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Quiz about Colleges Universities Part 10

Colleges & Universities (Part 10) Quiz

Are you ready for Part 10? This quiz will be the last 10 questions of a total of 100 questions on institutions of higher learning. I wonder how many foolish people out there will attempt all 100 questions. For those of you that do, I salute you.

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

Author
LUCA_BRASI

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
315,579

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
691

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Question 1 of 10

1. What university has hosted annually since 1895 the oldest and largest track and field competition in the U.S.?
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University of Pennsylvania

Rutgers University

Pennsylvania State University

Yale University

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Question 2 of 10

2. At what Canadian university did Sir William Osler obtain his medical degree (MDCM)in 1872?
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University of Toronto

McMaster University

McGill University

Queen's University

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Question 3 of 10

3. After an accident in 1999 killed twelve students, what university no longer sanctioned its traditional "Bonfire"?
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University of Oklahoma

University of Arkansas

Texas A&M University

University of Nebraska

4. The 1963 novel "The Group" is about eight classmates at one of the Seven Sisters and their subsequent lives. Its author, Mary McCarthy, was also a graduate of this women's college. Name it.
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Vassar College

Mount Holyoke College

Bryn Mawr College

Radcliffe College

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Question 5 of 10

5. What was designated the State University of New Jersey by acts of the N.J. Legislature in 1945 and 1956?
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Monmouth University

Rutgers University

Princeton University

William Paterson University

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Question 6 of 10

6. Founded in 1088, what is the oldest existing university in Europe?
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University of Bologna

University of Oxford

University of Cambridge

University of Paris

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Question 7 of 10

7. What university was founded by Thomas Jefferson?
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College of William and Mary

University of Virginia

George Mason University

Virginia Commonwealth University

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Question 8 of 10

8. At what school was the academic honor society, Phi Beta Kappa Society, founded on December 5, 1776?
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College of William and Mary

Princeton University

Harvard University

Yale University

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Question 9 of 10

9. What university's famous drop-outs include Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, F. Lee Bailey, Matt Damon, Ogden Nash, and Pete Seeger?
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California Institute of Technology

Princeton University

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Harvard University

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Question 10 of 10

10. At what university did Michael Dell start a computer company called PC's Limited, which eventually became Dell?
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University of Texas at Austin

Rice University

Baylor University

Texas Tech University

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What university has hosted annually since 1895 the oldest and largest track and field competition in the U.S.?

Answer: University of Pennsylvania

The Penn Relays, also known as the Penn Relays Carnival, is hosted annually by the University of Pennsylvania at Franklin Field in Philadelphia. More athletes compete at the Penn Relays than in the Olympic Games.

2. At what Canadian university did Sir William Osler obtain his medical degree (MDCM)in 1872?

Answer: McGill University

Called the "Father of Modern Medicine", Osler's many contributions to medicine
included the establishment of the medical residency. As a professor, his influence was felt as a faculty member of McGill, Pennsylvania, Johns Hopkins, and Oxford.

3. After an accident in 1999 killed twelve students, what university no longer sanctioned its traditional "Bonfire"?

Answer: Texas A&M University

For 90 years, the Aggie Bonfire was a long-standing tradition at Texas A&M as part of its rivalry with the University of Texas. Since 2002, the tradition has been renewed by students constructing annual unsanctioned, off-campus bonfires.

4. The 1963 novel "The Group" is about eight classmates at one of the Seven Sisters and their subsequent lives. Its author, Mary McCarthy, was also a graduate of this women's college. Name it.

Answer: Vassar College

Candice Bergen made her screen debut in the 1996 film adaptation. The Seven Sisters are seven prestigious liberal arts institutions in the northeastern U.S. that are historically women's colleges. They are Barnard, Bryn Mawr, Mount Holyoke, Radcliffe, Smith, Vassar, and Wellesley.

5. What was designated the State University of New Jersey by acts of the N.J. Legislature in 1945 and 1956?

Answer: Rutgers University

Rutgers was originally chartered as Queen's College in 1766 and is the eighth oldest college in the U.S. Today it is the largest institution for higher education in New Jersey.

6. Founded in 1088, what is the oldest existing university in Europe?

Answer: University of Bologna

Paris, founded in 1150, is the second oldest, followed by Oxford in 1167. Cambridge is the fourth European university, founded in 1209 by scholars leaving Oxford in a dispute.

7. What university was founded by Thomas Jefferson?

Answer: University of Virginia

Thomas Jefferson was educated at William and Mary, where he lived and studied in the Wren Building. Later Jefferson's disenchantment in his alma mater, partly for its religious emphasis and its deficiency in the sciences, led to his planning a university more aligned with his liberal ideals.

8. At what school was the academic honor society, Phi Beta Kappa Society, founded on December 5, 1776?

Answer: College of William and Mary

Phi Beta Kappa is the oldest and arguably the most prestigious, liberal arts and sciences honor society in the U.S. Its motto is "Love of learning is the guide of life."

9. What university's famous drop-outs include Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, F. Lee Bailey, Matt Damon, Ogden Nash, and Pete Seeger?

Answer: Harvard University

Ted Kennedy was suspended from Harvard for cheating, but he later graduated in
1956. Architect Buckminster Fuller managed to get himself expelled twice.

10. At what university did Michael Dell start a computer company called PC's Limited, which eventually became Dell?

Answer: University of Texas at Austin

Dell started his company in his room at Dobie Center, a privately owned residence adjacent to the campus. He dropped out of university at the age of 19 to run his company.

Source: Author LUCA_BRASI

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