Big 10 Colleges Trivia Quiz

Answer: Bloomington

IU has no official mascot, but is commonly known as the Hoosiers and affectionately called "Big Red". Indiana has won the NCAA Men's Basketball Championship four times.

The primary campus is in Bloomington. IU also has campuses in Indianapolis, Fort Wayne, Kokomo, South Bend, Gary, Richmond and New Albany.
Ball State University is in Muncie, University of Evansville is in Evansville, and University of Notre Dame is in South Bend.

Answer: Champaign - Urbana

The University of Illinois has campuses in Chicago and Springfield, but the main campus is in Champaign-Urbana. Due to controversy over the use of Native American names and symbols, the school mascot, Chief Illinwek, last performed on February 21, 2007, and is no longer recognized as an official symbol of the school.

Normal is the home of Illinois State University. Carbondale and Edwardsville are both home to campuses of Southern Illinois University.

Answer: Iowa City

Iowa City was the first capital of Iowa, before it was moved to Des Moines. The other cities, Ames, Des Moines, and Cedar Falls, are home to the other three major Iowa colleges, Iowa State University, Drake University, and the University of Northern Iowa respectively.

One of the running Iowa jokes is that people get Iowa, Idaho, and Ohio mixed up. So a merchandise company ran a series of U of Iowa t-shirts that read, "University of Iowa in Ohio City, Idaho".

Answer: Ann Arbor

The University of Michigan was founded in Detroit and moved to Ann Arbor in 1837. It has regional campuses in in Flint and Dearborn. The 38th US President, Gerald R. Ford, played football for the Wolverines during his undergraduate years.

Western Michigan University is in Kalamazoo, Davenport University is in Grand Rapids, and Wayne State University is in Detroit.

Answer: East Lansing

East Lansing is just outside the state capitol, Lansing. Michigan State was the first school to consider agriculture a science. It is still known for its advances in agriculture,and veterinarian medicine and animal sciences.

Eastern Michigan University is in Ypsilanti, Ferris State University is in Big Rapids, and Northern Michigan University is in Marquette.

Answer: Minneapolis and St. Paul

Minneapolis and St Paul are known as the "twin cities", they are separated by the Mississippi River. The campus spans the river with land and buildings in both Minneapolis and St Paul. The University of Minnesota has four regional campuses in Crookston, Duluth, Morris, and Rochester. Its motto is, 'a common bond for all the arts'.

St. Cloud State University is in St. Cloud, Northwest Health Sciences is in Bloomington, and Minnesota State University is in Mankato.

Answer: Evanston

Evanston is a northern suburb of Chicago. The main Northwestern campus is on 240 acres located in Evanston on the shore of Lake Michigan. The Northwestern Law and Medical Schools are located in Chicago. Northwestern is a founding member and the only private institution in the Big Ten.

Rockford has numerous small colleges (Rockford College, Rockford Business College, Rock Valley College, etc.) and branches of larger universities.
Aurora is the home of Aurora University and the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy. Aurora and Rockford are the second and third largest cities in Illinois. They change rankings from time to time.

Answer: Columbus

The first classes were held in a farmhouse outside Columbus. Ohio State has the oldest freshwater biological field research station in the US, Stone Laboratory on Lake Erie. The school has four regional campuses in Lima, Mansfield, Marion, and Newark. The Buckeye is a tree native to the Ohio River Valley. The tree's nut is very dark with a light colored spot like a 'buck eye'.

University of Cincinnati is in Cincinnati, University of Toledo is in Toledo, and Ohio University is in Athens.

Answer: West Lafayette

Purdue has regional campuses in Calumet(Hammond) and Westville. Purdue University and Indiana University have joint programs, known as IUPU in Fort Wayne, Indianapolis, and Columbus. "Boilermakers" was first used by reporters to refer to the Purdue football team, referring to a type of steam locomotive. In 1940, the Boilermaker Special, a stylized locomotive was officially adopted to represent the engineering programs the school is known for. Purdue is especially well known for aviation and aeronautical engineering. 22 NASA astronauts are alums including John Glenn (first man in space) and Neil Armstrong (first man on the moon. Amelia Earhart (first woman to fly solo over the Atlantic) also graduated from Purdue.

Butler University is in Indianapolis, Indiana State University is in Terre Haute, and Vincennes University is in Vincennes.

Answer: Madison

Madison is the capital of Wisconsin. The main UW campus is located on 933 acres between Lake Mendota and Lake Monona, one mile from the state capitol building.

The University of Wisconsin system is extensive. There are branches in Milwaukee, Green Bay and Oshkosh, as well as nine other Wisconsin cities. There are 13 other two-year UW Colleges and an Online branch.