US Cities and their Colleges Trivia Quiz

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.

Answer: Lees-McRae College, Banner Elk, NC

Lees-McRae College is located near the Blueridge Parkway and Grandfather Mountain, NC. It has its roots in Presbyterian beginnings around 1850, and formerly started in 1899-1900. Arguably, the most famous alumni of Lees-McRae is either Thomas Ferebee who was a bombardier aboard the Enola Gay or Roy Lassiter, soccer player on US National Team. LRC also has won national championships in cycling.

Answer: Wake Forest University

Wake Forest College moved to Winston-Salem, NC in 1956 and was dedicated by US President Truman. At the time, Wake Forest was the largest Baptist college in the USA, and in 2012 that title goes to Baylor if you're talking Southern Baptist.

Answer: Lenoir-Rhyne Univ, Caldwell Technical and Community College, and ASU

Boone has Appalachian State, Hickory has Lenoir Rhyne University, and Lenoir has Caldwell Tech and Community College although from 1850s-1933 also had Davenport College, a women's college and now home of the Caldwell Heritage Museum. Lenoir, NC also used to be called the "Furniture City of the South" until most manufacturing was lost to China in the 1990s. Appalachian State won 3 National Championship in football 2005, 2006, 2007.

Answer: Miami Shores, FL

Shaquil O'Neal graduated with a (Ed.D)doctorate from Barry University on May 6, 2012. Barry University started as a women's Catholic college in 1940. It has about 9300 students and 871 faculty/staff.

Answer: Naples, FL

Hodges is a small for-profit career college with locations in Ft. Myers and home campus in Naples. The college has also taught classes at several community colleges. The college was regionally accredited in 1998. It has approximately 1700 students.

Answer: Fort Lauderdale, FL

Keiser University is one of the largest family-owned non-profit universities in America with over 15,000 students, found in 1977 by a divorced mother and a son, age 24, who thought they could create a new model of education. The college is the nation's second largest producers of associate-level Registered Nurses in the USA, and it has a high graduation rate.

The school's mascot is the "eagle" yet the school does not have intercollegiate sports teams, even though it operates a successful golf college.

Answer: Boca Raton, FL

Main campus is located in Boca Raton, Florida with other campuses in Altamonte Springs, Florida, Sarasota, Florida and an online division. The school is noted for its aviation management, technology and science programs. Everglades University is regionally accredited and was the first college in the USA to offer a Bachelor's degree in Alternative Medicine.

Answer: Miami, FL

These colleges are located in the Miami metro area with a population of approximately 3.5 million people (and another 3.5 million total in neighboring Broward and Palm Beach Counties). Along with other colleges such as the University of Miami, Miami also has Miami Dade College (formerly community college) that is now one of the largest colleges in the USA with approximately 160,000 students.

Answer: Wilmington, DE

Goldey College and Beacom College were business colleges in downtown Wilmington, DE, and the colleges merged in the early 1950s to form Goldey-Beacom College. The college moved to the suburbs of Wilmington, DE in 1972 about the time of inner-city civil rights' unrest.

The college has produced 4 governors of the State of DE. A top Coca-Cola executive Joseph Jones graduated from the college and the student center is named after him.