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1. The formation of the Atlantic Coast Conference began on May 8, 1953, when seven schools withdrew from which established conference?
2. On December 4, 1953, the ACC voted to admit which school to join its original seven in the conference?
3. Among the many achievements associated with the ACC is the proliferation of college basketball on a syndicated regional network of television stations. What visionary was responsible for helping put ACC basketball on the map?
4. The ACC was founded in the same city in which it is headquartered. Which of the following cities is the conference's seat?
5. Which of the following former athletes was NOT an alumnus of an ACC member institution?
6. In what year did South Carolina, one of the charter members of the ACC, leave the conference?
7. Which ACC school was the first to reach the title game in the NCAA Women's Final Four?
8. In 1999, ESPN helped create an in-season basketball challenge between the ACC and which major conference?
9. Established in 1789, the University of North Carolina is the oldest of the ACC's member institutions. But which of the following schools is the youngest?
10. The Dixie Classic, a men's basketball tournament played from 1949 until 1961 and featuring the ACC's "Big Four" schools (Duke, North Carolina, N.C. State, and Wake Forest), was the brainchild of which legendary ACC coach?
11. Another sport that the ACC excels in is lacrosse (men's and women's), with a number of national championships under its belt. Which school was responsible for winning the ACC's first national title in women's lacrosse, in 1986?
12. Which school was the first from the ACC to win the College World Series?
13. In 2006, Wake Forest shocked the college football world by winning their second ACC football championship. But in what year did the Demon Deacons win their first ACC title in football?
14. Prior to being named commissioner of the ACC in 1997, John Swofford served as the athletic director at which ACC school?
15. Boston College, which joined the ACC in 2005, has its famed Green Line Rivalry in ice hockey with which school?
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