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Colleges & Universities (Part 3) Quiz

Identify the college or university by the association. I apologize for the overweighting given to U.S. colleges and universities.

A multiple-choice quiz by LUCA_BRASI. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
LUCA_BRASI

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
312,323

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

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Average

Avg Score
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Question 1 of 10

1. Philip Pullman's trilogy "His Dark Materials" features a parallel universe version of what university?
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University of Oxford

University of Dublin

University of Cambridge

University of Edinburgh

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Question 2 of 10

2. What university is home to The Wharton School, the world's first collegiate business school?
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University of Pennsylvania

Harvard University

Columbia University

Northwestern University

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Question 3 of 10

3. At what university law school is John Jay Osborn, Jr.'s novel "The Paper Chase" set?
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Columbia University

Yale University

Georgetown University

Harvard University

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Question 4 of 10

4. What university's main library building with muraled front, the fourteen-story Theodore M. Hesburgh Library, is located in view of its football stadium?
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University of Notre Dame

Ohio State University

Florida State University

University of Michigan

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Question 5 of 10

5. What Canadian university is home to world's largest post-secondary co-operative education program and to the world's first and largest faculty of mathematics?
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University of Ottawa

McGill University

University of Waterloo

Queen's University

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Question 6 of 10

6. Where did Meadow Soprano end up going to college on HBO's "The Sopranos"?
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University of California (Berkeley)

Bowdoin College

Columbia University

Georgetown University

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Question 7 of 10

7. At what university was Dean Smith the head coach of men's basketball for 36 years?
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Duke University

University of Kentucky

Georgetown University

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Question 8 of 10

8. What university's landmarks include the 285-foot Hoover Tower?
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Iowa State University

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

University of Iowa

Stanford University

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Question 9 of 10

9. At what college did Sir Winston Churchill make his famous "Iron Curtain" speech in 1946?
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Amherst College

Wellesley College

King's College (Pennsylvania)

Westminster College (Missouri)

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Question 10 of 10

10. At what university campus did an Ohio Army National Guard unit fire at students during a war protest on May 4, 1970, killing four and wounding nine?
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Ohio State University

Bowling Green State University

Kent State University

Ohio University

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Philip Pullman's trilogy "His Dark Materials" features a parallel universe version of what university?

Answer: University of Oxford

The fictional Oxford college, Jordan College, is the home of the trilogy's heroine Lyra Belacqua. Its location and layout in the parallel universe corresponds to Exeter College, Pullman's alma mater.

2. What university is home to The Wharton School, the world's first collegiate business school?

Answer: University of Pennsylvania

The Wharton School was established in 1881 through a donation of Joseph Wharton. Its illustrious alumni include Peter Lynch, Michael Milken, and Donald Trump.

3. At what university law school is John Jay Osborn, Jr.'s novel "The Paper Chase" set?

Answer: Harvard University

The novel tells the story of James T. Hart, a first-year law student at Harvard, who becomes obsessed with his Contracts instructor, the brilliant, demanding Professor Charles Kingsfield. John Houseman won the 1973 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Kingsfield in the film version.

4. What university's main library building with muraled front, the fourteen-story Theodore M. Hesburgh Library, is located in view of its football stadium?

Answer: University of Notre Dame

Father Hesburgh served as President of Notre Dame for 35 years (1952-1987). The mural, titled "Word of Life", is popularly known as "Touchdown Jesus", because it shows Jesus' arms appearing to make the signal for a touchdown.

5. What Canadian university is home to world's largest post-secondary co-operative education program and to the world's first and largest faculty of mathematics?

Answer: University of Waterloo

Located at the center of Canada's Technology Triangle, the University of Waterloo has been called the "Silicon Valley of the North". Bill Gates has named Waterloo a top source of Microsoft's student and grad hires.

6. Where did Meadow Soprano end up going to college on HBO's "The Sopranos"?

Answer: Columbia University

In "College" (Season 1: Episode 5), Tony and Meadow take a road trip of Maine
colleges and visit Bates, Colby, and Bowdoin. In "Full Leather Jacket" (season 2: episode 8), Carmela is worried that Meadow will venture far from home and attend UC Berkeley. To enhance her daughter's chances of being accepted at Georgetown, she pressures a neighbor's Georgetown-alumna sister into writing a letter of recommendation.

7. At what university was Dean Smith the head coach of men's basketball for 36 years?

Answer: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Dean Smith coached the Tar Heels from 1961 to 1997 and retired as the NCAA
Division I men's basketball winningest coach with 879 wins. His record was later surpassed by Bobby Knight in 2007.

8. What university's landmarks include the 285-foot Hoover Tower?

Answer: Stanford University

Although the official model for the Hoover Tower is the bell tower of the Catedral Nueva de Salamanca in Spain, Herbert Hoover's lovely wife Lou contributed to its design. Both Herbert and Lou were Stanford alumni.

9. At what college did Sir Winston Churchill make his famous "Iron Curtain" speech in 1946?

Answer: Westminster College (Missouri)

In his speech (titled "The Sinews of Peace"), Churchill recognized the division of Europe into East and West when he said, "From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the Continent." "Iron"ically, Mikhail Gorbachev proclaimed the end of the Cold War in a speech at the Fulton, Missouri college in 1992.

10. At what university campus did an Ohio Army National Guard unit fire at students during a war protest on May 4, 1970, killing four and wounding nine?

Answer: Kent State University

The Kent State shooting led to the first nationwide student strike in U.S. history with over 4 million students protesting and over 900 American colleges and universities closing during the student strikes. The Kent State campus remained closed for six weeks. The massacre was immortalized in the protest song, "Ohio", written by Neil Young and performed by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young.

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