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US Student Dream Colleges Trivia Quiz

The Princeton Review asked high school students where they would most like to go to college, if money and acceptance were no objects. Let's count down the top 10, where I give you some famous alumni, and you guess which "Dream School" it is.

A multiple-choice quiz by lingophilia. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
lingophilia

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
348,436

Updated
Apr 13 23

# Qns
10

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Average

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Question 1 of 10

1. This school's alumni include former Vice-President Al Gore, author John Updike, former President and Vice-President John Adams, President Barack Obama (Juris Doctor), journalist Bill O'Reilly, and poet e.e. cummings. Can you name it? Hint

Harvard College

Columbia University

Yale University

New York University

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Question 2 of 10

2. Actress Sigourney Weaver, journalist Rachel Maddow, children's author Scott O'Dell, astronaut Sally Ride, and President Herbert Hoover all graduated from which school? Hint

Columbia University

University of Southern California

Stanford University

University of California, Los Angeles

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Question 3 of 10

3. President Barack Obama (for his B.A.), first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court John Jay, business tycoon Warren Buffett, author Isaac Asimov, composer Bela Bartok, and Oscar-winning director Kathryn Bigelow all received degrees from this prestigious institution. What is its name? Hint

Columbia University

Princeton University

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

New York University

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Question 4 of 10

4. The following notable people are just a few of the many alumni who hold degrees from this "Dream College": author Howard Zinn, poet and McArthur fellow Charles Simic, Nobel Peace Prize winner Elihu Root, actor Alec Baldwin, multiple Oscar-winning composer Alan Menken, and polio vaccine creator Jonas Salk. Which establishment is it? Hint

Brown University

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

New York University

Yale University

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Question 5 of 10

5. Graduates of which school include Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Google CEO Eric E. Schmidt, writer Thornton Wilder, actor David Duchovny, former President Woodrow Wilson, and First Lady Michelle Obama? Hint

Yale University

Columbia University

Harvard College

Princeton University

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Question 6 of 10

6. This institution counts comedian Carol Burnett, father and son actors Lloyd and Beau Bridges, director Gore Verbinski, composers Randy Newman and John Williams, "Doors" frontman Jim Morrison, basketball great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and TV personality Judge Joe Brown among its distinguished alumni. What is its name? Hint

University of Southern California

University of California, Los Angeles

Stanford University

Brown University

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Question 7 of 10

7. At this Ivy League institution, famous alumni include author and Nobel Prize winner Sinclair Lewis, Pulitzer-winning comic-strip writer Gary Trudeau, baby expert Dr. Benjamin Spock, former Presidents George H. W. and George W. Bush, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, National Review founder William F. Buckley, architect Eero Saarinen, singer Rudy Vallee, and actor Paul Newman. What school is this? Hint

Harvard University

Columbia University

Dartmouth College

Yale University

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Question 8 of 10

8. Nobel Peace Prize winner and former Secretary-General of the United Nations Kofi Annan, architect I. M. Pei, Ethernet inventor Robert Metcalfe, physicist Richard Feynman, astronaut Buzz Aldrin, and author Hugh Lofting all graduated from which "Dream School"? Hint

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

University of Southern California

Stanford University

University of California, Los Angeles

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Question 9 of 10

9. We have this institution to thank for spellcheck inventor John Seely Brown, "This American Life" host Ira Glass, authors Lois Lowry and Jeffrey Eugenides, singer-songwriter Duncan Sheik, and actress Laura Linney. Which of the following is this? Hint

Harvard University

Dartmouth University

Brown University

Yale University

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Question 10 of 10

10. Alumni of our #10 "Dream School" include astronaut Neil Armstrong (M.S.), filmmaker Judd Apatow, singer Macy Gray, actors Will Ferrell and Forest Whitaker, columnist Art Buchwald, and recycling symbol creator Gary Anderson. Which is it? Hint

Stanford University

New York University

University of California, Los Angeles

University of Southern California

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

Answer: Harvard College

Harvard was the first university founded in the "New World", in 1636. Given the illustrious list of alumni, it's not surprising that Harvard tops students' "Dream School" list.

2. Actress Sigourney Weaver, journalist Rachel Maddow, children's author Scott O'Dell, astronaut Sally Ride, and President Herbert Hoover all graduated from which school?

Answer: Stanford University

The official name of the university is the Leland Stanford Junior University, and was founded by robber baron Leland Stanford, Sr. in honor of his son who died of typhoid at the age of 16. It is also somewhat unique in that its official motto is German, "Die Luft der Freiheit weht" (The wind of freedom blows), though during World War I the school claimed this motto was unofficial due to strong anti-German sentiments.

Answer: Columbia University

Columbia University is the oldest post-secondary institution in the state of New York, founded in 1754. It also has the distinction of administering the Pulitzer Prize every year.

Answer: New York University

NYU's Tisch School of the Arts has the distinction of having been home to more Oscar winners than any other film school in the world.

Answer: Princeton University

Princeton University in New Jersey was founded in 1746. The first intercollegiate American football game was played between Princeton and Rutgers in 1869. Princeton lost.

Answer: University of California, Los Angeles

Though much younger than the schools mentioned thus far, UCLA's #6 position on the "Dream School" list shows that it has taken its place among the hallowed Ivy League schools of the east coast.

Answer: Yale University

Yale is one of 40 schools which participates in an online trivia competition where students can win money toward their tuition. 10% of their winnings go to charity, but keep the rest for their tuition, which could be up to $10,000. It's a good thing, too, since the estimated cost of tuition, room, and board for the 2011-2012 year was $55,850!

Answer: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

As impressive as MIT's alumni list may be, its faculty are perhaps even more amazing: 32 Nobel Prize winners including John Forbes Nash, 29 MacArthur fellows, and many other well-known professors and doctors including linguist Noam Chomsky.

Answer: Brown University

In 1850, then-President of Brown, Francis Wayland, established a "New Curriculum" encouraging interdisciplinary study, focus on the liberal arts, and a grading system of ABC/No credit (i.e. no pluses, minuses, or Ds). This curriculum, along with the charter, stands to this day, and has also discouraged the school from founding a business or law school, which makes it, along with Princeton, unique among Ivy League schools.

Answer: University of Southern California

USC has more international students than any other university in the United States. It has certainly come a long way since its first graduating class in 1884: only three students graduated, two boys and one girl.

Source: Author lingophilia

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