Strange College Mascots Trivia Quiz

Answer: Converse College

Chuck Taylor would have been proud to be a Converse All-Star, but he wouldn't have been admitted. The all women's liberal arts college is located in Spartenburg, South Carolina.

Answer: Long Beach State University (baseball team)

Of course, the nickname of the Long Beach State baseball team is not a derogatory one. Rather, it's a name the 49ers (the colleges Official Mascot) proudly have stitched on the back of their caps. In 1989, Long Beach Coach Dave Snow, in his first season coaching at the school, took a team almost entirely made up of freshmen to the university's first College World Series. Add to that the fact that the team was between home fields, and had to practice on a local, all-dirt, Pony League field. Therefore the team is now official known as the Dirt Bags.

Answer: The University of California - Santa Cruz

Who could forget the Banana Slugs t-shirt in Pulp Fiction. It's the shirt John Travolta wears after the cleaning up the messy car. A 2000 poll conducted by SportsUniversity.com ranked the Banana Slug No. 1 nationwide in the first annual Funniest College Nickname Championship. The mascots official name is Sammy the Slug.

Answer: New Jersey City University

Does that mean they wear all black armour and listen to Bahaus? The university is located in Jersey City, New Jersey and is formerly known as Jersey City State College.

Answer: Alverno College

And you thought the Inferno was just a catchy disco tune. Alverno College is a four-year, liberal arts, independent, Catholic college for women, located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Answer: Tufts University

The Tufts mascot is actually a specific elephant - the legendary Jumbo from Barnum and Bailey's circus. Jumbo, the circus' star attraction was killed by a train in 1885, and his stuffed remains were donated to the university by Barnum, who was a benefactor of the University.

Answer: Amherst College

Located in Amherst, Mass., 90 miles west of Boston, the mascot is named after Lord Jeffery Amherst. Amherst is part of a five College Consortium with Hampshire College, Mount Holyoke, Smith College and the University of Massachusetts.

Answer: South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

Located in Rapid City, South Dakota, the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology isn't the place to go to get your theatre or English degree. Majors in the schools curriculum include Metallurgical Engineering and Mining Engineering B.S., or you could get your PhD in Atmospheric, Environmental and Water Resources.

Answer: Mary Baldwin College

The liberal arts all-women's collge in Stauton, Virginia, has provided premier liberal arts education for women since 1842.

Answer: Sweet Briar College

The vixen was selected by Sweet Briar students as their mascot in 1979. It should also be no surprise that the traditional college colors of the Virginia institution are the colors of the rose, forest green and pink.

Answer: Trinity Christian College

Trinity Christian College is a four-year liberal arts college located in Palos Heights, Illinois, a suburb twenty miles southwest of Chicago. Since its founding in 1959, Trinity has provided its students with an excellent Christian higher education in the Reformed tradition, offering majors in the arts, humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences as well as professional programs in accounting and business administration, nursing, education, computer science, pre-medicine, social work, and pre-law.

Answer: College of the Atlantic

Located in Bar Harbour, Maine, the College of the Atlantic calls itself the "the liberal arts college of human ecology on the maine coast."

Answer: The University of Akron

Originally Zippers, athletic director Kenneth Red Cochrane officially shortened the nickname to the Zips in 1950. Twenty-five years earlier a campus-wide contest had been conducted to choose a nickname for the University's athletic teams. The winner, freshman Margaret Hamlin, received a prize for Zippers - a pair of rubber overshoes, and a brand name of the BF Goodrich Company. "Zippy" the kangaroo was officially declared The University of Akron's mascot on May 1, 1953.

Answer: Gettysburg College

Located in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The Bullets compete at the NCAA Divison III level.

Answer: Coastal Carolina University

The school mascot of this Conway South Carolina university was conceived in 1962 by English Professor and basket ball coach Cal Maddox. The name comes from the rooster in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales and his official name is Chauncy.