Interestingly, in light of future events in his life, he was charged with reckless driving while at the University of Virginia.

From Quiz Where Is This University?

Answer: Waco, TX

Baylor University opened in 1845. The university is in Waco, TX. Some famous alumni include tennis ex-superstar Benjamin Becker, and ventriloquist/comedian Jeff Dunham. The school's motto is "Pro Ecclesia, Pro Texana" which is Latin for "For the Church, For Texas". Baylor is a private Baptist school. The school is well-known for the "Baylor Line". Freshmen wear football jerseys and form a tunnel for the football team to rush the field at home games. The line was dreamt up in 1970, but was men only until 1993.

From Quiz Jesuit Colleges and Universities in the U.S.

Answer: Georgetown

Georgetown was founded in 1789 and is located in Washington D.C. with an enrollment of about 14,000. Their athletic teams are the Hoyas and they have a good basketball program.

From Quiz Cornell University

Answer: Ithaca

Ithaca, New York, located in the central region of the Empire State, is the home to Cornell University. Ithaca has a population of about 30,000 people. It is situated about 225 miles northwest of New York City, 165 miles west of Albany, 60 miles south of Syracuse and 150 miles east of Buffalo.

From Quiz The University of Arizona

Answer: 1885

Established the year in which the only non-consecutive second term was begun (by Grover Cleveland) and while Arizona was still a territory, The University of Arizona was chartered in 1885. Also chartered in that same year was the Tempe Normal School which would become Arizona's second university 73 years later in 1958. Northern Arizona University completed the trio in 1966.

From Quiz The College of William and Mary

Answer: 1693

Harvard (New College) was founded in 1636, Yale (Collegiate School) in 1701, University of Pennsylvania (Academy of Philadelphia) in 1740, and Princeton (College of New Jersey) in 1746.

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