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College Road Trip Trivia Quiz

We're taking the classic road trip around the eastern U.S. to explore 10 different colleges and universities.

A multiple-choice quiz by napierslogs. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
napierslogs

Time
6 mins

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Multiple Choice

Quiz #
360,949

Updated
Jul 23 22

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10

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Question 1 of 10

1. I'm thinking about majoring in photography, so this beautiful university is the first stop. Kodak Company is headquartered in the city and George Eastman (of Eastman Kodak) was a major benefactor of the University. It's also at the forefront of optics research, the first American educational institution to have a program dedicated exclusively to optics. Which university is this, located just south of Lake Ontario? Hint

Columbia University

University of Rochester

University of Wisconsin-Madison

University at Buffalo, State University of New York

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Question 2 of 10

2. For our next stop we're driving approximately two hours south-east to the Finger Lakes region in central New York State. There's an Ivy League university here which offers a wide range of excellent programs as it's known for awarding the world's first degree in journalism, America's first university degree in veterinary medicine, and the first doctorate degrees in electrical and industrial engineering. Which university are we at? Hint

Harvard University

Cornell University

Princeton University

Brown University

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Question 3 of 10

3. From Ithaca we're driving east for approximately 6 hours to an urban university in Boston. It is frequently ranked as the most-applied-to private university in the U.S. but I'm interested in it for its cooperative education program. After being only the second American university to use co-op in its engineering program, it then applied it to business administration and each successive school being added to the university. Which university is this, that has been proclaimed as the leader in co-op education in the world? Hint

Brown University

Rutgers University

Northeastern University

Tufts University

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Question 4 of 10

4. Our next stop is really close to Boston - just across the Charles River. But it goes much farther back in history. In fact, this university is the oldest established institution of higher learning in the United States and has seen countless graduates go on to become presidents, Nobel Laureates and billionaires! Which prestigious university are we at? Hint

Harvard University

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Yale University

Princeton University

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Question 5 of 10

5. Our next university is a four hour drive south-west along the Atlantic coast to a public university in New Jersey. It's designated as the State University of New Jersey and is the 8th oldest college in the United States. This school is highly ranked around the world for a diverse selection of programs, but it's probably most notable for its business and mathematics programs - including such unique degrees as Master of Quantitative Finance and Master of Mathematical Finance. But we can't forget about science. Its University Cell and DNA Repository is the largest university based repository in the world. Which educational institution are we at? Hint

New Jersey Institute of Technology

Princeton University

Rutgers University

College of William and Mary

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Question 6 of 10

6. For our next university, we're driving four hours west, smack-dab into the middle of New Jersey's neighboring state. It consistently ranks in the top 10 of the largest universities in the United States and there is no shortage of students or degree programs. Unfortunately, this university is better known for its sex abuse scandal in 2011. But it would like you to know more about its innovative Science BS/MBA program combining an undergraduate degree in science and a graduate degree in business. Which university are we at? Hint

University of Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania State University

Johns Hopkins University

New York University

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Question 7 of 10

7. I'm feeling inspired, so we're off for a 3 hour drive south-east towards the Atlantic coast to Baltimore, Maryland. It's another university which consistently ranks among the top schools in the world, at least partly due to its reputation in medicine. It was one of the first to establish a nursing school and was also America's first co-educational, graduate-level medical school. Which university are we at? Hint

University of Washington, D.C.

Harvard University

Johns Hopkins University

Columbia University

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Question 8 of 10

8. We're leaving Baltimore, but our next university is just an hour away. In fact, it's just a few blocks from the White House. Not surprisingly, this university is known for its excellent programs in Public Affairs. It was the first university in the country to offer a Bachelor's degree in political communication. Which university are we at? Hint

George Washington University

University of Maryland, College Park

Georgetown University

New York University

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Question 9 of 10

9. We're going a little more modern now but the state itself was at the forefront of America's history and independence. Driving approximately 30 minutes west from the capital of the country, we arrive at a school that just became an independent institution in 1972 but was affiliated with another university for the previous 15 years. This university was named after an American revolutionary, patriot and founding father. Today it is perhaps best known for its strong programs in economics. Twice, in 1986 and 2002, the Nobel Prize in Economics was bestowed upon a professor here. Which university are we at? Hint

George Mason University

George Washington University

Georgetown University

Old Dominion University

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Question 10 of 10

10. Driving two and a half hours south from Fairfax, Virginia, we arrive at our last stop. And I'm on a history kick again! It is the second oldest institution of higher education in the country and is also responsible for educating many U.S. presidents. It thrives off its full-time, four-year undergraduate program and not surprisingly one of its flagship programs is American colonial history. Which institution are we at? Hint

Johns Hopkins University

College of William & Mary

George Washington University

Old Dominion University

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

Answer: University of Rochester

The University of Rochester was founded in 1850 and is a private, research university located around 2 miles south of downtown Rochester, New York. It is known for the Eastman School of Music (founded by George Eastman in 1921) and also the Institute of Optics (founded in 1929).

Answer: Cornell University

Cornell was founded in 1865 by Senator Ezra Cornell who offered his farm in Ithaca, New York as the site of the educational institution and put forward $500,000 for the initial endowment. Senator and famed educator Andrew Dickinson White was the first president, attracting 412 students for its first day after inauguration in October 1868. Research is the central element of the university which excels in sending one of the largest number of graduates to pursue PhDs at American institutions in any field, but particularly engineering and the natural sciences.

Answer: Northeastern University

Northeastern University was founded in 1898 as the "Evening Institute for Younger Men" and offered classes in law, engineering and finance. It was renamed in 1922 after being officially recognized as a college. In the 1980s, there was approximately 60,000 students enrolled, and in an effort to become more selective, they cut the number of freshman students by almost 40%.

At the same time, it became more popular, ranking 3rd among private universities in America for most applicants per year (source: collegeprowler.com).

Answer: Harvard University

Harvard is named after its first benefactor, John Harvard, and was established in 1636. It is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts approximately 3 miles northwest of downtown Boston. It boasts John F. Kennedy, John Adams, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt, J. Robert Oppenheimer, Ralph Waldo Emerson and Bill Gates among its esteemed alumni.

Answer: Rutgers University

Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, is the largest university in New Jersey. It was founded in 1766 as the Queen's University and was one of only nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution. Rutgers and the College and William and Mary were the only two that later became public universities.

Answer: Pennsylvania State University

Pennsylvania State University is commonly referred to as Penn State. Its main campus is University Park and it was chosen because of its geographic location - the center of the state of Pennsylvania. At approximately 45,000 students each year (2008 - 2013 enrollment data), Penn State is consistently within the top 10 largest universities in the U.S.

Answer: Johns Hopkins University

Johns Hopkins University was founded in 1873 when Johns Hopkins left his fortune to fund both a hospital and university in Baltimore. Even older than its nursing school is the Johns Hopkins University Press, founded in 1878, which is the oldest university press still in continuous operation in America.

Answer: George Washington University

George Washington University is known for being located in the historic Foggy Bottom neighborhood of Washington, D.C., one of the oldest neighborhoods in the area. The university was first chartered by an Act of Congress naming it The Columbian College in the District of Columbia in 1821.

In 1904 the name was changed to George Washington University in an effort to build a campus building named after the first president of the United States. Not surprisingly, George Washington University consistently ranks in the top 10 of the Princeton Review for most politically active. One of its flagship schools, the School of Media and Public Affairs offers two undergraduate degrees in Journalism and Mass Communication and Political Communication, and a master's degree in Media and Public Affairs.

Answer: George Mason University

George Mason University is located near Fairfax, Virginia. It was first founded in 1957 as a branch of the University of Virginia. Mason has rapidly grown and in the 2000s consistently rivaled Virginia Commonwealth University as the largest public university in Virginia.

In addition to economics, George Mason University also excels in law. George Mason University School of Law is located in Arlington, and despite being so young (law school was founded in 1979), it ranked 41st on the 2013 ranking of best law schools by U.S. News and World Report.

Answer: College of William & Mary

The College of William & Mary was privately founded by King William III and Queen Mary II in 1693 in Williamsburg, Virginia. It was the university of choice for many of the nation's first presidents and other history-makers including Thomas Jefferson, James Monroe, and John Marshall. For those that like to treasure America's ties with its homeland across the pond, The College of William & Mary offers a joint degree program with the University of St. Andrews in Scotland.

Source: Author napierslogs

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